New Metome: “Koala”
Look, I’m trying to finish a big project, but when Metome drops a new song, I’m at least going to make a quick post to say…Metome dropped a new song, go listen to it above.
Look, I’m trying to finish a big project, but when Metome drops a new song, I’m at least going to make a quick post to say…Metome dropped a new song, go listen to it above.
Near the top of my secret “Hopes for 2010” list sits the wish that the type of innocent indie-pop anyone can make in there living room. It’s not that farfecthed – “chillwave” is a similar on-the-fly genre where nostalgia escapism takes the place of starry-eyed innocence. In my hypothetical world, a band like The Weddings…
This sort of sound — bubbly electronics taking cues from, well, all sorts of strains of contemporary dance and pop music, capped off by digitally distorted vocals — has been gaining traction in Japanese music in recent years. “Suisai Boy,” the first song from the duo PeachJam (which is artist Jam Boy teaming up with…
The Brixton AcademyがNile Longに改名した時、そのサウンドがどう変化するのか誰もが疑問に思ったはず。去年リリースされたEPは今までの彼らの痛いほど純粋なシンセポップとは違い、心よりも体を動かすサウンドでした。楽曲はもちろん素晴らしいのですが、The Brixton Academyの暖かさは消え、逆に最近かなり普及している80年代風に。 ただ驚きなのが最新シングルの”Rush To The Groove”ではThe Brixton Academyの人間味を取り戻しつつ、新しい音楽に挑戦している事。ボーカルはNile Long EPほどタイトではないものの、寂しげでメランコリックな雰囲気が特徴的。かといって夜中の2時頃に踊るのにも適しているのがびっくり。これからがNile Longの本領発揮なのでしょうか。
Homecomings new album comes out next week, and it’s a good collection of melancholy indie-pop done very well. “Don’t Worry Boys” is one of the more upbeat songs from Sale Of Broken Dreams, and now has its own music video, which you can watch above. For all the swagger the Kyoto quartet bring to the…
Nagoya’s House Of Tapes offers up something hypnotic on Jump Up, a three-track album released via netlabel Force Records. Roughness exists around the edges — every song here sounds like flakes are coming off of it, while the beat itself often sounds especially clattering (track one in particular) — but it never gets overwhelming, allowing…
Sinking into the familiar can be so rewarding. The pace of life in the digital age puts a premium on the new, of celebrating sudden pivots that eventually lead to more pivots, until everyone involved is just dizzy. Perhaps this comes colored from working primarily in the media industry — which pinballs from idea to…