二十歳の誕生日を控えるきゃりーぱみゅぱみゅが、成人式を祝うべく、新曲“ふりそでーしょん”のビデオを公開しました!ビデオは上にあります。まるでプロデューサーの中田ヤスタカが初期Capsule時代に戻ったかのような曲。S.F. Sound Furnitureかそれ以前の作品のよう。きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅが酔っぱらったフリをするのが観たいなら、ビデオは楽しんでもらえるはず(観たいでしょ?)。ひょっとしたら追加でもっと書くかも。成人式を迎える皆様!本当におめでとうございます! *UPDATE: Nope, she doesn’t, that would be the 29th actually. Next week is just coming-of-age day here in Japan. D’oh!
Nanba Shiho’s back in good form with her new single “Music.” It pretty much had nowhere to go but up following Shiho’s last single, a song about getting your hair cut set over some snore-inducing piano. “Music” returns to the more energetic pace of her earlier singles, this new number anchored by the forceful beat that switches up into different patters throughout the song but always remains attention grabbing. Unlike the still-excellent “Shoujo, Futatabi” from the start of 2012, the electronics aren’t as commanding, hanging out in the back of the mix to add a cushion to a song that is otherwise quite pounding. Shiho herself moves with the beat well, her chirpy voice adding a touch of sweetness to the whole number. Coupled with a good video…one not featuring Shiho at all…this is a nice return to form for a promising J-Pop personality.
This week Music Station will be doing another special episode, one featuring mostly artists who don’t have any new songs out at the moment. The website for the show doesn’t list what songs they’ll be performing but my impeccable research team (me, on Google, spending ten seconds at most) has informed me nothing terribly exciting…
Rarely do I say these words but…good work Seth MacFarlane. The dude behind Family Guy and American Dad somehow found a way to work in Japan’s premier tech-disco outfit Perfume into the latest episode of the latter. All without resorting to a “remember the time…” gag! Sorry, sorry. Though the group never gets named (it’s…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9fetf6Hkfc”] Sloppy Joe’s “Portrait” doesn’t require much dissection. It’s pretty straightforward indie-pop with a bit of a Smith’s swagger to it courtesy of the guitars. Plus its loaded up with trumpet. Just because “Portrait” carries all the hallmarks of twee past, though, doesn’t mean it’s bad. Sloppy Joe clearly studied up on how to create…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRhqTO2GODU”] One of the standout blasts of indie-pop from Hideki Kaji And Riddim Saunter’s 2010 team-up…liked around these parts…gets a video. Watch the dudes play around above.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjcFQquHipE&hl=en_US&fs=1&] My favorite part of the comments for this video are the few people who say “a few errors, but still good.” Thanks for being the heads of video game soundtrack quality control guys.
Girls’ Generation’s cannonball into the Japanese pop scene – starting with the initial crossover singles last year and fully splashing with a record-breaking Japan-only album this year – charmed plenty of people, among them the foreign-born music writers/observers living in this country (guilty!). The shiny new sound of K-Pop gems like “Gee” and “Run Devil…