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Buzzy tech-rock trio Nuxx released an excellent sophomore album last year…it was my pick for the 11th best of the year…and now they’ve made a video for standout song “Born To Walk” to remind you of its existence. Watch the box-heavy clip above.
Could the world soon see another surge in artists relying heavily on video game noises? It’s possible…Crystal Castles just dropped a highly touted LP, and album-of-2010-thus-far Cosmogramma by Flying Lotus pushes 8-bit sounds into new far-out realms. So maybe chiptune raver 99 Letters can get a little attention from this could-be trend. He’s got another…
サカナクションは１月２３日発売のニューシングル、”ミュージック”にて、彼らの原点を少し振り返っています。ボーカリスト山口一郎のバースでの声の伸ばし方はまるでシングル”エンドレス”のようで、曲の後半で感情がぐっと込み上げてくる感じは”モノクロトウキョー”の世界観。でもアイディアが尽きたとかそういう意味ではなく、彼らが本来持っていたコアな部分を大事にしつつ、新しい事にチャレンジしています。構成も美しく、最初は山口のボーカルをセンターに配置した寂しい雰囲気で始まり、徐々にバンドがスペースを埋め、コーラスで感情は頂点に。度々言いますが、サカナクションが日本のメインストリームで飛躍していく姿を観れて本当に光栄です。試聴はこちらから。
Toyomu (or TOYOMU, probably should make a style guide for this blog) has been having himself quite a busy year. Souda, Kyoto is his fourth release of 2016, and that’s on top of live shows as far West as Tokyo (and not to mention that media attention). If each work of his has had a…
I hate playing this card but…Pleasure is the only moniker this breezy electronic music project could have picked. The music of Pleasure isn’t growing excitement or joyous rush, it’s consistent and long-lasting pleasure. The ten-minute, er, pleasure cruise of “Sounded Sweet” bathes in the rays of Balearic sun, transforming house electro-squaks into relaxing little waves….
Producer Amunoa usually makes swift, sample-skipping tracks that feel like confetti cannons going off. But on “Alright Now,” they go a little bit more inward and try out a more relaxed pace. It opens in a daze, faded guitar notes swirling around before giving way for a beat content to shuffle along rather than burst…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5ocpERse14″] Kinda a mixed bag here. STAR GUiTAR (aside: when did that “i” get lowercased?) sound fine, laying down a pulsing club beat that isn’t particularly complex but definitely serves its function. Alone, the music would pass for OK club stuff. Problem comes with the vocals courtesy of CICO. The shouts of “tonight” in the…