Poor Vacation went and gave last year’s already-grooveable “Long Goodbye” a warmer-months makeover with this “(Summer Version).” For the season, Poor Vacation adds more electronic touches to the song, giving it an easy-breazy disco vibe that still allows the longing at the center of the original “Long Goodbye” to come through. Now, it just shimmers more after the hook. Listen above.
It’s year-end-list season, and that means it is really easy to start glossing over new releases in favor of getting that best-50 list just right. But that would be a mistake, with so much good music still rolling out. Haruru Inu Love Dog Tenshi’s debut album came out this week, and it’s a gem, highlighting…
The behind-the-scenes stuff at Make Believe Melodies is incredibly boring. Despite a bad habit of using the royal “we,” it is just me, usually sitting at home while a baseball game or variety show plays on TV, my headphones on. The actual inner workings of this WordPress account are hyper disorganized, a list of “to-dos”…
Miila “Santa Baby” この曲はクリスマス・クラシックの独自バージョン。今回the Geeksは参加しておらずMiilaのソロとしてのリリースなのですが、グランジーでスローなギターにシンプルかつどこか不気味なドラムが印象的な”Santa Baby”のカバーになっています。Miilaは淡々と歌うものの、その擦れた質感やたびたび登場するノイズも相まって、今まで聴いたどのカバーよりも邪悪な印象です。ビデオは以下から。 Her Ghost Friend Merry Christmas Her Ghost Friendはホリデー・シーズンの為に特別な３曲を用意してくれました。そのうちの２曲はオリジナルで、今までのグループのリリースの中でも１番と言っていいほど優れた作品です（Her Ghost Friendの”Looking For Wonder”は今年のベストの１つだと言っているわけなのですが）。”白い、白い、好き、好き、”はノイジーに始まるのですが、ボーカル、ストリングスとシンセが美しく絡み付いていきます。ハープのようなアルペジオ・フレーズがとても華やかですね。”哀愁のクリスマス – Merry Christmas Dear Girl”はオルゴールのようなサウンドがいくつもレイヤーされていて、とてもユニークかつロマンチック。セットは”Miracle Powerful Beat”のリミックスで幕を閉じます。試聴は以下から。 Yucca “Waiting For Snow” もっとスローなテンポが好みで、クリスマスらしく鈴の音が聴きたい方は、Yuccaの”Waiting For Snow”のビデオをオススメします。ビデオは以下から。
Quick personal update – I’ve started contributing to fabulous music site Tokyo Indie, writing about noteworthy Japanese artists in the country today. The first installment focuses on MBM favorite Nu Clear Classmate, which you can read here. Coolest of all – now my posts can be read in Japanese! I’m strangely stoked about that.
New Masterpiece isn’t a label I’d associate with Japan’s wilder experimental side. The imprint dabbles in vaporwave and a few other hazed-out sounds, but in general they seem like a dance label fluctuating between high-energy and past-glazed hoppers. But the latest from Sayohimebou approaches the head-splitting wildness of Wasabi Tapes or Moyas, with a healthy…
Like kids getting a new puppy or a high school baseball team winning a big tournament, a very specific set of Japanese music fans are pumping their fists in celebration today as tech-rock crew √thumm’s new album Yamatopia drops today. To trio have posted two songs from their second LP onto MySpace to help get…