昨年、当サイトのベストアルバムランキングで２位に選ばせて頂いたサカナクションが、夜の踊り子という新曲をリリースしました。ビデオも公開されていて、それはこの上からご覧になって下さい。ダンサブルなバースに極めてキャッチーなコーラス、という今までと同じスタイルを貫いているのですが、新たな試みとして、女性バックアップ・ボーカルが使われていて、新鮮さも感じられます。ビデオはローディングに時間がかかるのですが…簡単に説明すると、メンバーが日本の伝統衣装を着て富士山付近にいます。
First there was a duo called Colorado Coronado, who seemed to fawn at the recorded output of Bradford Cox (Deerhunter/Atlas Sound) and set out to replicate it live, resulting in a few fantastic songs. At some point, their sound shifted from the ponderous to the ramshackle, as Colorado Coronado seemed to switch idols from Cox…
Here’s the final list of this blog’s favorite Japanese albums of 2013. You can read more detailed blurbs for numbers 20 through 11 here, and 10 through 1 at MTV Iggy. This blog will have periodic updates during the next two weeks…basically whenever anything noteworthy happens…so enjoy the rest of the year, and thanks for…
数年前に東京のGive Me Walletsを初めて聴いた時、踊る為の音楽というよりは、じっくり聞き込みたい、マスロック的な音楽だと感じました。マイスペースにあげられていた曲はフォールズを彷彿とさせ、好みではあったものの、ダンスフロアには適さないような気がしていました。 なので、Give Me Walletsにはよりダンサブルに、そしてエモーショナルになってくれるように期待していました。彼らの新曲、”Look After You”は、８０年代風シンセやビートで彩られ、まるで当時の曲のようでした。 また、”Look After You”のボーカルは、歌詞は聞き取りにくいものの、The Brixton Academyのように、感情的かつ情熱的でした。”Look After You”を含む、SoundCloudにあげられているGive Me Walletsの新曲は、バンドが良い方向性を見つけた事を証明しています。視聴は以下から。
This is not the first time Turntable Films have been infatuated with the Rainbow State. On their 10 Days Plus One album from 2011, the then-quartet wrote a song called “Hawaii” that was a lazy appreciation of beach-bum rock. It was slow, full of whistling and could have been a Jack Johnson jam in another…
Thanksgiving is almost over here, but we are going to go on vacation for the weekend. Before we leave, here is a new video from Fraqsea, for teh song “Trippin.’” Watch above, and have a great holiday/rest of your week.
ネットレーベルのMaltine Recordsはもともと結構J-Pop推し。でも今年はJ-Popから影響を受けている作品だけではなく、もっと正統にポップを追求した作品を幾つかリリースしています。Avec AvecのEP、”おしえて“もそうですし、東京女子流のリミックス集なんかもあります。で、今回のFazerockのMaltineからのEPもそう。この、”あの星にのせて”では、普段の作風よりも大人しく、ウォブルベースやドロップも控えられてます。Reddam(今回はボーカルで参加。Reddam自身のリリースもオススメですよ）とのコラボ作品なので納得ですし、互いのスタイルが上手く調和しているかなと。でもMaltineにはポップに特化してほしくなくて…その時々の潜んだ才能を持つアーティストをプッシュしていて欲しいのが正直な意見なのですが…今回のようなリリースも勿論面白いですよね。ダウンロードはこちらから。
Sakanaction, who made this site’s second favorite album of 2011, have a new single and video (above) out now called “Yoru No Odoriko.” The song finds the group continuing to play around with the dance-friendly-verse-explosive-chorus structure they’ve been exploring for a while now, although the addition of female backing vocals is a great sounding touch. The video…which takes forever to load…finds the band clad in traditional Japanese clothes standing near Mt. Fuji.
So…this post could be a whole lot more, seeing as I actually went out and bought the new 7 inch released by Hideki Kaji and Riddim Saunter. It’s a little tease for the two artist’s new album out sometime in November, which finds pop-maestro Kaji recruiting Riddim Saunter as his backup band. I imagine the…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9UB-iDvCH4″] Fair warning – today is basically NOKIES! day here, as you’ll see later. No weirdo sponsorship going on, everything just worked out this way. Above you can watch the young batch of Osaka spazzes playing a new song called “With Alright” at a recent live event. Seeing as it’s a live video, the audio…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHNGJJWNzZ8″] Personal story time – back in college I really really liked the album Pregnant Fantasy by Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re. After spinning (clicking the iTunes play button over and over again?) for about six months I ended up moving on to whatever else I thought was cool in 2006 and forgot about Tsu…
Even with the beat gently pounding away, the first half of the latest creation from Ghostlight sounds like something you could wrap yourself up in. It’s all string plucks, twinkly electronic notes and the near-whispered voice of guest Nogawa Kazune drifting over the playroom skip. It’s calming and somewhat heartwarming (the lyrics reveal a little…
And we are back from our hiatus. This week we will catch up on music that came out at the end of December/very start of January, along with any new stuff that catches our fancy. Maybe that will mean more posts than usual, maybe I’ll let my still-lingering cold beat me and just go to…
I was thinking the other day about the trajectory of musical trends, especially after it was announced Tatsuro Yamashita and Takeuchi Mariya were writing a song for Arashi. It’s a moment that signifies the whole City Pop revival thing has reached a certain peak — not because the sound present on that song is even…