[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4cDnjt88_8″] A more cynical person would hear that Cornelius offered up the music for a new Muji company commercial and say “what a sellout.” Thankfully its 2010 and the concept of selling out via ad opportunities went away long ago unless you are in high school or something, but to this imaginary naysayer I raise…
And my vacation comes to a close. Starting now, expect regular updates once again. Most people (but not enough to top Sly Stallone, it seems) got excited about a Scott Pilgrim movie because one of the more clever comics of recent years would hit the big screen. I didn’t really care until it came out…
J.P. DuQuette over at Japanzine counts down his top 10 Japanese album of the Aughts in the publications January issue, available online over here. You got your usual suspects popping up – didn’t Vision Creation Newsun come out in Japan in 1999 though? Wikipedia has my back here – but the real draw to DuQuette’s…
Folkie Newton Faulkner‘s new album Rebuilt By Humans comes out in Japan this week and features a very interesting collaboration – he got Cornelius to produce two tracks for this new album. One of those tracks, “Won’t Let Go,” definitely features Cornelius’ marks via propulsive drumming and other flourishes. An enjoyable little track, check it…
Pitchfork just finished up their Top 200 Albums of the 2000s list today and only two Japanese albums from the past ten years placed – Boris’ Akuma no Uta (#197) and Boredoms’ Vision Creation Newsun (#39, but should be higher in this writer’s humble opinion). I realize the folks over at the ‘Fork needed to…