[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTAK7NO5hV0] The above is a clip of a relatively recent song courtesy of Australian pop singer Che’Nelle? Listen to the whole thing here. Notice anything strange about it? Well, give it a second and if it still doesn’t click… [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XfCBE365U0″] Yep, Che’Nelle actually recorded a sunshine-jacked cover of Moumoon’s creepy 2010 single “Sunshine Girl.” I…
Here’s something I’ll never type again…reader, have mercy on the songs featured here this week. Due to a combination of moving woes (“what do you mean I’m out of boxes?????? WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN’T FIND MY APARTMENT??????”) and the [REDACTED] (this sounded way more melodramatic when I wrote it Wednesday, let’s just move…
Any day now, you can expect a nice countdown of my favorite Japanese songs of 2010. Hopefully. Until then, though, let’s look at a few tracks that didn’t make the cut. This isn’t an honorable mentions deal…sorry, that could take all day if we have to tally up runner-ups…but rather five songs I heard in…
Last post before I begin my summer vacation a.k.a. going to Summer Sonic so I can write about it here. And probably watch Eastbound And Down. I definitely don’t have a ruffff life! Dog joke so sorry. Namie Amuro “Get Myself Back” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l70V_4FjJFA&hl=en_US&fs=1] And my last post for a couple weeks kicks off with a…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGrQQ09Cs5g&hl=en_US&fs=1] On a pure surface level listen, Moumoon’s “Sunshine Girl” comes off like a ho-hum, kinda stupid summer song. It’s got a beat as threatening as melting ice cream and lyrics featuring such observations as “Weather is great/it’s your holy day/we get to party all day long.” At best, it’s a completely inessential pop track…