It has, admittedly, been a while since I’ve listened to OGRE YOU ASSHOLE. At some point, probably within the first two years I came to Japan, I thought they were a spectacular band, a group who had studied up on Built To Spill and Modest Mouse (the latter giving them their name) and gathered the…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llO9KFfPQu0″] So OGRE YOU ASSHOLE have a new album out, and it appears to be a concept album about…something, I don’t know as I haven’t listened to it quite yet. Trying to figure out the “plot” or “theme” or “secret Satanic codes” of Homely based off one song is probably a fool’s errand, so instead…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L1YM40U2Fc&”] Live, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE pummel audiences with volume, sometimes placing such a premium on loudness that their songs suffer as a result. It’s a strange sight, seeing as the foursome have been slowly becoming slightly softer…in a good way…on record. Previously, the jaunty “Pinhole” appeared to be OGRE embracing pop and letting song structure…
Spring has barely sprung, but ya still gotta start planning for summer festival season in Japan. Let’s see how the two behemoths have shaped up recently… Summer Sonic – Score one for the poptimists. Aw-shucks country pop star Taylor Swift will now play Summer Sonic. Please leave your horribly outdated Kanye jokes at home. The…
Being a Deerhoof fan requires a lot of effort. I don’t mean in terms of appreciating the actual music – though jarring at first, the Bay Area group’s rough-meets-cute dissection and subsequent rebuilding of rock stands as some of the most spellbinding sounds of the Oughts – but rather all the baggage that comes with…