i've yet to hear a redeemable AKB song.
― soyrev, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 08:50 (nine years ago) link
They have several pretty good trad j-pop chord progression songs, which can be real comfort food pop for me when done right, though the one above, which I dig, is an outlier. Their early single 'River' was however an impressive statement of purpose they never lived up to. Here's one of my favorite of their 'old school' ones: http://youtu.be/qJ-Drv9tVjI?t=1m59s The maximalism of the crashing guitars, the echoing lines, give it to me.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 09:01 (nine years ago) link
decent chorus, but man AKB videos are always so weirdly creeper...
i may have heard that one before. i got up through the first half of their singles discog before giving up, i think. the highlight, iirc, was the last 10 seconds or so of "beginner"
― soyrev, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 09:13 (nine years ago) link
Yeah they've had some 'cool' songs that have worked pretty well if nothing else then for the contrast. 'River' was an impressive statement they never could live up to. SKE48 have better dancers so they've released some solid uptempos as well.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 11:12 (nine years ago) link
Interview with and new MV from tricot over at NME http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/meet-japanese-rock-three-piece-tricot-and-watch-their-stylish-new-video-for-e
Album "AND" is out March 18
http://natalie.mu/media/1501/0131/extra/news_xlarge_tricot_and_normal_201501.jpg
― abcfsk, Monday, 2 February 2015 12:40 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvMyCFAVIqs
― abcfsk, Friday, 6 February 2015 15:05 (nine years ago) link
Sounds great. I'm looking forward to this album.
― jmm, Friday, 6 February 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
hah, that cover is a bit
http://images.moviepostershop.com/ekusute-movie-poster-2007-1020507278.jpg
― original bgm, Friday, 6 February 2015 16:30 (nine years ago) link
Happy february6, here's a song penned by her
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNqbI4D7mEE
― abcfsk, Friday, 6 February 2015 17:58 (nine years ago) link
Good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCQT4STlXz0
― abcfsk, Sunday, 8 February 2015 12:02 (nine years ago) link
feeling that talkbox solo
― soyrev, Sunday, 8 February 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link
wow the break into the bridge...so good
― soyrev, Sunday, 8 February 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
plus tricot is so great, man. wow
― soyrev, Sunday, 8 February 2015 14:17 (nine years ago) link
B-side to the tricot single (bassist on vocals) https://soundcloud.com/bakuretsu-records/tricot-6
― abcfsk, Monday, 16 February 2015 13:07 (nine years ago) link
Having trouble finding decent info on these guys but I am digging this, unusual line up too (if it's not a conceit of course)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdKNNXuraPs
― MaresNest, Thursday, 5 March 2015 12:11 (nine years ago) link
as i understand it they are a spinoff/alter ego of idol group Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 5 March 2015 12:16 (nine years ago) link
oh there's a new Suiyobi no Campanella song, sounds different as they are using an outside producer and she sings all the way through. digging it after a few listens though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_gPdGgbrNg
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 9 March 2015 20:18 (nine years ago) link
hmmm interesting, way smoother + housier than any other suiyoubi trax. dig it but can't say that I don't miss the rawness that attracted me to this project in the first place, hope that's not gone for good...
― original bgm, Monday, 9 March 2015 22:43 (nine years ago) link
have we talked about this Megumi Wata song before? cos I really fell for it in the past week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7qS-_cW5tQ
oh and Perfume played at SXSW last night, here's some footage from the livestream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZiPIgCtIxg
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 11:03 (nine years ago) link
oh man this megumi wata is so cool :D
― soyrev, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 11:43 (nine years ago) link
what's megumi wata's story? how big is she? why so few views for such a great song? i'm obsessed with it suddenly
― soyrev, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 11:52 (nine years ago) link
this is one of the best singles i've heard in the past few years, easy. words, vibe, pitch-perfect feel shifts...
finding out now that she's super unknown at this point -- 4 listeners on lastfm, ~800 twitter followers, on a label with half that. wild.
― soyrev, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 12:14 (nine years ago) link
Greatest single ever called "The Middle Management"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIyc4LTOmP8
― abcfsk, Thursday, 19 March 2015 16:18 (nine years ago) link
"I have no intention to have a stable love relationship on weekdays. Ah HA"
#AccidentalPartridge
― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Thursday, 19 March 2015 22:23 (nine years ago) link
insane song. i love every fourth bar but not the rest of them
― soyrev, Friday, 20 March 2015 06:27 (nine years ago) link
<3 natsume mito's introductory nakata-produced track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAIyMT7gARc&feature=youtu.be
― original bgm, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 17:03 (nine years ago) link
Nah, I don't like Nakata's children's-TV-theme stuff. I like his aggressive hard-techno stuff.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
opposite here. I haven't even bothered with the last capsule record yet.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 18:30 (nine years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=167&v=aI3mT0NoXdQ
Another wild song. The hello pro groups all kinda sound the same, but that sound is so wonderfully distinct, more so for each year, and should be collected in a delicately designed box set released worldwide as a big statement.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 2 April 2015 08:45 (nine years ago) link
I don't know anything about Daoko, but it popped up on my Youtube recommendations probably because I'd been listening to too much Suiyoubi no Campanella:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3xehyYXbJw
― Roz, Monday, 6 April 2015 07:58 (nine years ago) link
this is my fave daoko release:https://youtu.be/A9lAlykjhIU
emo!
― original bgm, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 15:19 (nine years ago) link
really like this vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREZtQU0ktk
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 10:09 (nine years ago) link
yet another great Suiyoubi no Campanella video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9oBVKqID7g
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 12:10 (nine years ago) link
The stupendous Sashihara no Ran is in the process of getting subbed, all episodes
01 https://dotsub.com/view/2384a334-c404-4d24-bd3b-faca8b52d69102 https://dotsub.com/view/c72c0a62-8313-42a0-ab8e-9b95e18af66c03 https://dotsub.com/view/3c020df6-0287-469d-8687-7d71f1e44e5504 https://dotsub.com/view/f78296f8-e8e1-4911-84a5-da7138d3d59b05 https://dotsub.com/view/79576989-5e34-4e28-a1d6-93648b2adf5f06 https://dotsub.com/view/4a35107c-7ae2-4ef9-b155-7d424701ccc6
Honestly not sure if any pop star show in or outside of Japan has ever matched this
― abcfsk, Thursday, 30 April 2015 14:29 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYYhAryLnHY
― abcfsk, Saturday, 2 May 2015 22:23 (nine years ago) link
not really a fan of the song but really like this video, worth it to follow the instructionshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_UhKcAy6xc
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 23:28 (nine years ago) link
Ahhhhhhh it made me go a bit weird. I like it.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 23:39 (nine years ago) link
great video! the song reminds me of "1 Thing" - the beat and the "love me riiiiiight" bit in the chorus, especially.
― Roz, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 23:51 (nine years ago) link
The only election in Japan with a good turnout
http://i.imgur.com/AM6M6lIl.jpg
― abcfsk, Saturday, 6 June 2015 16:25 (nine years ago) link
ANNOUNCE // Kyary Pamyu Pamyu returns to the UK in October for a live show at The Roundhouse as part of Moshi Moshi Nippon Festival. Tickets on sale Friday: http://gigst.rs/KPP
― MaresNest, Monday, 6 July 2015 18:42 (nine years ago) link
http://orig13.deviantart.net/9e4d/f/2013/307/7/1/thumbs_up_by_weapons_expert_cool-d6sx4o7.gif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsPhRDWkCrU
― original bgm, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
That's pretty pretty good
Also
http://www.rocksound.tv/assets/uploads/babymetal_wembley2015.jpg
In spite of their popularity and viral attention I think it's actually underreported how genuinely they've become a hit in the west. They're doing the main stage of the Reading festival as they announce this huge solo concert. They've been playing for hundreds of thousands in Europe and the US this summer. I really want them to get out that new album soon, because I have a feeling it could hit high on Billboard.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 10:25 (nine years ago) link
yeh its crazy how big they've become, looking it up that's a 12,500 venue?guess i was predisposed to like them but the BiSH album has really grown on me, one of the girls Aina has an amazing full-on voice. this new song is not on the album and is the first as a 6 piece. folk metal with a video where they fight a giant lobster? well ok then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpLLKM_3ebk
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
Bish have started finding their own character, yeah. Doubt they'll come close to the impact of BiS but still good news.
New Passepied is too good, what a chorus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gm7qYBkfr8
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 08:31 (nine years ago) link
yeah, 12000 seater for baby metal in england is phenomenal. they're cleaning up.
― soyrev, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 10:54 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1546Z08uTUk
― abcfsk, Thursday, 8 October 2015 08:22 (eight years ago) link
Campanella still killing it, album is being put out in the west on Dec 18th by French label Specific, digitally and on vinyl
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 8 October 2015 17:01 (eight years ago) link
I am enjoying Dalljub Step Club a lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdOtoE0ysYc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGBvjLAkhIw
― MaresNest, Thursday, 8 October 2015 17:33 (eight years ago) link
And Skillkills too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6mkWYJfx3A
― MaresNest, Thursday, 8 October 2015 17:36 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuuUfP4uJEk
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 05:42 (eight years ago) link