She's playing London again in the Spring as well it seems. Not going to miss that one!
― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Friday, 25 October 2013 00:25 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/XACug1X.jpg
Koshino Junko joins BiS
The fashion designer Koshino Junko (コシノジュンコ) joined BiS (Brand-new Idol Society) as a new member.
She passed secretly the audition held by the idol group.
Koshino Junko is going to make her first appearance on November 5 at Hot Denpo Festival 2013 in Tokyo. JK will also participate in BiS upcoming single Koi Suru Denpou Japan (恋する電報Japan).
Koshino Junko, 74 years old, is a famous fashion designer who worked for many brands.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 30 October 2013 10:56 (ten years ago) link
Lineup for new year show Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Battle) is out, nothing too surprising - Kyary, Perfume and MCZ are all back and Sakanaction are performing for the first time.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 25 November 2013 13:02 (ten years ago) link
Yeah but no Babymetal (I was knocked out by this today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjQsayrmMoU )
― abcfsk, Monday, 25 November 2013 13:11 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRaMsDyW-XQ
Smashing.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 07:10 (ten years ago) link
'STUPIG' is probably my favourite out of the last round of BiS things.
New Kyary vid is pretty sweet. Anyone seeing her on the World Tour?
― Slight damage to cover on top corner (chewed by a kitten) (Craigo Boingo), Sunday, 23 February 2014 14:46 (ten years ago) link
Babymetal album out next week!
― Slight damage to cover on top corner (chewed by a kitten) (Craigo Boingo), Sunday, 23 February 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
BiS album out in a couple of weeks too, splitting up after their show at Yokohama Arena on July 8th ;_;
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 23 February 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
these retro posters for the upcoming Perfume FES tour are pretty great tho
http://i.imgur.com/WoDxsBE.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/2uvP0DQ.jpg
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 23 February 2014 15:44 (ten years ago) link
Ooh, those posters look great.
― emil.y, Sunday, 23 February 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
anyone know who sings thishttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/437863/02.%20.mp3
― Cwlmb19, Sunday, 23 February 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
I dunno but I like it. Very Deerhoof sounding backing to the extent I wouldn't rule out their involvement.
― Slight damage to cover on top corner (chewed by a kitten) (Craigo Boingo), Monday, 24 February 2014 08:33 (ten years ago) link
possibly seiko oomori on vox?
― original bgm, Monday, 24 February 2014 14:12 (ten years ago) link
The new Dempagumi single is amazing, next-level stuff http://youtu.be/NypVvG9fQ7o
― abcfsk, Saturday, 1 March 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
haha just came to post that ^^^
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 1 March 2014 16:21 (ten years ago) link
yes! love it. so dense and catchy.
WORLD WIDE DEMPA was great too. (though sadly a little on the stingy with new tracks)
― original bgm, Saturday, 1 March 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
stingy SIDE
― original bgm, Saturday, 1 March 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
Tricot drummer is leaving the band this month, on the positive side they are booked to play a summer festival in Hungary so more European dates are likely to follow
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 2 March 2014 17:09 (ten years ago) link
Also Slovakia, also Czech republic
Curious who they land on to replace the drummer, not like you can get any old chump to do it. Also curious what 'creative differences' exactly made him leave, after releasing all that amazing music. Maybe they want to get a girl.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 2 March 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
damn, that drummer was fantastic on The
― anonanon, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
The BiS album is out and great
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 09:14 (ten years ago) link
Re-issuing their first release and putting out a raw acoustic version of a song from that release, at the same time alluding to the new life of the band ahead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R19QjZNvUA
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link
^ tricot『Laststep(Live, Acoustic Version)』
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
Kind of addicted to this at the moment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKqgE4BwAY
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 6 March 2014 16:54 (ten years ago) link
man that new dempagumi single is the best thing ever
― original bgm, Thursday, 6 March 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
I'm not sure I've ever heard a production quite like it. anyone know who wrote it?
― original bgm, Thursday, 6 March 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
this guy apparently https://www.google.no/search?q=%E7%8E%89%E5%B1%8B2060%EF%BC%85&safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=kcgYU6mzJaPnygPunoGgAQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg&biw=1536&bih=704
― abcfsk, Thursday, 6 March 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
album of Disney covers by the likes of Tricot, Dempa, Tokyo Girls Style etc. really want to hear the full version of "Some Day My Prince Will Come" by BiS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmG5WJiYfwk
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 6 March 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
I've been looking for a way to listen to this album for weeks now ;\
― abcfsk, Thursday, 6 March 2014 19:45 (ten years ago) link
thanks, abcfsk! (x-posts)
― original bgm, Friday, 7 March 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
this is execrable but check the sample
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_4nGY9at9M
― missingNO, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 09:50 (ten years ago) link
lol
― original bgm, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 12:15 (ten years ago) link
I actually enjoyed that song but it may be because e-girls while is probably the best hip hop dancing girl group out there they've done singles so fluffy and tame they've been forced to put out separate dance intros or instrumental dance videos -- and this time they finally manage to incorporate it into the song/mv itself.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 18:20 (ten years ago) link
while e-girls is*
new Vampillia album out next week, has collaborations with Tujiko Noriko, BiS, Hirotomo Hasegawa of Aburadako, Mick Barr of Orthrelm and ... Jun Togawa!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTWfomMQaP4
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 3 April 2014 22:30 (ten years ago) link
like that one. she's the best.
― original bgm, Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:20 (ten years ago) link
Yeah that's nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apr2JCdpTbQ
― abcfsk, Sunday, 6 April 2014 09:46 (ten years ago) link
new Kyary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paHGjIe2Wms
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 12:41 (ten years ago) link
are there any good english-language critics/bloggers who are writing about new J-pop in an interesting way?
― brio, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 14:17 (ten years ago) link
Make Believe Melodies guy can be pretty good. I don't dig that deep into the J-Poposphere though.
― popchips: the next snapple? (seandalai), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 14:27 (ten years ago) link
feel like melissa johnson's blog stands out:http://blog.mjohnso.com/
mostly k-pop but some j-pop too. you can filter by tags if need be.
― original bgm, Thursday, 24 April 2014 03:12 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I guess I get most my jpop stuff from twitter, forums, stuff like that. Weird that there shouldn't be some regularly updated, j-pop only, high quality blog though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QjACk4qM6g
― abcfsk, Thursday, 24 April 2014 07:12 (ten years ago) link
new especia single is fantastic:http://mbmelodies.tumblr.com/post/83615671010/omikse-livefromthetabernacle
― original bgm, Thursday, 24 April 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
Woah, that's a big, great tune.
And here's the new Momoiro Clover single / MV http://youtu.be/TC1Q7DuNKfw
― abcfsk, Thursday, 24 April 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
Composed by Nakajima Miyuki
― abcfsk, Thursday, 24 April 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
hmmm... not bad but doesn't strike me as all that special either? but I like them best when they're at their most manic and that's pretty restrained.
― original bgm, Thursday, 24 April 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
I think it's partly a case of other groups having taken on the mantle of the super hyperactive, manic idol group - like dempagumi inc, even with former MomoClo musical maeastro Hyadain - and so MomoClo try to stake other courses to stay unique. Personally I really like their rock side, "Otome Sensō" (Z女戦争) is my favorite single of theirs and it's hardly them at their most manic - much as I love their CoCoNatsu / Santa-san side. This is a bit straighter than Otome, better compared to 'Saraba..' perhaps, but sounds good to my ears. I really like how distinctive the members' voices are, though I know other people find them shrill they've really sold the individual personalities in later releases.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 24 April 2014 16:56 (ten years ago) link
Cosign Make Believe Melodies, I wonder if that's the same Patrick who occasionally posts on ILM about Japanese music.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 24 April 2014 17:09 (ten years ago) link
x-post -
well, first impressions and all and it may grow on me still! also love their vox and that's a plus on here but I do wish this had a bigger chorus, feels like it doesn't quite take off to me.
and yeah, I don't really have any problems with the way they've evolved either given that we have dempagumi and plenty of others pumping out hyperspeed idol music. but still, it's a little bittersweet for me, and man I don't really see it happening, but I would LOVE if we somehow got tons of hyadain on the next one!
― original bgm, Thursday, 24 April 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link
"gounn" was ultimately a little disappointing to me so high expectations may be a factor as well
― original bgm, Thursday, 24 April 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link