I like Hyadain but don't really want them to go back with him. He's in the idol game anyway. Someone like Etsuko Yakushimaru is a much more exciting, and just for the politics of it I'm happy with how many of their singles the past few years have been composed by women.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 24 April 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
oh, that is cool and I didn't even realize it. is there a good resource for writing credits for j-pop?
― original bgm, Thursday, 24 April 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
Generasia used to be good, don't seem to have updated info on latest MomoClo releases though.
― abcfsk, Friday, 25 April 2014 07:11 (ten years ago) link
gonna dig around, thanks!
― original bgm, Friday, 25 April 2014 13:34 (ten years ago) link
Momoclo Scandal! http://youtu.be/AIqCVmf564s
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 26 April 2014 13:36 (ten years ago) link
maybe last BiS single, they shot the first half like a cheesy AKB48 video with bikini beach dance routines, kissing the camera etc! awww I'm going to miss them :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc8vjprOWLs
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 11:34 (ten years ago) link
Yeah that's an oddly f itting end to the great experiment that was BiS. Will have to write some more once it's all over.
The new Especia is gorgeous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e089x6ba1Zo
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 07:09 (nine years ago) link
that's great. sounds a little like some of the slicker tokyo girls' style singles to me.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link
Charisma.com album out in one month (June 4), excited! The EP was super good all the way through.
― Slight damage to cover on top corner (chewed by a kitten) (Craigo Boingo), Thursday, 8 May 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
that EP got a super limited vinyl pressing for RSD btw, not that I'll ever see a copy :/
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 8 May 2014 23:31 (nine years ago) link
another week, another great track from this especia album that can't come out soon enough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQz4GIOB8gg&feature=youtu.be
LOVE the video too
― original bgm, Monday, 19 May 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
Yngwie Malmsteen is playing guitar on the rerecording of MomoClo's "Mugen no Ai" lolnot really feeling this new Perfume song tbhhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0XFiU3i1vM
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 19 May 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
hahaha hilarious yngwie x momoclo news. I am actually pretty curious about how that one out, but y'know, friedman already shreds p hard!!
― original bgm, Monday, 19 May 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
really dig perfume when they're at their sweetest and the production is as bright as shiny as possible, so that one is actually sounding real nice to me after the EDM onslaught of their last one (which I do like too...)
― original bgm, Monday, 19 May 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
Yeh I'll probably end up loving it by the end of the week haha
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 19 May 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
I'm so bummed there is hardly any of this stuff on Spotify
― ∞, Monday, 19 May 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
Don't love the Perfume song yet...it sounds too much like a song from a TV show for pre-K children. When the Tom Tom Club-ish keyboard bit comes in at the very end of that clip it improves a lot, but the first minute or so is rough. I'll need to hear the full-length version.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 19 May 2014 22:43 (nine years ago) link
Perfume are like a drug to me, I'm helpless to resist. Plus my wife's name is Merry. A+
― MatthewK, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 12:35 (nine years ago) link
yea I've already played that short clip a ton. have gotten back into the complete best comp of early stuff in a major way lately, so I think that's made me especially happy about this change in their sound. hope it's not a one-off, I'd love an album in this style.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 15:23 (nine years ago) link
Full version! https://a.tumblr.com/tumblr_n5vmttYWZ71t5237ro1.mp3#_=_
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BoJVENqCAAAtEiA.jpg:large
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 08:52 (nine years ago) link
hmmm interesting a 4 track EP? hope they make a PV for each track!
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 13:17 (nine years ago) link
new Charisma.com track, album is out in two weeks I think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1_8zHnvudc
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 22 May 2014 23:47 (nine years ago) link
Horrible: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27572723
Two members of popular Japanese pop group AKB48 were injured after a fan attacked them with a saw.
Rina Kawaei, 19, and Anna Iriyama, 18, were meeting with fans in the northern city of Takizawa on Sunday when a man lunged forward and slashed them.
They sustained cuts on their hands and heads, reported Kyodo. A male staff member was also cut on his hand.
― Roz, Monday, 26 May 2014 06:29 (nine years ago) link
I saw about that on one of the AKB48 news Twitter feeds and couldn't believe it. Jebus.
― Slight damage to cover on top corner (chewed by a kitten) (Craigo Boingo), Monday, 26 May 2014 09:24 (nine years ago) link
yikes that's awful, glad that no one got seriously injuredAlice one half of the duo ClariS is quitting to focus on studying, no word yet on what the other member Clara is going to do. Find their story interesting - discovered by a record company via karaoke videos on Nico Nico, no photos exist and they have always been represented by cartoon drawings, supposedly even their closest friends have no idea that they have been singing professionally for 3+ years?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 26 May 2014 11:17 (nine years ago) link
those akb meet and greets are fucked. men ejaculating into their palms before shaking hands with a group member, groping, sexual advances towards preteens etcetc. hopefully after this people in japan will begin to more thoroughly scrutinise the idol industry and the misogynistic attitudes that permeate it
― missingNO, Monday, 26 May 2014 12:07 (nine years ago) link
hopefully but I'm not really betting on it. at least this guy didn't have a gun :-/
― original bgm, Monday, 26 May 2014 16:24 (nine years ago) link
Well yes there are many problematic aspects to how this business is run and its fanbase acts but it seems this guy was just after a random, big mass of people to attack, if news is to trust.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 08:13 (nine years ago) link
If you're a brit be sure to check out the two UK dates tricot have added to their schedule http://ro69.jp/news/detail/102821?rtw
― abcfsk, Friday, 30 May 2014 07:32 (nine years ago) link
Shiina Ringo covering Utada is really touching to me for some reason
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRHioDs1E08
― abcfsk, Friday, 30 May 2014 10:15 (nine years ago) link
Babymetal is starting to really nail their peculiar formula now. I see Ned discovered them three years ago - ahead of the curve as usual.
― moley, Friday, 30 May 2014 10:49 (nine years ago) link
live stream, Charisma.com on right now, BiS on later http://sp-stream.2-5-d.jp/
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 10:19 (nine years ago) link
listening to the charisma.com album right now, think I like this even more than the EP (which I loved).
― gyac, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
especia album kills
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
yeah, it's awesome. just from the funky, fusion-ey intro into a top-notch slow jam, I knew I was gonna love this one. still need to digest it all and I don't love every track (it's a long album), but overall, yeah, def kills. and this is coming from someone that's a little picky when it comes to classic 80s 'city pop'. I don't think this is a strictly retro album even if it's working with retro sounds and I like the variety across the whole album.
excited for the charisma.com album! new single has an aggressive 90s rave thing going on that I dig. but I hope they still do the summery throwback jams like 'OLHERO' - easily my fave cut from the ep.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh8y-K-xC-E
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 5 June 2014 09:26 (nine years ago) link
wobbley
― original bgm, Thursday, 5 June 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
Oh my, the Especia album is tremendous! Was seat dancing on the train like an idiot!
― Slight damage to cover on top corner (chewed by a kitten) (Craigo Boingo), Friday, 6 June 2014 00:07 (nine years ago) link
For a very effective introduction to BiS I recommend this crazy TV appearance (hosted by AKB's general director for max contrast) w many highlights
1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObwZguGX7Qc2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Ro_mnyJ2g
― abcfsk, Friday, 6 June 2014 09:52 (nine years ago) link
haha Saki impersonating MomoClo!also there's a video for the recent recording of 'Nerve', including a nice scene where the only 2 original members Pour Lui & Nozomi wear their costumes from the original Nerve video from 3 years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5C8xFyLS18
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 6 June 2014 11:38 (nine years ago) link
I want to go to gigs on boats pls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtOyrpas5UI
― Slight damage to cover on top corner (chewed by a kitten) (Craigo Boingo), Sunday, 8 June 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
Ok I'm watching tricot covering Let It Go..
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 11:32 (nine years ago) link
A very weird live show of theirs is being streamed atm http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ssmobile2
Babymetal has announced an L.A. show—waiting for an NY announcement now...
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 12:03 (nine years ago) link
promising start for new black metal/darkwave (!) idol unit NECRONOMIDOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y88BXeo1ogohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_z6G_h59_w
― original bgm, Friday, 20 June 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
Perfume are playing New York and L.A. in November.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 01:01 (nine years ago) link
YES
― original bgm, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 01:22 (nine years ago) link
ALl americans must go
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 07:10 (nine years ago) link
going LA to London to NYC with a couple of days in between is a bit daft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbq2ZhZ5Wwge
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 10:17 (nine years ago) link