really like this one!
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Friday, 10 December 2021 20:22 (two years ago) link
think I account for half the views on this lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKBWXhKUX8I
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 17 December 2021 10:21 (two years ago) link
LOVE that!
― sean gramophone, Saturday, 18 December 2021 16:10 (two years ago) link
Oh yes, this is good! Liking their 'Blue Baton' as well.
― emil.y, Saturday, 18 December 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
strong CHARISMA.COM vibes, I guess it's the rapping
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 18 December 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
this is sick
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 19 December 2021 05:56 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jL4t8ABGmI
"In This World" - Mondo Grosso, Hikari Mitsushima, Ryuichi Sakamoto
so gorgeous, would love an extended mix
Also just learned that BoA re-recorded her vocals for "Everything Needs Love" last year <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d69btWfh_3o
― Roz, Monday, 24 January 2022 05:55 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah5EAnoFGyk
lyrical school are so good
― ufo, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 23:42 (two years ago) link
hmm new sakanaction album is very very boring, easily their worst. hope the second album this year is better
― ufo, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 23:28 (two years ago) link
agreed - i don't love the retro direction they've been going in. I miss their big rave choruses.
"plateau" is good though
― Roz, Thursday, 31 March 2022 03:02 (two years ago) link
"plateau" is solid but it's pretty by-numbers. they're still good at that one thing though which is enough to make it stand out from the rest of the album.
it's such a short & slight album and the other songs don't really have anything going for them, they're fairly mellow and restrained without their usual big hooks. it's not even like they don't have ideas, there's no reason the talking heads-esque disco pastiche of "shock" has to be so underwhelming - it's not bad but they're clearly capable of so much better. they've made going retro work extremely well before on "wasureranai no" but there's nothing like that here
― ufo, Thursday, 31 March 2022 04:05 (two years ago) link
flipping through it, I like it fine but yeah my general impression of this band is they're too interesting to be doing what they're doing. if this is "easily their worst" that's a good sign for the albums I haven't heard yet
― frogbs, Thursday, 31 March 2022 18:39 (two years ago) link
I've liked a few Haruka Kudo (工藤晴香) songs before, but not with enough mindfulness to internalize the kanji and realize that without looking it up. But the new album, 流星列車 (Meteor Train?), is fantastic idol rock all the way through. Highly recommended!
https://open.spotify.com/album/43fD05oNZfTmSg6UZWo6UG
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 17:11 (two years ago) link
got to say I'm amused that altidol is already in the nostalgia phase with Bellring and Especia announcing oneoff reunionsonly a matter of time before WACK scrape together a lineup of Lui and whoever is in the office at the time to do a BiS "hits" tour
anyway Ano has a major label debut single, it's OK?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JeCJ8kDmu
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 9 April 2022 12:25 (two years ago) link
(copy/pasted that wrong)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JeCJ8kDmus
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 9 April 2022 12:29 (two years ago) link
new wednesday campanella EP out today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feiToPhrzcI
it's solid, not special in the way their 2013-2018 run was, but i'm happy to have more from hidefumi
― ufo, Friday, 27 May 2022 01:29 (one year ago) link
I think it was time for a bit of a lighter vibe. Utaha is growing on me. "Buckingham" goes.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 27 May 2022 02:10 (one year ago) link
greatly enjoying this debut album from ExWHYZ - first single "Wanna Dance" produced by Shinichi Osawa/Mondo Grosso:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn9EPV_atyQ
― Roz, Sunday, 27 November 2022 05:50 (one year ago) link
hey something WACK related that I actually like, been a while since that happened(thought it was a 46 offshoot at first just going by the initial haircuts haha)
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 27 November 2022 06:31 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjzzPdG7RXw
ho6la - "idol fire" goes hard and goes places
― ufo, Saturday, 10 December 2022 12:33 (one year ago) link
ok this is cheating a bit cos they are from Thailand, but this Shimmer Shrimpner song is fun in a late 80s indiepop way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A2AhynBC8o
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 10 December 2022 13:33 (one year ago) link
speaking of cheating, is there a better place to talk about the lexie liu record?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4tyThWCYU0
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 18 December 2022 21:43 (one year ago) link
oh and nakata continues bringing the good stuff again with the new capsule
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXlbYV9RhAM
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Sunday, 18 December 2022 22:47 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n8WiBNCZpY
very confused by this sailor moon-themed idol group putting out this weird atonal track produced by hudson mohawke & bloodpop
― ufo, Friday, 17 March 2023 12:07 (one year ago) link
Sakurazaka46 (formerly Keyakizaka46) have been steadily ruling this year
"Start Over" - such a rush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJRFD1AdaUE
"Shoninyokkyu" - currently no.1 in Japan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_BjvhMW9TE
― Roz, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 03:09 (six months ago) link
love the weird ass tempo changes in this, makes my brain feel like it's being squished together and pulled apart simultaneously
RYUGUJO - Deep Waves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w--X4i-K1Wk
― Roz, Friday, 29 March 2024 09:50 (one month ago) link
it's not just tempo but time signature too, extremely bold
― ufo, Friday, 29 March 2024 11:43 (one month ago) link
Yeah, that's wild.
― emil.y, Friday, 29 March 2024 14:10 (one month ago) link