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The Lucky Moose
Neo Member
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n3Db6pMQ-8
Can anyone tell me the name of this song? In a way that I can find it and buy it? Thanks.
Can anyone tell me the name of this song? In a way that I can find it and buy it? Thanks.
"wanna" composed by SPANOVA, rapper is Itto and the girl singing is 泉まくら.
Doesn't seem to be available for purchase.
It's a collab between 泉まくら (Izumi Makura), Itto and Spanova called 'Wanna'. Spanova said it'll be available on iTunes soon - https://www.facebook.com/spanovamusik/posts/1047677461932889
EDIT: Beaten by Kurita lol
QOOLAND announced the release of their second new album called COME TOGETHER. Out December 9, yaaaay.
Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YnsFeiZVSE
stump sock
Member
last two months or so? let's see
僕とジョルジュ - 僕とジョルジュ
NECRONOMIDOL - Exitium
cattle - Somehow Hear Songs
Maison Book Girl - Bath Room
なの小夕子 - きみと一緒なら地獄でもいいよ。
パスピエ - 娑婆ラバ
おやすみホログラム - おやすみホログラム
First PV by Healthy Dynamite Club, the funky new project by THE NAMPA BOYS's vocalist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDyyHCevAdU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDyyHCevAdU
The Lucky Moose
Neo Member
Thank you! You too Hazaku!
Recently? Hmm.
chouchou merged syrups. - yesterday, 12 films later. is great,
アルカラ - ちぎれろ is amazing.
パスピエ - 娑婆ラバ as well.
The new plenty is actually surprisingly nice, but not that amazing.
Also, not recent, but I only listened to ESNO - Release, daoko - DAOKO and 印象派 - AQ recently, and they're all amazing.
stump sock
Member
I will voice my approval every time someone praises this album. god, it's so good. top 3 of the year I think?
and while it's been a year of some god-awful post-production on really good albums (I'm looking at you, パスピエ - 娑婆ラバ
, the mix and master on this are absolutely flawless. something actually worth using my good headphones onstump sock
Member
whaaaaaa
ok, now knowing that, I do actually see the resemblance. well you just blew my mind a little.
Indeed.
Pretty sure that explains why he's often appearing on TV and stuff even though the band isn't that famous. Not that it bothers me, he's a cool dude (and an amazing bassist who's often solicited to be a support member).
So i went to MY FIRST STORY concert, it was the worst out of 3 i've been to so far.
Hiro's vocal is pretty bad, by the end it got pretty decent but till the middle it was really bad. Other guys were great. It really was short, like an hour(8 songs?) i was like wtf.
From 3 concerts which i went to I-rabbits concert was the best. Everything was perfect. MWAM concert was good too, but they need to work on vocals as well.
Hello Sleepwalkers concert next week and then Ling Tosite Sigure's concert. Also i won tickets for The Oral Cigarettes and GT2016 concerts yay.
Hiro's vocal is pretty bad, by the end it got pretty decent but till the middle it was really bad. Other guys were great. It really was short, like an hour(8 songs?) i was like wtf.
From 3 concerts which i went to I-rabbits concert was the best. Everything was perfect. MWAM concert was good too, but they need to work on vocals as well.
Hello Sleepwalkers concert next week and then Ling Tosite Sigure's concert. Also i won tickets for The Oral Cigarettes and GT2016 concerts yay.
stump sock
Member
Ricky Wilson (NECRONOMIDOL's manager) did an interview with Cracked about j-idols
http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1946-6-insane-realities-life-as-japanese-pop-star.html
bonus points for "idol kayfabe"
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a well shot live Koutei Camera Girl video, first time I've seen them with the new members.
only one month til the new album...
hah it sounds like the new girl with black hair can sing in tune, a solid addition
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huh, stumbled on Pinky (Dempagumi) performing with Maison Book Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCWbWLbtTyA
http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1946-6-insane-realities-life-as-japanese-pop-star.html
bonus points for "idol kayfabe"
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a well shot live Koutei Camera Girl video, first time I've seen them with the new members.
only one month til the new album...
hah it sounds like the new girl with black hair can sing in tune, a solid addition
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huh, stumbled on Pinky (Dempagumi) performing with Maison Book Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCWbWLbtTyA
From the few videos I've seen Hiro's vocals are pretty weak live yeah, which is a shame since their songs are quite good on CD. Weird.
The other band was Kyuso Nekokami (キュウソネコカミ
right? Super jelly, one of the best bands in Japan right now, their live shows are amazing. I'd love to see them someday.These:
and
浜田マロン - 成熟のマーブル
ESNO - Release
THE NOVEMBERS - Elegance
吉澤嘉代子 - 秘密公園
PELICAN FANCLUB - PELICAN FANCLUB
My man
Yea, Hiro's voice sounds so powerful on records.From the few videos I've seen Hiro's vocals are pretty weak live yeah, which is a shame since their songs are quite good on CD. Weird.
The other band was Kyuso Nekokami (キュウソネコカミ
No Kyuso Nekokami unfortunately
here's the full list of artists http://gt.livemasters.jp/artists/i like 9 out of 11 bands so it's going to be amazing.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Bah, beat me to it! A lot lighter than their older material, but I'm still enjoying it.
Not recent but I think this albums are must listen if you haven't already. Bands are not very popular but they are really good.
All albums by I-rabbits
All albums by NIKIIE
POT-Arco iris
Yonige-coming spring
Halo at yojohan - apogee
vincenzogrubb
Member
There's been a lot of great music in the past couple months, most of it already mentioned, but I think my favorite overall is Akiko Yano's new album.
Pretty terrible article but get that promo Ricky.
Pretty terrible article but get that promo Ricky.
HideyoshiJP
Member
Hello folks. I don't visit this thread often, and missed most of the YouTube business this week. So uh, if you're like me and really disappointed about the YouTube Redpocalypse, but still want a place to find new(ish) music outside of something like jpopsuki, I'm a big fan of just listening to the radio. You don't need Radiko to listen to JCBA members on http://simulradio.jp/. Now, there's a lot of talk radio in there, but 86.9 BAN-BANラジオ plays an alright amount of music, and there's plenty of Japanese listening practice in-between. They also run JP TOP20 every weekend, but I believe it'll be late Saturday night/early Sunday morning for United States-ians.
If you're the phone listener, you can hear them on Tune-In Radio (I don't recommend if you hate ads), or FM聴 for Community for Android users. I think iPhone users will be forced to use TuneIn as コミュニティFM for iPhone looks Japan-only.
Anyway, good luck. I hope all this gets sorted out, but I'm sure it'll be a while before the Japanese record companies accept Google's new "our way or the highway" contract, if ever. At least avex isn't affected, or already accepted.
If you're the phone listener, you can hear them on Tune-In Radio (I don't recommend if you hate ads), or FM聴 for Community for Android users. I think iPhone users will be forced to use TuneIn as コミュニティFM for iPhone looks Japan-only.
Anyway, good luck. I hope all this gets sorted out, but I'm sure it'll be a while before the Japanese record companies accept Google's new "our way or the highway" contract, if ever. At least avex isn't affected, or already accepted.
Soothing song, I dig it.
back number announced the release of a new album on December 9, yaaay. Haven't really listened to the singles this time so even though 7 songs on the album are already out it'll still be somewhat fresh.
Limited edition comes with the full version of their 2015 Makuhari Messe live
yeah...
Perfume vinyls announced. GAME, Triangle, JPN, Complete Best, Love The World and a boxset containing all of them. Out February 17th.
SweetDonuts
Member
New Namie single; 'Red Carpet', described as a Neo-Soul ballad with the b-side being an upbeat R&B number. I'm excite.
I got so excited when I read the tweet, I just saw NEWS RELEASE and album and disregarded the rest.
I got so excited when I read the tweet, I just saw NEWS RELEASE and album and disregarded the rest.
stump sock
Member
2万円 lol
I'd probably pay 4000円 for Level 3 though, which isn't on the list :\
stump sock
Member
nah, I mentioned it back when it was announced. desperation?
I don't think their management has any idea what to do with them anymore. Their concerts make a buttload of money so they just do those and occasionally put out a lackluster single.
my only hope is that by putting out two albums at the same time that they'll maybe release a full album's worth of decent songs between the two.
regardless of anything, going from being one of the most interesting high-profile groups out there to being aggressively mediocre is kind of an amazing turn. they put out GOUNN and immediately fell off a cliff. impressively, that Teddyloid remix album is the best thing their name has been on in two years.
it really is
Aizo
Banned
Not going to lie.
It's fucking dull.
I'm so severely disappointed in them. If you guys could have seen them live during their prime, I think you'd feel a similar pain. I don't remember the last time I was so disappointed in a band.
I thought you'd heard the new albums at first. I'm very curious how this will sound. They've had a solid break now so plenty of time to recoup and stake a new course.
Their problem isn't so much that they made bad decisions as the natural confusion in strategy they've experienced when they going from being that one big weird hyper idol group to seeing tens of similarly crazed groups hit the charts. What could they possibly do to make an impression? The result has been a lack of direction.
I hope now that they're back the answer is just 'focus on quality'. Play with their natural characters instead of increasingly epic concepts. They're some of the best performers in Japanese pop and that wild energy has been a little less apparent in later singles. Though I think the more recent singles, like the Dragon Ball one, have been solid to good, if lacking a certain je ne sais quoi.
Two albums is one ridic idea though and if it's not great it'll be ugly.
Aizo
Banned
Oops. I just saw a video on my youtube subs feed, and it seemed like the first announcement, but I'm actually far behind. haha.
They haven't impressed me in a while, so I'm really agreeing with what you to have to say about them. I wish they could keep the same back-up band for every song. Gounn is a masterpiece instrumentally.
stump sock
Member
which is a sad state of affairs considering that it's a NARASAKI song, though to be fair the last time he collaborated with Yuyoyuppe, it resulted in the similarly "good, not great" Birth 0 Birth.
they are still arguably one of the best group of raw performers out there, but it's getting to the point where they need to do something. I'm not entirely sure I need to keep getting concert dvds full of songs about doing homework by people in their 20s.
well, to bring this conversation full-circle from yesterday, the person being an absolute monster on bass in that song is Hama Okamoto
NARASAKI on guitar, Ling Toshite Sigure's drummer, etc. hell of a band.
New Brian the Sun is perfect <3
http://youtu.be/gkEmqDKePj0
I get that you don't like what they do anymore but I'm not sure why seeing them live matters in that case tbh.
I loved what they've been doing since 渦になる (it was one of my top 10 releases of 2012, I remember doing a blog post about it!) without seeing them live so... ???? I'm really confused as to why you keep bringing that up every time.
And honestly the next album can't be more dull than ロンググッドバイ that only had one great song (海と花束 on it, but that's a different story.
And finally chill out dude, it's not the end of the world. No offense but you're overreacting.
http://youtu.be/gkEmqDKePj0
I get that you don't like what they do anymore but I'm not sure why seeing them live matters in that case tbh.
I loved what they've been doing since 渦になる (it was one of my top 10 releases of 2012, I remember doing a blog post about it!) without seeing them live so... ???? I'm really confused as to why you keep bringing that up every time.
And honestly the next album can't be more dull than ロンググッドバイ that only had one great song (海と花束
on it, but that's a different story.And finally chill out dude, it's not the end of the world. No offense but you're overreacting.
Aizo
Banned
Haha. I'm calm, but I am disappointed.
Seeing them live matters, because it was inherit to the kind of music they played before. The show was just dripping with atmosphere. There was a part where they turned the stage lights up super high from behind, left their amps blaring, and they all stood still by their amps with all the feedback mixing. It was pretty surreal, and a total sensory overload. Their whole presence and the atmosphere of their shows will not be redone with the current kind of music they're doing, and that's a damn shame. They were one of my favorite bands, and having them completely change sucks.
I am just expressing disappointment and elaborating on why I feel that way, so I'm not sure that it's an overreaction. It's not like a new song comes out, I cry, and then angrily type on my keyboard with tear-lubricated finger strokes for maximum speed.
The thing is, if they broke up and started a new band that sounded like this, I wouldn't complain. I'll stop being so negative about them from here on out in attempts to see them as a different band, though, because the band I was so fond of is honestly dead, and I don't think that's being overly dramatic to say.
Seeing them live matters, because it was inherit to the kind of music they played before. The show was just dripping with atmosphere. There was a part where they turned the stage lights up super high from behind, left their amps blaring, and they all stood still by their amps with all the feedback mixing. It was pretty surreal, and a total sensory overload. Their whole presence and the atmosphere of their shows will not be redone with the current kind of music they're doing, and that's a damn shame. They were one of my favorite bands, and having them completely change sucks.
I am just expressing disappointment and elaborating on why I feel that way, so I'm not sure that it's an overreaction. It's not like a new song comes out, I cry, and then angrily type on my keyboard with tear-lubricated finger strokes for maximum speed.
The thing is, if they broke up and started a new band that sounded like this, I wouldn't complain. I'll stop being so negative about them from here on out in attempts to see them as a different band, though, because the band I was so fond of is honestly dead, and I don't think that's being overly dramatic to say.
Yeah, I'm aware. To bring it full circle on my end, I brought him up because I was looking up his bass playing in Gounn, and then I was watching him play other songs. haha
Love the World and no Level3? :/
stump sock
Member
right? if the box set ditched those two comps and added Level 3, I'd actually consider dropping the money on that thing
That's exactly how I feel. The disappointment for me is doubly strong that I discovered shoegaze through them. I remember watching the ユリーカ MV and being mesmerized. It was because of it that I dove into the genre and discovered some damn good bands. But now, that band tht has shown me this is moving completely away from the genre. And their new sound doesn't appeal to me. If it was another band I would probably listen to a song or two, think it's interesting enough, but then listen to their discography and decide is not for me.
It was similar with tricot. I really liked them from their earlier sounds, but while I really like T H E, it was not what I was expecting from them. I feared they would go into a different path, one that I wouldn't like quite as much. But A N D delivered what I was hopping for, so I'm pretty happy about it.
Aizo
Banned
Exact same story for me. It's one of my favorite music videos of all time.
Level 3 had a vinyl release. These are just pressings of albums they had when they were on Tokuma since everything(?) since had a vinyl pressing.
stump sock
Member
vincenzogrubb
Member
New You'll Melt More! I love them so much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuFg8-EqGLw
edit: literally my doppleganger, lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuFg8-EqGLw
edit: literally my doppleganger, lol.
stump sock
Member
I just decided to share it here before leaving a comment in that other thread
it's not too shabby for a <5 minute YMM song
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it's not too shabby for a <5 minute YMM song
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I've got the yellow version. So pretty.
Seeing Envy (and Deafheaven) tonight. Excited to finally see them live. Been following a couple people on Instagram who've posted videos, and the show looks awesome.