pandagolff's New Album "Because of Love" [CD]
⭐︎Colour of the cassette will be selected at random⭐︎
〔Songs〕
1.STOP THE BAKU
2.New balance
3.LEGO DE GO
4.Because of Love
5.Table manner
6.Shadow people, last my friend
7.OKASHIMO
8.Digital flowers
veröffentlicht am 18. August 2024
Recorded at Tsubame studio in 2024.
Engineering: Yui Kimijima
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Mittwoch, Oktober 30, 2024
Samstag, Oktober 26, 2024
Hazy Sour Cherry - Hazy Horror Party
Tokyo indie-pop quartet return with a popcorn double feature in the form of a Horror portmanteau ‘Hazy Horror Party’released on Oct 31 (Oct 21 digital) by Damnably on Eco-Mix Vinyl & Digital.
‘Hazy Horror Party’ features six original songs, sung in English and Japanese and two comedy ‘skits’ in Japanese and follows 2021’s sophomore ‘Strange World’ & 2019 debut ‘Tour De Tokyo’.
Why write Hazy Horror Party album?
Jun: “I like horror songs and movies, and I made the concept of Sound Track to a fictional horror movie. After we made “Vampire” (song on the 2nd album Strange World), it made me want to do a horror record. We aimed to create a Horror and Fun album like Hans Conried & Alice Pearce's “Monster Rally” (monster themed album)that even children can enjoy.”
In their own words
Bloody Night “I wanted to make a duet song like the theme song of the Phantom of the Opera. The theme of the lyrics is Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The chorus unfolded in a gram-rock fashion.”
Zombilly Rave “The rhythm reminds me of the first rockabilly in Hazy. a big fan of George A Romero's zombie movies. The theme of the lyrics is a song that a girl sings to a zombie in the garage.”
Monster Party “The theme of the lyrics is based on the image of Power Puff Girls' Boogie Man’s (Disco loving nightmare monster)party. The song homage the development of the Cheap Trick Dream Police I wanted to include many of my favorite monsters in the lyrics.”
Help me!Hitchcock “The lyrics were inspired by Dutch band The Hammer's “Hitchcock's Lullaby”.”
The Dracula Bop “I wanted to create a Horror Rock like Screamimg Lord Sutch. A song about the strange love between Dracula and Death.”
Hazy Halloween “I wrote this song after being taught by George Damnably Records about Bobby Pickett's Monster Mash. The lyrics are about the best zombie and monster parties.”
In Strange World the band successfully converted the fear, loneliness and disappointment of a new band watching their youth and dreams ebb away into a collection of imaginative, upbeat, spontaneous catchy songs that both expands their range and refines their writing/playing chops into a fun hope-filled transformative work and Hazy Horror Party sees them relax and let their imaginations run wild and party. (Disclaimer -Damnably owns a 7ft animatronic Werewolf and our monster claw logo was drawn by Aaron of American Werewolf Acadmey - so we’re horror aficionados)
The last tracks on both side are spooky themed comedy skits!
About Hazy Sour Cherry
The band are something of a Tokyo indie supergroup. Formed in 2018 with vocalist Tsuzumi (OCHA∞ME)and guitarist Jun (HATEMAN, Gorillaor︎).Drummer Super Nagai (LIFE IS WATER BAND,THE SENSATIONS,SILENCE HOLDER) and bassist Chiba (M.A.Z.E) who joined after Strange World was recorded. All members are in their mid-twenties,and met in an underground music scene in Shimokitazawa (like Dalston in London), Tokyo and are bigs fans of BMX Bandits, Young Fresh Fellows, Go-Kart Mozart, Raspberries (JP), Firestarter (JP), as well as The Beatles, Rolling Stones and their Damnably Famnably Say Sue Me & DBGC.
Mitwirkende
veröffentlicht am 21. Oktober 2024
Jun wrote and composed all the songs and Tsuzumi and Jun share vocal duties. X Drummer Karin came up with the monstertastic artwork (even featuring the jump scare from Exorcist 3).
Produced by Hazy Sour Cherry and recording, mixing and mastering by Tsubasa (Freak Ciy Soundtrack) at Rinky Dink Studio Shimokitazawa 2nd.
Hazy Sour Cherry are…
Tsuzumi (Vocals/drums/Bass)
Jun (Guitar/vocals)
Super Nagai (Drums)
Chiba (Bass)
https://twitter.com/hazysourcherry
https://www.facebook.com/HazySourCherryJP/
https://hazysourcherry.bandcamp.com/music
https://hazysourcherry.com/
Freitag, Oktober 04, 2024
Drinking Boys and Girls Choir - Live in Busan 2024
released October 4, 2024
This album was recorded at Ovantgard, Busan on January 13th, 2024
Drinking Boys and Girls Choir (DBGC) is a three-piece punk band from Daegu, South Korea. Formed in 2013 when two drummers MJ and Meena shared a rehearsal space and decided to form a band, Meena switched to Bass and guitarist Bondu (who had just finished his military service) answered their ad. They bonded over a shared love of drinking, skating and punk. Inspired by Daegu’s 90s-00s hardcore punk/indie-rock scene before it moved to Seoul, a topic band are very passionate about, vowing not to move to the capital, preferring to nurture a sustainable local scene. In 2017, MJ suffered a serious motorbike accident, so the band took a hiatus while awaiting her recovery. When she was fit again, they DIY produced their 18 track debut album “Keep Drinking” released on Damnably/Electric Muse in 2019, followed by show stealing appearances at SXSW, TGE, LSC, Pentaport, Busan International Rock Festival, Zandari & MU:CON and also toured the UK tour supporting label mates Otoboke Beaver & Say Sue Me. Bondu retired from the band following their UK tour and Myorori stepped in on guitar duties.
https://drinkingboysandgirlschoir.com/
https://www.facebook.com/band.drinking
https://twitter.com/BandDBGC
https://band-dbgc.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@drinkingboysandgirlschoir4397/videos
Samstag, August 24, 2024
King Brothers - HELL OH! OZ
Cheersquad Records & Tapes are excited to announce a special Australian tour LP, "HELL OH! OZ," from Japan’s legendary blues punk band, KING BROTHERS, as they return to Australia for the first time since 2016! Known for their high-octane performances and a unique blend of gritty blues and punk rock, KING BROTHERS promise a tour that will leave you breathless.
Formed in 1998 and celebrating their 26th anniversary this year, KING BROTHERS have taken their powerful sound to stages around the world, including Fuji Rock Festival (Japan), Goner Fest (USA), and Meredith Music Festival (Australia). Their dynamic lineup features Keizo on vocals and guitar, Marya on guitar and scream, and their new drummer Genki.
"HELL OH! OZ," is available in a limited edition of 300 copies (150 green and white marble & 150 fluro green). All copies come with a free download card.
released August 23, 2024
Photo: https://www.houndgawd.com
The band is Keizo Matsuo on guitar, harp and vocals, Masafumi “Marya” Koyama on guitar and Zony on drums. The band came together in 1997 and has proved one of Japan’s most durable rock outfits, backing the likes of Jon Spencer, the White Stripes and Strokes in their tours of the country. The NYC connection goes further as it was Jon Spencer who produced earlier albums and Matt Verta-Ray who recorded those same albums. Their self-titled debut album hit the streets in 1998. The band made its major label debut in Japan on Toshiba EMI in 2001 before they sign to “In The Red” the same year. This two guitar and drums trio cramps toxic punk rock, barbed-wire blues and wrestled with fuzzed-out noise.
It’s no surprise that the King Brothers live shows get attention. Taking to the stage dressed in what have become their trade mark black and white suits, the three piece who hails from Nishinomiya City, Japan appear amaze audiences with their insanely energetic stage act. Within a matter of seconds all hell breaks loose as they burst into life; a cacophony of guitars, vocals and drums smashing into the fans at full tilt. The King Brothers are known as the most dangerous act in Japan, having had themselves banned from nearly every club in Osaka for destroying property.
https://cheersquadrecordstapes.bandcamp.com/album/hell-oh-oz
https://x.com/osamakyoudai
http://www.kingbrothers.jp/
https://www.houndgawd.com/shop/en/ARTISTS-RELEASES/King-Brothers/
Slant 6 - Soda Pop*Rip Off
Slant 6's first full-length album, released in 1994. This download includes three extra songs from the "What Kind of Monster Are You?" 7".
released January 1, 1994
Christina Billotte - guitar & vocals
Myra Power - bass & vocals
Marge Marshall - drums
Formed in Washington, DC in 1992, Slant 6 was Christina Billotte, Myra Power, and Marge Marshall. The band did a number of US tours and released a single and two albums on Dischord. Slant 6 finally came to an end while on tour in England and played its last show with Fugazi in Leeds in 1995.
https://dischord.com/band/slant-6
https://slant6.bandcamp.com/album/soda-pop-rip-off
Autoclave - S/T
In 2019 Dischord released Autoclave’s discography on a single LP for the first time ever. This 12” combined the band’s 7” and 10” singles as well as two extra demo tracks. The music was remastered from the original tapes by TJ Lipple and cut for vinyl by Bob Weston at CMS.
Christina Billotte and Melissa Berkoff initially began playing together in a Washington, D.C. band called Hazmat in 1989, but then joined up with Nikki Chapman and Mary Timony to form Autoclave. The group lasted for one year and played only a handful of shows.
In 1991, the quartet released a three-song 7" on the "DisKord" label -- a joint effort between Dischord and Olympia, Washington's K Records. The band's second release was a posthumous 10" that came out via Billotte's label, Mira Records.
Following Autoclave’s dissolution, Billotte would go on to perform in Slant 6, Quix-o-tic, and The Casual Dots. Timony formed the bands Helium and Ex Hex in addition to releasing four records under her own name.
released April 5, 2019
Christina Billotte - bass, vocals, drums
Mary Timony - guitar, vocals
Nikki Chapman - guitar, vocals
Melissa Berkoff - drums
Photo: Shawn Scallen
https://autoclave.bandcamp.com/album/s-t
https://dischord.com/band/autoclave
Freitag, August 23, 2024
Oeil - Dream Within a Dream
We took a long time to retrieve data from corrupted HDD. If people are looking forward to the next news, they might be able to listen to some old songs as well. There was an era of Social Network Service while we were not releasing it. It didn't bring us much benefit in Japan, but I'm surprised that the information reached people all over the world. We present this work as a token of our gratitude to those who have waited for us.
Some of the tracks included in “Dream Within a Dream” are already known, but they have been mastered differently from “Myrtle” and are different versions of the tracks that do not include interludes.
We already have some demos of new songs, so purchasing this album will directly support the production of the next album.
released March 5, 2024
Oeil is an indie rock/pop duo formed in Tokyo in 2007. Oeil began in 2007 with the release of their first EP titled Urban Twilight.In 2014, Oeil released a single titled After The Rain. On 15 Nov 2014, released a 2nd EP titled Myrtle.
The band is centred on the songwriting partnership of singer Mitsuko Hoshino and producer-guitarist Takafumi Hibino.
In 2019 chosen in Far Out Magazine’s “The 50 best shoegaze albums of all time”.
http://oeilweb.com/
https://oeil.bandcamp.com/music
https://soundcloud.com/oeil
Samstag, August 17, 2024
Les Rallizes Dénudés - 屋根裏 YaneUra Oct. '80
In 1980, Les Rallizes Dénudés welcomed guitarist Fujio Yamaguchi (The Dynamites, Murahachibu, Teardrops) to its fold. The unconventional pairing of inimitable Rallizes frontman Mizutani with Fujio’s unrestrained, bluesier styles ushered in a new era for the band that excited fans old and new. This unique arrangement lasted less than a year, but the lineup would leave behind a long lasting impact among Rallizes fans that can still be felt to this day.
Among the seven gigs played by the Fujio-era lineup, one particular show stood out from the rest. YaneUra Oct. ‘80 contains the blistering performance that took place on October 29, 1980 at the original Yaneura live house in Shibuya, Tokyo. This night, one of a series of gigs played at Yaneura by this lineup, has always been considered one of the certifiable classics among the live tapes that circulated among Rallizes aficionados. Newly mixed and mastered from the best available sources by Rallizes member Makoto Kubota, YaneUra Oct. ‘80 is the long-awaited, first-ever official release of this show.
Built upon the tight rhythm section of bassist Doronco (Kiyohiro Takada) and drummer Kodo Noma, the violent interplay between the twin guitars of Mizutani and Fujio was known to have generated a jet-black aura that would permeate the air during each performance. The intense, 30-minute-plus medley of “I’m the Darkness” leading into “Flame of Ice” in particular can be considered one of the defining performances of the Rallizes entire career.
released August 16, 2024
https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/music
Freitag, August 09, 2024
o'summer vacation - Electronic Eye
Releases October 11, 2024
Readers of encyclopedic tomes are obviously familiar with exploding animals – there are numerous reports of torn-apart toads (even in Hamburg, Germany!), actual ants exploding altruistically – but humans that decide to jointly detonate, and with no harm done, that’s rare: Kobe’s own o'summer vacation are unique (and volatile) like that, and they’re back to light the fuse for the second time, presenting 13 more musical quarter sticks that have already blown up venues in Europe and Japan.
“Keep it lean, keep it mean,” they say, and that’s what this band loves to take to the extreme: breakneck concision and collective combustion meet freeform noise punk hazards on o'summer vacation's second (not quite) full-length – as the Kobe-based three-piece’s “Electronic Eye” is set to arrive on October 11, 2024. Following a bunch of trips to Berlin, Munich etc., the Japanese fire starters have found a new home with Alien Transistor, and it’s the perfect launch pad for their latest set of guitarless pyrotechnics. Going right for max q (maximum dynamic pressure), “Electronic Eye” is (unlike those Starships) actually supposed to explode right after lift-off ;)
Even though there have been some line-up changes since the group recorded its sophomore album, the energy caught by producer Shinji Masuko (DMBQ, Boredoms) is still unmatched: a very physical and hard-knocking barrage of mosh-inducing madness that leaves you speechless + inevitably twitching towards the pit. Mastering was done by Masaki Oshima aka Watchman (Melt-Banana).
Opening with sizzling hi-hats and heavy ripples of breathless bass, singer Ami presents a non-sequitur kind of lullaby over the math rock-style interlocutions of “宿痾 (Shuku - A)” – which at 6+ minutes makes up more than a quarter of the album. A shapeshifting frenzy of voice (Ami), unbridled, pedal-powered bassline insanity (Mikkki, formerly Mikiiiii), and hot-blooded drums (Manu, meanwhile replaced by Karry), the album features mosh-inducing blows (previously released “Luna,” “Anti Christ 大体 Super Star”), 30-sec mini noise punk anthems (“竦(shou)”, “Days Go By Fast”), and continues to surf at breakneck pace up and down scales (“@ The”), which often feels like catharsis served with a hammer (“Ultra”). Whereas some tracks are bigger more song-y than others (“Song#2,” that full-throttle “Poodle”), “Vs I” is on time like Tierra Whack (exactly 60 seconds of pick-grinding action), and “Rage” indeed feels like Zack is about to join the party – only to see Ami wipe the floor with pure onomatopoetic fire. Finally, “Aloooooone” and “Humming” (that opening lilt!) are sure going to be live favorites, shifting up and down via hardcore speeds and various break-downs.
Quite hotheaded and terminating things on a high note, o'summer vacation point out that the quick-fire lyrics of their “songs have no meaning. It’s called onomatopoeia in English. Ami, our vocalist, does not like to communicate her thoughts through her music.” Although she considers her contribution “a part of the instrumentation,” they still have strong messages and concerns (unrest, discontent, willingness to shake, wake up, enliven anyone near the audible bomb crater): “That doesn’t mean we don’t have a point of view, but we choose to express ourselves through sound rather than words. Generally, but not exclusively, we are anti-racism, anti-war, gender-free, angry at the companies we work for and their bosses, etc., which are very common sentiments held by so-called rock bands.”
It’s only three ingredients, just like sonic gunpowder: bass, drums, voice – but they tend to explode a few bars into each new track. In a perfect world, there’d be giant colorful clouds of dust gracing the sky over each venue they descend upon.
https://osummervacation.wixsite.com/osummervacation
https://twitter.com/osummervacation
https://www.facebook.com/osummervacation/
https://osummervacation.bandcamp.com/merch
https://linktr.ee/osummervacation
https://www.youtube.com/@osummervacation7541
Dienstag, August 06, 2024
schedars - schedars
The first album by Tokyo's hottest Tokyo Post Punk/No Wave, schedars, will arrive in 2023!
Formed in 2021, Tokyo's post-punk schedars records will be arriving. This is so cool. It may not be easily snatched by any scene, but it's an important record released in 2023.
Guitarist Enrique Enrique, who is also known as the guitarist of the isolated Emily likes tennis ("cardboard hardcore" according to SPOILMAN Kashima), plays the guitar in schedars, which is introduced as "post-punk" in many places, but is actually a band with a post-punk skin... Something crossover... Something crossover... something else that is hard to describe...? It's hard to describe. In terms of visuals and sound, the front female vocalist and saxophonist are floral, and the music inherits the sound of the 70's and 80's New Wave/Post Punk and No Wave context, but the drum and bass playing is too good at a strange level, and the sound and groove that no one in the punk roots could produce is too good. The drum and bass playing is too good, and the sound and groove is too much.... A fusion of DNA-like impulses.
I haven't heard them on vinyl and haven't seen them live yet, so I may rewrite this review later. I feel the madness of the saxophonist.
https://otonashirecords.com/en/products/schedars-schedars-lp
https://schedars.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.youtube.com/@schedars811
https://x.com/schedars_nw
Freitag, August 02, 2024
TsuShiMaMiRe - Live at Zebulon, LA
This is a remixed continuous live recording of (almost) our entire set in Los Angeles, at Zebulon on November 15 2023.
It was during our West Coast US Tour with our friends A GIANT DOG.
It's one of the funnest shows of that tour!
We really loved this tour ありがとう to our US fans we love you!!
Recorded and mixed by our FOH Christian!
Includes amazing performances of the following 10 songs:
• Anarchy Morning
• Shot You
• Sex on the Beach
• Air Control & Remote Control
• Pressure Drop
• Show You my Soy Sauce
• Beginning ( Hajimari no Uta )
• Human Coating ( Ningen Coating )
• Jaguar
• Baka Moto Karee (Foolish ex-boyfriend with Curry)
released August 1, 2024
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http://tsushimamire.com/en/
https://tsushimamire1.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/tsushimamire/
https://tsushimamire1.bandcamp.com/merch
Samstag, Juli 27, 2024
The Fadeaways - Pretty Wild
Cheersquad Records & Tapes are thrilled to release 'Pretty Wild' 2024 Australian Tour LP by Japan's high-octane garage rock sensation, THE FADEAWAYS, available for pre-order ahead of the release on July 4.
Be prepared to be swept off your feet as they crash onto Australian shores for their explosive debut tour. The tour LP contains 4 originals and 4 tasty covers showing their love for 60's garage, punk & psych.
Since their inception in Tokyo in 2005, Toyozo (vocals and bass), Assman (guitar), and Ozzy (drums) have not just played music; they've orchestrated a garage punk rock revolution, deeply infused with the raw energy of '60s garage punk and '70s punk trash.
THE FADEAWAYS are more than a band; they're a spectacle of high energy, garage, pop, and punk music brilliance, dressed in super cool matching '60s Europop-inspired outfits that scream style as loud as their music. Each show is an adrenaline-fueled experience where Toyozo often finds himself leaping onto the kick drum, belting out tunes while perched atop the heaving drum. Ozzy isn't one to stay behind, melding his drumming with astonishing handstands on his kit. And Assman? He embodies the spirit of Japanese rock, leaping through the air and, in one unforgettable moment, skulling a bottle of Asahi handed to him by an audience member—all without missing a beat on his guitar.
Their journey has seen them become the chosen support for international acts touring Japan and taking their electrifying show across the globe, including extensive tours in the USA, UK, Europe, and parts of Asia. Their discography boasts eight albums and a slew of singles and EPs, celebrated by garage rock aficionados worldwide and released under prestigious international labels.
released July 4, 2024
Words and Music by The Fadeaways
https://thefadeawaysdwrusa.bandcamp.com/merch
https://www.facebook.com/thefadeawaysjapan/
https://x.com/toyozofadeaways
https://thefadeaways.thebase.in/
Samstag, Juli 06, 2024
xiexie - wellwell
Tokyo based indie band, xiexie's debut album
released June 12, 2024
All songs written by xiexie
Produced & Arranged by xiexie
Vocals & Guitar: Meari
Guitar & Vocals: Yamato Koda
Bass: Teruyuki Hiraki
Drums & Programing : Kouichi Hida
Keyboards(M9) : Ernest (I'mdifficult)
Recorded & Mixed by Kouichi Hida at MOTEL X
Mastered by ZETTON at StudioLb12
Photograph by Mado Uemura
Artist Management:NATURAL FOUNDATION LLC
A&R : Yasushi Shibata (NATURAL FOUNDATION LLC.)
Label:P-VINE / NATURAL FOUNDATION LLC
xiexie is a Tokyo based indie pop / psychedelic pop band that was formed in 2020.
They are composed of four musicians, Meari(Vo&Gt), Yamato Kouda(Gt), Teruyuki Kai(Ba) and Kouichi Hida(Dr).
xiexie makes a parallel world with their dreamy and psychedelic sounds. Their music is a bridge between Asian indie music scene and US indie music scene.
The debut album “wellwell” will be out on June 12.
https://xiexie1.bandcamp.com/
https://x.com/xiexiemusic
https://www.facebook.com/xiexiemusic
https://www.youtube.com/@xiexieband3710
Samstag, Juni 29, 2024
POP CHOCOLAT - more
released March 13, 2016
Guitar & Vo:miho
Drums & Vo:natsuko
Bass & Vo:chisato
POP CHOCOLAT is a Japanese band hailing from Kyoto, formed by Miho(Guitar/Vocals) and Natsuko (Drums/Vocals) in 2000.
The combination of their signature "Hannari" vocals and Alternative Rock sounds create a unique musical style.
In March of 2010, POP CHOCOLAT belonged to a "Delicious Label", run by the pillows' own Sawao Yamanaka.
POP CHOCOLAT are currently based in Tokyo with a support bassist.
http://popchocolat.com/
https://popchocolat.bandcamp.com/album/more
Samstag, Juni 15, 2024
Boys Order - Do The Wild Cat LP
On the recent M.O.T.O. tribute compilation from Secret Mission, Boys Order, from Japan, nailed a pitch perfect cover of “Deliver,” so I was excited to snag their debut full length—and, without hyperbole, it’s one of the catchiest records I’ve ever heard. Do the Wild Cat opens with the bubbly powerpop gem “W.A.V.E!”—and from there on out Boys Order is unstoppable. The title track somehow shifts from a propulsive verse to a mid-tempo chorus without screeching to a halt while “Blue Blue Red” includes every infectious pop device imaginable: “oohs,” keyboards, a propulsive bassline, and vocal harmonies. (Also, any record with a song called “Party! Party! Party!” is right by me.) By the time “Run after Shadows” closes the record with a gleeful climax, saxophone and all, Boys Order hasn’t stumbled once.
Do the Wild Cat is pure, unadulterated powerpop perfection. –Sean Arenas (Secret Mission, secretmissionrecords.com)
https://secretmissionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/do-the-wild-cat-lp