Freitag, März 30, 2018

Rob Drabkin - Beautiful Day Album

Rob Drabkin - Beautiful Day Album

Although his musical talents make it easy to believe he’s always been a full-time musician, Rob Drabkin attended Trinity University in San Antonio, TX, where he graduated with a degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with the intention of becoming a doctor. His focus quickly changed after a family trip to New York. “My Dad played Jazz full time for 30 years before he got into medicine. On that trip, we re-connected with his old musician friends, and it was inspiring to see them giving their lives to music night after night for so many years. That was the night I dropped science and dedicated myself to music. After that moment, I spent every possible minute singing and honing all of the songwriting skills that I could.” He adds, “It's kind of embarrassing to admit, but I had an epiphany while watching the Broadway musical “Chicago.” I decided right then and there that I didn't want to work in a research lab for the rest of my life and that I wanted to pursue music full time even though I had never sung a note up to that point.” He took to Denver’s music scene quickly, and set his career into motion.
photo by the wonderful @kitchalbergphotography

Drabkin’s newly released single, “Someday,” has earned a spot on major international Spotify playlists and in just one month, the single accumulated over one million plays from listeners around the world. "We too often forget that love is ever-present. We share it with each other through laughter, smiles, and sympathy. We can find it in everything and we can also create it in the smallest, most unassuming moments of our lives. I wrote this song for those moments. All we can do is keep being kind and have the courage to choose love in every decision we make.” In “Someday” His lyrical talents show his listeners that you can take whatever you might endure, and turn it into a way to express yourself. Although the Colorado native has an impressive list of musical achievements, this song serves as an opportunity to start his career from scratch. A new plateau with new possibilities

“With earnestness and originality, Drabkin thrives within stylistic excursions that range from driving folk rock to understated experiments with classical musicians.- ““Denver Westword
https://www.robdrabkin.com/home

The Noolands - The Noolands Collection

The Noolands - The Noolands Collection


The Noolands are a rock & roll band that writes and records music for their best friends.
Pic by Sprout Wise
Emerging from Barrie, ON Canada, this energetic and charming foursome proves that being an independant artist is all about bringing people together. Their collection of music combines many genres of rock, from alternative to progressive, blues to funk. With The Noolands, what you see is what you get, great music inspired by real life.
https://thenoolands.com/

Donnerstag, März 29, 2018

BAER - River

BAER - River MV

Music Video by BAER performing River.
Video Directed and Edited by Drew Kirsch
Music Prod. by Zuric


BAER is a multicultural electropop artist who is currently based in Los Angeles.

Born in Taiwan and partially raised in Canada, she feels this exposure to different
cultures has expanded her musical horizons, citing genres such as R&B, Hip Hop, electronica,
and Pop as influencing her sound. Having made a splash last year with her Breathe The Same EP,
BAER is back with River – a new single which showcases her musical mélange, but is at its heart
an emotional but epic ballad, with her searing, soaring vocals taking the track higher and higher
in heartfelt intensity. @ MARK BUCKLEY
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San Mei - Necessary EP

San Mei - Necessary EP



San Mei is the solo project of self-produced Gold Coast native Emily Hamilton. Beginning as a bedroom project, San Mei has been crafted into a sound full of heart-on-sleeve melodies and moody undertones.

The music plays to desire and longing, envisaging the hope of youth with its blend of dreamy vocals, fuzzy synths and driving rhythms.
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Che'Nelle - Criminal

Che'Nelle - Criminal MV





Born in Malaysia, raised in Australia, and living in Los Angeles, Che’Nelle is a truly unique blend of culture and genres, infusing traditional pop with elements of rock, soul, and R&B to incorporate the different cultures that she’s experienced. Discovered on Myspace, quickly signed to Virgin Music and then catapulted into a star in Japan, Che’Nelle quickly became a household name. Hit songs 'Baby I Love You', 'Believe', and 'Happiness' earning multi-platinum certifications has coined Che'Nelle as the "Princess of Love" in Japan. Her songs have been theme songs to films such as "Brave Hearts: Umizaru" and TV Drama "Dear Sister". Che'Nelle is a recipient of 7 gold discs awards, and has lead product campaigns as a brand ambassador for companies such as Coca - Cola, Nivea, and Proactiv.

NINA - SLEEPWALKING Album · 2018

NINA - SLEEPWALKING Album · 2018

Store: http://www.ninasounduk.com/store/

NINA Short Info
NINA is a German Synthpop / Synthwave singer-songwriter based in London, UK. Born and raised in Berlin, she began singing at the age of six and she moved on to classical training during her teens. NINA cites Depeche Mode as one of her early musical influences and currently counts Kavinsky as one of her fans.

NINA released We Are The Wild Ones in 2013, garnering her great media attention. The track was used in SyFy’s US TV Series Being Human (Season 4), which exposed her music to millions of viewers and the official music video for this track was premièred by Huffington Post, who described her music as ‘Lana Del Rey meets Robyn’.

NINA’s second single My Mistake released in 2014, was included in HUGO BOSS’ 20 Years Compilation, available on all HUGO BOSS stores worldwide. Other brands that licensed her music include ASOS, Adidas and Net-a-Porter for their online campaigns.

NINA’s first UK Tour was announced after a successful show at Liverpool Sound City 2014, as well as a US Tour supporting ERASURE (The Violet Flame Tour) in September, where NINA performed 7 dates around the East Coast.

NINA made a live appearance on US morning TV Show “6 In The Mix” – NBC6 (Florida) performing her latest single ‘My Mistake’. After receiving great reviews, NINA performed at the legendary CBGB’s Festival in NYC in October 2014 as well as the Pyramid Club, and she performed an exclusive acoustic session for City Winery New York.

At the end of 2014 NINA performed several shows around Europe including supporting MONARCHY in London, and touring with DE/VISION and MESH as their support act in Germany.
In April 2015 Mercedes Benz featured NINA's song 'My Mistake' on their European TV and radio advert, which also appeared on several stadiums around Europe. The track reached #6 in the UK Shazam advert charts.

In April 2016 Idolator premiered NINA's latest single Beyond Memory, produced by Richard X and Sunglasses Kid, which was one of the best selling pre-orders on iTunes UK and France and was released on May 27th 2016, with remixes by Ministry of Sound DJs Nilesh Parmar and Liam Keegan (currently on rotation on MTV Dance), as well as Swedish producer Oscillian.

'Beyond Memory' was played on BBC Introducing London in July 2016.

NINA was preselected for the 2016 MIDEM Artist Accelerator program, and that same year, Idolator included "Beyond Memory" in their "Top 10 EPs & Mixtapes of 2016" List. NINA performed at Canadian Music Week in May 2016, kindly funded by PRS for Music Foundation.

In 2017 NINA released her latest single "One Of Us" in collaboration with Metropolis Studios and M:UK label, which established her as the "Queen of Synthwave" and led her to multiple appearances at some of the most renowned Synthwave festivals around Europe. 'One Of Us' was premiered by PopCrush in June 2017.

NINA is currently working on her debut album with producer Richard X and Swedish Synthwave producer Oscillian.

NINA is signed to Aztec Records and Aztec Music Publishing in the UK.

Bookings:
GERMANY: jan@pluswelt.agency
UK: laura@aztecrecords.com
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Sonntag, März 25, 2018

Rié - Benevolent Creature

Rié - Benevolent Creature MV

Written and performed by Rié
Produced by Squizzle
Video shot by Hutch Films (Will Hutchinson)
Hair by Naomi Yanagawa (Cleve Hair London)
Edited and animated by Rié


The “creatures” in this song are both yourself and the problems you face in life; depression, addiction, bad relationships, or any issues you encounter every day. After all, they all start out as individually “benevolent”, but the problem starts when you try to push away and fight each other. That’s why I want to suggest to “take it by the hand, don’t look away”. Talk to those creatures, shake hands with them. This may not be the absolute solution to all problems, but at least a decent place to start.


Benevolent Creature - Lyric
Written by Rié
Oh you’re a benevolent creature
I know it eats you up and lets you down and takes you all around
Oh you’re a benevolent creature
I know it kicks you back and drags you on and drives you out of bounds

Let it go, moving on together
Rolling on, louder, louder

I know it eats you up and lets you down and takes you all around
I know it kicks you back and drags you on and drives you out of bounds
Take it by the hand, don’t look away

Oh you’re a benevolent creature
You don’t need to play it down and keep it up enslaved by the crowd
Oh you’re a benevolent creature
You don’t need to hold it back, pretend it’s fine when you want to scream out loud

Rié (pronounced ree-ay) Funakoshi - known simply as Rié - is a Japanese London-art school graduate who made her debut in the UK in the summer 2017 with the four-track EP Business Trips. A singer-songwriter of rare melodic grace whose music resonates with the lush splendour of Karen Carpenter and the acoustic intimacy of Suzanne Vega, news of the release comes in line with ‘St.Martin’ (Theme Park Mix) – the first track to be lifted from the EP - which seamlessly cuts between London and Tokyo, representing both her background and her journey to the UK.

Having studied Fine Art at London’s Central St Martins, she began to immerse herself in music shortly after graduating, which along with painting, became her defining characteristic. Following a deluge of songwriting the young woman who sports striking pink-streaked hair earned a deal with Sony Japan at the age of 19 under the recording name Rie Fu, earning herself widespread recognition with the release of her debut album at home. Subsequent albums followed, along with a stint performing on a series of Asian tours before Rié returned to the UK the next stage of her music career.
Rié possesses the ability to write about anything within her music, speaking about the influence behind this, she says: “There’s nothing I wouldn’t write about,” she says. “I’d welcome the challenge of writing about the most unexpected thing. Kate Bush writes about mundane things but makes them sound like magical fairly tales.”

Rié frequently combines her love for both fine art and music and her paintings can be seen in the artwork and visual video concepts with this EP. She frequently turns to Japanese poetry as a source of influence, something she says will often describe the ‘beautiful’ without ever being explicit. “Japanese poetry and writing are all about saying something through something else, implying obliquely,” she muses. “In a Japanese poem, if something is beautiful, you never use the word ‘beautiful’; you refer to it without spelling it out.”
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Samstag, März 24, 2018

MONDO GROSSO - False Sympathy

MONDO GROSSO - False Sympathy feat. Aina The End


MONDO GROSSO / False Sympathy MV

“False Sympathy”
Vocal:AiNA THE END (BiSH)
Music:Shinichi Osawa / Words:Kei Owada
★TBS系 火曜ドラマ「きみが心に棲みついた」挿入歌

Shinichi Osawa, Musician, DJ, producer and music selector. His current projects include the critically-acclaimed MONDO GROSSO, AMPS-a band, and an orchestra project namead, Thousand Tears Orchestra. As a producer/remixer, Osawa has worked with various artists such as; Boys Noize, Benny Benassi, Alex Goher, Namie Amuro, JUJU, Tomohisa Yamashita, etc. Active in a wide range of fields from creating music for ads, spatial music, sound track to producing an analog record-focused music bar.
http://www.shinichi-osawa.com/

MUFFIN - MUFFIN - EP

MUFFIN - MUFFIN - EP

MUFFIN are a grunge rock 5-piece from Leeds formed in November 2016.


The name Queens of the Stone Age and Nirvana gave to their baby. It’s heavy, aggressive music you can dance to. Taking the grunge that inspired the generation, and making it sensitive to the indie and alternative scenes of today. Live sets with attitude and chaos, but with melodies and hooks that keep the chaos in the palms of their hands. Also named after a baked good.
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Perfume - Mugenmirai

Perfume - Mugenmirai


Formed in 2000, top electro-pop trio Perfume (a-chan, KASHIYUKA and NOCCHi) are one of the most influential girl groups in Japan, beloved for their futuristic concept and creative performances. The group made their major debut in 2005 and broke through with monster hit single “Polyrhythm” in 2007, taking techno-pop music and culture to the mainstream. Music produced by Yasutaka Nakata, they've received various awards in the Japanese market with numerous GOLD singles, DOUBLE PLATINUM album, 6 PLATINUM albums and PLATINUM DVDs.
Signing with Universal Music Japan in 2012, Perfume began their global activity, with sold-out tours around Asia and later in Europe and the United States. Their first album with Universal, 2013’s “LEVEL3”, became their 5th consecutive No.1 album in Japan, breaking a domestic record. After becoming the No.3 most-tweeted artist at SXSW 2015 with their futuristic performance, in 2016 they released “COSMIC EXPLORER”, which reached No.1 on the iTunes Electronic Album chart in 11 countries including the US, Canada and Mexico.
Perfume went on the road with the COSMIC EXPLORER Tour, which kicked off in Japan in May and crossed over to the US in summer 2016.
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Emergency Tiara - EXPLODE

Emergency Tiara - EXPLODE

Emergency Tiara - EXPLODE [Official Music Video]



Emergency Tiara is not just an artist, Emergency Tiara is an entire kingdom, where all people can come to feel inspired and special at a moments notice. Whether through music, fashion, traveling, relaxing, or even the gym; ET will provide you with an experience that will make you feel like royalty. When you to take a break from your daily stresses place your tiara on your head and listen to the sounds of Emergency Tiara. Juri is a lead singer, a queen, a curator, and the ringleader exraordiarre of the ET kingdom. In Juri’s capable hands she welcomes you to the ET’s world and will take care of all your needs. Who Juri is… Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Classically trained in voice and piano, Juri is driven by the power of music to uplift audiences, having developed her love of singing through early performances with the likes of leading performers including: Japanese classical vocalist, Ken Nishikiori, on La Damnation de Faust, conducted by Seiji Ozawa (now musical director of Vienna State Opera). Juri is a graduate of Berklee College of Music. During her time at BCM, she had great opportunities to learn many genres of music from jazz and Latin, to African and hip hop. She has worked with artists and industry icons such as Tata Vega, Raheem DeVaughn, Bootsy Collins, Dontae Winslow and Valerie Simpson. Since graduating BCM, Juri has been developing her own unique sounds with help of many musically talented people in her life, such as: vocal coach Dave Stroud, co-writer Carrie Haber, producer/ MD Dave Cole, and Grammy winning recording engeneer Jeremy Loucas to name a few. To understand the layered musical styles and the harmonies that make up her music, imagine if J-Pop and French Pop had a music baby named Emergency Tiara.

Freitag, März 23, 2018

Sonntag, März 18, 2018

Flower Face - Baby Teeth

Flower Face - Baby Teeth


Flower Face is the solo music project of 19 year old Canadian, Ruby Mckinnon. For years she has been writing and recording songs in her bedroom, and has released 3 LPs and 1 EP of original material. Her latest release Fever Dreams is the first to feature some outside production and instrumental contributions, but Flower Face remains Ruby's singular vision.

To order the CD:
http://flowerface.storenvy.com/products/23440974-flower-face-baby-teeth-cd

YIFY - Take A Look

YIFY - Take A Look


Music & Lyrics by Yify Zhang
Production & String Arrangement by Jerry Jean
Engineering by Francisco Botero
Mixing by Ryan Gilligan
Mastering by Joe LaPorta
Bass by Kevin Jacoby
Drums by Zach Jones
Cello by Benjamin Larson
Violin by Brendan Speltz

Yify (ee-fee) is an artist of cinematic alternative music. Her sound is a combination of classical composition roots and a songwriting style that cuts away at personal, often difficult, life experiences. Her music is lush, heartfelt, and sits somewhere between pop sensation SIA, to singer songwriter Sara Bareilles, to instrumental composer Max Richter.






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Samstag, März 17, 2018

THE KUT - Mind Games

THE KUT - Mind Games


Album details:
The Kut - ‘Valley of Thorns’
Release Date: Friday 13th April 2018
Label: Cargo Records / Criminal Records
Catalogue Number: CRIM7777CD

The Kut - 'Mind Games'
Release Date: Friday 30th March
ISRC: GBHLW1800451
Written & arranged by Princess Maha
Vocals, guitars & bass recorded & arranged by Princess Maha
Drums recorded by Violet Stow, arranged by Violet Stow & Princess Maha
Recorded at Tilehouse Studios

Album Track Listing:
1. MIND GAMES
2. HOLLYWOOD ROCK N ROLL
3. NO TRACE
4. I WANT YOU MANIAC
5. LOVE IN THE RUSH HOUR
6. I AM VAIN
7. ALEKHINE’S GUN
8. X-RAY EYES
9. BAD MAN
10. MARIO

The Kut - Biography
Rock category Finalist of the UK Songwriting Contest 2017 and current Semi-Finalist of the International Songwriting Competition, The Kut, is the alter-ego of multi-instrumentalist, Princess Maha. Live, The Kut is a three-piece, featuring Diana Bartmann (drums) and Stella Vie (bass / BVs). Active on the UK and European alt.rock scene, festival performances have included Download Festival, Camden Rocks Festival, Rebellion Festival, Hard Rock Hell, Glastonbudget, Nice N Sleazy and Strummercamp among others. Meanwhile, tours have spanned the UK, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Voted into the winning spots of the MTV Brand New Unsigned Poll for 2014, subsequent EP releases and tours have gained support from - deep breath - BBC Introducing Lancashire, Kerrang! Radio, Planet Rock, The Guardian, Metro, Scuzz TV, Kerrang! Magazine, Big Cheese, Metal Hammer, Q and Classic Rock, AXS TV, MTV-U USA and many credible independents.

2017 saw The Kut featured as one of Kerrang! Magazine's Breakthrough Acts of the year, while ‘The Kut EP' was released on 500 limited edition picture discs for Record Store Day 2017, also featuring at number 4 in Kerrang! Magazines Top 10 Record Store Day Releases, alongside Baby Metal and Gerard Way. The summer saw The Kut playing 21 UK mainland dates, and the year ended with the band claiming the Number 1 Spot in the Beyond 50 Promotions Top 50 Under the Radar UK Bands. Announcements for 2018 have included The Kut being added to the line ups of Camden Rocks Festival, Amplified Festival, Strummercamp Festival, Nice and Sleazy and Rebellion Festival. 2018 has also seen a worldwide record deal announced with Cargo Records for the long-awaited debut album, ‘Valley of Thorns’. Produced by James LeRock Loughrey (Skindred / Def Leppard / White Zombie / My Vitriol) the debut sees some of the live favourites heard on The Kut tours, and is due for release on Friday 13th April. Rock fans - watch this space! .
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INNOSENT in FORMAL

INNOSENT in FORMAL - Footloose


1st mini Album "INNOSENT 0 ~ The night late show ~" is Release for Apr. 25, 2018.
From No Big Deal Records!!
【Contents】
1st mini Album 『INNOSENT 0 ~ The night late show ~』
1. Introduction
2. Footloose
3. I wanna...
4. Night cruising
5. One for you
6. 日向が少ないこの街で
7. Sex, Drug&Rock'n' Roll
8. Slow dance

*「Footloose」 Arranger:Brandun DeShay a.k.a Ace Hashimoto
MV Director: Kota Yamaji (http://kotayamaji.jp)

Year 21XX, NEO TOKYO
The story begins at an old theater, a night before it closes down. That night, when the manager was preparing and cleaning his theater for the close down, he found an old can of film at the basement. The manager was curious of what’s inside the film, so he set the film in an old fashioned projector and started playing it. On the screen, there he found was an old animation movie which made a huge hit a long time ago, a story about big adventure of a band who escaped a circus tent. As manager got more and more into the movie, suddenly he saw a sparkling soul swinging out of the screen and filled the whole theater with a dazzling light. Slowly recovering from the blindness, he was shocked to find these four strange men standing in front of the screen who never existed a minute ago. There was no doubt that these four was the band he was watching in the animation, “INNOSENT in FORMAL”. They were so upset that their only audience was this skinny, crumpled, miserable old man, in spite of the decades they spent inside the rusted can. “Alright” said one of the man. “Why don’t we travel around this world and see what we can do just like those good old days huh?” INNOSENT in FORMAL’s new adventure has just started.

Deer (Mx) -Portraits EP · 2018

Deer (Mx) -Portraits EP · 2018


Portraits is a serie of imaginary stories that emerge from our experience as Hong Kong residents. It embraces contrasting characters... a middle age man, a six year old kid. Each song represents one piece of a big puzzle: the face of what Hong Kong is to us. Life here is a drama of an ancestral life structure struggling with the western post modern crisis. We start with a dissertation about immigration and we close with the face of the ambition. The sound of this EP glides from nostalgic to dramatic moments, all dressed with the strident electronic layers and the glimpse of string sections. We hope you enjoy it.

We recorded this Ep in Taipei, and it will be released in a physical and digital version next year.

Four tracks written and performed by Deer
1. Wild Eyes
2. In the Shadows
3. Alive
4.I Want It All

Produced by Deer
Co-produced & Mixed by Yu Chain at Rooftop Audio Studios
Taipei, Taiwan
Mastered by Lenin Rojo

Wild Eyes (PROMO VERSION)

Wild Eyes directed by Jorge Moya a.k.a The Hong Kong Fixer
You can preorder our Ep Portraits available in March 9 here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/portraits-ep/1324755395

Deer is a Mexican band based in Hong Kong. Mixing trip rock, industrial sounds and deep basses plus the powerful vocals and the nostalgic in their lyrics. Deer have toured their hypnotic music across China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam, Russia, Estonia and Spain and performing in some of the best music festivals around Asia such as Clockenflap (HK), V-Rox (Ru), Zandari Fest (KR), Wake Up Festival (TW) and The Asian* Invasion (EE). In 2016 they started working with the producer Yuchain from the Taiwanese band Green Eyes. In 2017 they worked together again for their debut Ep titled Portraits.

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Samstag, März 10, 2018

Ruby Fatale - Pale (demo)

Ruby Fatale - Pale (demo)

Drenched in the unique atmosphere of stoner/doom/glitch music and the violent aesthetics, Ruby always grabs idea from literature, geometric figures and her own experiences.

She also concretizes ideas, desires, pieces of memory to dedicate sound particles which are content in specified frequent, and put the particles into her music randomly. When she performs, she likes to tell a story with an industrial and cold sound, creating a anxious atmosphere. Incidentally, put some beautiful sounds from instruments in the cold, harsh background. Ruby always arranges her set dramatically to lead audiences passing through dynamic/static situation and ancient/modern ages.

Sofya Wang - Need Ya

Sofya Wang - Need Ya


Sofya is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Los Angeles. A classically trained pianist and cellist, she taught herself songwriting and music production upon deferring from Berklee College of Music last year.

Growing up as a first generation Chinese-American, Sofya unapologetically defied tradition to pursue and share a vulnerable and true version of herself through music & by being an active, vocal member of the LGBT community.

Her unabashed exploration of her sexuality, humanity, and own coming of age is reflected in her engaging lyricism and cheeky melodies.

Sofya straddles the line between youthful, flirtatious vibrance and insightful gravitas through her effortless vocals and hypnotic soundscapes.

Sofya’s first single, BOYS ASIDE, and upcoming EP give audiences a refreshing and unique twist on what it means to be an authentic pop artist.

Japanese Breakfast - Boyish (Official Video)

Japanese Breakfast - Boyish (Official Video)

Boyish from Soft Sounds From Another Planet. Out now on Dead Oceans: https://japanesebreakfast.lnk.to/softsounds
Directed by Michelle Zauner
Director of Photography: Adam Kolodny


 
A solo moniker for Philadelphia musician Michelle Zauner, Japanese Breakfast began as a month-long, song-a-day writing challenge during a break from her indie rock band Little Big League. The result was 2013's June, an intimate set of melodic, electric guitar-accompanied lo-fi tunes issued on cassette by Ranch Records. She continued to write solo and with her band, with Japanese Breakfast's self-released Where Is My Great Big Feeling? and the Seagreen Records cassette American Sound both following in the summer of 2014 before Little Big League's Tropical Jinx arrived that October. With a varied palette including markedly bigger, synth-boosted sounds that bridged lo-fi and indie pop, Japanese Breakfast's Yellow K Records debut, Psychopomp, was released in the spring of 2016. The album dealt with the emotional fallout of her mother's death, and was, in Zauner's mind, the one and only Japanese Breakfast record. She soon changed her mind, signed with Dead Oceans (which re-released Psychopomp to a wider audience), and began work on another album with the help of producer Craig Hendrix, who had also helmed Little Big League's debut album. The pair played the bulk of the instruments on the album and went for a much bigger sound, taking the project out of the bedroom and into a much bigger space. An expansive mix from indie pop alchemist Jorge Elbrecht made it sound even larger as Zauner delved into themes like grief, dead pop stars, outer space, and moving on. Soft Sounds from Another Planet was released by Dead Oceans in July of 2017. ~ Marcy Donelson, Rovi
http://japanesebreakfast.rocks/index

Freitag, März 09, 2018

The Josephs - Record Boy MV

The Josephs - Record Boy MV
Official music video for 'Record Boy' by The Josephs. 'Record Boy' is a single from the 2nd album 'Dusty Dreams', 14th March 2018 out.

Music by The Josephs Directed by Pennacky
Special thanks Kakeru Kojima Kana Motojima

Lyrics〉 Ok, fair and square, You couldn't really let it go that you got a measly start, And you didn't want to know how you'd end up If you didn't hit the ground so hard All your records, boy, that's alright If only they were just a little vintage vinyl But clean up boy; life's no toy You were seventeen When you crashed ashore in a shipwreck And you couldn't really climb out the bottle ‘Cause you only learned to neck it, didn't yah? Your records, boy, that's alright If only they were just a little vintage vinyl But clean up boy; life's no toy Clean up boy; life's no toy Aren't you precious in your nirvana tee Aren't you precious but your words don't keep All your promises you couldn't keep All your promises You were speeding 'long the river in a hot-wired truck Runnin’ on the last of the poor man's luck Tearin’ through the night of your own demise But the copper was a-comin’, the copper was a-comin’ The woman she was lost in a suburb dream Thinkin’ ‘bout the times that you'd gone clean While you're slippin’ through the cracks of your own demise The copper was a-comin’, the copper was a-comin’ Record boy, run for it You're a record boy, so run for it.

Vanessa Peters - Lucky (radio edit)

Vanessa Peters - Lucky (radio edit)



Vanessa Peters is a wandering songwriting storyteller with an uncanny knack for melodies so catchy the listener might miss the subtleties in her poetry. But the stories she tells from her many years on the road are made unforgettable with her uniquely clever turns of phrase and unpretentious delivery. Her writing is that of a novelist - sometimes clear and direct, sometimes relying on a skillful turn of phrase to drive home a point - but always with multiple layers of both metaphor and substance.

As a performing musician, Vanessa has played well over 1000 shows in a dozen or so countries, earning her reputation as “a true poet and a brilliant singer/songwriter” and receiving accolades from abroad and in her hometown of Dallas (nominated “Best Folk Artist” – Dallas Observer). She continues to tour the US and in Europe, where she has a strong fan base thanks to the albums she made with her former Italian band (Ice Cream on Mondays) and the hundreds of shows she has played in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, and elsewhere in Europe.

Vanessa’s latest album, “The Burden of Unshakeable Proof,” is still picking up rave reviews: “fully realized, written with elegance and imagination,” “a masterclass in probing matters of the heart,” “10 gorgeously sculpted tracks, a blissful shuffling of folk, pop and jazz bound together by Peters’s peerless voice.” The album finished the year on a number of “best of 2016” lists, including No Depression’s “Alt Country and Beyond,” and has received spins on over 100 stations across the USA and in Europe. Burden is the first album Vanessa has released on vinyl through a partnership with the indie label Palo Santo Records.
https://vanessapeters.com/


Lyrics - Lucky
I’m still getting used to this place
I closed my eyes and blew away every trace
of anything I might know or recognize
and it’s a little strange to be somewhere
where I have no past to be constantly aware of

and as far as they’re concerned I have nothing
but an empty road behind me and cloudless sky above

so I keep a lucky lire in my pocket
to remind me that money's just a fad
it's just something that we all go through
it's not the object, it's just a thing we had

sometimes this pain just squeezes
it's a like a fist around my heart
and I can't breathe or get my motor to start
I'm at the light in neutral
in need of a good shove
or a friendly face, something that looks like love

but some days it feels like there's nothing
but an empty road before me and thunder from above

so I keep a lucky shoelace in my pocket
to remind me to keep my laces tied
to go through all the motions
of getting dressed to face the day
even when it's terrible outside

starting over all again, when will this ever end
is there a finger on the scales?
'cause there goes the gun, I'm at the line again
another race to run, but someone has to win

so I keep a lucky hairband in my pocket
to remind me to tie my hair up tight
to put on my best shoes, suit up to win
knowing I'm the dark horse but hoping that I might

credits
releases March 16, 2018
acoustic, vox: vanessa peters
bass: andy lester
drums: john dufilho
guitar magic: joe reyes
piano: rip rowan
mixed by rip rowan
mastering engineer: dave mcnair

Sonntag, März 04, 2018

Titty Twister - Kimi no Toko Made - MV

Titty Twister - Kimi no Toko Made - MV



Titty Twister, from Fukuoka City Japan, was formed in 2002, by Howlin' Kimiko, and Dee Dee Kyoko. The band plays exciting, all original Rock n' Roll, and covers such styles as Garage Punk, Pop/ Bubblegum, 70's Punk, and Rockabilly. Come on, get Twisted!!

Samstag, März 03, 2018

tricot - Official live videos

tricot - Official live videos

tricot - Official live video for "ECHO".



Official promo video for our new song "YOSOIKI".


Official live video for "TOKYO VAMPIRE HOTEL".


“tricot” is a Japanese all-female alternative rock band formed in historical and cultural city Kyoto in Sep 1, 2010. They started to expand their career in Asia, Europe and North America in 2014 and 2015.

The band develops a unusual and distinctive sound that consists harmonization of pop and emotional vocals with that complex rhythm. Although the members are not familiar with math rock and such harmonization is not created on purpose.

They have been getting great attention from all around the world as well, and in 2014 and 2015, they did the Asia tours twice, Europe tours twice including supporting act for Pixies in the UK, and North America tour. In March 2016, their third Europe tour has reached to 21 shows in 12 countries with a lot of sold-put dates. They are developing their music career all around the world.
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Fazerdaze - Shoulders

Fazerdaze - Shoulders





Shoulders - Lyrics
waking soft, waking slow
fading into focus
every breath, every pulse
holding in the moment
every fall, every rise and falling of your shoulders
and I’m trying not to try so hard, for you
I’m trying not to try so hard, for you
ooh, for you
ooh, for you
wake me soft, wake me slow
fade me into focus
every breath, every pulse
I hold you in the moment
and I’m trying not to try so hard, for you
I’m trying not to try so hard, for you
ooh, for you
ooh, for you

from Morningside, released May 5, 2017
Fazerdaze at Red Bull Studios - © Scott Sinton

The brainchild of Amelia Murray, Fazerdaze began as a string of bedroom recordings created late in the night, emerging fully-formed in 2014 as her debut eponymous EP. A succinct collection of intimate, beautifully produced dream-pop written, produced and performed by Murray herself. It’s a significant first outing for the young New Zealander with layers of softly crunching guitars swirling over consistently driving drum machines, and sparse electronica.

The EP quickly took flight, receiving critical acclaim from blogs and publications around the globe. NME described it as ‘elegant dream pop’, while US blog HillyDilly exclaimed how ‘Fazerdaze transports us to a warm, optimistic sonic space with her glistening synths and mellow acoustic guitar strums’. NZ’s Sunday Star Times listed it in their ‘Best of 2014’ spread, hailing it as a ‘versatile collection of near-perfect pop songs...’

Since the EP release, Fazerdaze and her band have shifted to another level. Opening the 2015 New Zealand Silver Scroll Awards with her cover of Marlon Williams’ Dark Child as well as supporting and touring with international acts like Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Connan Mockasin. This year Fazerdaze toured the UK, became a genuine highlight at Australia’s BIGSOUND music conference and recently took part in the the 2016 Red Bull Music Academy in Montreal.

With a full length album set for release in may 2017, this is just the beginning for Amelia Murray and Fazerdaze.www.groenland.com

Freitag, März 02, 2018

Pauline Andrès - Let's Be Outlaws

Pauline Andrès - Let's Be Outlaws


Born in France a coal miner's daughter, Pauline Andres made a name for herself with a sweet and smoky voice that “perfectly conveys the thoughts and observations of an old soul walking home at closing time.”

Her nonchalant style tastefully serves an inclination for the ordinary suffering and every day disappointments combined with subtle literary references.

The songstress recently settled in Music City after spending 5 years in Berlin, where she recorded the accidental EP 'Fuck You French Girl' and 2 LPs: 'All Them Ghosts' and 'The Heart Breaks'. Both records helped her build a reputation as a unique lyricist and vocalist.

Her work has been described as “Stunning” (PopDose) and “Smoky Americana” (Pop Matters).

After the highly positive reception of 'The Heart Breaks' in the US, she decided to join “her” people, in the American South. This decision gave birth to her 3rd LP, to be released early 2018. Andres wrote and produced this new record with the help of bigger guns in the industry to achieve a new sound, making this collection of songs her most approachable work to date.


Lyrics - Let's Be Outlaws
Oh darling my darling
Let’s get on our way
Oh darling my darling
Tell me what would you say
If we’d hit the road
If we’d quit our jobs
Let’s break a little law
Let’s feel a little joy

Oh darling my darling
You know anything goes
So darling my darling
Let’s be outlaws

Oh darling my darling
This ain’t the life we chose
Forced to make a living
All the while we grow old

Oh darling my darling
Let’s turn the tables
Let’s get back on the road
You know I’m willing and I’m able
Please darling my darling
Let’s be something more
Darling my darling
Let’s be outlaws

Let’s be outlaws

From the new record Fearless Heart - Out Now

le destroy - Knives

le destroy - Knives

Written and Produced by Kristina Olson. Mixed and Mastered by Kevin “OnenO” Hastings.




Lyrics- “Knives”
If I should fall
If I should fall
If I should fall
If I should fall, don’t let them wake me up
If I should fall, don’t let them cut me up
With knives so dull
They cut you up to wear you out, out, out, out
They cut you up to bring you down, down, down
With knives so dull

With knives so dull, they cut you up, with knives so dull
With knives so dull, they cut you up, with knives so dull

If I should fall, don’t let them wake me up
If I should fall, don’t let them cut me up
With knives so dull
They cut you up to break you down, down, down, down, down
They cut you up to bleed you out, out, out
With knives so dull

With knives so dull, they cut you up, with knives so dull
With knives so dull, they cut you up, with knives so dull

If I should fall, if I should fall
If I should fall, if I should fall
If I should fall, if I should fall
If I should fall, if I should fall
(They cut you up with knives so dull)
They cut you up to break you down, down, down, down, down
They cut you up to bleed you out, out, out
With knives so dull

With knives so dull, they cut you up, with knives so dull
With knives so dull, they cut you up, with knives so dull
If I should fall
If I should fall
If I should fall
If I should fall
They cut you up with knives so dull.


A rocker from Austin, Texas, who embodies D.I.Y. Industrial/Post-Punk production, le destroy fearlessly delivers riveting lyrics with a sultry swagger provoking emotion using aggression, rich tones, and moody hooks. Kristina Olson, Creator/Producer of all things le destroy, has been in the studio since 2017 crafting the sound and creative direction of le destroy. “When I started this project I wanted to be open minded about my approach and not be married to a specific sound or end goal. I just wanted to create and see what happens”, says Olson. le destroy isn’t the first music project for this industry veteran, she’s the former founder/frontwoman of Kristina and The Dolls (previously the Paper Dolls).

Indeed, le destroy is stoking Olson’s creative fire as she mesmerizes listeners with her hauntingly serpentine like vocals on “Knives” (off the upcoming EP, Slaughter). “It’s my passion to create and share compelling art that pushes people think and feel, even if it’s uncomfortable. There’s a lot of music these days, especially in the alternative rock genre, that feels very safe to me and its lack of depth is hard to digest. I miss the sonic danger and rage.”

The second release off the slaughter EP entitled “Nous Detruisons” (french for “we destroy”), is a merciless commentary on the state of the world and the decay of social fibers under the current media outlets, social or otherwise, and the powers that be. If you, like Olson, miss the sonic danger and rage, then you’re in luck. Nous Detruisons does not disappoint.

le destroy will be releasing the debut EP by the end of 2018. No live shows are currently on the schedule as Olson’s finishing up work in the studio. “I love the live energy and aspect of music. I’m very focused on wrapping up work in the studio before I switch gears, but I can’t wait to start playing live again.” Prior to her work with le destroy, Olson played festivals such as the Sunset Strip Music Festival (with bands such as the Smashing Pumpkins) and the Sundance Film Festival (opening for Macy Gray). For now, fans will have to wait for Olson’s jarringly energetic live performances while she wraps up work in the studio.

ZOMBIE-CHANG - Goodbye My Love And Turn Around - Official MV

ZOMBIE-CHANG - Goodbye My Love And Turn Around - Official MV

Zombie-Chang’s video for “Goodbye My Love And Turn Around”

Director / Sakakibara Midoriko(http://sakakibaramidori.com/)
Illustration / Sakakibara Midoriko
Director of photography / Kazuyoshi Miyauchi
Support / Shinnosuke Shimada , Yohei Mori