https://youtu.be/IqKpTa9OhSg I'm not even gonna act like I don't fucking adore this. Get your jush, sistrens!
【check!】tame impala / patience
https://youtu.be/rUmV-MorIKc Fucking WOW. This is everything I wanted and more.
【review/rate】yackle / frank throw
released 2019, air the room. Yuuki Yamaguchi makes a splash with his first full length album under his DJ alias "Yackle". One can't help but be impressed at the level of technical prowess at work here, especially once you learn that Yackle is only 18 years old! "Frank Throw" is chock full of features from... Continue Reading →
【check!】archie faulks /hung up
https://youtu.be/RUxFHh9YUhI London singer-songwriter Archie Faulks has a super catchy third single out now, the delightful and cheery "Hung Up". Perfect listening for your comfy spring evenings, and if you're in the UK, don't miss him as he embarks on his first headlining tour next month! Dates below. 4/13 – Liverpool, The Jacaranda 4/16– Glasgow, Glad Café... Continue Reading →
【thoughts】so the woodstock 50 lineup is out
Who keeps inviting Jay-Z to these things? While there are some solid choices here, (Robert Plant's ironic billing 50 years after Led Zeppelin turned down the original event) most of these acts just feel like a culmination of the last few years of the festival circuit. It's a bit....uninspired? I don't know, maybe i'm getting... Continue Reading →
【roadmap】001 : capsule
Today I'm starting a new feature for favorite artists of mine with expansive, almost bewildering discographies that may seem off-putting to fledgling listeners. Our first "roadmap" will be for the Japanese unit that revolutionized the then dying "Shibuya-kei" with their fresh, neo-modern takes on lounge and pico-pop music, then gradually migrated towards electronic club music... Continue Reading →
【review/rate】the novembers / angels
released 2019, magniph. After releasing a track from this album every week or so, The Novembers' seventh full album is unleashed in full today, a stunning darkwave tinged rock affair smothered in shades of Nine Inch Nails, Meat Beat Manifesto and more. While there aren't too many new songs if you were listening to each... Continue Reading →
【monthly playlist】LS21 is out now!
Featuring the newest, as well as some of my favorite classics. No longer doing Spotify playlists because they're cunts that are still trying to nickel and dime artists in exchange for exposure. Do the right thing and pick up services that aren't cheapskates! Available only on Apple Music.
【check!】vendredi sur mer / larme à gauche
https://youtu.be/0M3qd1yOUdY This is a year old and I'm late, but FUCK if it isn't amazing, and Vendredi sur Mer's first full length will be featuring it so all the more reason to post about it and all. Enjoy, I know I am.
【music video】mariah carey / a no no
https://youtu.be/2sap-GTtCiU Mariah's finally released a PV for the brilliant pop ditty "A No No" off her latest, the critically acclaimed "Caution" and it's quite cute, if not a bit formulaic. Beautiful bisexual lighting, adorable dancers, and cameos of her boyfriend and kids! Enjoy~
Manabu Madix