I haven’t been very vigilant with posting Bounce.com news items as of late, but two stories I saw on the site in recent weeks deserve some belated coverage.
Luminous Orange is the first Japanese artist to be announced for the SXSW music festival in March 2006. Other artists slated to appear at the festival include such alumni as Cat Power, Neko Case and Elbow, seasoned acts Echo & the Bunnymen and Tom Verlaine of Television, plus newcomers the Arctic Monkeys and Talking Heads Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah. (Um, no.)
Dry & Heavy singer Likkle Mai is doing the solo thing, so says Bounce.com. Two weeks ago, she released a single, “Why You In Such a Hurry?” It also looks like Likkle is also about to release of an entire album, Roots Candy.
This past weekend, I played King Tubby Meets Dry & Heavy in the Jaws of the Tiger during a shift at Waterloo Records. A customer really liked what he was hearing but balked at actually purchasing it. I mentioned Dry & Heavy were from Japan, and they’re purists when it comes to dub. The novelty of Japanese reggae band sounding as good as they do wore him down, and he bought the album.
All that to say, I’m really jonesing for some new Dry & Heavy.
Nirgilis is set to release a new single titled “sakura” on March 1, 2006, Bounce.com reports. The title track serves as the theme song for the anime Kookyooshihen Eureka Seven, which begins airing on Japanese television next year.
A visit to the band’s official site reveals its been signed to Sony Music, namely the DefStar label which counts the brilliant green on its roster. Nirgilis is a fun band, no doubt, but I wonder how its music will turn out with founding member Moyo Satake long gone.
I am still interested in the band nonetheless.
(And here you thought the Number Girl song title in the subject line of this post meant another Number Girl-related post …)
Brevity is the soul of wit, some guy in 16th century England once said. I will be the first to admit Musicwhore.org reviews can be witless, on that count and many others.
Since the backlog of albums in which I’ve intended to toss my 2.332 yen has become mountainous, I figure short reviews should suffice to purge those opinions out of my head once and for all.
Yeah, I haven’t been very mindful of this site in the last few weeks. The office has kept me busy, and I’ve been taking classes this semester, so about the only thing I can squeeze in is an occassional post about former members of Number Girl.
I’ve been meaning to review quite a number of albums I’ve been listening to in the last few months. At the risk of stealing my own thunder, maybe I’ll do the Television Without Pity practice of writing a “reviewlet” before replacing it with a full-fledge review. Or I could do what my friend Jette does with her six-minute reviews.
I guess this site is becoming a Number Girl blog now, huh?
Quick on the heels of its debut single, SLOTH LOVE CHUNKS announced the release of its debut album, Shikakui Vision, on Feb. 9, 2006, Bounce.com reports. SLOTH LOVE CHUNKS includes Number Girl bassist Nakao Kentaro, Belters singer Kayo, Kiwiroll guitarist og and Laughin’ Nose drummer Kenji. The album is expected to contain 10 songs, including “Loveless Ideal”, the band’s debut single.
On the same day as the release of ZAZEN BOYS’ third album, bandleader Mukai Shuutoku will also release a DVD of his apperanace on the Space Shower TV program, Yuigadokuson. Titled Yuigadokuson presents Kendai no Mukai ~ZAZEN BOYS~, the DVD features Mukai performing six ZAZEN BOYS songs solo, plus some rehearsal footage of his covering Matsutoya Yumi’s “Mamotte Agetai”.
Toshiba-EMI finally released the track listing for Omoide In My Head 4 ~(Chin) NG & Rare Tracks~. The official Number Girl site specifies the origin of each track. I’ve translated as much as I could.
I’m working at Waterloo Records again for the holiday season, and a year-end tradition is the Employees’ Top 10 Picks. I haven’t kept a running list this year — apathy, go figure — but with a deadline looming for submission, I figure I may as well take a stab at making one.
I looked over the list of Sony titles with XCP, and the only title I would have considered getting is The Bad Plus (which I didn’t.) I guess I don’t fit the profile of someone who would put Neil Diamond, Cyndi Lauper and A Static Lullaby up on a sharing network.
Sony Music Japan was not part of the Sony BMG merger, so I don’t think XCP made its way on any Japanese titles. In fact, Sony Music Japan announced more than a year ago it would no longer put copy protection on its releases. If one hand would only listen to what the other hand was saying …