Obviously I’m very envious of your story because it’s a great one if you’re into Phoebe and/or the genre my wife calls “sad girls with guitars” like I am.
I got into everything through boygenius, then really latched onto Julien Baker, so I naturally ended up a big Phoebe fan.
It’s easy to write her music off as weepy, sarcastic, or derivative, and plenty do. That’s fine! But I’m glad she got the Grammy nod. I don’t care if she wins, I just think the recognition is cool. I’m glad she’ll be known for something other than a name that pops up if you google Ryan Adams.
It's funny I was listening to this song when I left for work this morning not knowing I was gonna walk into being fired https://youtu.be/TJBh_hj6DzE
Then I get home and the video is here. Something comforting.
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edited February 2021
Skill is taking a metal song with loads of distortion and some growled vocals and make this arrangement out of ot:
I only discovered him about a year ago but yeah, city pop is a hella good genre and the bops are just solid all around
That era of Japanese music runs deeep and it's all amazing. Jazz, fusion, pop, synth pop, even garage rock, they had it all. I heard a quote that there was so much money floating around Japan in the late 70's through to the 80's, that they were just tossing money at production and studio time. I discovered one of my true desert island discs in Casiopea's first album during a city pop dive on youtube. Yeah the sound is kind of dated jazz fusion, but the talent, playing, and melodies are top notch. You'll hear the effect this kind of music had in a bunch of Japanese video games that followed in the 90's.
The top clip did hit me a little hard. I think daft punk knew they had already made some of the most iconic works of our time. The song he chose was a love letter to one of their biggest influences, a sign that they knew they wouldn't be there if not for Giovanni's innovations. And looking forward you can see countless people who enjoyed and were inspired by that work. Entire genres spun out of the sounds the put together and they changed the way people approached sampling in music. Just legendary stuff all around.
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KoopahTroopahThe koopas, the troopas.Philadelphia, PARegistered Userregular
edited March 2021
I don't think there's a way they could have topped Random Access Memories. That album is so fucking great.
"My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me, Giorgio." into the drop is just sick.
Been listening to Square Dance and Project Majestic Mix again. Kinda surprised how well they still hold up. I remember first hearing them on some Squaresoft music station on Live365 like 19 years ago.
Someone synched Daft Punk's "Touch" (where the part for 'if love is the answer, you're home' comes from originally) with their "Epilogue" goodbye video and it's pretty great.
jungleroomxIt's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovelsRegistered Userregular
edited March 2021
ERRA's self titled is going to be an contender for AOTY.
Just a monster of a disc.
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KoopahTroopahThe koopas, the troopas.Philadelphia, PARegistered Userregular
It's really fucking good. It says something when I didn't want to skip the singles to get to the rest of the disc, and then the rest of the disc is just as good. Gungrave, Eidolon, and Remnant are just sick.
It's really fucking good. It says something when I didn't want to skip the singles to get to the rest of the disc, and then the rest of the disc is just as good. Gungrave, Eidolon, and Remnant are just sick.
JT proved he can take the helm on songs and honestly the increased dynamics over their last album is the biggest draw for me.
That and moving labels to UNFD seems to have reinvigorated the band. Neon felt really lifeless to me, and that album had the advantage of being the first time I had heard them.
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KoopahTroopahThe koopas, the troopas.Philadelphia, PARegistered Userregular
edited March 2021
Drift is excellent though. If you didn't go through their stuff before Neon. I agree Neon was bland, but it also had a couple tracks that stood out. Breach is awesome.
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I only discovered him about a year ago but yeah, city pop is a hella good genre and the bops are just solid all around
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...yes it can.
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Obviously I’m very envious of your story because it’s a great one if you’re into Phoebe and/or the genre my wife calls “sad girls with guitars” like I am.
I got into everything through boygenius, then really latched onto Julien Baker, so I naturally ended up a big Phoebe fan.
It’s easy to write her music off as weepy, sarcastic, or derivative, and plenty do. That’s fine! But I’m glad she got the Grammy nod. I don’t care if she wins, I just think the recognition is cool. I’m glad she’ll be known for something other than a name that pops up if you google Ryan Adams.
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Then I get home and the video is here. Something comforting.
Course, Simone could be engaging singing names out of a phone book.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Daft Punk is done, for now. Bummer!
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That era of Japanese music runs deeep and it's all amazing. Jazz, fusion, pop, synth pop, even garage rock, they had it all. I heard a quote that there was so much money floating around Japan in the late 70's through to the 80's, that they were just tossing money at production and studio time. I discovered one of my true desert island discs in Casiopea's first album during a city pop dive on youtube. Yeah the sound is kind of dated jazz fusion, but the talent, playing, and melodies are top notch. You'll hear the effect this kind of music had in a bunch of Japanese video games that followed in the 90's.
Or like this album, which if David Bowie had made it, would have been a massive 80's hit in the US.
Goodbye video, for those who haven't seen it:
Don't be sad that something ended; be happy for the time you got to spend together.
The top clip did hit me a little hard. I think daft punk knew they had already made some of the most iconic works of our time. The song he chose was a love letter to one of their biggest influences, a sign that they knew they wouldn't be there if not for Giovanni's innovations. And looking forward you can see countless people who enjoyed and were inspired by that work. Entire genres spun out of the sounds the put together and they changed the way people approached sampling in music. Just legendary stuff all around.
"My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me, Giorgio." into the drop is just sick.
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Unexpected, but still really cool.
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This song is just absolute perfection
Someone synched Daft Punk's "Touch" (where the part for 'if love is the answer, you're home' comes from originally) with their "Epilogue" goodbye video and it's pretty great.
I don't think an artist has ever so perfectly managed to bottle joy the way they did for me.
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Damn good
That one led me to this one and DAMN
https://open.spotify.com/album/3OuLJUIq1lBj8EUaoIQvWZ?si=R5nw7N1wQsayCsGRrZkbug
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I'm digging it right now.
"Gungrave" is an absolute corker.
New Meet Me @ The Altar song came out today. The breakdown tho 8-)
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Just a monster of a disc.
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JT proved he can take the helm on songs and honestly the increased dynamics over their last album is the biggest draw for me.
That and moving labels to UNFD seems to have reinvigorated the band. Neon felt really lifeless to me, and that album had the advantage of being the first time I had heard them.
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This is not new at all, but I heard it yesterday for the first time and what a bop.