Tag Archives: pop

Charli XCX – “5 In The Morning” [2018]

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Very Warm

Charli really cannot stop her hot streak she started back in 2017 with Number 1 Angel and Pop 2. This is what she’s calling the start of a series of releases from her for the year – count me as … Continue reading →

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Playlist – Ecstatic Affluence: A City Pop Odyssey

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Very Warm

ECSTATIC AFFLUENCE: A CITY POP ODYSSEY is perhaps the thing I hold the most pride in from all my days as a “music curator”, if you can call me that. It’s a 50-song playlist of exclusively Japanese music centering around the … Continue reading →

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G Flip – “Killing My Time” [2018]

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Very Warm

I unfortunately neglected getting a post out about my time at SXSW 2018, but I can safely say that one of the best acts I saw was Australian pop artist G Flip, who I got the chance to see twice. … Continue reading →

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Lemonade – “Lifted” [2010]

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Very Warm

It’s the first really, really nice day here in NYC so I’m in the mood for big vacation music. This has been a mainstay for eight years now. It looks and feels like a timewarp to 2010. Life was dang … Continue reading →

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Friendly Fires – “Love Like Waves” [2018]

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Very Warm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiHXIllrHY One band that I’ve regularly forgotten about in their long absence has been Friendly Fires, whose two albums produced a fair amount of highly-replayable singles, making my amnesia for their existence a bit peculiar. I guess the last time … Continue reading →

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Kate NV – “дуб OAK” [2018]

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Very Warm

One of my recent favorite composers and musicians of late, Kate NV has a new album для FOR coming June 22 via my most-stanned label, RVNG Intl. NV’s previous record, 2016’s Binasu (via Orange Milk), was an underhanded favorite of mine from that year … Continue reading →

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G Flip – “About You” [2018]

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Very Warm

Haven’t posted in a minute – been dang busy! Thought I’d throw out a low ball here with one of the buzziest, if not THE buzziest track of 2018 thus far. When I first heard this song I wasn’t over … Continue reading →

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Toshiki Kadomatsu – “Airport Lady” [1984]

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Very Warm

We’re quickly approaching the end of the month, so I thought I’d end the spree of posts on a superhot note, while still continuing the theme of city pop. I’ve put up some bangers on here, but very few reach … Continue reading →

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Guernica – ‘新世紀への運河 (Canal To The New Century)’ [1988]

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Very Warm

For the uninitiated, I am very happy to present to you one of the wildest records I’ve ever listened to. It’s Guernica, the industrial revolution concept pop band from 1980s Japan, and their record 新世紀への運河, or Canal To The New … Continue reading →

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Black Moth Super Rainbow – “Mr No One” [2018]

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Very Warm

Black Moth Super Rainbow has a new record, Panic Blooms, coming out in May 4 via their own label Rad Cult. This will be their first proper LP since 2012’s Cobra Juicy, and follows a few b-sides compilations from both BMSR and … Continue reading →

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