My 2013 Top Ten

Below are the Top 10 list I made for 2013.

[10] Placebo's Loud Like Love http://t.co/iMzKaJMzu8 Lumayan buat kangen-kangenan sama mas Molko dgn rambut jaman Without You I'm Nothing

— Your father (@deadeyedoll_) December 23, 2013

[9] Rob Zombie's Behold! The Pretty, Filthy Creatures http://t.co/uZgGHILewV Flannel & rambut salonnya dibuang, sekarang dekil bau lagi ^^

— Your father (@deadeyedoll_) December 23, 2013

[8] Top's Doom Dada http://t.co/ndmpoK7IwD because if you label this sound as k-pop, then gimme more of that shit

— Your father (@deadeyedoll_) December 23, 2013

[7] Pearl Jam Sleeping by Myself http://t.co/aADuovvDEG 1 dari 3 lagu yang paling ga pengen kedengeran 'galak' di Lightning Bolt

— Your father (@deadeyedoll_) December 23, 2013

[6] Crayon Pop's Dancing Queen 2.0 http://t.co/ZhjyJf8aZ8 semua yang salah, digabung. Their choreographer is working a dream job.

— Your father (@deadeyedoll_) December 23, 2013

[5] Perfume's Spring of Life http://t.co/n3fpBBUenH karena Daito Manabe, dan Kashiyuka tersayang rambutnya bagus deh :3

— Your father (@deadeyedoll_) December 23, 2013

[4] Dear Cloud's Polaris http://t.co/YiR9Lr4OYG i really like the the contents of their Let It Shine EP, but this one's just splendid

— Your father (@deadeyedoll_) December 23, 2013

[3] NIN's Came Back Haunted http://t.co/uwFKJ32oHC albeum favorit ai karena hangat intim & because it's not howtodestroyangels

— Your father (@deadeyedoll_) December 23, 2013

[2] Tricot's おやすみ http://t.co/R2F91tfxaW dikasitau @dare_darou waktu mereka masih bergaya pulang kerjakelompok. Sekarang wis verified kabeh

— Your father (@deadeyedoll_) December 23, 2013

[1] Sebadoh's I Will http://t.co/BC0SmyCXIb nomer wahid, karena mengingatkan lagi betapa kerennya REM di jaman pra-losingmyreligion

— Your father (@deadeyedoll_) December 23, 2013

Barefood - Perfect Colour (single)

This song will go a long way.
Years later, this song will trigger many kids to learn the guitar, sing, and start a band.
That is my highest praise for any musician. If I can go higher, I would.

But I'm gonna wait a wee bit more for that. After the official release date, that is.

MUKIMUKIMANMANSU - S/T ( 무키무키만만수 ) - 2012

These girls are the shit. 

To be blatantly honest, I’m tired of those good girls singing prettily in front of their webcam in a neatly done bedroom with acoustic guitars, doing covers of the top40s or oldies and foolish love songs into “their own version” of coffeeshop background music. 

I’ve had enough of “that”. Those are poison. I didn't get my ears checked three times a year for “that”. 
These girls I’m about to rant about is the antidote of all that is “that”.

First off, let me break it down to you real quick why you should really, REALLY, get their album:

1. They’re sporting the most awesome group name ever.  I mean, who would’ve thought of MUKIMUKIMANMANSU as a name? What is MUKIMUKIMANMANSU? But admit it, it kinda grows on you by now, innit? Try saying it. MUKIMUKIMANMANSU. Really, SAY IT!
2. They’re crazy. They’re crazy and intentionally honest about it. See the live performances below. It’s fugly and refreshing.

Their self-titled in 2012 was a big blowout. They tore the cliché about girls and acoustic guitars. The album is fueled with angst and freedom. It’s like talking to a person with full expression and no image to be taken care of.  It’s fun and liberating.

MUKIMUKIMANMANSU is a well-produced insanity accentuated with temper tantrums thrown here and there. It is folk-ish in the most punk-ish context; it spat on the JUNO soundtrack with the filthiest gooey slime and redefines minimalistic sovereignty. Try going for a ride with your toddler controlling the wheel. Intense, unpredictable, and will surely involving a few curse word due to frustration, but at the same time you want to know how it will end. It is wrong on so many levels (and culture, I’m sure).

I never knew there was a fine line between idiocy and psychoticism, but MUKIMUKIMANMANSU sure dances comfortably there. They are the queens of the in-betweens.

 

Check their sounds in the video below with ONLY your best headphones. Your lousy notebook and desktop speakers wont do them any justice.

Note: I can only describe MUKIMUKIMANMANSU’s brilliance with antonyms of the mainstream’s definition of acknowledgement. Fuck adjectives.

Kegawa No Maries' ビューティフル

It's rough, punk-heavy, melodic, and -almost- filled theatrics.

It's a shame they disbanded in 2011.

The Blue Hearts

In mid 2000s, the world’s music media was filled withdouble-sided dagger. Oldskool garage sounding with polished rock ‘n roll attitude that the media named “revivalist music”, and on the other side of the dagger was futuristic sounding blip music. It was a monotonous era of tunes, the rise of digital downloads and, I’m pretty sure, the death of innovation. And I wont even be mentioning hip/nu/rap metal.

But in between that era and the ‘Post-everything’ wave came, there was this one band came to radar. 
Resurfaced, if not resurrected.

A punk rock band from Japan that consisted of Hiroto Komoto on vocals, Masatoshi "Marcy" Mashima on guitar (the headband guy), Testuya "Kaji" Kajiwara on drums (the Mohawk guy), and Junosuke Kawaguchi on bass. Sounds like the Ramones X the Jam, performed like the Clash, wrote like the Buzzcocks X the Pistols, and called themselves the Blue Hearts.

The sad (and good part) about this is,I heard them from a movie in 2005. Yes, I’m ill informed like that.

Turns out that the band that started in 1985 and disbanded in 1995, and captured my ears ten years later.

It was a pure, raw, two-and-a-half minutes of harsh energy. Straightforward rock with no punchlines, no jargons and no notable quotes; like a simple-minded masculinity. Not to mention, I'm all for his hoarse singing voice. Productions’ quite well layered; they work on it well considering the era of its released. If you’re into classic punk, discography’s a must have collection. Especially the US only vinyl “Blast Off”.

Fun fact: as a punk band, they used to play small venues. Up until their third album was released with controversy with Mitsubishi as a media scandal and boost record sales to millions. They wrote a song that criticized nuclear power, and Mitsubishi was one of the key-funding sources for their label, Meldac Records. Instead of dropping the song like any other moneymaking cattle, they chose to drop the label and play the Budokan&Yoyogi stadium instead.

They tour the US two times, both with mediocre results. In their last album, they feature “Linda, Linda” that exploded to be their biggest single. The song itself have been covered by countless musicians and bands; to note a few, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes and MxPx did their version of “Linda, Linda” in their Japanese cover albums.

When you go to the karaoke, you should find “Linda, Linda” and scream your lungs out, whether you’re drunk or not.

 Linda Linda

Boku no Migite

Dear Cloud - One Million Roses (MUST: Era of the Band)

Good people at kIndie put this marvelous link on their Dear Cloud's "MUST: Era of the Band" commentary.

Thought it was an old Korean song when the band performed it at the show.

The remake's tad flat, but the petals and all looked sweet. Anyways, it's nice to see Dear Cloud's performance being documented properly.