#song: ubu love

[aoharushiyo]

ubu love / naniwa danshi [eng translation]

TITLE: 初心LOVE (Beginner Love) ARTIST: なにわ男子 (Naniwa Danshi) COMPOSITION: 久保田真悟 (Kubota Shingo), 栗原暁 (Kurihara Satoru) LYRICS: 栗原暁 (Kurihara Satoru) ARRANGE: 久保田真悟 (Kubota Shingo) OFFICIAL MV: (youtube ver) (dance ver)

ENG:

I wanted a romance more like that; it wasn't supposed to happen like this! I'll give you all of my firsts, so let's take things one step at a time My first lover…

My heart's fluttering, is this where it begins?! I didn't even notice that I was drawn to you The person you're looking at, is it me…? (So cruel… it was just a misunderstanding…?)

I also want to know what you feel, 'cause we've traded glances all through this timeline It's so embarrassing, I've gotta call for help Ahh, what will I do if anyone sees… (How about this… or maybe that…?)

I'm so full of myself that it's making me look totally stupid, but meeting your eyes is like a dream come true Underneath this heart-shaped umbrella, we stand side by side I can't believe it… I've been waiting for this miracle of fate

I wanted a romance more like that; it wasn't supposed to happen like this! All of a sudden, my heart skips a beat I'm just a fledgling in love and I'm all caught up in your magnetic field OMG, OMG Love doesn't wait for anyone, see

Lalalalattta　Lalalalattta You've been my sun ever since that fated encounter Lalalalattta　Lalalalattta Let's try this, don't be discouraged, we'll become Romeo and Juliet

Could this be… could this possibly be a flag? I'm sure you can hear my heart pounding Ah, what will I do if you find out… (How about this… or maybe that…?)

On sleepless nights when I’m drowning in tears I'll put your favourite song on loop Even if it won't get me anywhere, I wonder why it is that I can't seem to stop at all

I wanted a romance more like that; it wasn't supposed to happen like this! All of a sudden, my heart skips a beat I'm just totally in love Like a ride on a roller coaster, my breath catches in my throat OMG, OMG Love doesn't wait for anyone, see

Just where should I start from…? I can only hope it'll go okay It's all up to the heavens now… This won't all be for nothing, right? 'Cause just a single word could change my entire world

I don't ever want to leave your side, but I can't seem to say anything after all With a sigh, my heart squeezes in my chest Just a glimpse of your smile makes my heart beat like crazy Yeah, that's right

Hey, you're doing it again

I wanted a romance more like that; it wasn't supposed to happen like this! It's been only you since the beginning, and I'm all caught up in your magnetic field OMG, OMG Love doesn't wait for anyone, see

Lalalalattta　Lalalalattta You've been my sun ever since that fated encounter Lalalalattta　Lalalalattta Let's try this, don't be discouraged, we'll become Romeo and Juliet

JPN:

もっとあんな恋がしたくて こんなはずじゃなくて ハジメテは全部キミだけ 一歩ずつ叶えよう My First Lover…

心がざわめく　はじまりの予感！？ あの子が気になって　気づけなかったんだ 君の瞳の行く先が　僕だってことを (いじわる…すれ違い)

本音を知りたいのは　僕も同じです 何度も見返すタイムライン 恥ずかしいほど　ホットライン Ah　誰かにみられたらどうしよう… (こうしよう…ああしよう)

自分ばっかりで　もうバカみたいだ そのくせ目が合えば　夢みたいだ ハートの傘に二人並んだ うそでしょ… 運命(キセキ)は待ってたんだ

もっとあんな恋がしたくて こんなはずじゃなくて シュンとなってキュンとなって 初心だね 磁石みたいにまたくっついて離れて OMG OMG 恋は暇じゃないさ

Lalalalattta　Lalalalattta 出会ってしまった　君は太陽 Lalalalattta　Lalalalattta こうしよう　二人は めげない　ロミジュリ

これってもしかして　もしかするフラグ 左胸がドクンと　聞こえたような気がして Ah　気づかれてしまったらどうしよう… (こうしよう…ああしよう)

眠れない夜の波泳いで 君の好きな歌リピートしてた どこにたどり着いたとしても なぜだろう… 僕は止まれないんだ

もっとあんな恋がしたくて こんなはずじゃなくて シュンとなってキュンとなって Loveだね ジェットコースターみたいで　息ができなくて OMG OMG 恋に暇はないさ

何から伝えて… どうにかなりたい？ 神様お手上げ どうにもならない？ たった一言で 世界は変わるのさ

ずっと離れたくなくて でもやっぱ言えなくて ハッとなってギュッとなって wow yeah 君の笑顔ひとつで 僕の鼓動ざわめくんだ そうさ

ねぇ、今もだよ

あんな恋がしたくて こんなはずじゃなくて ハジメテは全部キミだけ 磁石みたいにまたくっついて離れて OMG OMG 恋は暇じゃないさ

Lalalalattta　Lalalalattta 出会ってしまった　君は太陽 Lalalalattta　Lalalalattta こうしよう　二人は めげない　ロミジュリ

[psychedelic-soul]

Got a vacuum cleaner in my head,

It sucks up everything I know

[shoujo-dump]

Manga recommendations for people who love Hikaeme ni Itte mo, Kore wa Ai manga, dedicated to @aengelren and all the other readers that enjoy the series ❤️

I have listed some categories below that are similar to the genres & subgenres of Hikaeme ni Itte mo, Kore wa Ai. Hopefully there might be some new series there that will be added to your reading list. Please note that not all series are obviously identical to Hikaeme, however I have used a ⭐ to indicate series that I think share most similarities with the series either in more than one genre or if the series have a similar atmosphere/general vibes to Hikaeme ni Itte mo, Kore wa Ai.

If you love the art style of Hikaeme, then I recommend checking out other series created by the same mangaka:

Hatsukoi ni Kiss (omnibus of 8 oneshots)

Kanjuku Summer End (oneshot)

Koi Wazurai no Ellie

Machiko wa Oborekake (oneshot)

Fast Romance:

Kare Kano (has anime adaptation!)

Koi no Mae ni, Amaku Hajimete. Hikaeme Elite-kun ga Watashi ni Dake Hatsujou shite imasu 🌶️

Museru Kurai no Ai wo Ageru ⭐

Ore Monogatari!! (has anime adaptation!)

Suki tte Ii na yo. (has anime, movie and live action adaptation!)

Delinquents:

Atashi no Banbi

Boku ni Hana no Melancholy

Five

I My Me Mine ⭐

Hajimete Koi o Shita Hi ni Yomu Hanashi (however doesn't seem to be an official nor fan English translation anywhere, the series has live action adaptation though!)

Hana yori Dango (has anime and several live action adaptations)

Hana Nochi Hare: Hanadan Next Season (has live action adaptation)

Haru no Ogawa wa Dokidoki Suru yo. (oneshot)

Iincho to Furyou-kun

Junai Tokkou Taichou!

Kimi ni Koishite Ii desu ka.

Kokuhaku Suru Aite o Machigaemashita

Megane, Tokidoki, Yankee-kun

Me no Tsukedokoro ga Deep Desho

Mikansei Demo Koi ga Ii

Mochizuki-san ka no Yankee ⭐

Raou-kun wa Watashi ni Kamau

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun (has anime and live action adaptation!)

Webcomic: Kono Yankee wa Ubu Sugiru!

Love Interest Changes:

Futari de Koi wo suru Riyuu

Koukou Debut (has live action adaptation!)

Male Lead Falls in Love First:

Batsuichi ga Moteru nante Kiitemasen

Chorokute Kawaii Kimi ga Suki

Einheli no Hanayome 🌶️

Furare Girl 

Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai (anime adaptation is going to be released in 2024!)

Kanojo ga Kawaii Sugite Ubaenai

Kimi wa Kawaii Onnanoko

Mainichi Kiss shite ii desu ka?

Namaikizakari.

Sakura wa Watashi wo Sukisugiru ⭐

Slow Jet Coaster

Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoushi (has live action adaptation!)

Webtoon: A Good Day to Be a Dog (available on webtoons.com)

Webtoon: The Fantasie of a Stepmother

Webtoon: As You Wish, Prince

Webtoon: The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion (also has anime adaptation!)

Webtoon: Writer's Block of Romance 

Webtoon: Your Ultimate Love Rival

Straightforward Male Lead:

Hamuko to Gao-kun

Kuchibiru ni Kimi no Iro

Living no Matsunaga-san

Midori no Himitsu (oneshot)

Neko to Kiss

Takane no Ran-san

Unmei no Hito ni Deau Hanashi

Uruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki ⭐

Yubisaki to Renren (will have anime adaptation in 2024!)⭐

Opposites attract:

Beast Master 

Kimi ga Kirai na Koi no Hanashi 

Kimi ni Todoke (has anime, live action )⭐

Saruyama!

Webtoon: Midnight Poppy Land (read the official English translation on webtoons.com, it currently has over 100 chapters) ⭐

Kuudere Female Lead:

Akuma to Love Song

Webtoon: I Failed to Oust the Villain!

Webtoon: Villains Are Destined to Die

Warm Ambience:

Honnou Switch 🌶️⭐

Houkago, Koishita.

Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryo Joshi (has anime adaptation!)

Ojou-san to Yobanaide

Tonari no Stella ⭐

[dustedmagazine]

Patois Counselors — Limited Sphere (ever/never)

Photo by Lindsey Miller

It’s been six years since Patois Counselors came out of the gate with Proper Release, an all-timer of a post-punk album that balanced furious energy with flights of surprising lyricism, a single-minded, oddball perspective with large ensemble arrangements.

The follow-up three years later was the Optimal Seat, a quieter but still menacing outing that got me thinking about the twin titans of the post-punk genre. My Dusted review ended with this: “I’ve slipped in a Fall reference already, but the real touchtone is Pere Ubu, whose bass-y, post-apocalyptic funk set the template and who also got quieter and weirder as time went on. If Proper Release was this band’s Modern Dance, then the Optimal Seat is its Song of the Bailing Man. Who knows what the next one will be?” A live album kept the seat warm earlier this year, and now Bo White tackles the question; what’s next is seething, writhing intelligence, wrapped in softer textures and melodies, but still bracing.  

Four songs make a return appearance after the live Enough: One Night at the Daisy Chain. None has changed significantly since then, though the live versions are, across the board, a bit noisier and rougher, while the studio takes allow for more carefully separated, cleaner sound. For instance, “Ranking Set,” a highlight in both albums, is a surging, pummeling rush on Enough. It’s not quite “qualified noise on a tiny speaker” as the lyrics insist, but there is a certain amount of compression. The studio take has the same sense of headlong energy, but you can hear more, the bass for one thing, a saxophone squeal, a sharp but irregular scratch of lead guitar. Likewise, “Serious Rider” pulses with ominous propulsion in both iterations, but the live one brings up the patter of syncopated snare and lets you hear an oscillating clarinet.  

Other tracks break more conclusively with past efforts. “Cathy Music” floats and shimmers and twinkles with electronic elements; the thump and hammer of post-punk disappears almost entirely under dream-state atmospherics. “Return to Sensitivity” also shrouds beats in silky swathes of synthesizer. It might remind you of Moon Duo’s Stars of the Light. “Marge Attack” slouches and grooves in trippy dissatisfaction, trailing bloopy bass notes and a wandering clarinet. 

And yet, Limited Sphere remains very much in Patois Counselor’s orbit, extending the palette, clarifying the details and continuing the journey.  If you love a band, you’ve got to let them try something new.

Jennifer Kelly

[bandcampsnoop]

10/19/24.

The first songs on Mock Media's LP "Mock Media II" have a jagged post punk sound that recalls Wire and Pere Ubu. When I read the introductory to the band, I saw that members were also in Pottery, Crack Cloud, and Painted Fruit ("Fruit Salad" is a gem of a record...apparently the band used to be Painted Fruits and ended up dropping the 's'). What I love about this release is the sharp taken about halfway through the album. Suddenly, Mock Media are a beautiful, soulful, harmonizing folk band.

Mock Media is based in Vernon, British Columbia. This LP was originally issued by Meat Machine, but is now being reissued by Mac's Record Label (Mac DeMarco's label if you didn't know).

The "independent record label group" Tin Angel Records, Meat Machine, and Unheard of Hope, have been putting out some great music lately. Listen to Cistern.

[toffeethief]

Top 5 Albums In The Year Of Our Lord 2023

1. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12

2. Buggin’ - Concrete Cowboys

3. Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions

4. Bell Witch - Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Shadow

5. Zulu - A New Tomorrow

Honorable Mentions:

The Album Leaf - Future Falling // Amen Seat – Amen Seat // Andre 3000– New Blue Sun // Angel Dust – Brand New Soul // Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / In A Room7 F760 // Baroness – Stone // BB Bomb – Practice Songs-Lesson Three // Billy Woods & Kenny Segal – Maps // Black Matter Device – Buckshot Mouthwash/Mr. Uncomfortable // Blonde Redhead – Sit Down For Dinner // Boris/Uniform – Bright New Disease // The Bouncing Souls – Ten Stories High // Boygenius – The Record //  The Callous Daoboys – God Smiles On The Callous Daoboys // Chat Pile/Nerver – Brothers In Christ // Clementine Valentine – The Coin That Broke The Fountain Floor // C.LS.M. – Infinity Shit // George Cosby – Talk // Covet – Catharsis // Deserve To Die – Deserve To Die // Dorthia Cottrell – Death Folk Country // Arnold Dreyblatt – Resolve // Ex Pilots – Ex Pilots // Explosions In The Sky – End // Felony For Existing – Felony For Existing // Fews – Glass City // Fishbone – Fishbone // Flooding – Silhouette Machine // Fotocrime – Accelerated // Peter Gabriel – i/o // GLAM – The Color, The Dark // Gridlink – Coronet Juniper // Headcheese – Expired // The HIRS Collective – We’re Still Here // The Hope Conspiracy – Confusion/Chaos/Misery // Khanate – To Be Cruel // Kilamanzego – Black Weirdo // Killer Mike – Michael // Kitba – Kitba // Lamp Of Murmuur – Saturnian Bloodstorm // Lankum – False Lankum // Kali Malone – Does Spring Hides Its Joy // Mary Lattimore – Goodbye, Hotel Arkada // Lucy Camp – Smores Vol. 1 // Lunar Creature – Lunar Creature // Mile End – Promo 2023 // Mil-Spec – Marathon // Milledenials – The Peak Of Youth Life // Model/Actriz – Dogsbody // Mystic 100s – On A Micro Diet // Narrow Head – Moments Of Clarity // The Necks – Travel // New Found Glory – Make The Most Of It // New World Man ­– The Beast Is Back // Noname – Sundial // One Step Closer – Song For The Willow // Ostraca – Disaster // Oxbow – Love’s Holiday // Bill Orcutt – Jump On It // Misha Panilov – In Focus // Paramore – This Is Why // Parannoul – After The Magic // Pere Ubu – Trouble On A Big Beat Street // Perfect Angel At Heaven – Imploder // Pile – All Fiction // Planet On A Chain – Boxed In // Powers/Pulice/Rolin – Prism // Protomartyr – Formal Growth In The Desert // Pulsatile Tinnitus – The Finer Art Of Heartwork // Radiator Hospital – Can’t Make Any Promises / Watching A Fire // Rat Cage – Savage Visions // Restraining Order – Locked In Time // Ringworm – Seeing Through Fire // Olivia Rodrigo – Guts // Sadness – April Sunset // Sadness/Abriction – Sadness/Abriction // Sam Goldberg – Some Songs Are Sung // Screaming Females – Desire Pathways // Samuel Sharp – Consequential // Patrick Shiroishi – I Was Too Young To Hear Silence // Shonen Knife – Our Best Place // Shunkan – She Nods // Sigur Ros – Atta // Sincere Engineer – Cheap Grills // Slant – Demo 2023 // Sophia Chablau e Uma Enore Pedre de Tempo – Musicia do Esquencimento // Spellling – Spellling & The Mystery School // Spirit Of Hamlet – Northwest Of Hamuretto // Spirit Of The Beehive – I’m So Lucky // Spy – Satisfaction // Marnie Stern – The Comeback Kid // Sunbear – Enjoy! // Suzie True – Sentimental Scum // Swiss Army Wife – Medium Gnarly // The Tallest Man On Earth – Henry St. // Teke::Teke – Hagata // Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – These Things Remain Unassigned // TLOOTH – Wet // Unwed Sailor – Mute The Charm // Usurp Synapse – A Vile Contamina // Vivat Virtute – Hold Music // Widowdusk – I Know Where We’re At, Not Where We’re Going // Will Haven – VII // Witch Prophet – Gateway Experience

[makkuromurasaki]

5 songs tag

Thanks for the tag @badastronaut27! my spotify list has now grown with 2 more songs XD

I'll tag the following, as usual no pressure to do this :D

@alphedhel @khazrablood @willinglyghoulified @boarix @fuzzyizmit

5 songs I listen to:

1. Footsteps by Holy Ghost!

I love this band, this song makes me feel like a noir detective at night 😎

2. Still got it by Alex Frankel

The vocalist from Holy Ghost! has his own solo stuff that I really enjoy, this song has good vibes.

3. New Gold ft. Tame Impala & Bootie Brown by Gorillaz

I love both Gorillaz and Tampe Impala and I love this unexpected collab.

4. Amanaemonesia by Chairlift

This is where my playlist goes weird, this is the type of song that goes on repeat forever.

5. Ubu by Methyl Ethyl

Another weird one, perfect for playing on repeat.

[goodbysunball]

Four du jour

Flailing wildly to keep up with music and the embarrassing stacks of sealed records piling up. Here’s an effort to slow down and pay more attention to what’s in house - some really great stuff within. Dig if you will:

Famous Mammals, Instant Pop Expressionism Now! LP (Siltbreeze)

The Bay Area's Famous Mammals follow-up their self-released cassette with an LP on Siltbreeze, a fine pairing if there ever was one. Much like that cassette, the band channels some of the greats - Swell Maps, the Fall, the first two Pere Ubu records - and wraps it up in the warmth of late '80s/early '90s home recorded cassettes. At 18 tracks, this is a bit of a strain on the ol' attention span, but the band seemingly can't stop writing good-to-great tracks, so why not? My favorites are when they get a little stormy and aggressive ("Comets for Poets," "Empty London" and "Quips In Print") and the experimental tracks littered throughout, some instrumental ("Metal Forest") and some not, like Amber Sermeno's great performance over the nimble guitar line on "Charmed Effects" or the absurd and quotable "Crayon World." There is definitely a sense that the Mammals are repeating themselves over 18 tracks, also like the cassette: "Let the Light In," "Soul Without Sound," "Like a Shadow" and "Parachute Traction Excites!" have a lot of overlap, the distorted jangle on each reminding me of the next, even after many runs through. All of these tracks are pleasant enough, with "Like a Shadow" likely emerging as the most pop moment on the record, but they can also sound like filler when placed next to more adventurous tracks. On a record full of questionable sequencing, only one moment stands out as egregious: the steely deadpan of "Thou Art Abstract" falling face first into "Cotton Boy Tuesday" and its goofy nursery rhyme vocal melody, bringing the record to a dead stop only four tracks in. Its two minutes pass and the record regains momentum a few minutes later with "Empty London" and never looks back. I'm unsure if I've listened to Instant Pop Expressionism Now! so much in an attempt to grasp at some hidden thread or because of the record's magnetism; but, I can say that the best tracks, isolated or within the LP's context, are some of the year’s best.

Martin Frawley, The Wannabe LP (Trouble In Mind)

Been back and forth on whether or not to write about Martin Frawley's second LP, The Wannabe, but it's been played much too often in my house to brush aside anymore. Frawley was once a member of Twerps, went through a pretty bad breakup and some self-destructive tendencies were unleashed, released Undone at 31 in 2019 on Merge, and now he's landed on Trouble In Mind for the follow-up. There was an intriguing long-form interview with Frawley on LNWY around the time of the first album's release (link's dead now) that piqued my interest, but I'd never checked him out until now. Where he's at on The Wannabe is a much better place than the interview from a few years ago, but the writing is still biting and sardonic, leveled mostly at himself, though the sparkling title track takes on "the industry" at large. There's definitely that surface-level classic rock feel to The Wannabe, the hits spaced out with bared-soul singer-songwriter schlock and some others that don't take the luster off the hits. At his best, Frawley sounds like Warren Zevon on his Asylum albums, or a David Berman stripped of metaphors, funneling frustration, depression and a sharp sense of humor into his lyrics. That earnestness is something that works to Frawley's advantage for the majority of the album, painfully replaying a chance encounter with an ex on "This Is Gonna Change Your Mind" and admitting to wanting his deceased father's approval on "5th of the 5th." At worst, he's creating objectively beautiful but a bit too literal songs like "Lola" and "I Wish Everyone Would Love Me" that, while certain in their intention, could benefit greatly from a bit of clever obfuscation. For the majority of the album, the band he's assembled works hard to keep Frawley grounded and steady: "Slip Away" churns like Boxer-era National, and "5th of the 5th" chugs and sears like the Velvets on Loaded. But the band never steals the spotlight from Frawley's lyrics, for better or worse. The contradiction at the center of Frawley's lyrics - that he's down on himself but still believes in himself, that he's a mess but worthy of your love and attention - is a hard place to invite listeners, but he makes it pretty comfortable throughout The Wannabe. Parsing out that contradiction, however heart-on-sleeve, is at the core of what makes the record stick. There's probably not a lot of room in the underground for a record as openly emotional as this, but for the most part it feels refreshingly messy and human, a shot in the arm I didn't know I needed. Maybe you could use a boost, too.

Index For Working Musik, Dragging the Needlework for the Kids at Uphole (Tough Love)

Strange brew, this one: Index For Working Musik manage to make a record that's refreshing in its precision, hard to pin down, and slippery enough to evade my feeble memory even after several months of familiarization. The band plays a style of rock that's patient and unflappable, with vocals delivered just above a whisper, and emerge with a sound as lush as it is stark black and white like its cover. There's a Come On Die Young vibe to the opener "Wagner," maybe just in the brittle guitar line and tone, but wholly lacking in tension until feedback wrests control over the final seconds. The closing track "Habanita," maybe my favorite here, rides a slowly picked guitar line to open up new paths, hushed group vocals and phaser guitar (or keyboard?) inflating the proceedings to spectacular heights. In between, I've been stuck playing spot the influence to try and attach a mnemonic device to the meekly presented spread. At points, I hear: Honey Radar's tape hiss-happy and economical approach to classic rock, especially on "ISIS Beatles" and "1871," the latter probably the closest IFWM comes to rocking; Air's "Cherry Blossom Girl" on "Palangana"; Grandaddy, perhaps due to a similarly laid-back presentation, on "Railroad Bulls" and “Athletes of Exile”; and so on. My favorites, "Wagner," "ISIS Beatles” and "Habanita," stretch the ideas out a bit longer, and maybe that's part of my problem: most songs seem too clean, or even risk-averse, choosing to stay within a tidy and neat set of parameters. While I think “1871” is an exception, the tense strumming of “Ambiguous Fauna” is cut short, and it feels like “Athletes of Exile” has just shaken off the rust when it ends. Despite all of the enticing details in the label’s writeup (endless experimental recording sessions, the inclusion of found samples and field recordings, a mysterious text that jump-starts the creative process), I still struggle to connect with the bulk of the record, however much the actual sounds satisfy. It sort of feels like the equivalent of a really elaborate window display for a boutique shop: there’s a high level of skill behind it, and everything is placed just so, but you’re kept at arm’s length by thick glass. Whatever the case, Dragging the Needlework for the Kids at Uphole remains enigmatic - the lyrics, that title - despite being crisply presented and never outstaying its welcome.

Optic Nerve, Angel Numbers LP (Urge)

New-to-me outfit from Sydney, and one with a sound and approach that, as the record's press sheet indicates, sets them apart from their many peers in the city. It's hard for me to hear Optic Nerve, and especially Jackie De Lacy's rough, barked vocals, and not think of the short-lived Rat King, whose sole LP Godsend remains a steady favorite of mine ten-plus years on. Optic Nerve isn't as bleak as Rat King, nor do they have much low end presence on this recording, though Optic Nerve's just about as intense, cold-working punk into new forms through force of will. "Tonic" always drives this point home for me, the song careening toward the finish with few changing parts, a bit of distortion and De Lacy's vocals the engine supplying the power. "Trap Door" initially charges forward in the same manner, but eventually splits open to reveal a bright and rowdy guitar line ripped outta Mikey Young's Eddy Current Suppression Ring playbook. Much like ECSR on their string of singles in the '00s, the band finds a lane and sticks with it throughout most of Angel Numbers. It's a blast to hear them hit the same highs over and over, fists pumping from two minutes into the opener through one minute into the closing track before it's inevitable deterioration. Some detours, like the moody instrumental "Interlude" and the crawling "Basket," as well as the choice to weaponize the shrill notes of the flute on several tracks, point to a broader horizon for Optic Nerve. Though not really similar in sound, there is a palpable energy on Angel Numbers that's present on Unwound's The Future of What and Repetition, all seething records dissatisfied with the present and hungry for something more. Definitely feels like Angel Numbers has flown undeservingly under the radar, but with only 300 copies to go around, I wouldn't take a chance on that being the case for very long. Tops of this batch o' reviews, for those keeping score.

[phayz]

quentin, if you're still doing the name song thing :)

Q - Quiet On Set

U - Ubu

E - Emo Bitch In A Bunny Hat

N - NEW SHOES

T - The Red

I - I Feel Like I'm Drowning

N - Narrative / Not A Love Song

(send me your name and i'll send songs for every letter!)

[rikiishi]

when they put me in the ground, a those!b playlist

i. Modern Dance [Pere Ubu] ii. Pack Yr Romantic Mind [Stereolab] iii. I Only Have Eyes For You [The Flamingos] iv. Der Mussolini [DAF] v. The Devil Is In The Details [Boards Of Canada] vi. Hey Boy [Os Mutantes] vii. Sinner Boy [Rory Gallagher] viii. Forever [Sweet Trip] ix. Le moribond [Jacques Brel]

i’ll put up lyrics and shit tomorrow if i can remember, but le moribond is basically the only thing on this playlist that matters, light is antoine and l is the lovely bride. if only b knew more then two people, the whole song might actually make sense.

[beritalkorea22]

Menjelang tamat, 'Serendipity's Embrace' ramai diminta lanjut hingga season 2. Fans rupanya tidak rela berpisah dengan pasangan uwu Kim So Hyun dan Chae Jong Hyeop.

 "Serendipity's Embrace" kini menjadi salah satu tayangan yang paling banyak dibicarakan. Chemistry antara Kim So Hyun dan Chae Jong Hyeop dalam drama tvN ini telah membuat sensasi tersendiri di berbagai platform media dan jejaring sosial.

Dalam "Serendipity's Embrace", So Hyun dan Jong Hyeop berperan sebagai pasangan yang saling jatuh cinta semasa sekolah. Lee Hong Ju (Kim So Hyun) dan Kang Hu Young (Chae Jong Hyeop) kehilangan kontak selama 10 tahun dan baru bersatu kembali di usia 29 tahun. Ketika bertemu lagi, meskipun ada perubahan dalam hidup mereka, hati mereka kembali tertarik satu sama lain.

Melalui unggahan tvN pada Minggu (11/8), Hu Young tampak memberikan pengakuan atas perasaannya terhadap Hong Ju yang sudah lama ia pendam. Melihat cuplikan adegan tersebut, netizen pun terbawa perasaan.

Terlebih lagi, "Serendipity's Embrace" tinggal menyisakan dua episode terakhir. Drama besutan sutrada Song Hyun Wook ini akan tamat pada Selasa (13/8) mendatang.

Netizen pun seakan tidak rela berpisah dengan pasangan Hu Young dan Hong Ju. Mereka bahkan mendesak agar tim produksi membuat drama "Serendipity's Embrace" season 2.

"Perasaan Hoo Young yang udah lama terpendam, akhirnya bisa dia ungkapan, tolong happy ending 😖[sic!]," komentar pemilik akun @norc***06. "Huhuhu season 2 pleaseeeee 😭😭😭 [sic!]," sahut akun @ohh***role. "Minggu terakhir 😖 rasanya seperti hari terakhir 😭 nggak rela berpisah dengan couple ini [sic!]," balas akun @blu***on9421.

"Nambah eps dong woii😭😭 [sic!]," ungkap akun @hiia***ubu. "Panjangin ga episodenya tvn 👊 [sic!]," pinta akun @ichaa***aaa.13. "Bisa yuk bisa season 2 [sic!]," tambah akun @veron***ich.

Sementara itu, drama "No Gain No Love" akan menggantikan slot waktu "Serendipity's Embrace" pada 26 Agustus mendatang. Drama komedi romantis yang dibintangi oleh Shin Min A dan Kim Young Dae ini juga sangat dinantikan oleh fans.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Tori Amos, Honor Blackman, Ray Bradbury, the Cadillac (1902), my late, great cousin Pamela Carpenter Cole, Paul Colman (Newsboys), James Corden, Teresa Davis (The Emotions), James Debarge, Claude Debussy, Holly Dunn, Donna Godchaux (good to have gigged with you), Dale Hawkins, John Lee Hooker, Paul Laughner (Pere Ubu), Dua Lipa, David Lee Marks, Ian Mitchell (Bay City Rollers), Roland Orzabal, Dorothy Parker, Debbi Peterson, Collin Raye, Vernon Reid, Kurt Reil (Gripweeds, Richard X. Heyman—good to have gigged with you), Diana Sands, Layne Staley, the 1986 film STAND BY ME, Karlheinz Stockhausen, The Supremes 1964 “Where Did Our Love Go?” single, former bike messenger and punk rocker Gordon Taylor, singer-songwriter/recording artist Richard Turgeon, and my friend, producer extraordinaire Ron Dante.

The more you know about Ron’s musical accomplishments the better it gets. Besides being the anchor of The Archies and voice for numerous jingles, other bands (The Cuff-Links), and musical cartoons (such as “Spiderman: From Beyond the Grave”), in his own right he’s a wonderful singer-songwriter and has produced Pat Benatar, Cher, and 9 of Barry Manilow’s hit albums + Ron won 2 Tonys for producing “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and “Children of a Lesser God” on Broadway. That said, Ron is The Wizard of Bubblegum Music—songs that burst out and get people hooked. Over the years I’ve grown to appreciate the crafting that goes into making these “ear candy” recordings.

Davy Jones spoke highly of Ron, and one of Davy’s last singles was “Amore,” a track written by Chris Andrews and produced by Ron (we i.e. Davy Jones Band performed it often). Ron would pop up at our shows, and we were happy to do this (!) song whenever we could:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D4sCjzsjUw Meanwhile, HB RD and thank you for bringing hours of joy to screen and stage.

#rondante #davyjones #archies #monkees #birthday #johnnyjblair #cher #patbenatar #barrymanilow

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Water From Your Eyes — Everyone’s Crushed (Matador)

Photo by Eleanor Petry 

Everyone's Crushed by Water From Your Eyes

Everyone’s Crushed pulls apart the idea of rock songs, turns them inside out and chops them to pieces, then just when you’re getting accustomed to the deconstructive chaos, interrupts with an inexorable beat, a fragile melody, a danceable beat. You can’t get comfortable even being uncomfortable. There’s always something unexpected around the next sharp corner.

Everyone’s Crushed is the duo’s sixth full-length, taking Structure’s gleeful art experiments into even more fractured territories. And yet though Water From Your Eyes clearly expects you to be brave and open-minded, the two of them — Rachel Brown and Nate Amos — also want you to dance. A frantic, cerebral hedonism animates “Barley,” as it swells from minimalist chant to a breezy, bubbly OOIOO-style synthetic bop.  “One, two, three, four, I count mountains,” intones Brown, expressionless and austere, as a kickdrum racket blows up behind her, arguing for frenetic, cathartic movement.

These songs are always morphing, a kind of stop-motion being/becoming cycle unfolding as you tap your pencil to them.  The title starts with the bare blurt of funk bass, trebly accents of snare and high-hat punctuating at intervals, like ESG pared down to a line drawing, or Pere Ubu lying bleached out on the beach. Brown plays with a phrase, pushing it from cliché into ever-odder absurdity, “I’m with everyone I love, and everything hurts,” then “I’m in love with everyone, and everything hurts,” and finally, “I’m with everyone I hurt, and everything’s love.” You think you’ve got it, the syncopated beat, the evolving repetition, the giddy plinks of pizzicato strings, and then it all changes with a raw, rupturing onslaught of distorted guitar. It’s an art song, it’s an electro-beat, it’s guitar rock. It’s all that.

These songs are prickly, stood up against the blinding white light of negative space and shot through with sharp, stabbing dissonance, and yet it’s hard to overstate how much fun they are. “True Life” rocks on a pendulating, sirening, octave-jumping riff, an antic, frantic snarl of pop noise that necessitates movement. Then it clears for a serene melodic interval, just Brown’s voice singing and some soothing synths, and then the two elements mix (I won’t say blend, because they remain separate) in a fascinating amalgam. Later “14” tips the balance towards beauty, with lush strings and undulating waves of melody and hardly any beat at all, and still, even here, you don’t know exactly what’s going to happen next (the funky, jittery “Buy My Product,” like Gauche crossed with the Boredoms, comes next).

It's been a while since an album surprised me, not just the first time through, but continually, throughout the listening experience. Everyone’s Crushed keeps you guessing, all the way through, and that’s kind of a miracle. Bravo.

Jennifer Kelly

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Btw, I want you to see this video. Is a song from (the third I guess) play for Ubu Roi of Alfred Jarry and it's about a Decerebration Machine in the middle of the small Rue (street) d'Echaude in Paris and how happy are the people on their sunday bests to go and see the decerebration with their children.

Fucking love this song and the fact that with that massive black gear the machine looks like a moon.

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4/26/23.

Yes, Record Store Day has lost its initial charm. But I still love it - it helps me fill in my record collection (The Verlaines "Bird Dog") and helps me discover new bands - Wild Carnations were mentioned a few days ago.

It also helps me appreciate bands I never appreciated or even thought to give a listen. I'd always thought of Romeo Void as 1980s new wave. I knew that ONE song "Never Say Never" with its lyric "I might like you better if we slept together."

Record Store Day saw the LP release of "Live from Mabuhay Gardens: November 14, 1980". This San Francisco, California based band was much more post-punk than new wave (at least initially). Think Pere Ubu, Magazine, Gang of Four, Blondie or early The Cars.

This is released by Liberation Hall.

[uneasylisteningradio]

The Kids Just Don't Understand January 24, 2024

Image: The Urinals listen to the show!

Carole King - Pleasant Valley Sunday (Demo) Checkpoint - Checkers

Piece War - Dead Bodies Taqbir - Tfou 3Lik Pere Ubu - Humor Me Grazia - Cheap Melanie - People in the Front Row Klapper - Primitive and Proud

Corker - Distant Dawn The Faction - Let's Go Get Cokes Vic Woodward & Claudia - Hippie Yippie Low Wormwood - Farewell Let's Never Meet Again Predator - Ripped Jeans Urinals - Black Hole Cress - One Jumbo - He Goes Bla-Bla

Becky & the Politicians - Motel 6 Warm Exit - Concrete Fascination The Cult - Back Pay (Part 1) The Trees - Psalm 45

Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark - This Is Helena Screaming Urge - Mercy Beat PURA MAN​Í​A - EL MUNDO AL REVÉS The Dirtbombs - Maybe Your Baby 1-800-Mikey - My Room Alicja-Pop - Shining Apple

Sweet - Blockbuster Tv Neats - Was I Dreaming Again Ženevski - Dekret Sadašnjost Fugitive Bubble - Contemporary Restoration The Cheifs - Tower 18 Naked Hippy - Love Song

Virvon Varvon - Google It King Sporty & Der Mer - Fall Out Fighter Squad - Ah La AUS - LSD Public Interest - Residue Sin 34 - Join the Race

Accidente - Atajos Grisaille - Blessures The Standells - The Peppermint Beatle Slaughterhouse 5 - You Might As Well Live Terry - Gold Duck The Living - No Thanks

39 Clocks - Psycho Beat Ambrose & His Orchestra - Shoo the Hoodoo Away Mutating Meltdown - Six Days Underground

Pinch Points - Copper