Showing posts with label MUSIC WEEK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MUSIC WEEK. Show all posts

Wednesday, 19 February 2014

SEMAINE MUSIQUE

Je suis ici, en train de parler français. Bizzare, hein ? Qu'en penses-tu? Voici une épreuve de force entre moi et moi-même sur le plan de la langue. J'ai besoin du «français pour les nuls » mais je me contente de google traduction, des livres sur la grammaire française, et un petit peu de patience.

Bof, alors, «C'est quoi cette merde?» on dit. Cette merde est un rassemblement des morceaux que j'ai écrit pendant la semaine. Je pourrais avoir traduit chaque post, mais ce serait un manque d'inspiration, donc j'ai écrit quelque chose de nouveau sur chaque morceau. C'est cool, cool mais difficile. C'est totalement basique et il sera insultant pour le langue français, mais c'est ça.


Helfer – Designs
J'ai écrit sur Helfer (il vient d'Israël et – évidemment – c'est un créateur de musique) l'année dernière, en arrière quand il était connu sous le nom NoamiKo. Depuis lors, il a changé son surnom et a fait un peu plus de musique. À savoir, «Designs». Le son est énorme et intense, avec de la percussion insectoïde enroulée et sprintant le long des cascades luisant glacialement. La voix spectrale se fait l'écho dans la brume des bruits, la basse lisse en dessous, accompagnée de bips amples et de cordes perçantes. C'est la musique indie-glitch-électronique et demi-expérimentale et c'est très jolie. Le EP de Helfer «Air Drops» sera bientôt disponible chez BLDG5.


YES/NO Guest Mix 006 – N-qia
Ahh ouais. Je suppose qu'il n'y a pas de mot français pour «Guest Mix» mais c'est pas grave. Alors, N-qia est un duo qui vient de Tokyo: Nozomi, la chanteuse fantomatique, et Takma (alias Serph et Reliq), qui crée des paysages hors des sons organiques et électroniques. Ils ont sélectionné une poignée de leurs chansons pour le Guest Mix, cousuent ensemble merveilleusement, résultant en une demi-heure rêveuse et complètement hypnotisante. Fantômes bruyants mais doux du passé surgissant de ce duo intéressant japonais.


Saint Pepsi – Bieber
Tu connais «vaporwave»? Ouais? Non? Eh bien, c'est bon. Vaporwave est un genre sans genre en incubation pendant plus d'un an, impliquant l'échantillonnage des chansons funk et soul aussi bien que de la musique d'ascenseur pour créer de la musique nostalgique et onctueuse. C'est une explication basique quand même. L'un des artistes le plus réputés de vaporwave est Saint Pepsi; l'une de ses chansons plus récentes s'appelle «Bieber» et c'est, au fond, un remix de «Boyfriend» par Justin Bieber. Dégoûté? Mais non, c'est vraiment différent de l'original – Saint Pepsi l'améliore beaucoup. «Bieber» est un slow jam chaleureux avec la caisse claire roulante et l'air fanfaron R&B, dégoulinant d'accords synths enveloppés, finissant avec une mélodie presque sarcastique en sonorité. Il y a de la liberté dans cette musique, la liberté de créer n'importe quoi. Et si tu aimes ou pas, on s'en fout.


Simon – 城市車手 (Prod. by Long Nek)
Figure-toi que le hip-hop underground est assez vivant chez Taïwan. J'ai écrit sur un couple d'artistes de là-bas: Aristophanes貍描, une rappeuse qui a un flow élastique et sensuel, et Luviia, un beatmaker avec un style old school. Bien sûr, il y en a beaucoup d'autres – MCs, producteurs, DJs – qui sont actifs dans la scène hip-hop Taïwanaise. L'un est Simon, nom et prénom Simon Chen, un rappeur; le morceau «城市車手» (la français: «chaffeur de ville») dispose d'un flow confiant de Simon, avec sa rapide voix sautante et sa compétence décontractée. Long Nek – qui dit qu'il a crée «more than beats» – fournit un atmosphère divinement expressif, un saxophone nocturne pleurant romantiquement au-dessus du beat boom bap. Une bonne équipe pour le hip-hop, non? Je ne parle pas Mandarin mais ce n'est pas grave, le morceau sonne bien quand même.


car10 – I Don't Meet You
Punk! Punk japonais! Alors, peut-être que c'est pas punk et plus comme pop-punk mais il contient tous les ingrédients: c'est vite, c'est sale, et il y a guitares avec de la distorsion. «I Don't Meet You» est une chanson brève mais explosive par car10, un trio qui vient de Ashikaga, Japon. C'est frais, un mélange entre lo-fi et pop et punk et shoegaze (peux-tu entendre l'effet flanger dans la guitare?), tout a été enregistré «reel-to-reel» qui donne un son énergique, comme si joué en live. Leur album, «Everything Starts From This Town» sera disponible chez le label japonais Sauna Cool le 16 avril.


Alors, c'est tout. La prochaine semaine, la même (j'en espère). Très merci beaucoup à Nicolas Barrois, qui a m'aidé d'éditer la texte au-dessus. Et aussi, l'image en haut de cette page est «Une baignade à Asnières» de Georges Seurat – très français hein?

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Saturday, 10 August 2013

MUSIC WEEK #18

Week of stuff innit. What de hell. What is life. What is real. What is internet. Where am I. What are you. Let's listen to music together and forget that anything has happened.

The art btw comes again from whatevenamdrawing.tumblr.com.


INTERVIEW: SPAZZKID
Spazzkid, aka Mark Redito, is a really nice guy. Learn some more about him with this Q&A

MELORMAN - YOUR DAY
Really chilled ambient loveliness

GAMMA-F7 - TWO TONE PITCH BENT
Crazy electronic stuff

THE ORWELLS - WHO NEEDS YOU
Bouncy garage rock with v nice vocals

CUUSHE - TWILIGHT
Stunning beautiful electronica with beautifully whispering vocals

ARISTOPHANES 貍貓 FT SUMI & PETECHAN - 牆裡人 THE WALL
More Mandarin rap and cool retro beats

INC. - ANGEL
Sexy R&B

LINDSAY LOWEND - WIND FISH EP
A mix of videogame cutesy synths and hip hop swagger. Amazing

DYGL - I'M WAITING FOR YOU // NASHVILLE
Lo-fi nostalgic garage rock/lovesongs from this Japanese band

LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE - SEBASTIAN (NAITSABES)
British indie with a charming sound


My favourite, I'm sorry to say this everybody, was Lindsay Lowend's EP. Effing marvellous. I can't get over how much I like it. I could just have it on repeat forever. However, everything else was enjoyed by me also. There is nothing wrong with having a favourite, I say. Anyway have a nice weekend, bye.

Friday, 2 August 2013

MUSIC WEEK #17

Wow what a hectic and weird week it has been. I won't bore or depress you with the details though. Just know that you should be doing everything you can to keep yourselves happy and comfortable. Be nice to each other and if you can't be nice then just shut yourself away for a bit and cool down. Hmm. Anyway, the drawing is from whatevenamdrawing. It's just like One Piece isn't it?
MARUKAO丸颜先生 - SOFA DREAM // HELLO FUNK
Some chill hop and some funk hop from this Chinese producer

METOME - TAKE THIS LOVE
Effing beautiful stuff from Japan

// Y E Λ R S // - 彼女は私の夢の少女です [SHE IS THE GIRL OF MY DREAMS]
Evaporate yourself to this dreamy number

FENBRED - PYRAMIDS
Dancefloor warmer

INSHAPE - SUPER GOLFER
Dirty electro with espionage/golf-themed video

HIROTO KUDO - MAGIC RAINCOAT
Cute electronic composition that evokes rainy days

NINETOES - FINDER
Calypso beat, steel drums, what else do you want?

JOLLY MARE - NOBODY CARES
Retro 80s stuff with killer bassline


What did I like most? Either Hiroto Kudo or Jolly Mare. Let's just leave it at that. I'm tired and I have hiccups and even after holding my breath whilst I've typed all of this (code included) I still have that will-I-won't-I-hiccup feeling. Anyway have a nice evening or a nice day depending on where you are in the world. What is world?

Sunday, 28 July 2013

MUSIC WEEK #15/16

Can't believe this happened again. Not only is it two MUSIC WEEKs combined in one post, but it is also late. I got excuses no one really has time for excuses so let's GO. I promise to do this every Friday from now on. Why? Because Friday is the end the the week. Friday is the icing on the cake. Friday's where I round it all up yo.

I have also not posted a lot recently due to things "in real life" happening and occurring all at the same time. Let's all get over it and enjoy what music I gravitated towards these past two weeks.


MADPETE 省广奇兵 - CANTONESE BOOM BAP
Retro hip hop in Cantonese with real simple charm

2MORROWS VICTORY - VOIR (JUSTUS)
Dream-skate-hip-hop - it exists

EARTHQUAKE ISLAND - THE CASE OF GALASTROPHY
Sample-based chill in this wonderful album

CORY JREAMZ - HOWL
The incomparable up-and-coming rapper delivers more indefinable alternative rap

VULKANO - VISION TRICKS
Bassy dark indie pop from Sweden

YO'TRUE - WILD RICE
Ex-Tellison member pleasantly surprises with this sugary-sweet throwback pop

FOREST SWORDS - THE WEIGHT OF GOLD
Ancient English esoteric rites in music form

HARRISON - LOLIPOP LOVE
80s rework = future funk

ALMA ELSTE - VIRTUALISM
Sultry-voiced Parisienne emotively croons over synths

X PRIEST X - SAMURAI
Cuttingly stylish 80s-esque pop from Florida

ANAMANAGUCHI - ENDLESS FANTASY
Chiptune epic that actually sounds like an endless fantasy

SUPERFOOD - TV
Fabulously mundane lyrics and slapdash indie rock a bit like an English Weezer

RROXYMORE - FLTNORDF
A beautifully constructed techno odyssey


That's that. There really has been a lot going on that I haven't covered, this is probably like 20% of everything I had meant to write about but didn't for some reason or another. Either way, I find my 1st favourite in MADPETE's Cantonese hip hop - just really does it for me, y'know? My 2nd favourite is Forest Swords, just love that frantic sound. And my 3rd favourite would be... let's say HARRISON, because I can't help but be sucked into that funky funk groove.

Next Friday. Promise. A nice little round up. Oh and by the way, the image this week comes from whatevenamdrawing - check his funny-funny drawings out at whatevenamdrawing.tumblr.com.

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Friday, 12 July 2013

MUSIC WEEK #14

Firstly, I've just discovered that there is an actual music publication called "Music Week" - this weekly round-up of what music I've written about is in no way derivative of that. It was actually inspired by a game called Bird Week - I thought the name was silly and so MUSIC WEEK (just as silly in my opinion) was born. So that's that.

The image this week has been drawn by my brother. I do hope you like it. You can see more of his drawdlings over at whatevenamdrawing.tumblr.com. Here is the music from the past week.


MR OIZO - AMICALEMENT EP
Free-to-download crispy electro from Oizo himself

THESE NEW PURITANS - AND IT'S RISEN
Ornately orchestral and beat-led murk

SPAZZKID - DESIRE (願う) REMIXES
A motley crew of producers remix Spazzkid's ace album

PARA ONE - YOU TOO
Classic house anthem sound

TOURIST - PEAKS
Garage-themed pretty electronica

NEON BUNNY (야광토끼) - OH MY PRINCE (왕자님)
Indie dance pop from Korea

VIRTUAL FLANNEL - NEON WAVES
Hip hop with glitch and ambience

SONIC DEADHORSE FT ARISTOPHANES 貍貓 - THE ARRESTED
Crazy intense beats & rap from Taiwan

DEWY SINATRA - I NEED LOVE
Fresh talent from London lays down some future beats

GANG COLOURS - MAN UP GIRL! OPEN FOR BUSINESS MIX
Fluid chill/retro/hip hop from Southampton's finest

2MORROWS VICTORY - LIFT OFF (TROPICS EDIT)
Electro soul gets beat treatment (a beatment?)


That's it. That's all I'm saying.

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Friday, 5 July 2013

MUSIC WEEK #12

Another week, another load of music. The weather is also beginning to pick up. I love summer. It's the best. I wish there was an island like on Animal Crossing: New Leaf where it can be summer all year round. Oh actually there is such a place and it's called the Caribbean. And it's also called the Cook Islands. Hmm.

Here's what tickled my ears this time around.


WASTED NIGHTS - MIXTAPE #002
Beautifully retro mixtape from this guy

MR OIZO FT. MARILYN MANSON - SOLID
Not for the self-conscious. Download Oizo's new EP here.

THROWING UP - MEDICINE
Grunge punk!

YES/NO MUSIC JUNE 2013 PLAYLIST
I made a playlist of all the stuff from June

LUVIIA - P2P FEELINGS EP
Taiwanese beatmaker makes beats

OXFORD - YOU AND ME
Electric funky funk from France

PART TIME - ALL MY LOVE AND ALL YOUR LOVE (TOGETHER WE ARE FINE)
80s-themed sounds and whimsical New Romantic flavours here

DILLON COOPER - COZMIK
The album from young-and-up-and-coming Brooklyn rapper

MOONCREATURES - MOONCREATURES EP
Haunting lo-fi dreampop sounds

KOLOTO - FOX TALES Luscious glitch electronica from Canterbury, England


Favourite, without a doubt, is the Wasted Nights mixtape. Just so easy to listen to that on a sunny afternoon. Close second is the lovely sounds that Koloto has created. Nice work! Let's keep living! Tomorrow is a new day!

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Friday, 28 June 2013

MUSIC WEEK #11

Life, oh life. Oh life. That's from a song isn't it? Just popped into my head. I started writing this damn ages ago so that song is no longer in my head. Do you know what is in my head? Animal Crossing music, that's what.

Sooo, this week there's been some fun music floating around. The flow of time depletes, runs aground on the shores, and music flows out of it, like when all those motorbikes and other things were nicked from the containers of the MSC Napoli when it "ran into trouble" on the southwest coast of England. A crucial bit of English history for you there.

This week I also became a contributor for Dummy magazine. I have already written about Yosi Horikawa's album and also a remix of IKEBANA's 'Alone'. Movin' on up innit.

Here's what I have liked-and-had-time-to-write-about these last 6 or whatever days.


COSMICATT - DRINK LIMIT
Smooth hip hop sounds

HAILU MERGIA - SHILELA
Traditional Ethiopian music meets jazz + 1985 synthesiser

SHIGETO - RINGLEADER
Samba rhythms and a heavy atmosphere

TOYS - WE ARE A mix of big beats and pop melodies from Paris

CRYSTAL - GET IT [EP]
Quirky funky house from Tokyo

BEACH FOSSILS - CARELESS 80s jangle-pop meets urban punk

INTERVIEW: TOYS
An interview with the Parisian duo

CYRIL HAHN FT. SHY GIRLS - PERFECT FORM
Cyril's back with more DEEP music and his first actual single

SHE TALKS SILENCE - HOLY HANDS, HOLY VOICES
Japanese delicately noisy shoegaze

DILLON COOPER - KUNG FOO
Promising new rap with 90s beats

TIM BURGESS - THE ECONOMY
Floaty psychedelic acoustic chill

BOYS GET HURT - LOVE THE WAY U FEEL
Beach-invoking dance music

GAY - CHRYSOTILE
Afrobeat vibes and pop rock


So there you have it.

My favourite?

TOYS I think. Or Dillon Cooper.

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Saturday, 22 June 2013

MUSIC WEEK #9/10

Well, seems as though I forgot to post a MUSIC WEEK last Friday. It's because on that Friday I received Animal Crossing: New Leaf and a limited edition Animal Crossing-themed 3DS and, well, I got a bit caught up in it all and forgot that I existed in any capacity in the real world at all. The world of Animal Crossing is pretty fun though. If only life were that easy.

Accordingly I have decided to combine the posts of the last 2 weeks, making this either a MUSIC FORTNIGHT (fun fact: I used to think a fortnight was three weeks) or just MUSIC WEEK #9/10. I will remind myself somehow every week lest this happens again, o ye gods.


WAMPIRE - TRAINS
Laid back suburban indie vibes

MAY.E - あなた [YOU]
Pretty voice and mellow acoustic guitar

NICK HESSLER (CATWALK) - CAN'T LET GO
Lo-fi coastal pop

WHITE WATER - DAYLIGHT
DISCO DISCO DISCO

GOLD PANDA - WE WORK NIGHTS
Lush and imaginative

WASTED NIGHTS - PALM
Glitchy 80s fun

EARTHQUAKE ISLAND - THE LAKE AND THE MIST
Chilled fluid hip hop sounds

WASHED OUT - IT ALL FEELS RIGHT
Chillwave with psychedelic rock flavours

PIU PIU - CREEP
A hip-hop homage to TLC's original

YOSI HORIKAWA - WANDERING
Mystical forest vibes

STARLIT EVERGLADES - MYLOTIC
Sweeping chill

DORNIK - SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
Future pop

ARISTOPHANES 貍貓 - THE PEACH BLOSSOM
Amazing sounds - Taiwanese rap

LUVIIA - COPPERTONE
Sounds like deep ambient funk of yesteryear

HIBOU - DUNES EP
Dark and melodic 80s-inspired surf-rock

SQUARELOUD - B.T.T.B
Justice-type electro rock from Beijing

NEW BUILD - FALSE THING
Anthemic disco sounds

DJ ORGASMIC - DIAMOND FALLS
Bolero beats and a synth solo

SHIGETO - DETROIT PART 1
Rough & evocative hip hop pays homage to the city

AVEC AVEC - ONLY YOU
Lounge music fused with hip hop and cutesy electro-pop

METOME - WATER CYCLE
Complex patterns of vocal samples

SKATERS - I WANNA DANCE (BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW)
Garage rock Tony-Hawk's-Pro-Skater-soundtrack fun


Given the amount of VERY DECENT choice here, it's genuinely difficult to decide on a favourite. I will have to go with a top three, just for an exercise in expelling indecision from my disposition (in no particular order mind you): 1. Metome - Water Cycle, cause I love samples; 2. White Water - Daylight, cause I love disco dance; 3. Aristophanes貍貓 - The Peach Blossom, cause it sounds so lovely. And there you have it. Of course, that ain't to say that everything I've written about isn't good - I wouldn't have written about it if I didn't think that.

Till next week. I promise.

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Friday, 7 June 2013

MUSIC WEEK #8

What a week. Not a great week but a good week. Good in that I have had knee surgery now. Bad in that well, I am still basically immobile. And pain too. Jeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzz but oh well. I'll live.

As ever, here is a list of the music and other stuff that I have written about on YES/NO MUSIC over the past week. Friday-to-Friday coverage yo.


LIES - ESCAPE I/S/M
Deep hypnotic vibes from Italy

SUMMER TWINS - FORGET ME // I'M NO GOOD
1950s-prom-night sounds with doo-wop vocals

SCNTST - SUMMER JAM EP
A seriously summery house venture

ELEN NEVER SLEEPS - RUM
Unique Japanese lounge-indie

SAINT PEPSI - I TRIED
R&B-inspired retro chill funk

INTERVIEW: EMUFUCKA
Beats musician and recent participant in Red Bull Music Academy answers the Qs

SPAZZKID LIVE ON #SPF420
A lush 25-minute trip through the delicious sound of Spazzkid

MR OIZO - SECAM
Oizo's back with a noisy number for Ed Banger's 10th anniversary

CAYUCAS - EAST COAST GIRL
Coastal pop

MOON BOOTS - LOVE STRONG
Smooth smooth summer house

VISAプリペイド - OGASAWARA
Watery slow-down chill

FOREST SWORDS - THOR'S STONE
Experimental with explosive flute sound


So whilst I really did enjoy the live set from Spazzkid, I am intrigued by Elen Never Sleeps, obsessed with the sound of SAINT PEPSI and others, and pleased with the return of Forest Swords. But I enjoyed everything. Or rather everything enjoyed me because 'en-' is a prefix that forms verbs to do with causing some state change within the object it is directed to (enliven, endanger, enrich, enlarge, etc.) so when you look at it that way how does the common use of it make sense?

Soz for off topic lol

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Friday, 31 May 2013

MUSIC WEEK #7

"Ouch" is the word for this week. You may or may not know, but I damaged my knee last Friday falling off a wall. Turns out it isn't so much damaged as broken - the kneecap itself is broken in half. No wonder it hurt so much. The plane and airports on Tuesday were a nightmare, but it was very good to get home. I think I may have to get surgery next week, but I don't know yet; the X-Ray from France shows a very, very broken knee, but I was moving it around more than I should have done (didn't know it was broken), so if I get a new X-Ray here in the UK, the two pieces might have floated back together again, since I have literally not been moving.

Anyway, that's been my week. Sleeping, watching One Piece and being an observer to my brother playing Super Metroid. As a result, the music has not come through as thick or fast as it usually does. I do apologise for that. I will endeavour to keep you, random, regular or persistent reader, up-to-date with the new music that I have been finding.


NOAMIKO - COUCH SURFER
Israeli glitch folk

IKEBANA - ALONE
Stark and bleakly beautiful minimalism from Japan

SPAZZKID - GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Fluttering upbeat electronic emotiscapes

INTERVIEW: YUKI ABE
One half of Tokyo DJ/producer outfit Boys Get Hurt answers the lazy interview

THE GOLDEN BOY - THAT THING
Lauryn-Hill-sampling garage-house


Favourite of the week? Well there's not much to choose from this times, and of course numerousness makes an indecisive mind work too hard, so it's a relatively easy choice: Spazzkid. Very nice. The perfect soundtrack for getting to know somebody you like, as the name suggests.

Au revoir!

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Friday, 24 May 2013

MUSIC WEEK #6

It's been quite a good week. Except for just now. I fell off a wall trying to stop a buggy from rolling down a hill - major ouch I can tell you that. And now at least I know - I am not as strong as gravity, nor as heavy as a buggy. So it's a stupid thing really. But hey - all I am doing now is lying down finding new music and watching One Piece. Fine by me. Besides the pain, it could be worse really.

Anyway, here's a list of this week's music.


GENERATIONALS - PUT A LIGHT ON
Optimistic and catchy

BEACON - DRIVE
Late-at-night-when-no-one's-around reflective chill

MAY E - ピーターパンはいないの [THERE IS NO PETER PAN]
Cutesy wanna-be-a-kid-forever Japanese rap

DEAP VALLY - BABY I CALL HELL
Thumpingingly exciting rock 'n' roll

SUN GLITTERS - AFTER EIGHT
Ultimate chill

TWIGS - HOW'S THAT
Sultry & sexy

LAMU - BACK TO '92
Nostalgic synth heaven

ALITREC - CARTOGRAPH
Experimental with bubbling-gorgeous sounds

INTERVIEW: DAISUKE TANABE
This Japanese glitch-hop artist is a man of few words

HANDBOOK - DIAMOND RING
Great hip-hop instrumental with gnarly sample

SLUGABED - BOMBOK
Basshall oddity with odd video

TOUCHY MOB - DAYS GO BY
Beautiful beautiful

FOR - LEMME BURN Sunny Italian indie funk

TWIGS & YARN - YUUREI
Ethereal Shinto shrine experience

TOKYOLITE - YES! DANCE!
Exuberant indie pop all the way from Indonesia


Favourite track of this week was a relative latecomer to the week's listings: Touchy Mob - Days Go By. Ludwig Plath, the man behind Touch Mob, says that actually the song is a cover of a song by his friend, Sean Nicholas Savage. Whilst the original is nice (listen here), I think TM's version is nicer. Purely a matter of taste. Soz SNS.

Ouch my knee :'(

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Friday, 17 May 2013

MUSIC WEEK #5

Ba ba ba baaaa! You've stumbled onto, purposely visited, or was forced to check out this list of music that I have written about over the past week. It's been a good week. All you have to do is take every day as it comes and have some good music to come home to - or to walk around with. We all love a soundtrack to our lives; anyone could make one of those, comprised of different songs for different activities of the day, separate days of the week, different times of the day... music is that universal I think. How does sound do this to us? I need to read what Pythagoras thought about all of it.

But for now let's get our list on.


BOYS GET HURT - B E A C H
Sunshine party Justin-Timberlake-samplin' music from Tokyo duo

THE FIN - MISTY FOREST
Mellow and rustic indie from Japan

BOTTLESMOKER - BOREDOM AND FREEDOM
Indonesian duo soar away with electronic sounds

POSTILJONEN - SUPREME // HOW WILL I KNOW / ALL THAT WE HAD IS LOST
Slow-house romantic 80s electro and a Whitney Houston cover in that style

INTERVIEW: BOTTLESMOKER
The guys from Indonesia explain the freedom of music

ON AN ON - GHOSTS
Cool heartfelt indie number

SLOPPY JOE - ONCE AND FOR ALL
Jangly 80s style guitar pop (à la The Smiths)

BRAQUEBERRY - BLAQUE WON
Bizarre-yet-fantastic fuzzy electro

THE DODOS - CONFIDENCE
Rock and a masterclass in raising the roof

ALMA ELSTE - JULIAN
Chill heartbreaking acoustic from Paris

MYRRYRS - IS IT TRUE?
Samply

MOUNT KIMBIE FT. KING KRULE - YOU TOOK YOUR TIME
Guttural talk-rap-singing and powerful garage-like sounds


And there you have it. It's so difficult to pick a favourite. Hmm. For the sheer difference, I'm gonna say Braqueberry's 'Blaque Won' - I really dig that song. But then again... ok then, how about top three: 1. Braqueberry 2. Sloppy Joe (just can't get over that Smiths vibe) 3. Bottlesmoker (love that sound). That was really hard. Now I'm going to sleep cause I wrote this at 2:30 this morning #lol #planning.

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Thursday, 9 May 2013

MUSIC WEEK #4

Another week and some more music. I dunno if these things are like even useful for anyone or if anybody reads this y'know? I guess it's kinda like a diary so I can look back for myself and see all the nice music I've seen over the past week. Maybe that will work for the small percentage of the internet who reads this, also. Let's see.


EMUFUCKA - CLOWN
Swaggering hip hop with a videogame heart

TROPICS - HOME AND CONSONANCE EP
Addictive beautiful chill

AUSTRA - HOME // BEAT AND THE PULSE
Quirky electro indie piano-ness

CLAMS CASINO FT DOOM - BOOKFIEND
One of my favourite producers does it again

SUBURBAN LIVING - ALWAYS EYES // COOPER'S DREAM EP
Hazy 80s-themed indie pop with a suburban lilt

BODY FANTASY (YUKI ABE) - IN IN
Galloping feel-good electro house

CLICKS & WHISTLES - NEVA GET CAUGHT
Low-slung beats and mind-stopping synth

INTERVIEW: KIDKANEVIL
An interview with the friend-of-glitch-hop himself

FAUVE - BLIZZARD
More urgent words and slick sounds from these Parisians

THESE NEW PURITANS - FRAGMENT TWO
Near-symphonic off-beat artiness


There was some really nice music this week. What do I hope for the week that is pressing up against us yet always flying so gradually away? More nice music please. I really like Tropics btw, soz to everyone else, but I just love Tropics.

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

MUSIC WEEK #3

Here is, once more, the week as it has gone in the YES/NO MUSIC reality. There are some really nice things. My favourite... Girl Band I think. So just have a click and a listen if you wanna hear any of these or like read what I wrote about them or something. Share any of it if you wanna share any of it. Aint forcin ya or nuttin.


CINEMA - UV
Kraftwerky robotic synth electro

COSMIN TRG - NEW STRUCTURES FOR LOVING
Soaring optimistic techno

DISCLOSURE FT. ELIZA DOOLITTLE - YOU & ME
Garage belter from UK-music-popularisers, Disclosure

YOUNG FATHERS - I HEARD
Soulful quirky hip-hop from Scottish trio

JON HOPKINS - OPEN EYE SIGNAL
Ambient loveliness courtesy of a Brian Eno collaborator

TALL BLACK GUY FT. OZAY MOORE - MON AMIE DE'TROIT
This smooth-beated hip hop reminds me of something from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

GIRL BAND - YOU'RE A DOG // WHY THEY HIDE THEIR BODIES UNDER MY GARAGE
Noisy

SMALL BLACK - FREE AT DAWN
Mellow

INTERVIEW: DON RIMINI
Questioned answered by the French electronic artist himself

MOOD RINGS - PATHOS Y LAGRIMAS
Emotive nigh-on-captivating lo-fi


Wednesday, 24 April 2013

MUSIC WEEK #2

Here's yet another week in music that you may have missed because this site is seen, let alone read, by just a small group of people. If you like what you read here, why not say to your friends, "Heyy, yu guys herd ov Y /N Musik lol?" or "Check out Yes/No Music because it has a lot of nice music on it" or "Wow Yes/No Music has good taste!". You don't have to do any of those, however.


GOLD PANDA - BRAZIL
Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil ad inf. - looping glitchy joy

SAUVAGE - CAMEL
Feel good Parisian band with tribal beats

MITSUME - CIDER CIDER
Japanese indie band gets busy on echoey slap bass

LANA DEL REY - SUMMER WINE
Moody Nancy Sinatra cover by LDR and boyfriend what's-his-name

HOLA A TODO EL MUNDO - THEY WON'T LET ME GROW
Spanish band gives a lesson in layered vocals and dancey vibes

ABOUT GROUP - WALK ON BY
Mental jazz prog rock cover of 'Walk On By' - bloke from Hot Chip sings

IS TROPICAL - DANCING ANYMORE
Mellow indie-dance with explicit & weird video

EMIL & FRIENDS - RAIN CHECK
Prince-esque happy-go-lucky pop

ALMIGHTY PLANETS - WILDFIRE
Dubby SBTRKT cover by Brighton-based band - awesome use of a horn section

BIBIO - YOU
Floating brain chill-hop with jagged samples

KILO KISH - NAVY
Galactic romance poetry hip-hop with skiffly beats

THE STRYPES - BLUE COLLAR JANE
Adolescents play blues very, very well


And that's about your fill for this week. As for my favourite... I'm not sure. I did find myself humming 'Rain Check' a load; in complete ecstasy whilst listening to Bibio and thought Almighty Planets' cover was very clever. Tough choice really. How about a big fat whatever and I don't have a favourite. Just some favourites. Bye.

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

MUSIC WEEK #1

Well it's been a week, hasn't it? Stuff's happened, other stuff also occurred and some things even eventualised themselves into our various realities. In any case, Yes/No Music is back on track and after a week's worth of posting I feel like reposting all of it in one post so that, if you've missed any of it, here it is again.

To those who think this is a dumb idea: fare enuf lol. Here it is anyway:


HOT NATURED & ALI LOVE - BENEDICTION
Super vibey soft and smooth dance tune

JOEY BADA$$ FT. CHANCE THE RAPPER - WENDY N BECKY
Skate-rap-esque hip-hop with some hilolious lyrics

SEAMS - NACHTMUSIK
Hypnotic glitchy electronica

REAL - YOU + ME
Garage injected hot-town-summer-in-the-city funk

STRFKR - BEACH MONSTER
Indie-electro-psychedelicos get all Buddy Holly

DAFT PUNK FT. PHARRELL WILLIAMS - GET LUCKY
Teaser of Daft Punk ultra collaborations - internet freaks out

FIDLAR - MAX CAN'T SURF // NO WAVES
Lo-fi skate/surf-punk from California

JAI PAUL - JAI PAUL
Album from Jai Paul. Supposedly leaked. But on his Bandcamp? Hmm...

OLDTIMER [オールドタイマー] - MY GIRL EP
EP from fresh promising Japanese shoegazers

XXXY - TAKING ME HIGHER [FREE DOWNLOAD]
Quick before it runs out! (Will it?) Dance heaven, basically

SUPERFOOD - SUPERFOOD
Eponymous Weezer-meets-britpop-meets-?

FLUME - WARM THOUGHTS
Full-bodied Australian chillwave


C'est ça. Until next week. Well or until the next post which will be today haha. HA. The lines across the page look very professional don't you think? It's like discovering Word 97 (not a band you young'uns) for the first time.