More Music Reviews!! Wheeeeeeeee! Alright, for some reason today I'm just in this mood to listen to as much Japanese music as possible (or bands with a Japanese member will suffice haha). These reviews won't be very much to look at, since I've only started listening to each of these, but I have been enjoying what I'm hearing very much. Without further ado...

Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld
I'll be honest: I had never heard of Ghost before until just a few days ago. My cousin and I were sitting around, drinking and talking about bands we had recently discovered, when he mentioned this band to me. "Have you ever heard of Ghost before?" "No" I said as I took another swig of beer (Smithwick's to be exact, which is a damn fine brew should you ever be looking for one). "Yeah, they're a Japanese psychedelica band, and I've heard they're amazing."

Wait, Japanese psychedelica? Is there even such a thing? More importantly, psychedelica is a genre of music?! Haha, apparently I've been living under a rock ever since I was born because it's been around since the '60s. Oops. Either way, it's been amazing to listen to thus far. Particularly song number three: "Hypnotic Underworld: 3) Aramaic Barbarous Dawn." The chorus singing in the background rocks my goddamn face off haha.

Rating thus far: 8 / 10 (pending)



OOIOO - Kila Kila Kila
First off, don't ask me how to pronounce their name. My mother and I got into a discussion about it and neither of us could agree (she saying you say each letter individually, so they would be "Oh Oh Eye Oh Oh" while I say (rather jokingly) that you mash it all together, so it sounds like "Oweeo"). A side project formed by the drummer of the band Boredoms, OOIOO is probably one of the hardest CDs for me to talk about. Only a few minutes ago, it was just a bunch of people going "wana" or saying something similar, and what sounded like wooden xylophones being hit. But then just a little bit later into this song guitars and drums and stuff come out of nowhere. Not to say that any of it is bad, because I'm really enjoying what I'm hearing. It's different, rather experimental, and that's what I like about it.

Rating thus far: 7 / 10 (pending)



Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Ahh Deerhoof. Every single album you have made, while some were stranger then others, have never failed to rock. This one I think has to be my favorite out of all of them that you have made. The amount of diversity in each song and throughout the whole album is quite astonishing. As soon as I finished listening to the song "The Perfect Me" I knew I was going to love this album (the organs sound like they came out of Earthbound, which scores lots of bonus points). Plus, who doesn't like Satomi's voice? Nobody, that's who. I can't say enough good things about this album, and I've only been listening to it for about 30 minutes now. It fucking works. Go out and listen to it now. Seriously. I know where you live you bastard.

Rating: 15 / 10  ¶ 8:50 AM