New TJ Album - "Sports" 2010.02.24

[Scribble R]

kronekodow updated with a list of media appearances, also describing the purpose of the media appearances. A crude google translation gives you the basic idea...magazine ones:


1 / 30 (Sat.) "rockin'on JAPAN" Cover + all Editorial Interviews
→ interview with five members who very valuable.

2 / 6 (Sat.) "InRed" Shiina Ringo cover + Feature
The cover page → Shiina Ringo and features, with the theme of fashion photography in the spring border

2 / 13 (Sat.) "Guitar Magazine" Special Ukigumo Tokyo Jihen
→ Play "sports" involving production of detailed interviews favorite guitar +
In the equipment described.

2 / 15 (Mon) "MUSICA" Cover + Feature Editorial
→ Shiina Ringo alone, after a double feature four male members.
2 / 19 (Fri) "Bass Magazine" cover Seiji Kameda + Feature
Special page →Planned interview with Seiji Kameda × Ringo Shiina.

2 / 20 (Sat.) "SWITCH" Cover + Feature Editorial
→ "Ringo Shiina × CHANEL" shock, individual interviews will be the first of five members, photography and photo diary, and 40 features an all-out super-Tokyo Jihen page!

2 / 23 (Tue) "spring" Shiina Ringo cover + Feature
Shiina Ringo → MIX adult sports-themed shooting style made.

2 / 27 (Sat.) "rockin'on JAPAN" album songs interview
→ Ringo, Izawa, Ukigumo interview about each song on the album

3 / 10 (Wed) "Keyboard Magazine" features Izawa
→ "Sports" interview about the making of the album + songs
In playing the notes.

[clakaz]

Haha. Floating clouds is Ukigumo.

[lazer85]

holy shit thats a lot of magazine covers for 1-2 weeks. mostly big names too.

[ROCKET]

Loved the new song. It is so uplifting and has a groovy feeling. Unlike a lot of people here, I don't have problems with songs sounding like "Jackson Five". I liked specially the vocal harmonies and the guitar solo at the end.

It is on my repeat list for the last few days, along with 3min. Gaman did not spot a place between my favorites, though. Guess I'm not as alternative as you guys.

[clakaz]

TV

TV Asahi - Music Station - 2/19 - 20:00 ~
TV Tokyo - Japan Countdown - 2/27 ~ 0:20
NHK - Tokyo Jihen Tokuban - 2/28 - 23:30 ~

CS

MTV February "Artist of the Month"
Tokyo Jihen Music Video Selection - 2/21 - 8:00 ~10:00
MTV Comp. 2/15 - 17:00 ~ 17:30

Space Shower TV
Tokyo Jihen Special - 2/27 - 22:00 ~22:30
Zoom - 2/16 - 20:00 ~20:30

VMC Special Tokyo Jihen - 2/21 - 21:30 ~ 22:30

Music ON!TV Artist File Tokyo Jihen - 2/20 - 19:00 ~20:00

Radio

J-Wave Tokyo Hot 100 - 2/21 - 13:00 ~ 17:00

[ShadyNook]

Originally Posted by ROCKET

Loved the new song. It is so uplifting and has a groovy feeling. Unlike a lot of people here, I don't have problems with songs sounding like "Jackson Five". I liked specially the vocal harmonies and the guitar solo at the end.

Ringo is singing blues/gospel style which is a first for her and she executed it really well.

i'm not so sure about the Jackson comparisons though. There arent any Jackson 5 songs that riff rock like that. If it had a groove going on, then it would sound Jackson 5-ish.

I think its because Ringo is convincingly singing in a way soulful black vocalists were known to sing in the late 60's/70's, or what I call American Idol audition style. hey, Beyonce Ringo is real!

[Denitson777]

Originally Posted by ROCKET

Loved the new song. It is so uplifting and has a groovy feeling. Unlike a lot of people here, I don't have problems with songs sounding like "Jackson Five". I liked specially the vocal harmonies and the guitar solo at the end.

It is on my repeat list for the last few days, along with 3min. Gaman did not spot a place between my favorites, though. Guess I'm not as alternative as you guys.

"As alternative as you guys",I don't get what are you trying to say with that.

[kuro_neko]

Originally Posted by Denitson777

"As alternative as you guys",I don't get what are you trying to say with that.

he's admitting we are cooler than he is

seriously though, I never understood the term "alternative" for music. alternative to what, pop(ular) music? that happens to be pretty much every other subgenre you can think to cloistered together. then, what is the difference between rock and alternative rock? you play electric cellos instead of guitars (ala rasputina?) on a whole I just think its kind of amusing how we as people choose to pick and label these things.

[Scribble R]

I'm utterly hopeless with music genres. I'm unable to categorise most things.
And all those subgenres...Post-Nu-Olde-Rabbitcore...ugh


Oh, I hope the album is more Gaman than 3min. I've said this before, but post-adult Phase 2 remind me of a very, very lite version of Mr.Bungle, who do the wacky, cartoony genre-hopping rollercoastery music but take a more experimental route than pop (Their final album, California, was a lot more listener-friendly, though)

[Maou]

Originally Posted by kuro_neko

seriously though, I never understood the term "alternative" for music. alternative to what, pop(ular) music?

It became an outdated term during the '90s, but it was a catch-all phrase for everything that wasn't mainstream. Punk, new wave, garage rock, etc. Now we label everything and whatever can't be clearly defined is "alternative". I think Noudouteki Sanpunkan fits as an alternative rock song because it doesn't clearly fit into any other genre.

Originally Posted by kuro_neko

Nagoshi, I think it is, is the session guitarist for Shigi.

That's Nishikawa.