![]() ![]() The bad taste in my mouth left by last year’s atrocious Coca-Cola song, Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri (長く短い祭), isn’t easy to wash off, but life goes on… Shiina Ringo appeared on the 66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, the Japanese New Year’s Eve music show, with the aforementioned tune and I loathed the vocaloid voice as much as ever. Continue reading → Posted in Music, Rants | Tagged album review, 逆輸入 〜航空局〜 vol.2, 逆輸入 ~港湾局~, 重金属製の女, Japan, japanese rock, music, Reimport vol.2, Sayuri Ishikawa, Sheena Ringo, Shiina Ringo, Shiina Ringo to Aitsura ga Yuku Hyakkiyakou 2015, Tomosaka Rie, Utada Hikaru, 椎名林檎, 椎名林檎と彼奴等がゆく 百鬼夜行2015, 人生は夢だらけ | 3 Replies Visiting Yutaka Ozaki in Shibuya, Tokyo Finally, three years since the aforementioned Reimport and Sunny albums, we got a new record this December – and guess what, it’s the vol. 逆輸入 ~港湾局~ ( Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku, ‘Reimport: Ports and Harbours Bureau’), the self-covers CD, which came in 2014 was pretty cool as well. And that’s coming from a guy who thinks that Sunny( Hi Izuro Tokoro) was a decent album, Nippon is corny, but acceptable, and Ringo Expo ’14 was an enjoyable hot concert recording (a bit of a mess at times, but a hot one). There wasn’t that much going on around her, and the recent years showed that cashing in on CM music is the thing she’s focused on the most. I haven’t written about Shiina Ringo, my favorite Japanese female artist in a while. ![]()
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