Ghost’s 2011 Music Highlights
7. Radiohead – The King of Limbs
The guys of Radiohead have a lot to live up to, and I’m not entirely sure they do with The Kings of Limbs, but any list without Radiohead seems incomplete to me.
Listen to the album on Xiami. Get the album as a CD or as MP3s on Amazon.
6. Simon Dominic Presents “SNL LEAGUE BEGINS”
Are Koreans doing better commercial Latin music than the Latin Americans? Just check out Simon D’s Cheerz [MV], or his Latin part rap, part reggae song called Gettin’ Better (혼자만 남은 오후). The whole album is an explosion of sounds that sounds like nothing else, Eh Hey (에헤이) [1].
Listen to the album on Xiami or Melon. Get the album on YesAsia.
5. Tokyo Jihen – Great Discovery
Japanese band Tokyo Jihen — often referred to by its English name Tokyo Incidents, but Tokyo Jihen sounds so much cooler — has always been in that awkward stage of being “the Shiina Ringo” project. With the release of Great Discovery — I’m sure there’s a hint here somewhere — they seem to have found their footing.
Listen to the album on Xiami. Get the album in its original Japanese Version, or in its Hong Kong Version and Korean Version.
OKay, so first of all…YES to Biophilia. Volta wasn’t tragic, but it wasn’t the best. I’m still a big fan of “Innocence” and “Earth Intruders”…call me crazy if ya wanna.
King of Limbs, I only heard “Lotus Flower”, but I loved that song.
I think I’m going to have to check out Salyu just for the “Bjorkiness” of her…HaHa. If her album is ANYTHING like Medulla, I’ll be all over it!
@Camiele, I hated Volta in album form, but it was amazing live… though that might be because Bjork only did Earth Intruders, Innocence and Declare Independence. LOL
You can check our salyu tag, we posted a few of the videos from her salyu x salyu project.
@amy, Well, there ya go…HaHa. I guess I can’t really comment on it seeing as I only actually listened to “Innocence”, “Earth Intruders”, “Declare Independence” and “Wanderlust”. Did she release some side projects — one of them having to do with the Moomins? Cuz remember Moomins + Bjork at some point, but I don’t know if that was something fan made or real…?
Anyway, I keep saying I’ve got all this stuff to check out and I forget! Guess that’s what I’ll be doing Christmas week-end :)
@Camiele, Bjork had a Moomins project for real. No dream, no fanmade. But that was a side project outside Volta.
To be honest, I’m not a really Big Bang fan – I know it’s a surprise considering I learned their names first and all – but I only have like two songs from them in my iPod. But I have most of GD&TOP, specially the most weird tracks LOL
And……. I can’t get Radiohead. I mean, I get it… I just can’t get into it. It doesn’t stir anything inside me, like… let’s say- that clip of Tokyo Jihen singing Welcome to Paradise.
I think Bjork does great when she goes organic, and even though Volta (the very name is not organic) was about earth intruders and stuff, it felt so OFF. I think Salyu is the opposite in that sense. Her sound in more produced, very powerful vocals, but she will sound weird in a more organic environment.
@Camiele, Volta had some good tracks, but that was that. It was a huge disappointment, specially jumping from Medulla to it. Culture shock.
If you like to check out “Bjorkness” in Salyu – you have to check her work in the All About Lily Chou Chou OST, where she sings as Lily. A personal highlight was her performance of Glide in her last Budokan show (youtube ‘salyu glide live’) which was a rare occurrence of her being Lily again. Her discography as ‘salyu’ seems to divide fans because she goes a bit too ‘pop’ for Lily lovers, but considered a class-B Jpop singer because she’s not commercial enough for the rest of them.
There’s also Bjorkness in my #4 pick, SingerSen, who worked with Guy Sigsworth in her EP – if you are a big Bjork fan you know they’ve worked together. It has a lot of Bjork influences, but with Chinese flavor.
@amy, at least you’re not one of those people who likes Radiohead because everyone likes them. There’s tons of them that say that like Radiohead just because they can sing to Creep.
@ghost, I can karaoke to Creep. LOL But I don’t karaoke in front of people because I’m chicken shit like that.