Album Rating: 5.0

will feature some obscure cats from france and shit

Album Rating: 5.0

smooth tweedle dees from kenneth g and chuck mangi one

Album Rating: 5.0

y'all are crazy, wedding march and michael are badass



and the reason i found protest awkward as opposed to andromeda is the melodies sometimes didn't seem to flow, and the synths/atmosphere also felt cheesy (especially the second track). a great album, however not among my favorite sprout.

Album Rating: 5.0

They say the spirit moves in mysterious ways

Sometimes the way it moves looks plain berserk

Album Rating: 5.0

seriously?



I'd say stuff like Broadcast, Stereolab and Pram could fall under the umbrella

Album Rating: 5.0

It's not exactly pop music per se but it experiments with what it does, although it goes much more in a European direction and takes more from 60s/70s krautrock/easy listening/psych, etc. and turns it upside its head into something entirely different, whether it's watered-down or not as a result

Album Rating: 5.0

Honestly, I didn't even know city pop was a thing until the whole Youtube recommendations thing blew up. Like I've gotten some cool albums out of it, but nothing really astonishing barring one or two albums and a few singles. I still don't get the hype over the shit that you hear in every watered down vaporwave tune, just incredibly bastardized. I dig "Plastic Love" but the album itself is relatively lightweight 80s pop with a few nice songs.



To the whole Broadcast/Pram v. Stereolab, I still need to listen to Broadcast since I have one of their records on my computer plus I've known about them ever since Trish died (it's almost been seven years fuck).

Album Rating: 5.0

Aside from the really big names who have clout in electronic music (see: Yellow Magic Orchestra's members solo stuff, who all did very different and diverse stuff within and outside city pop) Aside from that, I can't exactly recommend much outside a few singles. It's all a bunch of decent, but disposable stuff weebs eat up to look cultured tbh



Personally never cared for vaporwave outside a few artists but like Miles D., it's not a regular thing for me

Album Rating: 5.0

I could probably count the notable "city pop" artists on one hand, really

Album Rating: 5.0

However, some good (and obscure, mind you) electronic, minimal and folk music has resurfaced as well so it's not entirely a bad thing that city pop's had a resurgence on the internet.

Album Rating: 5.0

there's one artist that was making the rounds on the Youtube recs algorithm over the summer and one of her songs was stellar...checked the album it's from and it's pretty mediocre. Fucking bummed me out, or I wasn't in the mood for pseudo-folk disguised as second-rate flamenco jazz shit.

Album Rating: 5.0

Oh, this is it. Love the art on her albums, but this one in particular was the one I went for.



https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=253130



As for the person who did "Plastic Love", this is it. Was considering doing a short review for it, but I really only fuck with "Plastic Love" at this point. Way too top-heavy as well, although she's probably one of the more successful artists from the subgenre.



https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=158036



However, these two are incredible records that got the reissue treatment over the past two years to some acclaim (and p4k reviews, somehow)



https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=163304

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=203833

Album Rating: 5.0

I ought to give the two I listened to another chance, but that one song in question ("Taiji no Yume") was incredibly misleading.

Album Rating: 5.0

very ~flamenco~ influenced and it left me with some very mixed feelings



although considering it was the last song on the album, as much as i liked it, it wasn't worth the 45 minute wait

Album Rating: 5.0

The Orchard on the other hand, was worth the 63 minutes.



Nicely recommended, potato man, wherever you are

Album Rating: 5.0

huh

Album Rating: 5.0

dude was just on today, you can't fool me



listening to Tender Buttons...go to see thread.... none



oh, sputnik, your obsession with shitty metal knows no bounds

Album Rating: 5.0

well HaHa Sound has no review as well

Album Rating: 5.0

only reviews are Noise and Berberian Sound Studio



2/4 reviewed, yet the two other albums aren't



sad!

Album Rating: 5.0

Made the first step and replaced the art for the three main albums. Pixellated ain't gonna cut it.



I miss when the art would change asap, now you gotta clear your cache so it'll change instantly. I'd assume it takes longer in real time however.