The soundtrack to Ryuichi Sakamoto's final concert film, Opus, is now out as a standalone album. It opens with a rare performance of the theme to Lack of Love, a video game he composed for. I'm sharing this piece again that tells the story of L.O.L. 💜 shy.center/p/all-you-need…

I took a nap and woke up from a dream where my city was being terrorized by a batman-style villain called the jacker. he would announce to his victims "I'm one letter off from the joker" before taking them out, which now that I'm typing it out I'm realizing is just not true

one from each: • Miharu Koshi - Chichi to Pistol (Haruomi Hosono) • Susan - Do You Believe in Mazik? (Yukihiro Takahashi) • Virginia Astley - Hope in a Darkened Heart (Ryuichi Sakamoto) • Mioko Yamaguchi - Tsuki-Hime (Hideki Matsutake)

Sharing another list I made a while ago. 25 of my favorite Vocaloid albums, and some ruminations on what it means to be human. There's a pretty wide breadth of genres here—EDM, hardcore, shoegaze, and more. Hatsune Miku has range! 🎤🥬 theshfl.com/collection/Voc…

Was asked to write about my song of the summer for Pitchfork, so of course I had to put some shine on my boy PeanutsKun (オシャレになりたい！ピーナッツくん🥜). 🥜

Getting PeanutsKun on Pitchfork is easily my biggest W of the year. They can't keep letting me get away with it

In honor of Hatsune Miku's birthday, I would like to remind everyone that I made a list of 25 essential Vocaloid albums. Queue up some Supercell and get the party started right. 🫡🥬 theshfl.com/collection/Voc…

No words for the Rich Homie Quan news. Tha Tour Part 1 is my favorite rap album, easily. Probably not many things I've listened to more front to back. RIP. youtu.be/69WltTXlmHs

Oh, I guess it's bandcamp friday today. This might be useful lol

Somehow, the decade is nearly half over and now it's time to make lists about it. I slid onto p4k's best songs of the 2020s (so far) list to write a few words about "Embryo," a mathematical masterpiece by Jlin the Innovator aka The Drum Doctor. :->

Happy I got to write about my personal favorite pop album of this half of the decade for p4k's 2020s list. Erotic Probiotic 2 changed my life and gave me a brand new set of hooks to sing every time I get in the shower. Thanks for this one, @NourishedbyTime.

Nearly every album on Yen Records is perfect, but these are the most perfect: Testpattern - Après-Midi Miharu Koshi - Parallelisme Apogee & Perigee - Choujikuu Korodasutan Ryokouki Koji Ueno - Music for Silent Movies

I am writing a review right now that requires listening to, like, fifteen albums to feel like I am properly prepared. I love giving myself mountains of homework lol