Week 29 of 2026

19 Jul 2026

Doing some cleanup to get rid of things I don’t want to move to a new home.

Received the records ordered in March from Flowing Downward, absolute bangers:

Managed to get back on track after accumulating more than 400 reviews in WaniKani.

Listened to

Albums/EPs:

Favorite of the week: Hakushi Hasegawa - Air Ni Ni (Also on Bandcamp). A masterpiece from 2019. A mix of Jazz, Pop and Electronic Music
idntt - <itsnotover>. Another good release from this boy group
Inundaremos - tanquemante (Also on Bandcamp). One of the best Chilean albums of 2026
Tokyo Shoegazer - Remains (Also on Bandcamp). Shoegaze from Tokyo, obviously

Recently released singles:

Favorite of the week: Knats - Bowling Ball. Jazz that hits hard
After - Take Me to Sunrise. 2000s sound
Balming Tiger - Janjan. Nice percussion sounds
Chat Pile - PEN I S MALL. The perfect song name doesn’t exis…
CHOI YOOJUNG - Perfect Target. Old-school
Concrete Vehicles - Cut Ties. Runner-up for favorite single of the week
HANABIE - Life Is Short, O Brave Girl. New album coming soon!
idntt - Kids Return. A mix of classic and modern boy group sound. From the EP in the previous section
Mastodon - Snakes For Dinner. New album coming soon!
RESCENE - Pretty Girl. Cover from the 2008 KARA song
SUNMI - Forever July. UKG and K-Pop is always a good mix
YAO - 777 (feat. Awich, CHICO CARLITO, ONE OK ROCK & Paledusk)
Yves - It. As usual with this artist, breaking my own rule of not mentioning new singles from a release I already talked about

Other:

Dirty Three - Full Performance (Live on KEXP). Finally got it it after some time in my watchlist
Napalm Death: Tiny Desk Concert. Most unexpected (but welcomed) Tiny Desk Concert ever?
Persona 3 20th Anniversary Remix. New arrangements for one the best gaming OSTs
T.M.Revolution - HOT LIMIT / THE FIRST TAKE. A classic Japanese summer song