Tokyo's Coolest Sound

This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these pages. Tune in at the times below at https://lafaceb.live.

"Tokyo's Coolest Sound" (vol.46) was aired at https://lafaceb.live on February 15 from 20:30 (EST = Montréal/New York).
* Japan time: February 16, 2024 from 10:30 a.m.

This episode is not archived as-is. Some replays are expected to be aired in the following weeks, including the times below:

EST/EDT (Montréal/New York) —

Mon. February 26, 2024 at 6h30 a.m., Mon. March 11, 2024 at 2:30 a.m.

Japan time —

Mon. February 26, 2024 at 20h30, Mon. March 11, 2024 at 15:30

Listen to the Spotify playlist of some of the songs played (some replaced according to Spotify availability), or scroll down this page to find music videos and individual songs, and also listen to the narration.

Below is the full tracklist with liner notes, and narration parts which you can listen to.

1. Yucca "3am" (2024)

The first song is a new one by indie-pop band Yucca (Bandcamp, Facebook, 𝕏), which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. In January they released this brand new song titled "3am" (Bandcamp, Spotify, ). Check out the music video below.

It had been 8 years since their previous song. Most (if not all) of Yucca's music can be found on Bandcamp.

🎙 Listen to Narration I
Presenting: Yucca, Color Filter

2. Color Filter "Light and Shadow" (2023)

Color Filter (Bandcamp) is a unit led by Ryuji Tsuneyoshi that started in the late 90s and made several releases in and out of Japan across a decade (some of those can be found on Spotify and other download/streaming platforms). The unit resumed its activities a few years ago, joined by vocalist Minami Taga (also a singer in dream pop duo macominaming (𝕏)).

"Light and Shadow" is their latest song, available on Bandcamp, along with four more.

Color Filter will perform at café North Marine Drive in Shibuya on April 21, 2024. Details should be announced later here.

3. Frontier Backyard with Neil & Iraiza "Enjoy The Ride" (2024)

2024 marks the 20th of Frontier Backyard. To kick it off, they were joined by Neil & Iraiza (𝕏, Instagram) for a collaboration song titled "Enjoy The Ride" (Spotify, , YouTube Music) which was released digitally in January.

Frontier Backyard is the unit of TGMX and Tadaaki "TDC" Fukuda, and Neil & Iraiza is formed of Gakuji "Chabe" Matsuda and Hirohisa Horie.

4. Keichi & The Coconut Groove "Voyage to Cythera" (2024)
(Japanese title: ケイチ＆ココナッツ・グルーヴ Keichi & Coconut Groove 「シテール島への船出」 "Cythera-tō e no funade")

Keichi & The Coconut Groove (𝕏, Instagram) is a young band self-described as the Shibuya-kei of subscription music age. "Voyage to Cythera" is a new song from their latest single released in January, "Tell Me You Are There" (Spotify, , YouTube Music).

Keichi & The Coconut Groove will host an event titled "Neuromantic" on Tuesday March 19 at Moonromantic in Aoyama, Tokyo. Also playing will be Ruan with Exotic Club and Tyrkouaz. Find details here.

🎙 Listen to Narration II
Presenting: Frontier Backyard with Neil & Iraiza, Keichi & Coconut Groove, YMCK

5. YMCK "TEN" (2023)

YMCK recently celebrated its 20th anniversary! They released in September a new album titled "TEN+TEN" (read "Ten Ten") (Spotify, , YouTube Music). The double album is made of 20 tracks, ten original songs that revisit all of their previous works, plus the brand new song "TEN" (played this time), and ten remixes and covers by other artists.

"TEN+TEN" is also available as a 2-CD set via Amazon.

6. AOI12SAI "Sea of Neon" (2023)
(Japanese title: あおい12さい 「Sea of Neon」)

AOI12SAI (Instagram, 𝕏) is a singer-songwriter also active as part of ARAKAWAYA. She has released at the beginning of this year the new song "Sea of Neon" (Spotify, , YouTube Music). This song follows the mini-album "POV" released in May last year.

AOI12SAI will perform at BAR OPK in Nishi-Ogikubo on February 17, 2023. Details can be found here.

🎙 Listen to Narration III
Presenting: AOI12SAI, Dai Nakamura

7. Dai Nakamura "Good Bye" (2023)
(Japanese title: Dai Nakamura 「グッドバイ」)

Dai Nakamura (aka NUBACK, Blank Music, also of bands BANK and Vacation Three) released a new single of two songs recently, one of which is "Good Bye" (Bandcamp, Spotify, , YouTube Music).

These songs followed the full-length album "Room, Sea and Me" out in February 2023. Dai Nakamura also recently released music as Blank Music ("Last Night / Zero") and NUBACK ("Kanata / Tagai Chigai"). More from NUBACK is expected to be coming very soon. Stay tuned!

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