It’s a three-day weekend here, and tomorrow is Coming-of-Age Day. I’m heading to work now, but I managed to visit a shrine for New Year prayers this morning ⛩️

#RenewalSongs #MusicChallenge Day 10 The Communards - Tomorrow youtu.be/WkUU3kAWEyQ

#20FaveVideos 10 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Bauhaus - She's In Parties

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🇬🇧 Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush - Don't Give Up (1986) Caught 🎬 The Bone Collector playing on local Tokyo TV the other day and got nostalgic… youtu.be/Jsk9D6SEhZM?...

🇺🇸 Choker - Proof #MusicSky #R&B #HipHop New single out Jan 9 American singer-songwriter Christopher Lloyd First new album in eight years 'Heaven Ain’t Sold' coming Feb 20 choker.cc open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

🇩🇪 Molly Mogul - Run #MusicSky New single out Jan 9 Bristol-based German-born artist and co-founder of Dirty Spread Collective soundcloud.com/mollymogul-m... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

🇩🇪 Bruecken - Questions We Raise #MusicSky New single out Jan 8 Post-rock instrumental band from Oldenburg, Germany New album 'Years That Answer' coming Feb 27 bruecken.bandcamp.com/album/years-... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

🇩🇪 Lantlôs - Daisies #MusicSky New single out Jan 8 Post-black metal project by Markus Skye New album 'Nowhere In Between Forever' coming April 3 lantlos.bandcamp.com/album/nowher... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

🇫🇷 Exsonvaldes & 🇪🇸 Helena Miquel - En Sentido Contrario #MusicSky New single out Jan 9 Indie rock band from Paris, France with a Spanish singer and actress New album 'Ninety Seconds to Midnight' coming Feb 13 www.exsonvaldes.net open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

#BestSongHeardToday #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Special treat for our japanese friends 😉

🇺🇸 R. Missing - Killing the Club Heart #MusicSky New single out Jan 9 New York-based vocalist Sharon Shy and musician Toppy's enigmatic music project rmissing.bandcamp.com open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... Like the Sound of Injured Love (album) Dec 2025 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🎬 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 50th Anniversary in 4K #Movie Loved seeing one of my favourites fill the big screen, and I came away completely satisfied. Posters, T-shirts and other merch were already sold out, but I still managed to grab the 50th-anniversary booklet and the admission sticker.

L.A. based #SynthPop group #Animotion scored a huge worldwide hit in 1985 when their catchy single “Obsession” cracked the Top10 in 8 countries- but the formidable B-side “I Engineer” which critic #GayleReed called “enchanting” would also become a Starck fave #NewWave #80sMusic youtu.be/ZXYT_eena5Q

🇸🇪 CK 37 - Gymsadist #MusicSky #EBM Debut album out Jan 9 Swedish EBM and industrial collective ck37.bandcamp.com/album/inget-... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... Inget Hat (album) youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🇦🇺 The Kid LAROI - I'M SO IN LOVE WITH YOU #MusicSky New album out Jan 9 thekidlaroi.lnk.to/Listen open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... BEFORE I FORGET (album) youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🇬🇧 The Cribs - Never The Same #MusicSky Their first album in nearly five years, out Jan 9 thecribs.ffm.to/selling-a-vibe open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... Selling A Vibe (album) youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🇺🇸🇬🇧 Robert Stillman - No Off #MusicSky New album out Jan 9 archaicfuturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/10000-... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... 10,000 Rivers (album) youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🇬🇧 Dry Cleaning - Joy #MusicSky New album out Jan 9 drycleaning.bandcamp.com/album/secret... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... Secret Love (album) youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Was tearing around at dawn, but curled up by my head once I finally got up, my older cat 🐈‍⬛

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Andrew Wasylyk - The Cold Collar (Feat. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gruff Rhys) #MusicSky New single out Jan 7 Scottish composer and producer, featuring the vocalist of Super Furry Animals New album 'Irreparable Parables' coming March 6 claypipemusic.bandcamp.com/album/irrepa... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

🇫🇷 Curtain - Fire #MusicSky New single out Jan 6 French coldwave band curtain0.bandcamp.com/album/fire open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

🇺🇸 Matt Berninger - Blue Monday #MusicSky #NewOrder New single out Jan 7 A classic cover performed live by The National’s frontman is now available to stream. mattberninger.bandcamp.com/album/blue-m... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

🇺🇸 MX LONELY - Return To Sender #MusicSky New single out Jan 7 Debut full album 'ALL MONSTERS' coming Feb 20 mxlonely.bandcamp.com/album/all-mo... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

🇸🇪 Fauna - Bland träden #MusicSky New single out Jan 7 Sweden-based 8-piece collective delivering a psychedelic and dance-friendly experience faunagbg.bandcamp.com/track/bland-... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

Getting excited to see The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 50th Anniversary in 4K at the cinema the day after tomorrow. It pretty much shaped my taste in films when I was still in grade school, so I never get tired of watching it 🪚 movies.shochiku.co.jp/akumanoikenie/

🇩🇪 Light The Blind - I Tried #MusicSky New single out Jan 2 Germany-based modern metal/heavy pop band www.lighttheblind.de open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

🇯🇵 新東京 - Rally Call #MusicSky New single out Jan 7 "URBAN J-POP" trio, now in a new lineup after last year’s vocalist departure, guitar free shintokyo.city open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... 新東京 #5 (EP) released Oct 2025 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🇫🇷 Gong - The Wonderment #MusicSky New single out Jan 6 New album 'Bright Spirit' coming March 13 gongband.bandcamp.com/track/the-wo... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

🇬🇧 Shelf Lives - frissioN #MusicSky New single out Dec 30, 2025 South London–based Canadian-British post-punk duo Debut full album 'hypernormaL' coming Feb 25 shelflives.bandcamp.com/track/frissi... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

🇬🇧 The Stingrays - He Said To Me #MusicSky New single out Jan 6 London psychedelic rock trio open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... youtu.be/1XrhRxYx5uk?...

🇬🇧 MEMORIALS - Cut Glass Hammer #MusicSky New single out Jan 6 New album 'All Clouds Bring Not Rain' coming March 27 memorialsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-cl... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

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🇬🇧 Boy George - Fireboy Meets His Match (1986) #MusicSky #80sMusic #SynthPop Composed by Haruomi Hosono (YMO) as a TV commercial song. It was making the rounds on social media at the start of the year, so I listened to the full version again after a long while. youtu.be/-_k4IyQpw8Y?...

🇺🇸 Howling at the Earth - Assimilate #MusicSky Debut full-length album finally out Jan 5 howlingattheearth.bandcamp.com/album/drifted @howlingattheearth.bsky.social open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... Drifted (album) youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🇬🇧 YUNGBLUD, 🇺🇸 The Smashing Pumpkins - Zombie #MusicSky New single out Jan 2 New version released of a single from the 2025 album "Idols" www.yungbludofficial.com open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... Idols (album) released June 2025 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🇺🇸 Stefan J. Selbert - Western Wallflower #MusicSky New single out Jan 2 Los Alamos–based folk singer-songwriter living on a ranch www.instagram.com/stefanjselbe... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

🇯🇵 Bialystocks - 言伝 (A word to pass on) #MusicSky New single out Jan 5 Ending theme for the TV anime "Journal with Witch" Japanese pop duo bialystocks.com open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... youtu.be/HwWJ76pZ9us?...

🇬🇧 The Molotovs - Get A Life #MusicSky New single out Jan 5 Debut album 'Wasted On Youth' coming Jan 30 themolotovs.os.fan open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... youtu.be/A43dGy1JoNI?...

🇬🇧 Swindled - The Hangover #MusicSky EP out Sep 2025 Young Sunderland-based alt-pop band www.swindledband.com Enjoy discovering fresh, young bands like this and seeing where they go. Thanks for sharing! open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... What A Nightmare! (EP) youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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🇳🇬🇸🇪 Dr.Alban - It's My Life (1992) #MusicSky Dr. Alban brings back memories of spending around 90 days on Mykonos in the summer of 1992, when this song was everywhere in the clubs, night after night. youtu.be/oW0VovnyjPY?...

#20FaveVideos #MusicChallenge #MusicSky D3: Unranked-ish 🎥 🎼 📺 The Wild Boys🎵Duran Duran youtu.be/M43wsiNBwmo?...

UK #AvantGarde #SynthPop group #ArtOfNoise enlisted the robust baritone voice of Welsh vocalist #TomJones for their 1988 cover of #Prince’s “Kiss.” It became their biggest hit peaking at #5 in the UK & reaching #1 in #NewZealand- it was a Starck fave #80sMusic #1980s #80sRetro youtu.be/5uZQFOfMSfY

🇨🇦 Meltt - Up All Night #MusicSky New single out Jan 2 Vancouver-based alternative rock band New album "Pathways" coming June 12 meltt.bandcamp.com/album/pathways open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

PlasticSkin - It Hurts so Much #MusicSky New single out Jan 1 New masked grunge / shoegaze / alt-metal band linktr.ee/plasticskin1... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... A Light Thread Through Dark Cloth (EP) out Sep 2025 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🇺🇸 Jill Scott - Beautiful People #MusicSky New single out Jan 2 First new album in over a decade, “To Whom This May Concern,” coming Feb 13 missjillscott.com open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...

🇺🇸 Florida (U.K.) - Taste Your Love (A Desert Mix) #MusicSky New single out Jan 1 A track from A Desert (Joshua Erkman’s film) by a California-based artist floridauk.bandcamp.com/album/taste-... open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... Taste Your Love - From The Film: A Desert youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🇺🇸 Zeromind - Fire in the Sky #MusicSky New album out Jan 2 www.zeromindmusic.com/resurrection open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... Resurrection (album) youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🇬🇧 The Kites - 80's #MusicSky New single out Jan 2 Young English indie rock band from Leeds www.the-kites.com open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac...