Kosmik Radiation Radio - January 16, 2019 Playlist

January 16, 2019 Playlist

THE BEST OF 2018
Featuring the
KOSMIK RADIATION TOP 25!
The year of millenial weird girls from the Internet
(click on photos below for more video stimulation)

HARU NEMURI
(Haruna Kimishima)

POPPY
(Moriah Pereira)

KYARY PAMYU PAMYU
(Kiriko Takemura)

CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Haru Nemuri "Haru To Shura" 2018 (Japan)

I've had an exciting year of discovering new music in 2018, and most of it was made by ladies and/or Japanese folks. Combining the best of these two trends, young Haruna Kimishima goes by the stage name Haru Nemuri ("Springtime Sleeping") and comes across on her debut album with a rap version of Patti Smith's intense and emotive poetry plus a hint of Yoko Ono's unrestrained shriek, though she's hardly a copy of either. (I'm sure the Yoko comparisons have only just begun: it seems like every new concert clip that comes online features more screamo vocals than the last one.) In addition to a voice that sounds compelling in any language, Haru's other secret weapon is that she writes music that sounds a bit weird and disonant at first, but on repeated listenings her songs are simple-yet-dramatic and quite catchy - though also kind of hard to describe. Her style seems to be positioned somewhere between punk rock, art rock, rap, and poetry, yet it is also somehow "pop" at the same time. With only two EPs and a single released in the 18 months prior to her full-length debut album Haru To Shura ("Springtime And Carnage"), Haru is by far the youngest artist to receive the Kosmik Radiation #1 album of the year award, as well as the only artist to have their debut album claim the top spot. She's also among the most obscure: her album is only available in digital format outside of Japan, and none of her music videos have even reached 100,000 views on Youtube yet (though I did read that her album was streamed a million times on Spotify - which could indicate she's more popular in the West than in Japan?)

(N) = New Release

Artist	Song	Album	Year	Country
The Breeders	Wait In The Car	All Nerve (N) (Kosmik Radiation #18 album of 2018)	2018 (4AD)	USA
Speedy Ortiz	Alone With Girls	Twerp Verse (N) (Kosmik Radiation #15 album of 2018)	2018 (Carpark)	USA
Exit Group	The Butcher	Adverse Habitat (N) (Kosmik Radiation #24 album of 2018)	2018 (Castle Face)	Germany
Ty Segall	Every 1's A Winner (Hot Chocolate)	Freedom's Goblin (N) (Kosmik Radiation #9 album of 2018)	2018 (Drag City)	USA
Ty Segall & White Fence	Good Boy	Joy (N) (Kosmik Radiation #23 album of 2018)	2018 (Drag City)	USA
Guerilla Toss	Green Apple	Twisted Crystal (N) (Kosmik Radiation #14 album of 2018)	2018 (DFA)	USA

Judas Priest	Flame Thrower	Firepower (N) (Kosmik Radiation #6 album of 2018)	2018 (Epic)	UK
Sleep	Marijuanaut's Theme	The Sciences (N) (Kosmik Radiation #7 album of 2018)	2018 (Third Man)	USA
Dr. Octagon	Flying Waterbed	Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation (N) (Kosmik Radiation #3 album of 2018)	2018 (Bulk)	USA
Parquet Courts	Violence	Wide Awake! (N) (Kosmik Radiation #2 album of 2018)	2018 (Rough Trade)	USA
Death Grips	Death Grips Is Online / Flies	Year Of The Snitch (N) (Kosmik Radiation #4 album of 2018)	2018 (Third Worlds)	USA

Haru Nemuri	Haru To Shura ("Springtime And Carnage")	Haru To Shura (N) (Kosmik Radiation #1 album of 2018) CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	2018 (Perfect)	Japan
Haru Nemuri	Narashite ("Sound")	Haru To Shura (N) (Kosmik Radiation #1 album of 2018) CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	2018 (Perfect)	Japan
Haru Nemuri	Kick In The World	non-album single (N)	2018 (Perfect)	Japan
Haru Nemuri	Rock & Roll Wa Shinanai ("Rock & Roll Does Not Die") (with Totsuzen Shonen "Suddenly Boyz")	Haru To Shura (N) (Kosmik Radiation #1 album of 2018) CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	2018 (Perfect)	Japan
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu	Oto No Kuni ("The Land of Sounds")	Japamyu (N) (Kosmik Radiation #8 album of 2018)	2018 (Warner Japan)	Japan
Poppy	Interlude 1 / Time Is Up (featuring Diplo)	Am I A Girl? (N) (Kosmik Radiation tied for #5 album of 2018)	2018 (Mad Decent/I'm Poppy)	USA
Poppy	Pop Music	Poppy.Computer (N) (Kosmik Radiation tied for #5 album of 2018)	2017 (Mad Decent/I'm Poppy)	USA

Eleanor Friedberger	Make Me A Song	Rebound (N) (Kosmik Radiation #25 album of 2018)	2018 (French Kiss)	USA
Courtney Barnett	City Looks Pretty	Tell Me How You Really Feel (N) (Kosmik Radiation #21 album of 2018)	2018 (Mom & Pop)	Australia
Tropical Fuck Storm	Antimatter Animals	A Laughing Death In Meatspace (N) (Kosmik Radiation #19 album of 2018)	2018 (Joyful Noise)	Australia
Suuns	Baseline	Felt (N) (Kosmik Radiation #20 album of 2018)	2018 (Secretly Canadian)	Canada (Quebec)
Kurt Vile	Rollin' With The Flow	Bottle It In (N) (Kosmik Radiation #13 album of 2018)	2018 (Matador)	USA
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks	Solid Silk	Sparkle Hard (N) (Kosmik Radiation #12 album of 2018)	2018 (Matador)	USA

The Orb	Pillow Fight @ Shag Mountain (with Jah Wobble)	No Sounds Are Out Of Bounds (N) (Kosmik Radiation #17 album of 2018)	2018 (Cooking Vinyl)	UK
Cave	Shasha	Allways (N) (Kosmik Radiation #10 album of 2018)	2018 (Drag City)	USA
Triptides	My Friend	Visitors (N) (Kosmik Radiation #16 album of 2018)	2018 (Requiem Pour Un Twister)	USA
Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Major League Chemicals	Sex & Food (N) (Kosmik Radiation tied for #22 album of 2018)	2018 (Jagjaguwar)	New Zealand

(Thee) Oh Sees	Enrique El Cobrador	Smote Reverser (N) (Kosmik Radiation tied for #11 album of 2018)	2018 (Castle Face)	USA
OCS (Thee Oh Sees)	Block Of Ice (live)	Live In San Francisco (N) (Kosmik Radiation tied for #11 album of 2018)	2018 (Rock Is Hell)	USA

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