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IRC Artist of the Month: Goh Nakamura
Goh Nakamura is not only our pick for Artist of the Month, but also one of our favorite 'surprise artists' of 2008.Nakamura, a San Francisco native born singer/songwriter, describes his music "Dreamsicle pop " as "ditties about parking tickets, impossible crushes and faraway dreamlands."
Although Nakamura has had a loyal following for a few years now, his popularity is picking up momentum in the past six months or so. Nakamura's music video for "Embarcadero Blues" has been viewed over a million times on YouTube:
Nakamura's sound is catchy, wonderfully produced acoustic pop. Music lovers who enjoy artists like Matt Pond PA, Matthew Sweet, Elliot Smith and Neil Finn are likely to have Nakamura's music playing again and again.
That said, it's fair to say that Nakamura can easily appeal to a larger segment of music lovers. His music is the kind that you will probably find yourself liking the more you listen to it.
His 2004 debut Daylight Savings was received well by the indie music press. Yet it is the release of Ulysses - not to mention the fact that it's available for free - is a contender for one of 2008's best 'under the radar' singer/songwriter releases of 2008.
Here are two MP3s from Nakamura's Ulysses:
Suitcase - Goh Nakamura
Hangman - Goh Nakamura
You can Download Ulysses for free or purchase the CD extra edition.
All downloads/purchases of Ulysses includes a specially selected collection of songs by some of Goh's favorite bands:Odessa Chen, The Invisible Cities, Scrabbel, Michelle Amador, Adam Shulman, Nyles Lannon, Grand Hallway, the Botticellis, Picture Atlantic, Annie Lin, Love is Chemicals, The Lofty Pillars, Lucien Lamotte, David Rhodes.
Labels: Goh Nakamura, Indie Artist/Group Profiles
4 Comments:
this is a great record; i downloaded it and played it three times already
umm....how can elliott smith be listening to this music...he is dead
From IRC: In regards to your comment about Elliott Smith listening to Goh Nakamura, that's not what we said.
We said "fans of..Elliott Smith" will likely enjoy, and notice the similarities, in Nakamura's music.
We are well aware, alas, that Elliott Smith committed suicide. It was our first posting that started this blog in 2006:
http://www.indierockcafe.com/labels/Elliott%20Smith.html
Just wanted to clarify that. :)
I thought it was a very well done video. Visually it was very entertaining to watch. The storyline between the man and the women was interesting too. The only thing that bothered me a little was how Goh wasn't invovled in the story as much as the other characters. He was just thrown in here and there, standing and singing in the same position for every shot. It kind of looked like he was photoshopped into the video. If the director could've placed him into the video more organically (singing on the street corner, on the bus, in the office) I think Goh's role in the video would've been more impactful. That is just my humble opinion. I did enjoy the song and the review too!
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