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Japanese Music (Pop, rock and all 'dat) |OT|

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Kurita

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Alright, finished listening to the album. I think my favorite songs are 空色will, ペインオフ and スーパーガール.
 
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FloppyDelux

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AlabastreAizo said:
My two most recent ticket purchases. I'm finally going to see one of my very favorite bands, winnie. I'm probably going to cry. Taku from NCIS said he would introduce me to them, but he doesn't respond to my messages anymore :(

I'll also be seeing HaKU!!! Ahhh! I can't wait for either show!

I was going to see Vampillia again this weekend because Togawa Jun is playing with them, but I cannot bail on prior plans for Friday. :/
I may regret this.
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Glad to know Winnie is still around.
 
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chrominance

Member
Larsa said:
This Especia album is jamming, I can dig it.
This video is also amazingly well done.
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Interesting profile of the band where they talk about barely knowing the early 90s references and aesthetic they use in their videos, and how it's kind of novel for people of their age. In case you wanted to feel really old today.

Also talks about how Schtein&Longer made his own muzak versions of Especia songs. I got confused by the Soundcloud track for No.1 Super and wondered if he just repurposed old material for the band. Turns out it was the other way around.
 
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Peru

Member
No 1 Sweeper is SOTY candidate, sooo good.

Albums from Especia and Charisma.com on the same day, haven't had time to listen to either yet - paniiiic
 
Aizo

Aizo

Banned
As expected, my friend is bailing tomorrow (Japanese companies are crazy, making him work till midnight), but of course the Vampillia/戸川純/BiS show is sold out. I hope they all play together once more...
 
Aizo

Aizo

Banned
Does anyone else live in Tokyo?

Charisma.com has a mini-live on Saturday night at Tower Records Shinjuku at 18:00. I would go, but I have the winnie concert that night.
 
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LayLa

Member
AlabastreAizo said:
Does anyone else live in Tokyo?

Charisma.com has a mini-live on Saturday night at Tower Records Shinjuku at 18:00. I would go, but I have the winnie concert that night.
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i was really impressed by them in that live show yesterday, they played for about 40 minutes but i enjoyed it throughout, so i imagine being there would have been 10x better.

finally managed to track down that BiS Record Store Day vinyl edition of 'Who Killed Idol?', here's a crappy picture of what the gatefold looks like
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Aizo

Aizo

Banned
Looks like Revo of Sound Horizon is composing the new Sailor Moon OP with Momoiro Clover Z performing. Since I only really like Momokuro when they play their weird, non-mainstream sounding stuff, this is excellent news.

LayLa said:
i was really impressed by them in that live show yesterday, they played for about 40 minutes but i enjoyed it throughout, so i imagine being there would have been 10x better.

finally managed to track down that BiS Record Store Day vinyl edition of 'Who Killed Idol?', here's a crappy picture of what the gatefold looks like
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Yay, another person who lives in this country and likes Japanese music!
Are you seeing BiS play with Vampillia tonight??
 
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Kurita

Member
How did I miss THE OTOGIBANASHI'S all this time smh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePkX_duCmW0

Looking forward to 赤色のグリッター (Akairo no Glitter)'s first mini-album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd9dtlhcxe4

Also, posted the fourth part of my favorite releases of 2014 so far on my Tumblr
http://lekurita.tumblr.com/post/87787269556/what-ive-been-listening-to-in-2014-so-far-part
If you don't want to click :
KEYTALK - OVERTONE

Ulfuls - ONE MIND (ウルフルズ - ONE MIND)

Ubiquitous - Reactance no Housoku (ユビキタス - リアクタンスの法則)

SAKEROCK - SAKEROCK no Kisetsu BEST 2000-2013 (SAKEROCK - SAKEROCKの季節 BEST 2000‐2013)

Misoshiru's - ME SO SHE LOOSE (味噌汁's - ME SO SHE LOOSE)

Lyu:Lyu - GLORIA QUALIA

Kuso Iinkai - Shu no Kigen (空想委員会 - 種の起源)

The Flickers - AT FIRST LIGHT

the telephones - SUPER HIGH TENSION!!!

Charisma.com - DIStopping
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The 3 other parts :
http://lekurita.tumblr.com/post/84648048931/what-ive-been-listening-to-in-2014-so-far-part
http://lekurita.tumblr.com/post/84648660616/what-ive-been-listening-to-in-2014-so-far-part
http://lekurita.tumblr.com/post/84649295846/what-ive-been-listening-to-in-2014-so-far-part
 
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LayLa

Member
AlabastreAizo said:
Yay, another person who lives in this country and likes Japanese music!
Are you seeing BiS play with Vampillia tonight??
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Haha no I'm not in Japan sadly, I live in the UK and I'm probably the only person over here who now owns (or would want to own?) any BiS vinyl.
Charisma.com & BiS played live the other day & it was streamed on http://2-5-d.jp/vice25d/
I'd give anything to see BiS live before they split up, YouTube videos make it look crazy fun! Not going to happen tho :(
 
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chrominance

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Oh, weird. So I just got the Especia album in, and you know how all these Japanese CDs have that paper spine wrapper for the CD case? Well, this one has a URL and a login on the inside of the paper that leads to a bunch of instrumentals/acapella versions? Is this a common thing? Cuz it's neat!
 
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Valkerionseven

Member
Mannn... they are not even trying to hide how rigged/obvious the next pushes are going to be this year. its hard to see some of these ranks #saltyashell

I know Yamamoto won't disappoint but its lame seeing the standbys like Mochi and Ume chan so low.
 
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Peru

Member
Sasshi will be back next year. Thrives the best as an underdog. Congrats to Mayuyu though who's probably the only winner so far who had this as her main goal.
 
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Desmond

Member
Mayuyu was the ideal winner. Well, as long as Jurina didn't win lol.

Saddened Miichan only got 22 and I reiterate what was said about Umechan, Mocchi.

It's sad to see girls like Kobayashi Kana, Shiichan and Mariko not rank at all.


Ikoma in the top 16 is surely a fix, right?
 
Aizo

Aizo

Banned
The concert was awesomeeee!!!! I would have cried if winnie played "Forget Me Not," so that was a close one. I got to meet everyone but the drummer, and they were all really nice. Irori and Okuji were as great as I had imagined. I bought two shirts, and they gave me free guitar picks. ^^

Scars Borough also put on a great show, and their lead singer has a fantastic stage presence. Her dancing was energetic and badass.

All the bands were good, in fact. There wasn't an act I didn't enjoy!
FloppyDelux said:
Glad to know Winnie is still around.
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Actually, they have a single coming out next month, and a new full album in August!
 
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SolidSnakex

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Desmond said:
Ikoma in the top 16 is surely a fix, right?
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N46 is possibly the second most popular group connected to AKB at the moment. Every new single that they release shows an increase over the last. Their last single actually outsold NMB, HKT and SKE's last singles. And Ikoma isn't even the most popular girl in the group. If they open up the voting to all girls from that group (which they should) then watch how fast Naachan shoots up the ranking. She could possibly get close to Kami7 on a first vote. That's how popular she is.

I think that there were two big surprises in this election. The first was Tanabe Miku ranking. You could tell from her reaction that she wasn't expecting to hear her name called at all. The second one was Milky dropping out of senbatsu. Many had picked her to possibly make it into the Kami7, and instead she drops entirely out of senbatsu. It's strange that her and Sayanee's popularity have gone in different directions ever since she (Milky) won that photobook competition between the two of them a few years ago. Sayanee is now becoming a legitimate contender for #1 and is also rumored to take over for Takamina when she graduates, and Milky is just fighting to make it into senbatsu.
 
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Kurita

Member
Base Ball Bear's new album came out this week and it's awesome.
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I love the cover. It's nothing special but it gives me some good vibes.
Anyways, it feels good to have a new full album, the last one came out in 2011 so I was quite hyped for this new one.
Base Ball Bear has always been a consistent band, I can't think an objectively bad song by them. Japanese pop-rock at its finest, the vocalist's voice is still one of my favorites.
Solid production, it's polished and you can feel that a lot of effort went into each song.
Easy to listen to, but still as some interesting songs, like the 10 minutes long 光蘚.
Overall a damn good album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSyBWgl1uFk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMHUuaZt1OE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgofbf8Q_-Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gzOzwaRA2E
 
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Kurita

Member
foxuzamaki said:
Use to listen to alot but my favorites were tommy heavenly 6/brilliant green, and abingdon school boys and recommend away :)
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ONE OK ROCK - www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGbxsiBZGPI

the HIATUS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T48v5digyj0

Straightener - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrHZsa7qNbc

ELLEGARDEN - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yASXqj4O_y8

Nothing's Carved in Stone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu-dPo_34Yo

ART-SCHOOL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39DFXgnXcBY

Perfume - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZKMaFR2mtU

KANA-BOON - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgS7vgquBvo

Sakanaction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZbXHt3xPr8

RADWIMPS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoyOjMIunkM

KEYTALK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfzQ75KWGCo

[Alexandros] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_CxDSZz6to

the telephones - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffr9hsUFxUM

The Mirraz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ezo2WwX5C4

9mm Parabellum Bullet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i9aRZ0173k

androp - www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI_rg-TnGNs

BIGMAMA - www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVx6Zoc-14w

Fujifabric - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UfZGH9-8Y

CreepHyp - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0s8iEoETnU

Hoshino Gen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkrtHBM2xyA

Takahashi Yu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K72IA7Ou9Zc

Gesu no Kiwami Otome - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSYe2ZYZdKU

Just to name a few.
You can check my 40 favorite albums/EP of the year so far :
http://lekurita.tumblr.com/post/84648048931/what-ive-been-listening-to-in-2014-so-far-part
http://lekurita.tumblr.com/post/84648660616/what-ive-been-listening-to-in-2014-so-far-part
http://lekurita.tumblr.com/post/84649295846/what-ive-been-listening-to-in-2014-so-far-part
http://lekurita.tumblr.com/post/87787269556/what-ive-been-listening-to-in-2014-so-far-part
 
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SweetDonuts

Member
Desmond said:
Is Itano's solo stuff any good? I don't think I've listened to any of it.
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I assume by your icon you listen to AKB, why not Tomo!

Genre is a bit all over the place with these songs but you'll get the idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX_Mlw7xDxY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUCcohxenHk
http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Tomomi-Itano---Dear-J/30af5affba56d90bd6a9193a1935f2dd
http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Tomomi-Itano---1%EF%BC%85/4d11a33728d946264c647ac765148d19
 
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Desmond

Member
SweetDonuts said:
I assume by your icon you listen to AKB, why not Tomo!

Genre is a bit all over the place with these songs but you'll get the idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX_Mlw7xDxY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUCcohxenHk
http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Tomomi-Itano---Dear-J/30af5affba56d90bd6a9193a1935f2dd
http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Tomomi-Itano---1%EF%BC%85/4d11a33728d946264c647ac765148d19
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Thanks

Kurita said:
Always feels good whenever an artist you love replies to your tweet <3
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Oh, lucky you. I don't think I've ever gotten a reply. lol
 
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