Stole this from one80 - keeping track of albums and other releases I liked (or disliked) in 2015.Note: Some of these were technically released in 2014, but they didn't surface until after 1/10/15 so I'm counting that as 2015. (LOVE/AOTY material) - VITIUM - Graveward - 自己精神殺害推進會 - 妄想主義者ノ背徳 - 「変」 - 少年ワルツ - Tether (Eric Prydz vs. CHVRCHES) - Botany EP - EVOKE (Great!) - JaShuMoN - 兵 - 眠れない僕の趣味 - ヴィーナス - 奇麗 - 12 - Memento-mori - 絶望ノ朝 - Fake - 操リ人間 - Escape from Evil - Voyage - おまじない - 道化ノ華 - 「暫定的オカルト週刊誌①」 - Cold Inferno - Synder - Connector - Closet - Found in Far Away Places - 加害者 - American Spring. Casette: — 1996.08.02 DEAD ONE 2周年記念~オムニバス・デモ~ OMNIBUS (, ) — - 1996.04.15 還ラザル記憶.
— - 1996.08.10 十字架ニ捧ゲル夢. (緑) — - 1996.08.10 十字架ニ捧ゲル夢. (青) — - 1996.10.21 呪ワレタ楽園ノ影. — - ~White Love~ — - 黒の楽園 — - 摩天楼の囁き・・・ — RUM=SALJUQ - 「R-Type」 — - 「存在理由~raison d'etre~」 — - 「SEXUAL -1ST PRESS-」 — - Vogue — - Long Roads — - SEPIA Vinyl: — - DUM SPIRO SPERO Mini-CD: — - GRAND PAIN — - 憂いの花が綴る愛~L'introduction de la fleur~ — - I for You — - au revoir — - Le ciel ~空白の彼方へ~ — - ILLUMINATI — - ヴェル・エール~空白の瞬間の中で~ — - 月下の夜想曲 — - Moonlit lover — - Get in Noise — - Pressure — - To Dears.
CD: — - 深 ~deep~ 通常盤 — - Knight mare 通常盤. I WILL NOT SHARE OR UPLOAD ANYTHING FROM THIS LIST.
Total - 593 CDs, Cassettes, VHS, DVDs and Vinyl. There are gaps because I don't regularly update this list.
If there is anything you want to buy feel free to ask and I'll let you know if it is for sale. Also items with a slash have been sold. 深~deep~ ZEUS 未来の未来 TOUGH BOY All Hallow's Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes Marrow of the Spirit valse Labyrinth 瞬き 瑠璃蝶 桂冠詩人 SINGLE COLLECTION PLUS 傀儡人形~マネキン~ 傀儡異形のマリア Les Soiree 完結編 Les Soiree 夜の舞踏会/洗礼の章『生誕篇』 Les Soiree 夜の舞踏会/断罪の章~神罰篇 Ma'ria 21st century 僕『しもべ』 VHS 舞踏会の絵 VHS THE NIGHT OF LA MATINEE Versus the World Fate of Norns With Oden on Our Side Surtur Rising サンクチュアリ-Legend of The Sanctuary- & Romance Rebirth Temple of Shadows Aurora Consurgens 限られた刻 Ash/. CD's: -ALSDEAD -Fragile -ニア・イコール -★Heavy★Decorationz★Party★ -黒い嫉妬とSuicide -Sweet★Noiz★Scandal? -Tresure⇔POP⇔SHOW -Bye×Bye -NEXT・・・6 -THANX -Solitude -VIGOUR -LiberaLibere -Creature -DEAD BLAZE -THE UNDERWORLD -°C -Coll:set -Mirror -DUM SPIRO SPERO -Ambivalent Symphony -All That We Have Now -ATTACK OF THE YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz in Europe 2010 -NOW -GO -I love HITTERS (with autograph) - 絶対領域のカノン - 悪魔ノ詩-血盟- - 悪魔ノ詩-反逆- -WORLD CLASS -WORLD CLASS -カウンターショック -カウンターショック -GIGA type-B -「」と邪道 / The right crime -朱い電想線 -ぱみゅぱみゅレボリューション -なんだこれくしょん -ETERNAL -MOMENT -Caucasus -真夏ノ夜ノ夢 -Wonderful Wonderholic -Royal Order (with autograph) -Anomie -Live in London 2011 -BIG BANG MUSIC! Free Visual Kei MP3 New free single from visual-kei J-rockers / Yokohama, Japan – February 23rd, 2011 – Hot on the heels of their recent live performance, vis-kei band Misaruka are releasing their next single for free, right now, on HearJapan! Misaruka is a hot new band from Japan’s unique visual-kei (vis-kei) rock scene.
They’ve played only a couple of times but they’ve already managed to shift over 20,000 free music samplers to their rabid fans! HearJapan is excited to make their newest single available for free to fans around the world, right now! “” is a solid yet elegant rock song that’s heavy both on the guitars and the bold vocal delivery. This one doesn’t pull any punches, rocking the listener with its epic metal riffs and more delicate pianos and strings.
D’espairsRay Discography D’espairsRay was a visual kei band formed in 1999 by HIZUMI (ex-Le’veil), Karyu (ex-Diur Mind), ZERO and TSUKASA (ex-Le’veil). They disbanded on June 15th 2011 after 6 months of indefinite hiatus due to a problem with HIZUMI’s vocal chords. The group had a darker appearance than most of other Japanese visual bands, and also a different music style which was a mix of nu-metal and wikipedia:Industrial metal industrial metal, however their more recent material become lighter and more varied. D’espairsRay never changed their lineup throughout their career, and for the most part have kept true to their visual roots.
They were one of the first Japanese rock bands to venture overseas to North America.
Eleven is my favorite number.Asobi Seksu’s new video for “Transparence” can be seen. An exclusive MP3 from their new album Rewolf can be downloaded.If you read J-Rock Fridays Vol. 4, the new albums by, and are on HearJapan.ELLEGARDEN side project will be a new single and live DVD in December. –will be putting out The Complete Best on December 3 before Japan.Housekeeping: If you scroll to the left, I added a new link section named “Japanese Labels.” These are Japanese record labels that I enjoy. More will be added in time. Right now, my favorite J-record label is -Nadehiko from is working on the soundtrack for his friend’s indie film.
Listen to the first track “Our Big Crossing”. – has an exclusive download for “Konomama Aki He”.
– will be putting out a album on November 4. It will be available for international order on their. – is back in the studio after two members.Part 1 of Coming To America documentary is available on. – discovered.
I’ve been there. I wasn’t as impressed.Another from. MYSPACE BAND OF THE WEEK バードレイクス (birdlakes) Hailing from Chiba, birdlakes formed in 2006. The band has released one mini-album and two singles since then. For fans of Sparta Locals and Ogre You Asshole. Posted in,.
ELLEGARDEN announced that the band is on indefinte hiatus. A year later, it appears all four members have settled into their new bands. Where are they now?
Takeshi Hosomi 細美武士 (vocals, guitar) Takeshi is the singer/guitarist for the HIATUS, formerly Takeshi Hosomi Solo Project. He’s joined by members of, and. Ironically, almost all of these bands are inactive. Perhaps they see the HIATUS as an actual hiatus from their respective bands? Or maybe there’s a future for the HIATUS? They already topped the Oricon charts with their debut major label album “Trash We’d Love,” beating out J-Pop idol Ken Hirai. Musically, the HIATUS is predictably similar to ELLEGARDEN, the only major difference being the addition of piano.
Shinichi Ubukata 生形 真一 (lead guitar) Shinichi formed Nothing’s Carved In Stone, featuring members of, and vocals by Taku Muramatsu of. The guitar sounds a bit like ELLEGARDEN, but the vocals are more mature making this a great alt rock band. Hirotaka Takahashi 高橋宏貴 (drums) Hirotaka is the drummer for Scars Borough, a female fronted punk rock band. There’s very little traces of ELLEGARDEN’s sound in this band. They sound raw at times, but have a very fun, spunky sound. For fans of, etc.
Yuichi Takada 高田 雄一(bass) Yuichi is the new bassist for, an unsigned hardcore band from Tokyo active since 2004. The band has no previously released albums or singles. MEANING is currently playing the Shake! Tour with with Scars Borough.
The Future of ELLEGARDEN I think that there’s a future for the HIATUS and Nothing’s Carved In Stone. Both sound similar to ELLEGARDEN, it’s hard to think they could have split due to “creative differences.” Honestly, I don’t see Scars Borough making it big outside of the live house and MEANING will go nowhere until they decide to record a CD. Will ELLEGARDEN get ever get back together? But at least they formed new bands that don’t suck, unlike blink 182. Posted in,. I finished this column much later than I anticipated.
A mixture of The Dark Knight being awesome, various family shit, and back to school blues. As expected, I was unable to locate the latest albums from Electrico, Enie Meenie, and GALLOW in time for this month’s column. Please forgive me if I am bitter. Despite the fact, I have more releases on here than in last month’s column. I actually had to cut a few releases. (.) =highly recommended (-) = stay the hell away from it.
Nothing = I’m stingy with my stars! Before starting this column, I would like to pay tribute to legendary punk-rock producer Jerry Finn (whose work has been a major influence on at least a couple bands in this month’s column) who of a brain hemorrhage last weekend. He produced such classics as Green Day’s Dookie, Rancid’s And Out Come the Wolves, blink-182’s Enema of the State and many in between from bands such as Pennywise, Mxpx, Sum 41, Alkaline Trio and AFI. You will be missed THE SINGLES 8otto- Bomb I always admired bands were the lead singer was the drummer. You must have a lot of stamina to do both at once and not sound short-breathed. Watching 8otto music videos always amaze me. Back to the review, “Bomb” is their latest single and is very good.
They sound a bit like The Strokes or Interpol. The vocals, sometimes in English, seem a bit monotone but not horrible. The b-side “Staxx” is very slow with more focus on guitar-work but “N.Y.P” is very speedy with handclaps throughout the whole song. 8otto ‘s straight up rock-n-roll sound should be relatively easy for a Western listener to enjoy.
(.) Ami Suzuki- ONE ONE is the second Ami Suzuki single produced by awesome Capsule front man Nakata Yasutaka. Does it measure up to “Free Free/Super Music Maker?” No. Whereas “Free Free” was minimal techno blowout, “ONE” is so heavy in vocals it’s almost impossible to dance to. I know, she’s originally a J-Pop singer.
If you’re going to change your sound be consistent. On the other hand, the B-side “A Token of Love” is great. The horse-gallop synthesizers will blow your mind away. The single concludes with a throwaway karaoke version of “ONE” and a decent remix of “A Token of Love.” I know I don’t have to mention this but she’s really fucking hot on the album cover.
Mo’some Tonebender- Synchronicity After nearly a decade playing in the rock/punk genre, Mo’some Tonebender surprised us last year with the mostly electronic album C.O.W. (Check Out World). Their latest single “Synchronicity” follows suit. Unfortunately, it’s not very memorable.
The b-side “Quiet” sees the trio return to their rock style tracks but again doesn’t compare to their earlier tracks. As is standard with most single releases, its seems, an instrumental version of “Synchronicity” is also included. I don’t know if I like where Mo’some is going with their new material. I’ll hold off until their new album drops in September. (-) VAMPS- Love Addict/Time Goes By VAMPS is the latest side project from L’arcenciel vocalist HYDE. Joining HYDE on guitar is K.A.Z who wrote several songs on HYDE‘s last solo album Faith.
Needless to say, the chemistry between the two is great and is the next natural step from HYDE‘s solo stuff. “Love Addict” is a fast paced hard-rock song sung in total English. Not to mention, it starts off in hand claps (they know what I like!). Lyrically, the song is very hippy with the words “come light my fire” screamed out during the chorus. “Time Goes By” slows it down a little with bilingual English/Japanese vocals and a nice acoustic guitar in addition to electric. This is a pretty good first single but not enough to convert me yet.
THE MINI-ALBUMS 80pan- Disco Baby 80pan, formerly known as 80★PAN and then something else before that, released their debut mini-album early July. As expected from the title “Disco Baby,” there’s several danceable songs in between a couple mediocre J-pop tunes. The first song “Crazy” is a pretty great remix by Darren Cullen and will set your expectations high. The second track and title track are easily the worst songs while all the songs in between are pretty great like “Pop Cream” and “80pan.” Comparable to other pop groups with a dance twist like Perfume or HALCALI.
(.) Jazztronik- Repro Jazztronik has been involved in the Japanese dance scene since the late 90s and is the recording name of pianist NOZAKI Ryōta. His latest mini-album is full of disco and slow club songs featuring female guest vocalists. “Sweet Rain” is your classic 80s feel good disco track, a song that I still haven’t gotten out of head.
“I Like It” and “Rising In My Heart” are really slow, not bad but reminds me of old movies from the 30s and 40s or I Love Lucy were old people get drunk in the Copacabana nightclubs. The next two songs are all instrumental with a “big band” feel to it. The last song “Street Walkin’ Woman” sounds straight out of a musical. All songs are sung in English and would be suitable for nightclubs with an older clientele and charity functions. Saddest Crying- The Unresponsible Reason Saddest Crying’s debut EP is a little underwhelming. All five tracks are compiled from various samplers and compilation tracks they’ve performed over the years and is available to download for free. If you’re a fan of screamo and hardcore music you’ll know what to expect here.
The first four tracks are scream-fulled and although generic does have some charm. The last song, “Crying,” slows it down a whole lot with essentially an acoustic guitar and the singer singing about getting kicked out his house. Most of these songs are of demo quality which is not surprising.
THE ALBUMS ELLEGARDEN- ELLEGARDEN BEST 19982008 Two months after announcing their indefinite hiatus, ELLEGARDEN’s record label releases their “best of” album. Normally I would complain “why wasn’t this track included?” but frankly I don’t have time for that.
I’m more worried about the band and how long this “hiatus” will last. Look at blink-182, same kind of band same situation. Their band members haven’t talked to each other in nearly 5 years. Will this happen to ELLEGARDEN? Punk history says yes, most likely.
Doom and gloom aside they could use a break, they’ve essentially been putting out the same album for years now. Not that that’s a bad thing for fans but is constrictive to the band members themselves.
ELLEGARDEN BEST does a good job of compiling some of my favorite tracks like “Salamander,” “My Favorite Song,” “Red Hot,” and “Make A Wish.” My only gripe is the disproportionate Japanese language tracks on this compilation. There was never more than 1 or 2 full Japanese language songs on ELLEGARDEN’s albums but yet there’s a total of 6 on their best of. It just seems a bit “off” to me, like the label is trying to push them to something they’re not. I’m pretty sure there’s no new tracks on this compilation. This is a decent tribute to the band, but it just doesn’t compare to listening to the actually albums themselves. Genki Rockets- I -Heavenly Star- We waited a yearfor this? Nevermind the amazing singles “Heavenly Star,” “Star Line,” and “Breeze,” once you take out all the previously released material, remixes, and interludes (which are essentially chopped up parts of the singles) we have a total of four new songs.
And they’re not that great either. “I Will” and “Star Surfer” are similar to the very disappointing single “Smile” while “Never Ever” is a straight up ballad with nothing but piano. “Fly,” while definitely not as catchy as the aforementioned “amazing” singles, is actually a decent pop song. The album ends with a Japanese language version of “Star Line” and two more remixes of “Breeze.” I personally think this is a big step down for the make believe pop artist. The first two singles are a much better purchase than this.
(-) Good 4 Nothing- Swallowing Aliens Only so many Japanese blink-182 wannabes can be as good as ELLEGARDEN. For those interested, Swallowing Aliens has more of a Take Off Your Pants and Jacket/Enema of the State (RIP Jerry Finn!) feel to it. I honestly thought I would write a scathing review of this album but I can’t bring myself to do it, even if “Proof of my life” sounds strikingly identical to blink 182’s “Roller Coaster.” There’s some charm here that brings me back to my high school years when all I listened to was pop-punk.
I also have to give them props for singing in English, and using the “f-” word, even if I can’t understand half the things they’re saying. With repeated listens I think this may live up to some of the great Japanese pop-punk bands like ELLEGARDEN, enie meenie, Ken Yokoyama, and Nicotine. Imitation is the best form of flattery. MONGOL800- etc. Works I’m pretty sure this is a b-sides album. I’ve seen a couple of the “featuring” tracks on other singles/albums not by the band, it has no album flow, and “etc.” simply implies b-sides.
But I’m not interested enough to research it. There’s actually a lot of really great tunes on this compilation even though the band genre-hops on every single track. The album starts off strong with a ska punk song with plenty of handclaps during the chorus.
The second track continues with another high energy song with some girl shouting in the background. The first “featuring” track with Black Bottom Brass Head is full on ska as well as the song featuring Skaymates (who also did some ska songs with the BEAT CRUSADERS!). “Nasaki” featuring Ryukyudisko (who also did a techno song with the BEAT CRUSADERS!) is the only song I’ve previously heard coming into the album. The twelfth track “Momo” featuring Koja Misako is a nice traditional Japanese song with traditional wind instruments and chanting. It’s refreshing to see a modern punk band, of all things, return to their cultural roots. There’s a lot of interesting punk and ska songs on here with new and old school flavor.
I liked it a lot. (.) Orange Range- Panic Fancy Panic Fancy is the latest bore of an album from J-poppers Orange Range. Despite the electrifying album title, there’s more ballads on here than anything. It’s kind of pathetic. This band hasn’t been important since they released “Asterisk” from the anime Bleach.
There’s some decent jazz/ska influenced songs on the album such as “Happy Birthday Yeah! Wow!” “Ika Summer,” and (unfortunately not a Micheal Jackson cover song) “Beat It.” The nanana’s on “Ikenai Taiyou” are somewhat infectious and the violin on “Jitsugen Touhi” is cool. Fans of Orange Range will likely eat this up but it’s highly forgettable for the rest of us.
(-) Versailles- Noble I gave up on visual-kei years ago but to my surprise I’ve been following this band since they released their first single “The Revenant Choir.” Could it be their Victorian attire? The grinding 80s metal guitars?
Or their ridiculously long spoken intros? Let’s start off with the familiar. “The Revenant Choir” choir is included here, twice; the original “International Edition” with spoken word intro and one without (pointless?). I always thought this song would go great on Guitar Hero if Sony wasn’t racist. All three songs from the A noble was born into chaos single is included here. Apparently, it was only sold at their shows so now their home-bound fans can enjoy such classics as the “Aristocrat’s Symphony.” For some reason, none of the tracks from the Lyrical Symphony mini-album are included, not even “Red Carpet Day” their best song! Overall this is an OK album.
This is the type of music I put on when I’m doing mundane work like cleaning my room or writing papers. There’s nothing too exciting but enough for me to randomly get up and shred a mean air guitar if I feel like it.
(.) Wagdug Futuristic Unity- HAKAI(初回生産限定盤) Wagdug is the latest project from Hiroshi Kyono of The Mad Capsule Markets. I’ve never seen a debut album so star-studded. We have DJ Starscream of Slipknot on “Hakai,” Chino Moreno of deftones on “Wall,” Ryo Kawakita from Maximum the Hormone on “Systematic People,” and Justice (one of my favorite techno groups, similar to Daft Punk) on “X-Stereo.” Musically, it’s hard to describe Wagdug Futuristic Unity. There’s a lot of screaming, loud bass, even some rap but it’s definitely more in the techno/dance genre but dark. Some of my favorite songs from last year’s mini-album are included here such as “Mass Compression” and “Mad Saturator.” This is the kind of music you blast in your car when you have a serious case of road rage zooming down the highway cutting people off.
It’s hard to pick one stand out track because they all work so well. (.) PICK OF THE MONTH Saw Loser- Hits Hit the Fans As my friends know I’m a sucker for cover songs and Saw Loser have delivered on this album! Saw Loser is a punk quartet with members from Australia, Japan, and the United States that somehow relocated and based themselves in Singapore.
Hits Hit the Fans was originally titled the Punk’d Up EP but new songs were recorded for a full-length album and released a few months later. The album starts off strong with an instrumental version of the Godzilla theme and abruptly jumps into James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful.” My favorite tracks are Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon,” Culture Club’s “Karma Chameleon,” and The Cure’s “Friday I’m In Love.” The only song I’m not feeling is “I’ll Be There For You,” probably because of my personal vendetta on all things Friends. The cover album is a great mix of newer and older pop songs. There’s at least one song on here for everybody to love.
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WHAT TO LOOK FOR NEXT MONTH D’espairsRay- Kamikaze: This will be the first time I’m listening to the band. Will I like or hate them? Considering how late I posted this column I’ve already heard most of the releases in this section, this single included.
But I won’t tell you until next month! Detroit Metal City- Satsugai: The theme song for the upcoming live action Detroit Metal City movie.
GOLLBETTY- Betty’s Buggy: Second full-length album from chick ska band GOLLBETTY. NICO Touches the Walls- Broken Youth: When I wrote about this band in last month’s column, I never expected to see them perform the latest theme song from Naruto Shippuden. I feel sort of betrayed, like when BEAT CRUSADERS announced “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight” would be the new theme for Bleach. Nevertheless, despite my hatred for all things Naruto this is a good career move for them. Oddly enough, my post on NICO’s Bungy single has jumped up several hundred views the past couple of weeks Posted in,. My latest attempt at a listen and review article.
The plan is to post one of these at the end of every month with my opinions on this month’s releases. In addition, at the end of every post you will find my “hype” list for the following month. However, thanks to Wizard World and Wall-E last weekend this first one has come a little late! But enjoy it anyway. Comments, etc. Would be appreciated. I added myspace pages where available so you can listen to the artist.
I was going to post videos but youtube deletes them the day after I post them sowhy bother. Any release with a (.) after the review is highly recommended. THE SINGLES DOPING PANDA- Beautiful Survivor DOPING PANDA’s latest single comes 3 months after their 3rd full length album Dopamaniacs. “Beautiful Survivor” is your typical Dopan song with sweeping synth beats and a catchy chorus. The b-side “We say we love each other” has a more laid back r&b style.
Over-all, this isn’t a groundbreaking single that brings DOPING PANDA into new musical territory like “Miracle” or “I’ll Be There” did but will undoubtedly please the fan’s fix. Genki Rockets- Star Line/Smile And then it dawned it on me half way through “Smile,” Genki Rockets sounds a lot like Hilary Duff. The lyrics are cheesy and sound like it was written by a pre-teen.
Yeah I was a little disappointed with this one. Last summer, this “computer experiment” released the really great “Heavenly Star” and “Breeze” singles which had a great techno beat and were super happy. Although “Smile” was a let down, “Star Line” was pretty great. The song has a rock beat but has a very catchy chorus. The remixes are fun but absolutely forgettable. Their first full-length is supposed to come out tomorrow so I still have hope. NICO Touches the Walls- The Bungy A random download worth noting.
“The Bungy” is a really fun song with a lot of handclaps and country twanging. The b-side “Simon Said” is much slower with a lot more emphasis on vocals. The band hasn’t released a full length album yet but have another new single coming out in August. They’ve been put on my radar. (.) THE ALBUMS Asian Kung-Fu Generation- Imada Minu Asu Ni Arriving three months after their last full-length album, I didn’t see this coming. I just found it randomly on my torrent site and assumed it was an old release with higher bit rate. This mini-album compiles 6 b-sides from World, World, World.
It sounds a lot like their old songs but none of them are very distinguishing or memorable. I can see why they were left on the cutting room floor. Ketchup mania- F.L.A.G. I came into this album expecting ska but what I got was uber fast punk rock with a tint of metal. Songs here are simple with repetitious lyrics but that’s not a bad thing. Many songs such as “BAD! BAD!,” “Please!
Marry Me,” and “Just a Mess!” essentially repeat the title of the song over and over. Now that you mention it, half the songs have an exclamation point in their title! Song’s like “Ping-Pong” venture into metal territory and sounds similar to Maximum the Hormone. It’s hard not to smile when listening to this album. From track one, Ketchup Mania has never backed down on this album. Each song is faster and catchier than the one before it.
With their increased exposure in America, I think we can expect great things from them in the future. (.) Locofrank- BRAND-NEW OLD-STYLE As the album title implies, if you expected anything less than the sweet pop-punk they’ve always made, you’re a fool. The new album continues with their full Engrish vocals that are more incomprehensible than ever. Seriously, if an English speaking population can’t make sense of your lyrics, why bother? It just sounds a lot like whining. The Novembers- Picnic Gotta love picnics.
A smorgasbord or sandwiches, cheeses, bread, etc. Simply put, The Novembers debut album brings nothing unique to the picnic table.
It’s the same J-rock song over and over. It doesn’t get interesting until the singer starts screaming half-way through the ninth track.
As disappointed as I was, I gotta give props to the artist who drew the album cover for this and their debut EP. Perfect Piano Lesson- Terra Incognita I have to say, I was disappointed the first time I listened to this band. Perhaps because their song titles implied “dance band” and what I got was “indie rock.” I’m proud to say my opinion of perfect piano lesson has changed dramatically with this release. They have took on a post-rock atmosphere with this latest mini-album.
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Actually, they remind me of one of my greatest J-Rock finds from last year– eksperimentoj. Although piano’s songs are shorter, both bands sing in ok English and have great guitar work (and they both have an epic 7-minute track by the name “untitled”). “Death At the Library” is great and I love the gang vocals on “Electric City.” (.) the pillows- Pied Piper Just because you’re signed to a major label doesn’t mean you have to make shitty pop music!
“I am scarecrowoh,” remember that horror of a tune from their last album? Well, luckily the pillows realized it was shit and moved back to their rock n’ roll roots with PIED PIPER. This is such a dramatic improvement it has actually rejuvenated my interest in the band and they’re one of my favorites again.
The album contains the singles “New Surrender,” “Ladybird Girl,” and my favorite, the heavy ska influenced “Tokyo Bambi” featuring the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. In addition we get another great instrumental named “Tokyo Zombie” and even a little cello in “Last Holiday.” My other favorite is easily the hand clap laden “Purple Apple” which has been on repeat the past few days. (.) PICK OF THE MONTH BEAT CRUSADERS-popdod What a surprise, he chose the new BEAT CRUSADERS album as the pick of the month? Coming a year after their last album, EPopMaking, and after only one single (wasn’t it like 5 or 6 last time?) “Winterlong,” this came as quite a surprise.
Popdod celebrates the 10th anniversary of the band as well as Toru Hidaka’s 40th birthday. The album starts off with their latest single “Time Flies, Everything Goes,” a feel good song. In fact, they all are. If you’ve ever listened to the band before, you’ll know to expect. My favorite songs are “Work It Out,” the traditional 1 experimental techno song per BECR album, and “Chinese Jet Song,” which has a great call and response chorus. “Summer End” is a bit more mainstream rock, and feels similar to past songs “Say Goodnight” or “Zenith.” The album ends with “Jive” whose style hails back to their good old indie days.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR NEXT MONTH Electrico- We Satellites: Third full length album. Considering that I haven’t been able to find their first two albums legally or illegally, I doubt I will be able to review this. ELLEGARDEN- ELLEGARDEN BEST (1999-2008 ): Weak. First off, it should be titled “1999-2006” since they haven’t released anything since Eleven Fire Crackers.
You will be missed. Pdq inventory keygen 2016 and software. Enie meenie- Fantasy of Life: At least this band will carry ELLEGARDEN’s torch. Semi-cheesy pop-punk with neat synthesizers.
They remind me of old school Motion City Soundtrack. GALLOW- TOO VIRGIN!!: This band is in one way, shape, or form related to Toru Hidaka of BEAT CRUSADERS. Therefore it must be good. GENKI ROCKETS- I -Heavenly Star-: This has been delayed several months now so we’ll see. Saw Loser- Hits Hit the Fan: These guys have been blowing up around Asia the past few years. This album contains 10 classic cover songs such as “You’re Beautiful” and “Fly Me to the Moon.” Versailles- Noble: “OMG, he’s excited about a visual-kei band?” YeahI was shocked too.
This is their 2nd shot at a “full-length” album. They remembered “The Revenant Choir” this time. See you next month! Posted in,. I stumbled on this while browsing myspace today.
I’m not sure when this was posted but definitely during the last 1-2 weeks: “ELLEGARDEN has been in the process of creating a new album since last year, however, during the band’s activities, there arose a difference in opinion regarding the motivation for creating a new album. We no longer feel we are able to create an album that we would be satisfied with, and after much discussion we arrived at the conclusion to end the creation of the album and suspend the band’s activities indefinitely. All previously decided shows (including shows not yet announced) up until early September 2008 will still be performed. We want to thank everyone who has supported ELLEGARDEN from the bottom of our hearts. In order to once again create new music as ELLEGARDEN, each of us wants to work on our own personal growth and development. Thank you for everything.
ELLEGARDEN Leader, Shinichi Ubukata” CD Japan just put up a listing for an ELLEGARDEN “best of,” which is never a good sign, this morning. Will come out July 2nd and contain 21 tracks.
An unfitting name as they haven’t released a damn thing since 2006. Looks like these guys are slowly going the way of Blink 182 Posted in. I wish you a merry Christmas!
Last night, I went ahead and uploaded three Christmas inspired J-rock songs to my Box.net media player. They will stay up until the second week of January then I’ll switch back to the old songs I had up.
If you have any other J-rock Christmas songs to share, please post them in the replies, I would love to hear them! -The Cherry Coke$- “Auld Lang Syne” -Ellegarden- “Santa Claus” -L’arcenciel- “Hurry Xmas” edit: the picture is Koyuki from BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, one of my favorite anime.
I drew the Santa Claus hat on him myself using MS Paint. I know, it’s pretty bad ^^ Posted in,. For those of you who haven’t visited our page lately, we wanted to make sure you knew about a couple of things we’ve got going on:.Show in LA! Ellegarden will be playing a rare Stateside show at LA’s Knitting Factory on Tuesday July 24th. Tickets are on sale now and you can grab them through knittingfactory.com. Eleven Firecrackers Release!
We know you know already, but a reminder that Eleven Firecrackers will finally be in stores in the US on July 31st! If you can’t wait that long, you can grab it from iTunes USA, and while you’re there, you can check out the digital only EP Figureheads that’s available now as well. Videos up on myspace! We’ve gotten 3 videos up in our.
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Feel free to check them out and leave us a comment!.Buddy Icons! Now you can show your love for Ellegarden while instant messaging. Download our new AIM icons from our home page on myspace. Ok, now that we’ve overwhelmed you, we’ll stop. Thank you to everyone who’s been participating in our US contest.
We hope you’re having fun. We’ll keep you updated with news. Have a great weekend!
Ellegarden’s US team For those who are curious, here’s the tracklist for Figureheads. The album cover is a reworked version of the original Japanese cover for. The Autumn Song 2. Middle of Nowhere 10. I Hate It Posted in,.
. Fs2004 downloads. Length 39: 20 Maniac Records Universal D Toshihiro Nara (Tracks 1,3,4,5) (Track 2) Masatoshi Sakanoue chronology (2002) 2002 Born (2004) (2005) 2005 Born is an released by on April 28, 2004. The CD was re-released, excluding the DVD on July 21, 2004 because the album had sold out within a small amount of time. Track listing Disc One All lyrics written by Hizumi; all music composed by Karyu.
Title Length 1. 'Born' 4:49 2. 'Marry of the Blood' 8:45 3.
'Murder Freaks' 4:52 4. 'Yami ni Furu Kiseki ( 闇に降る奇跡)' 6:39 5.
'Quarter Void' 4:31 83. 'Secret Track ( @シークレット・トラック@)' 1:56 Disc Two (DVD, first pressing only). ' - 4:24.
'Marry of the Blood' features violin. Track 83 is a hidden track. It features an acoustic version of Yami ni Furu Kiseki's chorus.
The lyrics to 'Marry of the Blood' are printed entirely in English in the booklet, although only parts of the song are in English. The songs 'Marry of the Blood' and 'Yami ni Furu Kiseki' are re-recordings of the same songs on the single. The song 'Murder Freaks' is a re-recording of the same song on the EP. The songs 'Born' and 'Marry of the Blood' were remixed for the album, and 'Yami ni Furu Kiseki' was remixed for the single. In the lyrics credits for the songs, Hizumi's name is misprinted as 'Hizmi' within the booklet.
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