Blood Music

Now Listening #2

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:20:34 -0800

I've listened to Landy Wen in the past, but I never thought she was particularly compelling. That opinion still stands. But her new album, Dancing Queen, is. It really sounds very little like her older work, instead channeling influence from b...

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DEAD END - Princess

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:08:41 -0700

So, this is what you get when the most legendary of Jrock bands decides to reunite something like 20 years after their breakup. No one-shot reunion live and promises of a possible new release, no failed concert tours and bogus promises of some k...

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Artists whose last few releases have been massive piles of crap

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:05:13 -0700

Or at least, very very disappointing. 1.Merry - might as well start with my favorite. It pains me to say this, but I literally cringe whenever I hear they might be releasing something new. In this case, it's their last two albums, and whateve...

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The new MUCC

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:13:08 -0700

1.daikirai 2006 2.waga, arubeki basho 3.nageki tori to doukenin 4.rojiura boku to kimi e 5.monokuro no keshiki 6.saishuu ressha 7.kokoro no nai machi 8.gokusai 9.gerbera 10.libra 11.fukuro no yurikago 12.chain ring 13.anjelier 14.fuzz 15.ageha 16....

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REVIEW: lynch. - SHADOWS

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:40:08 -0700

Oh look, a Jrock review after so long, lol. This is Lynch's new album, and tbh, I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. Lynch does have a tendency to sound repetitive a lot, and even though I adored ADORE, the second advance single was j...

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3-2-1...

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:06:46 -0700

I'm stealing a meme, that's new. Actually I just found this site with great music questions. Maybe I'll try incorporating them more for inspiration. 3 songs you can't get enough of right now 1.Lucky Me - Vanness Wu (吳建豪) Ok, this is not a styl...

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Chinese Music 101

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:12:34 -0700

As I said in my previous post, I'm really into Chinese music lately. Since late last year, I've been getting more and more into it, and like with any musical obsession of mine, I pay good attention to finding out more and more. I started out wit...

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ARTIST PROFILE: Shou ren 瘦人

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:23:41 -0700

So, I am more into Chinese music than anything else these days. You probably cannot tell that from this blog, because I've still been reviewing mostly Japanese things. But anyways, yes I am. Lately I've been trying to find some more rock bands,...

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GLAY – I am xxx

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:57:57 -0700

This isn't exactly a standard review, because it's only one song. But holy crap almighty is it an awesome song. I won't even take forever to say this, because it's obvious right from the start that it's going to be awesome. Let's start with th...

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Nicholas Tse - Reborn live disc 1

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:01:52 -0700

Pros: * A bunch of my favorite songs * The shredding in 'Makes No Sense' was pretty cool * Lemon was hot, Lemon is always hot so that's a wash * The last song Cons: * Wtf was with the musicians all being in the pit and then sounding like they...

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