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Best of the 00s: 2003

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:57:04 -0800

The year I started caring less and less about American music. But there was a hell of a lot of good Japanese releases. Bands like El Dorado and Craze were heading towards the end, while others were just getting started. It's honestly a pretty h...

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Best of the 00s: 2002

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:36:10 -0800

What happened in 2002? I remember being in Victoria when we attacked...someone, either Iraq or Afghanistan, lol. Probably the former. Ahh well, it wasn't the most notable year in music, from what I remember. I was running out of things to list...

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Best of the 00's: 2001

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:59:13 -0800

Moving right along to the year the towers came down in NY. Award for best foreshadowing album title has to go to Megadeth. Climax - La'Mule 痛絶 - MUCC Sing Loud, Sing Proud - the Dropkick Murphys 604 - Ladytron The World Needs a Hero - Megadeth...

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Best of the 00s: 2000

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:09:22 -0800

Stealing this idea from Go. Counting down the best albums of each decade from now until New Year's Eve. Instead of my usual huge list, I'm only going to pick a few I found truly notable in all the years leading up to this one. The nominations, ...

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Music Explorer

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:17:28 -0800

KREVA - I'm not sure what lured me in about the Yellow Monkey cover. Maybe the use of all the autotune, which I find kinda cool most times. But upon downloading his newest album, I got bored pretty freaking quickly. I probably should have known...

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REVIEW: Sonata Arctica - The Days of Grays

nobody@vox.com(Raito) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:49:33 -0800

OH what is this? A non-Japanese review? Yes, in fact. I should be reviewing AIC, tbh. But I just got my grubby hands on this new album that again, I didn't realize was even out, lol. These guys are from Finland, but pretty much sing in Englis...

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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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