Sunsgrind has added a new song entitled “Piece of last one” from their new album Truth is eternal but with lies on their myspace.
Overground Acoustic Underground- Bamboo leaf boat
July 5, 2007Overground Acoustic Underground has posted a new song, “Bamboo leaf boat” on their myspace off their new EP all the way. I think you guys are in for a treat. Think a more folky non-angry Flogging Molly. Plus the singer, Martin, is Scottish-American (which may explain the genre style) who is fluent in English so don’t expect to be wincing your ears in mispronunciation.
OOIOO-UMO
July 2, 2007OOIOO’s newest video for Umo is a featured video on Youtube. If you don’t believe me click here 😉 Umo is on their album Taiga released last year. Very unique song.
Oreskaband panal review/US release
July 1, 2007Jonathon Mays has put up his Oreskaband panel review on AnimeNewsNetwork. They play at Anime Expo in sunny California today. In the review they announced that their cd (I’m assuming Wao!!) will be coming out in America this summer.
IMF channel (International Music Feed)
June 30, 2007I just bumped into their account while searching for Beat Crusaders videos on youtube. IMF is a 24 hour music video network which combines the best music in the US and around the world. It’s supposed to be available on Dish Network (channel 157), Verizon Fios, AT&T U-Verse, Sure West Broadband & Wide Open West. I have dish network but apparently it’s not part of my subscription. In any case I think it’s a great idea. They’ve uploaded a bunch of interviews from the channel on their youtube account. Here’s the Japanese videos they have so far:
Acid Android
Afra
An Cafe
Beat Crusaders
nobodyknows
Geneon Records thinks I’m an idiot
June 27, 2007during rightstuf’s recent Geneon sale, I ordered the Paranoia Agent soundtrack to complete my 10 for $50 order. So I’m flipping through the cd booklet last night and there’s this HUGE disclaimer on the first page that says
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| low quality sounds are often used deliberately in “Condition Boy” as per the composer’s intention. Although there are occasional noises and distortions, they are not due to the quality of this CD nor you CD player equipment. |
do they honestly believe that we’re so immature that we can’t understand why a musician records music like that? This is the Paranoia Agent soundtrack for god’s sake. Do they honestly believe immature audiences would actually sit through more than a couple of episodes when it was on TV let alone buy the soundtrack? It’s not even that bad I would’ve never noticed without the “warning.” This just pissed me off and it gets even worse:
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| Cautions in handling CD: -Please handle with care… -Please wipe the disc lightly with a soft cloth… …..Cautions in storing CD: -Please do not store the disc in places with direct sunlight… -Placing a heavy item on the plastic case, or dropping it will break the case and can cause injury… |
What year is this? I remember coming across these “directions” every once in a while back in the mid 90s when I started buying CDs. This CD was released in America in 2005. Do they honestly think it hasn’t sunk in to the American public yet? Most of us buy blank CD-Rs and burn stuff on them and just throw them around our house, our car. I think we can all agree through trial and error that when there’s a large scratch on the underside of a CD, IT WON’T WORK. And this isn’t the first Geneon CD I own with this message, it’s plastered over the entire lower half of the first two FLCL soundtracks (which look identical btw). I don’t know how they handled their more recent soundtrack releases but I can’t help but feel like they think I’m an idiot.
Pay for Dir en grey videos?
June 26, 2007You can now buy and watch footage from the latest DIR EN GREY
U.S. tour with the Deftones through the new BOOSTER·AFFILIATE CONTENTS.
Click on the link below or visit our blog for more information on how you can get these videos.
Is the US ready for ELLEGARDEN?
June 26, 2007Look’s like Ellegarden‘s got a street team for their US release of Eleven Fire Crackers which will hopefully get them more exposure in the states.
We’re getting closer and closer to the American release of Eleven Firecrackers and we want to celebrate! We’re going to ask for your help spreading the word about Ellegarden but we’re going to try to make it fun too. So, starting tomorrow we’re going to have a contest with a new task every week until July 31st. We’ll be posting the tasks in the blog section of our profile here on myspace. We’ll be picking winners at random and they will receive an Ellegarden prize pack that may include signed posters, signed cds, and much more!*
Thanks to everyone who has been so supportive and joined our ranks of fans and friends here! Stay tuned!
*We’re so sorry but for now we can only offer this contest to US residents.
DOPING PANDA
June 21, 2007It seems like every time I remember this band, a new single is out that I never heard announced. High Brid came out June 6 and it’s lead single is their cover song of “I’ll be there.” It’s catchy as hell. If this doesn’t get you dancing I don’t know what will.
COPTER4016882
June 20, 2007I made a post on my other blog today which almost never happens so I thought it’s only fair to drop a line here too. COPTER4016882 is a techno/dance/shibuya-kei band from the same label as Capsule and Perfume. I’ve been listening to the latest album 2D2D non-stop today. The following video is from that album.
J-Rock Explosion 