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Post by tangerinesun on Oct 7, 2017 14:13:53 GMT -5
This beautifully lit video is well worth watching even if it is just to see the drummer's twin tails. Mmm... twin tails. Girls Rock Band Revolution - No Regret. 'No Regret' at YTDidn't get to see enough of the drummer? Haven't heard Cannon Rock for a while... Junna's drum cover of 'Canon Rock' at YTHoly Mary Mother of Cats. Osaka Forever. I've always passed on these guys because of the "conventional rock" tag. That was a big miss. This is kind of like sugar 'N' spice with its finger in a light socket. Pokes like this is why I'm glad I come here, no lie. Drummer Junna daisuki, twintails, no tails, no hair, don't care. When she rocks the kit, the kit actually does rock. Cinder blocks in blankets were invented just for her. The swishy cymbal bits at the end are like a gorilla petting a kitten. Good Pachelbel joke, but once was already enough for that. It rocks much harder as a demo than as a song. Band website in Japanese: girlsrockbandkakumei.com/Artrepo profile (which they like) in Japanese: art-repo.com/2017/02/28/194/
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Post by tangerinesun on Oct 7, 2017 19:32:33 GMT -5
Another chapter in the S/M drama of managers and idols... BiS leader suspended by manager for failing to meet weight target
2017 SEP 26 by Patrick St. Michiel for SBS PopAsia www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2017/09/26/bis-leader-suspended-manager... Pour Lui, the leader and founder of idol group BiS, has been suspended from the group for the near future, including for an upcoming show at Tokyo’s Akasaka BLITZ, because she failed to reach a target weight by a set deadline… This is the meltdown of a co-marketing campaign between BiS and Japanese fitness retailers Rizap. The St. Michel article sketches out how it developed. All the manufactured drama garnered the hoped for attention at first, but they didn't calculate the consequences of failure, in case Pour Lui didn't make weight by the published deadline. 〜〜〜 Pour Lui said about the old BiS that she conceived the entire act as a way to spite the ambitions of Junnosuke Watanabe, who was managing then as now. That worked out unbelievably well, but when the spiting is going the other way the fans are hating it. Much to their credit. The news brought negative attention outside the music press. It's bad for the group and it's bad for the personal training chain — their method didn't get the result on time, and people are speaking against the focus on weight loss which is their major selling point. 〜〜〜 There's not much BiS can do at the moment to get out of the corner they painted themselves into — unless they admit that the whole thing was a stunt they don't care about anymore, which makes fools of the public they were stringing along. Original BiS would have thought of a way to use this to subvert idolism once again, but I don't know if any of that spirit remains. Pour Lui's Twitter stream since mid-September consists mostly of tweeting "Fuuuuuuuu=3" once a day. She's the one who has all of the responsibility of not coming through for BiS and its partner. Not very fun, because... money money money.
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Post by tangerinesun on Oct 7, 2017 19:43:57 GMT -5
HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY TAMUI'm 25 years old! It's a drumming day and I'm very happy! What's more, the surprise present of an alto sax. I tweeted the other day that I was told new ones were out of stock and I would buy it myself at a later date, so I was really surprised and the tears started lol Everyone, I'll never forget the feeling of gratitude and I'll continue working hard in the future!I'm still totally crappy though lol I've practiced every day since I got my present! It's really fun! I want to go somewhere to learn properly before I get any strange habits!Practicing with an old tune she learned in Soramimi (R.I.P) It is a handsome little beast. Just tuning the pedal, why is everyone looking at me? Today I was filming for MusicBB 😋 So, I remembered that I haven't changed my pedal spring for many years (the last time I used it till it snapped)
When I tried the new guy I was excited that it's 10 times easier to step on. The spring… being successfully looked after……profound 👾
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Post by thegl0r on Oct 21, 2017 10:25:15 GMT -5
sylph emew
A bit rock... and a bit emo(?) Still kinda fun...
At Busan Rock Festival 2017
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Post by tangerinesun on Oct 23, 2017 20:30:19 GMT -5
They say emo/rock/pop, I say Metaltic Anime Opener Music Ramu, another attention-loving 150cm party professional dynamo in mid-calf Docs. The ultra-telephoto at Busan makes her look even more like Tinkerbell. They're a 5-piece, but gt. K stayed home that day for some reason. 〜〜〜 They're busy on Twitter as @sylph emew official Otherwise, they neglect their internet selves a little. Official HP sylphemew.syncl.jp/Official LINE blog lineblog.me/sylphemew/Release PR at JROCK NEWS: sylph emew releases first EP and music video “Menhera Circus”
2016 APR 05 by NBT for JROCK NEWS www.jrocknews.com/2016/04/sylph-emew-releases-first-ep-music-video-menhera-circus.htmlIn the past, these guys shared a stage with the splendid band UPLIFT SPICE— now known as THE MUSMUS, and is now about to hit off their release party this coming weekend, to feature bands such as BAND-MAID, dolls, ANARCHY STONE and more…
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Post by tangerinesun on Oct 23, 2017 21:33:11 GMT -5
Let's classic SHAKALABBITS on music television!SHAKALABBITS in English at JpopAsia www.jpopasia.com/shakalabbits/Their name history at JpopAsia is all mangled. The full account is, the band mashed up Shaka: —and— Rabbits: | Japanese for Shakya, the clan name of Siddhārtha Gautama a.k.a Shakyamuni Buddha
Lead singer Uki's favorite animal, with a regional spin on the pronunciation |
In legend, the members apparently persuaded themselves that shaka labbit was phonetically equivalent to the English "Ska Love It" ( SUKA·RABU·ITTO). New lineup, new name, off and running! PICAYUNE EDIT: The name is probably sort of an evolution of their original one, which was 住-SHOCK ( Juu-SHOCK or "Housing-SHOCK"). Wikipedia says drummer MAH favored Casio G-SHOCK wristwatches. "Juu-SHOCK" sounds like a play on G-SHOCK, and they met at music school in Tokyo, which is always in an affordable housing crisis. 〜〜〜 Relationship trouble, sigh. The whales are migrating, let's go to the beach. Mynah birds love seafaring almost as much as ska. 多部未華子 SHAKALABBITS2008 OCT 08 by mutariah (04:31) Mikako Tabe MTV SHAKALABBITS 「シルク」("Silk") from 2006, this made it onto the 2007 album for Xtra Large Records, Uso o maze konda shinjitsu no SŪPU, "Soup of Truth Full of Blended Lies." Mikako Tabe is the actress with the cool bird and bicycle. Urei no ame agatte futari de kake you SHIRUKU no kumo miageta sekai ga toumei ni mieru Mada sukoshi kaze wa atatakai Sonoato de kimi wa iu mabushi-sou ni
Naki waratte boku wa okubyou mono dakara Michi wo sorashite mitari Kaki mushitte sono tabi asa ga mienaku naru Wasurete ikun da boku wo
| A rain of grief rising a couple looking about to depart I raised my eyes toward the silken clouds the world seeming transparent The slight breeze is still warm Afterwards you say looking dazzled
Laughing and crying because I'm a coward Turning away from the proper path Plucking every morning becoming invisible Go away and forget about me |
Primitive girl in a modern world. There was enough budget for a big white photo set for an afternoon. Remember the dancing iTunes silhouette people with their white accessory cables? Cords, quaint. SHAKALABBITS - parade2009 APR 08 by westanpton (03:51) PV. I cut out the black bars and tried to make the aspect ratio 16:9.From the 2005 album Crimson Square, also later Mushroomcat Record (2008). Shuichi Banba directed this and a list of other MVs a mile long. Where they found the locations, I don't know. One commenter said they played this tune on what was promoted as the 1999-2017 Last Tour, which ended on the cancellation of the entire 2017 Yakiniku Rock Fest due to a badly timed typhoon. King, the gentleman in the knit beanie dragging the destroyed Schechter-like bass guitar, had already quit toward the end of 2011. The band's official bio insists that "even now the vigor of the rabbits is unabated." I've heard that one from bands on hiatus before. Kara ni natte te wo nobashita yuugure ni Nakidashi sou na kage hebari tsuiteta SUTADZU sabaku orenji raito no naka Muon no pareedo ashi hikizuri nagara
Danzokuteki na dorama rain Itami ni maketa ashiato Doko e mukau hazu datta no Ima mo oboeteru deshou
Soba de waratteite yoru o matsu hoshi mo Sabishiku wa nai yo kon'na yowai hikari demo Kimi o tomosu michi | Growing empty, I reached out a hand in the falling dusk I was clinging to a shadow, as if about to burst into tears In the middle of a desert studded with orange lights All the while a silent parade of dragging feet
An on-again off-again drum line Footsteps giving in to the ache Where did they think they were going? It seems I remember it even now
Laughing on the sidelines, the stars too are waiting for the night But it's not lonely, even with such weak light Lighting the way to you |
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Post by tangerinesun on Oct 27, 2017 5:28:19 GMT -5
BimBamBoom @shelter 2017.10.252017 OCT 26 by Info BimBamBoom (03:51) [ Pikaichi ] BimBamBoom & SHELTER presents「Tokyo Special Sauce Vol.06」 2017.10.25 (WED) Tokyo Shimokitazawa SHELTERThe coarse-yet-soft image, the filmy refraction rainbows, the ceaselessly hunting auto-focus… the kind-of decent audio… it's another zoomed phone video from the back of a bar! Everything good and bad about this band is right here at the close of their set. The Bad No front person No vocals worth mentioning No stage charisma Not really an original sound Just one of 150 shows this year Feeling a little fatigued, TBH | OTOH... The music does the talking They deal with it by not dealing with it They're musicians, not circus ponies It's a flawless interpretation But they deliver as hard as they can Sometimes you wish you could just make records | The Good The guitarist is a rocker The chanting is cute sometimes They still blow like an ocean gale Virtuosity is its own reward Ensemble playing so tight it squeaks 75% from BBB beats 110% from many others |
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Post by thegl0r on Nov 2, 2017 11:14:00 GMT -5
An oldie from 1975 shot on a cute film set. 年下の男の子 in HD (Toshishita no Otokonoko) (Younger Boys) by the Candies (キャンディーズ) Youtube upload by Candies Japan I was led to this song by THE TOMBOYS giving us their latest "Favourite" cover song.
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Post by tangerinesun on Nov 2, 2017 17:17:11 GMT -5
Yay, younger boys (all raise fists). That stage set is distractingly goofy. This was a #9 charting single in 1975, #42 for the year at Oricon. Forty years later, almost in the same nostalgia class with "Bicycle Built for Two". Samishigariya de namaiki de Nikurashii kedo suki na no L·O·V·E nage kissu Watashi no koto suki kashira hakkiri kikasete Botan no tore teru POKETTO Yogorete marumeta HANKACHI Aitsu wa aitsu wa kawaii toshishita no otokonoko | He's a lonely guy but cocky Detestable but I like him A thrown kiss L·O·V·E I wonder if he likes me let me hear it clearly Pocket missing a button A dirty balled-up handkerchief That guy, that guy, he's adorable a younger boy |
One of those times when you need a whole breath just to say, "male child of lesser years." 〜〜〜 Candies had 8 singles in the Top 10, though they lasted just 4 years, 1973–77. They dissolved the band by pronouncing, "Futsuu no onnanoko ni modoritai"
(We want to go back to being ordinary girls), a phrase that became sort of a template for these announcements. I remember that, when Keihan Girl broke up, Yukarin said, "I'm sick of this, I'm going home," and Ritsuko resorted to, "I want to go back to being an ordinary girl." None of them was telling the whole truth. The standard history says Candies always thought about a reunion that never happened. Candies at EN Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candies_(group)
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Post by tangerinesun on Nov 3, 2017 21:30:08 GMT -5
Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her - No Star (Official PV)2013 JUN 13 by Aiha Higurashi (03:15) The official PV of "No Star" taken from the album No! No! No! (2000, Polystar, PSCR-5861)Amazon (JP): amzn.to/13HZh6sAiha Higurashi and Nao Koyama in a one-trick MV that Cibo Matto could have liked.
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Post by tangerinesun on Nov 3, 2017 21:48:15 GMT -5
A nice retro-hour you can spend with people you'll never see listening to songs you'll never hear again in 480-line splendor some evening. EMTG Music reported on the show at the time (Japanese). SHAKALABBITS, LIVE TOUR 2012 "Condenser Baby"Report on the culminating Tokyo performance! 2012 JUN 21, interview and written by Yuichi Hirayama for EMTG Music music.emtg.jp/liveReport/201206015506b8ebaThe audience have been anxious for a long time over the band's survival crisis of last year. Now, with the band showing such an energetic appearance, they explode with joy. The writer collected some quotes at gatherings after the show. Vo. UKI: "It was fun, I feel like I'm going to throw up (laughs)."Gt. TAKE-C: "I was thinking in the bath about what you said yesterday. When you have everybody there in front of you, it blows you away."Ba. YOSUKE: " What impressed me the most just coming into SHAKALABBITS was the way they would call out my name. Will that gradually get stronger, do you think? I'm grateful to everybody." Dr. MAH: " Even though we've been overwhelmed by a lot of different things, I feel we became a little more powerful. The band's momentum has even increased, I feel." UKI: " Out of Neo·Shakalabbits will come Next Shakalabbits."
They're "Neo·Shakalabbits" because original member KING calamitously quit after recording his tracks for the Condenser Baby album. Gt. TAKE-C's younger brother YOSUKE joined hastily on bass so they could get this release tour on. Around 08:30, he's introduced by UKI in her droopy green tulle superfairy cape as the Bass Man, and a good cook. NEO·SHAKALABBITS Condenser Baby 75-minute Live at Studio CoastSHAKALABBITS Condenser Baby Tour @ Shinkiba Studio Coast Live Full2015 MAY 19 by shaka love It (01:20:32) Not a lot of ska here, it's pretty straight rock and power-pop at COAST in Tokyo. Crowd's certainly up. The love is going around — aside from watching a great band with great pacing and a lot of heart that's been together forever, it's the best part about this recording. Their encore lasts longer than some people's whole act. It was shot for DVD, lightly edited, released only with the deluxe LE version of the BRACKISH mini-album. That came with a CD, a DVD, and a muffler towel for 5000 yen. Pony Canyon and the Labbits know how to take care of fans. Still in print. I wouldn't count on the towel, and it was a nice one, too. 〜〜〜 Their interrupted 1999–2017 Last Tour / "What Time Is It?" tour resumes at Studio COAST right about now, Saturday the 4th of November. And that is absolutely the last item on the schedule for this year before they punch out. Tickets for that are a healthy ¥5,500. Knowing them, there'll be another deluxe limited DVD.
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Post by lazybone712 on Nov 6, 2017 11:57:29 GMT -5
Hyuna:)
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Post by tangerinesun on Nov 29, 2017 3:09:10 GMT -5
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Post by thegl0r on Nov 30, 2017 8:42:13 GMT -5
Cool, I'll stick my new stuff there
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Post by tangerinesun on Dec 14, 2017 1:07:53 GMT -5
Return of DOLL$BOXXNo one is immuneEnd of rehearsal! We just have to put on the show!! Whoa! Let's do it!! DOLL$BOXX One-Man Live 2017.12.10 (Sun) EX Theater Roppongi www.ex-theater.com/access/ Doors at 16:00 / Curtain at 17:00 So... another band that acts like Animal Crossing is a place to meet up and rehearse. Isn't that what Nicovideo is for? #doubutsunomori #animalcrossingAs you may recall, vocalist/front Fuki is the secret added ingredient that turns the funky/crazy dance-pop Gacharic Spin into over-the-top visual rock machine Doll$Boxx. Their retro-goth military costuming is by the same studio that's dressed X JAPAN, GACKT, hyde, MIYAVI, and… Amy Lee, no less. I think the hatband is supposed to be dragon hide or something. Anyway, appropriate to an endeavor of this magnitude, they bypass epic on the way to all-out mythic. With a new band logo and cover art by the illustrator Masayuki Kojo, they are just wrapping a Japan tour for their new mini-album high$pec ("High Spec"), and it's going pretty well. They announced a solo show at Tokyo Dome City Hall for mid-April. The funnest, or most ludicrous, transformation is keys player Oreoreona from loose-cannon electro-vamp into a discreet living dead VK goddess in waxed-look duster, razor cut jeans, and black hime wig. Compare to the group in civilian clothes (with longtime all-purpose performer No.1 Mai at right): TMZ [ Tomo-zo ] 😭 It's gotten to be a long time between tweets 🙏 It's the end of the year, time passes too quickly〜🤣Running out 2017 with energy!! 💫 🐠 Mie prefecture 🐓 Chengde City ☀️ sunset 🍭 candles ✨ Although it does look like more like candies than candles. I can't really stand most of their songs, but it hardly matters since Japan Victor won't let me hear any in the US. The only backdoor in the Americas is their affiliate label Sliptrick Records. If blocked on YouTube, you can probably get a look at the MV for the single "HERO" on Sliptrick's page. "Seemingly paying tribute to Iron Maiden’s Wasted Years guitar intro, the song develops into yet another melodic, carefully crafted masterpiece. Some introspective moments here and there make the structure of the song pretty unpredictable, yet highly enjoyable."Tribute — roger, got it. In other words, it's an artfully backward-looking pastiche of stuff taken from all over the place and every moment has to be bigger than every other moment. But Gachapin gets a real workout, Tomo most of all. OK, I don't completely hate it. Fuki's got lungs!
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