If you're like me, you sometimes hear this song that just really gets stuck in your head. I call them "earworms" because once you hear them, they burrow deep into your head and stay there. (Kinda disgusting imagery, but there it is.) Here are my earworms for 2012 (with album or single title in parenthesis ( Read more... )

How about another "Best of" year-end list? Here are the top singles I had on instant replay throughout 2012 (in no particular order ( Read more... )

In the spirit of end-of-the year (but thankfully not end-of-the world) "Best of" lists, I thought I'd do a little pick list for my favorite albums of the year. Here's what I had on instant replay throughout 2012 (in no particular order ( Read more... )

For what it’s worth, this year I thought I’d do another year-in-visual-kei sort of summary for the past year. I dubbed 2011 as the Year of Visual Kei because for me, it was a year of discovery through music. I found a wealth of music and communities that made visual kei a big part of my life. This year, I think I’d call 2012 the Year of Change.

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I've just found out about a newly formed band called RUVISH, and I'm very much recommending them everywhere I can. They got together in May this year, and they're putting out their first 3-track single--"Kasanari"--on November 21. Let's just say that it's super rare for me to listen a short audio clip for a band I've never heard of before, and then ( Read more... )

This review covers Black Gene for the Next Scene's new single, "Namida -kHz-," released July 11. I bought the Regular Edition Type B with three tracks.

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This review covers D=OUT's new single, "Aisuru Hito," released May 2. I bought the Regular Edition with three tracks.

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This review covers D's new single, "Dying Message," released May 30. I bought the Type C Regular Edition with three tracks.

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This review covers ViViD's last single, "REAL," released May 16. I ended up buying the Regular Edition with five audio tracks.

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I'm so excited about this that I'm reposting my news blog entry here.

"Arcadia" and "Nirvana," the two newest single releases from visual band MUCC, are now available for MP3 download on iTunes and Amazon MP3. The "Arcadia" release features the title track, as well as the coupling tracks "Name" and the Thunder Groove version of "Fuzz." The newest " ( Read more... )