K-pop. Since Psy took over the world with Gangnam Style everybody knows the genre once reserved to Asians and the odd Westerner. While the vast majority of the newly reached audience only enjoyed the biggest Youtube hit ever, some, including me, dove deeper into the wide world of Korean Pop and got hooked. This is my account of acquiring a new addiction.
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Sep
25
Muse Returns!
Posted by Sandstorm in Music, Reviews on September 25th, 2012.Sep
25
Tags: 2nd, Absolution, Animals, Bellamy, Big Freeze, Chris, Dominic, Explorers, Follow, Howard, Isolated, Law, Liquid, Madness, Matt, Me, Muse, of, Origin, Panic, Resistance, review, Save, State, Station, Supremacy, Survival, Symmetry, System, The, Unsustainable, Wolstenholme
An absurdly biased review of the new Muse album The 2nd Law, written by a pretty hardcore fan.
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Mar
15
Asian Kung-Fu Generation – Mada Minu Ashita Ni
Posted by Sandstorm in Reviews on March 15th, 2009.Mar
15
Tags: ajikan, akfg, Asian, EP, Generation, JPop, kung-fu, review
Asian Kung-Fu Generation has had quite a productive year in 2008. They recorded and published a very good album in March and later on released an additional mini-album (or EP) in June and a second concept album in November. I got the last two albums in November and listened to them a lot of times, and now, after nearly 5 months I’ve found the time to write the review for one of them: Mada Minu Ashita Ni
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Apr
24
Weekly Album #5: MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular
Posted by Flo in Music, Weekly Album on April 24th, 2008.Apr
24
Tags: electric, Music, rock, stoned
MGMT is most definitly one of the most promising bands at the moment. When I first heard their “Time to Pretend” I really found their music quite interesting, I’ve never heard something like that before. Their music is original, full of feeling and above all, incredibly stoned. Oracular Spectacular is their first album, and it really is a great debut.
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Apr
05
Weekly Album #4: Gorillaz – Gorillaz
Posted by Flo in Music, Weekly Album on April 5th, 2008.Apr
05
Tags: album, Alternative, experimental
It’s quite some years ago that Gorillaz have released this self-named album, but it is still great, with songs like “Clint Eastwood” and “19-2000” that were great hits and made them the best virtual band there is. Yes, virtual, because the band only exists as the toon-figures Noodle, Russel, 2D and Murdoc who impersonate the whole team of great artists behind them.
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Mar
23
World World World by AKFG Album Review
Posted by Sandstorm in Music, Reviews on March 23rd, 2008.Mar
23
Tags: ajikan, Asian, Fu, Generation, Kung, review, world
The Japanese rock scene is a crowded one. Hundreds of bands make so-called Jrock and most of it is enormous crap. Luckily for us, there are some very good bands out there that really make good music. The best band is Asian Kung-Fu Generation and they’ve released their new album World World World.
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Mar
07
Weekly Album #2: The Hives – The Black and White Album
Posted by Flo in Music, Weekly Album on March 7th, 2008.Mar
07
Tags: album, garage rock, Music, punk rock
The Swedish band “The Hives” is one of the leading punk/garage rock bands. This is one of the reasons why I just can’t ignore their newest album, The Black And White Album. It’s their first album in three years since Tyrannosaurus Hives, and the music on this cd surprised me: it’s not the Hives as I know them.
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Mar
01
Weekly Album #1: Wolfmother’s Wolfmother
Posted by Flo in Music, Weekly Album on March 1st, 2008.Mar
01
Youtube is a great way to share music and video media with the world, and luckily people do share this media with each other, so why don’t make use of it? From now on, I will try to discuss an album of a popular artist every week, and add links to the songs (on youtube) and the lyrics to the review. I will also mark the tracks I really like with an “*”, so you’re able to get an impression of what the album offers in a few clicks. The first album I will discuss is the album Wolfmother from the band Wolfmother, as it is an album that let me appreciate metal music.
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