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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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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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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