Sayuri Sugawara- First Story

Abingdon Boys School- Abingdon Road

Mai Fukui- song of hope

Ikimono Gakari- nostalgia

School Food Punishment- future nova/after laughter, amp-refection

Stereo Pony- Hanbunko [unfortunately not liking it, still obsessed with Cupido]

Angela Aki- Kagayaku Hito

MiChi- Speak Out! dance DANCE, togetheragain

Monkey Majik – Sakura

Lifehouse – Smoke & Mirrors

Michelle Branch – Everything Comes & Goes [YAY]

Goo Goo Dolls – Something for the Rest of Us

-Anna Tsuchiya’s pregnant so I doubt she’ll release anything till a little after the baby’s birth

-Ayaka’s still on medical hiatus – hope she’s doing well. She & her hubby were voted best newly wed couple of ’09

-Younha’s getting better & doing concerts, hope she can promote vol. 3 Part B now

-Yui needs to release an album

-Delta Goodrem & Vanessa Carlton are working on albums [not together, though it would be nice]

[Clazziquai's Mucho Beat was really good! Lalala is AMAZINGly addictive and Horan is fabulous]

Miho Fukuhara: Change, Himawari, Yasashii Aka, LOVE~ winter song, Yuki no Hikari, Rainbow, Hanabi Shy, Let it Out & hopefully many more!

~love her to bits & pieces jpopsuki has a torrent for footage of her Rainbow Tour w/ Hanabi Sky, Getting There, Himawari etc. she did a great job & looked so happy!

http://www.jpopmusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=71777

KELUN: Astral Lamp, Sixteen Girl, Chu Bura, KELUN, & Hitori Bun No Ai

Chu Bura was used as a Bleach opening so  looked them up [like every other band I love, came from Bleach]

MiChi: MiChi Madness, Promise, Change the World, Kiss Kiss xxx & You

addictive

http://www.jpopmusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=73465

Radwimps: Radwimps, Hatten Tojō, Mujintou ni Motte Ikiwasureta Ichimai, Okazu no Gohan, Arutokoronii no teiri,   Love it!~

school food punishment: futuristic imagination, butterfly swimmer, Riff-raff; air feel, cool swim; school food is good food, Feedback

They’re very ~unique~ I think, weird but pleasant

<- love it

Delta Goodrem: Delta, Innocent Eyes, Mistaken Identity

I LOVE ‘Brave Face’

blanc. – Maynard from MONKEY MAJIK’s side/solo project

I’m addicted to ‘there she goes’ even though he’s not singing it & since it doesn’t have a PV here’s ‘Aishiteir’ by MONKEY MAJIK ~its perfect!

Detroit7- I only really like a few songs of theirs

Mai Fukui: Lucky, Can Can [crap crap], My Song for You, Ai no Uta

great list of thins to come http://solarblade.wordpress.com/09-list-of-releases/

Upcoming Releases:

Ayaka- ”夢を味方に／恋焦がれて見た夢” 4/22

Younha- “Part. A Peace Love & Ice cream” [Korean mini cd] 4/13

She also has a movie coming out in Japan ^this^ is the song she sings for the movie. Hopefully she also worked on a Japanese CD while she was there.

Stereo Pony – “I do it” [collaboration with YUI]

YUI- “again” 6/3 [I'm sooooo happy she's back!]

[no PV yet]

Ikimono Gakari - “ふたり”5/27

No Pv/rip yet

During the dry spell of female jpop singer releases I started looking up ‘similar artists’ of those I love - particularly Ayaka- and after pages of BS I found Miho Fukuhara whom I now adore! She’s got an amazing voice 

link to download cds > http://kc-music-collection.blogspot.com/search?q=Fukuhara

Hiro & Ayaka are getting married! YaY, their children will be GORGEOUS. [I didn't know she was a head shorter than him]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF3eC6pdt_k

He was Soshi in Absolute Boyfriend [the drama] and she sang the theme ‘Okaeri/おかえり’

He’s breaking a lot of hearts it seems [of english fans that is, I can't read any other language to know other opinions]. I’ve read a lot of Hiro fans don’t know who Ayaka is, which I don’t understand since she sang Okaeri for Absolute Boyfriend. Ayaka has a new single coming out ‘夢を味方に／恋焦がれて見た夢’  Yume wo Mikata ni has a PV out [I love it, I've missed her voice] 

The best news would be that Yui’s back from her break but she’s not entirely .

YUI is collaborating with Stereo Pony!!!

I loved their Bleach ending [Bleach has some of the best music ever created but thats another story] ‘Hitahiro no Hanabira’ and  ’泪のムコウ’ was alright but I was afraid they were going to go over to the preppy-girly-jpop side with ‘ステレオポニーの旅はつづく’. However, I love everything YUI does so I’m sure to love the new song “I do it” coming out in April. Aimi of Stereo Pony was aparently influenced by YUI [who isn't I was & I'm not even a singer] and YUI came to the studio they were working in one day during her break and now they’re singing her song!!!! 

YUI come back please…I’ve missed you.

Here is YUI’s unforgettable introduction in ‘Taiyou No Uta’ 

and Stereo Pony live

 

and for random-ness: I’ve finally found a Wheesung song I like [he's got a great voice but i don't like his song selection] his  ’Insomnia’ cover

After watching ‘Butterfly’ a dozen times I’ve decided that if I could edit like in ‘butterfly’ ‘lover boy’and ‘love love love’ I’ll know everything I want to. I wish I had had more time on After effects in comm. tech. [realize now that Japanese PVs don't use alot of special effects]

& butterfly which is in the last post

another butterfly video with everyone live-

its funny watching them feed Ki Young and Jang Eun Ah [what I made out of the hangul] energy for the high parts. Horan’s hair has gotten longer! and Alex is as handsome as ever- I’m a firm believer that he wears those geeky glasses because Shin Ae told him he looks good in them and that they are still in love and after her drama’s done filming they’ll date for real!!!! WGM AlShin fangirl dreams

Itsumo Waratte

Since I started to listen to Younha I’ve found more musicians to love like Epik High, Clazziuai, Casker, Loveholic, W & Whale, & Taru. It went like this: Younha did a special performance with Epik High singing 486 & Love Love Love so I looked into them. Epik High did a special performance with Clazziquai singing Dance & Paris so I listened to their music. I wanted more fusion’ music like Clazziquai and Casker was apparently similar but I only like a few of their songs ( the one from the gourmet OST is my favorite). Clazziquai did ‘Shocking Pink Rose’ with W and Loveholic, Alex (from Clazziquai) singing 2 songs with Ji Sun (formerly from Loveholic) and Alex sang ‘Flowerpot’ a lot in WGM so I found their old music – when Ji Sun was with them. Taru is in the WGM soundtrack and was played during an Alex & Shin Ae part so I found her music.WGM also got me to listen to Cinderella by Seo In Young, Too Much by Crown J and Get Hot by Hwang Bo. The latest Loveholic song ‘butterfly’ features My Aunt Mary, Park Ki Young, W & Whale

 

Of course once I get into Loveholic the lead singer leaves but ‘butterfly’ is awesome- good thing they have friends. I love Loveholic songs: Magic, Sad Story, Mirage (they have good angst too), Sunglass, Loveholic, Come Play, Re-wind, Flowerpot of course I watched WGM then looked up Loveholic music after Alex made it sound so good. 

Butterfly ft. Clazziquai, My Aunt Mary, Park Ki Young, W & Whale,

LOVE Clazziquai- now semi-split into Alex and Ibadi. I think Horan’s work with Ibadi is better than Alex’s ‘M Vintage Romance’ but he is a great singer. I’m so happy they aren’t really split & still sing together though, like in ^’buterfly’ and Metrotronics (love Flea soo much) Every Clazziquai song is great, I love them all. their voices together are beautiful

Lover Boy-

I found W & Whale through ^’butterfly’, I had listened to W’s ‘Shocking Pink Rose’ since Clazzi & Loveholic were in it. 

I like how ‘W’ stands for ‘Where the story ends’ and in the Vol. 1 Hardboiled CD she sings ‘this is not where the story ends’ a lot. RPG Shine is great,  Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live is great & Double life of Agatha Christie is cool with a great title. She has actual talent like Clazziquai & Younha unlike the Wonder Girls, boy bands & Big Bang

R.P.G. Shine (rock & punch generation) live

I watch WGM or did till JoongBo left, I downloaded the soundtrack that fans are constantly compiling and fell in love with ‘Remember’ by the Melody. So of course once I decide to listen to them the lead singers gone. Taru has her own cd ( & was featured in 1 Minute 1 Second by Epik High) she’s cute and peppy. 

But I’ll remember because ‘you’ll be rebirth’

Why would you marry someone over twice your age!!!!!!?????? Well whatever – Maakii’s gone, replacement auditions are being held- rumor is the new female vocal will be announced when the LOUD BEE LIVE DVD comes out (Jan. 28 mine’s pre-ordered through yesasia). She’s 21 he’s 50 I don’t understand! At least H&MC is still going to make music. I hope the new girl isn’t better than Maakii though cause I don’t want to forget her

LOUD BEE LIVE ~thanks giving~ set list:

1. OVER (of course they played that)
2. for Dear… (surprising choice, but it is  good song- would trade it in a heartbeat for amazing though)
3. “Here I am” (I can see this straining Maki’s voice fast)
4. ミラー [Mirror] (Yay!)
5. 遠雷 ～遠くにある明かり～ [Enrai~ Tooki ni Aru Akari] (alright)
6. NOTICE (YAY this is why I want Maki to stay)
7. a shape of love (Holy freakin’ crap I love this song, never thought they would perform it *tear*)
8. ガーデン オブ MY ハート[Garden inside my heart] (fruit-y, much rathered ‘Sweet Escape’)
9. メキメキ [Meki Meki] (Yay! 2nd favorite from Rock Pit)
10. HOT LIMIT (alright, would rather ’Parade’)
11. 手紙 [Tegami] (like it the more I listen to it)
12. 背徳の情熱 [Haitoku no Jounetsu] (surprising choice, not bad)
13. 睡蓮-G∞VER- [Suiren~Groover] (eww Yuusuki’s gotta get a screaming song I guess)
14. energy (LOVE this will be my favorite, since it’s their favorite)
15. Remember (already have it on the Beeeest album)
16. change (Really unexpected – wanted ‘Zero Sympathy’ Mackaz could show off)
17. DIVE into YOURSELF (who could say no to that)
18. 一輪の花 [Ichirin no Hana] (of course, it made them famous, that how I know them, but I’m sick of it)
19. ENCORE1　RUN☆RUN☆RUN (FAVORITE H&MC song ever!)
20. ENCORE2　花ふぶき[Hana Fubuki] (since ‘Remember’ her last single)
21. ENCORE3　PRIDE (their first anime theme)

Extra off shot movie & Here I am PV as well. I really would have loved to see them perform ‘Sweet Escape’, ‘Parade’, ‘Amazing’, ‘Hopelessness’, or ‘Tsumi’. I figured they would do ‘Tadoritsuku Basho’ or ‘Okizarisu’ since its a Maki farewell thing but guess not.

(A little comfort comes from the new Korean singer I’m finding and Stereo Pony sounds promising.)

Just taking a closer look at the ‘Amazing’ PV and Maki is wearing a NANA ring, one that I was just looking for for a christmas present for myself. AHHHHHHHHHH I love her, I’ve seen her plenty with the finger length ring in Nana but that is related to somthing else I think it was in one of the first Nana chapters/episodes. Are they ever going to have a season 2 I would love it so much. Maki rocks she models, sings, acts, is adorable, will be cloned for my child, gets to sing with Yusuki, knows Meg, would be so cute with Sassy (she cute enough for the both of them), likes NANA and is just awesome.

HIGH & MIGHTY COLOR (H&MC) is the best rock band ever! Why? Because it has three guitarests and Sassy and female and male vocals!!!!

‘Amazing’ is Amazing

‘Secret Heart’ & ‘Parade (Palade)’ are excellent B-sides

I had all of their PVs and songs I could find on youtube up before this is the only this that hasn’t been “removed due to term of use violation” so here is Sassy & Mackaz playing nonsense together while I assume  Maki is changing outfits off stage- Yuusuke’s still there so they probably just played Groover 

Sassy & Mackaz