playradioplay!

PLAYRADIOPLAY!

myspace

Rating: STELLAR!/ buy! (of course, support indie artists! -he dropped the label, I heard?)

Listen! imeem playlist

Genre: Electro/Indie-Pop

Feeling: Soft, emotional, longing (haha sounds emo)

Playradioplay! is just this one-guy from Texas. Really cool!

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Bound to Get Caught

Madi Don't Leave

Compliment Each Other Like Colors

WHY? alopecia

WHY?   alopecia

from: Oakland/Berkeley

Release Date: March 11, 2008

Label: Anticon Records

Genre: Indie/Rap

Rating: EXCELLENT!/BUY!!!!

absolutepunk review

BUY THIS ALBUM! I'm serious! (I recc on iTunes and not on Amazon as I've linked to, though.)

more notes on this band and album later.

1. The Vowels, Pt. 2
2. Good Friday
3. These Few Presidents
4. The Hollows
5. Song of the Sad Assassin
6. Gnashville
7. Fatalist Palmistry
8. The Fall of Mr. Fifths
9. Brook & Waxing
10. A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under
11. Twenty Eight
12. Simeon's Dilemma
13. By Torpedo or Crohn's
14. Exegesis

FILM: das leben der anderen (The Lives of Others)

Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)

ein film von Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

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Release Date: March 23, 2006 (Germany)

Rating: EXCELLENT! AM BESTEN!

AVATAR: The Last Airbender

ZOMG the last episodes are finally released!!!

zomg I am going to watch it after a 2-hour nap.

watch AVATAR

-good quality, uploaded on imeem.

Rating: BEST/FAVOURITE watch it! the whole series!

I mean, really, action/adventure, drama, romance, betrayal, comedy, PLUS awesome element-bending powers?? You're bound to love this.

tohoshinki (DBSK) (TVXQ) - step by step MV Parody

zomg can't they just have a uni-name? blarhhkdjfsdf.

Anyways, I find this quite funny.

tohoshinki- step by step MV parody

Genre: J-Pop

Format: mp4 for iPod/iPhone

Rating: Sehr Gut

It's just the subtitles that are parodying, but yeah, quite funny. Cheesy J-pop greenscreen MVs. xD

megaupload credit: blitzzy

Film: THUMBSUCKER; little miss sunshine

Released: October 2005

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Rating: SEHR GUT! go rent it!

Genre: Indie Drama

Okay, maybe I just like this more than Little Miss Sunshine because there's drugs and sex in it. Ahaha. Or not really sex. But whatever. It's about this guy, senior in high school, who still sucks his thumb. He knows he should stop and so he really tries to. This film is a lot better than the one sentence summary I just typed. Just rent and watch it! Nice indie drama, with the random-ish flashbacks and such. SEHR GUT! SEHR GUT!

Little Miss Sunshine

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Released: July 2006

Genre: Indie Drama(/comedy -not really to me)

Rating: Pretty Good.

Geez, wtf this got a higher rating on IMDB than Thumbsucker?

And all these awards? Screw this.

This was highly overhyped. Okay, of course, this was pretty good, but not that great. Fine, whatever. Just be that indie film that everyone liked and got hella mainstreamed and dumb girls are set their myspace display name to 'little miss sunshine'. FINE.

(okay, I just don't really like these family drama films. And that part at the end, the girl's dance routine, just too much for me. all bad, that part. But yes, the Nietzche guy is HOT.)

Mew: and the glass-handed kites

Mew [from Denmark]

and the glass-handed kites

myspace

Release Date: Sept. 26, 2005 (UK)

Label: Sony BMG Europe

Genre: Indie/Psychedelic/Prog Rock

Rating: Sehr Gut/Excellent/Buy!/incomplete

5. Apocalypso

6. Special

7. The Zookeeper's Boy    zshare

The Comas; Au Revoir Simone

The Comas

from: Brooklyn

myspace

buy

Conductor

Release Date: August 22, 2004

Label: Yep Roc Records

Genre: Indie

Rating: GUT(/incomplete)

I only have 3 songs off this album:

1. The Science of Your Mind

★2. Moonrainbow

6. Employment

and they're on my dysfunctional old laptop, so I can't upload it for you.

But you can stream the songs from this album on imeem. 

The Comas

Spells

stream imeem playlist

buy

Popmatters album review

Release Date: April 17, 2007

Label: Vagrant Records

Rating: GUT/Sehr Gut(/incomplete)

I only have the first 6 tracks of this album (frostwire, the person I was downloading from went gone).

1. Red Microphones -light. If you're in a relaxed, sort of okay mood.

2. Hannah T. -light-ish, fun lyrics 

3. I Am a Spider -I usually skip. kinda psychedelic feeling. I am not a spider.

★4. Come My Sunshine -first heard this one on Soundcheck, my intro to the band. Heavier and better.

5. Stonded -okay, good

6. Light the Path -good, a kind of winding-down feeling

Au Revoir Simone

myspace

from: Brooklyn

The Bird of Music  

stream imeem playlist    buy

Genre: Indie/electro(very indie synths, not dance-electro)

Release Date: Feb. 15, 2007

Label: Our Secret Record Label

Rating: Sehr Gut(/incomplete)

Incomplete again? Yes. I only have 2 tracks off The Bird of Music. But I'm listening to the album on imeem right now.

2. Sad Song -someone leaving, sad, but not that sad. the sounds are good.

★ 5. A Violent Yet Flammable World - First heard on Soundcheck. I don't know how to describe the feeling. It's a very... ... ...okay I really don't know. Just listen to it at the end of the day. Excellent track.

See? Au Revoir Simone is very indie-synthy. Lovely. =)

SHINee - noona is so pretty (replay)

SHINee - the first mini-album - 누난 너무 예뻐 (nunan neomu yeoppeo) noona is so pretty (replay)

Genre: K-Pop

Release Date: May 22, 2008

Rating: Sehr Gut

SHINee pronounced 'shiny', and not how it looks like, not SHINee like 'Shinhwa'.

★ 01. 누난 너무 예뻐 (Noona is So Pretty) (Replay) [ stream MV ]

02. In my room -slower song, I skip.
03. Real -I skip this too.
04. 사.계.한 (Love should go on) - and this one. Haha yeah I just like 'replay'.
★ 05. 누난 너무 예뻐 (Noona is So Pretty) (Replay Boom Track)

A fangirl did a cover of Replay.

★ Aozorafantasii - Replay English cover

Acoustic and in English, so I can finally know what they're singing without feeling all k-popped reading translated lyrics. Sehr Gut. Before, I thought maybe they just randomly picked an English word they thought was cool to make use in the chorus. A girl on z-degrees opinionated that Aozorafantasii should have replaced 'noona monu yepeo' to 'oppa nomu myotjyeo' which would mean 'oppa is so cool'. Yeah, ok. Her voice is good, so not a real loser-type fangirl. Haha so mean.

★ Noona Is So Pretty (KBS Music Bank 05-30-2008 HDTV) megaupload

Format: mp4 for iPod

credit: z-degrees - blitzy

Rating: Sehr Gut. Just that the camera work annoys me at times.
-or- DL along with Kara - Secret World perf. &SHINee - Noona is so pretty (KBS Musicbank 30.05.08) total 88mb mediafire

sidenote: Why do Koreans never use wireless mics? Doesn't this make it sort of annoying, having to choreograph whole routines keeping in mind that one hand is always holding a mic?

lee hyori - it's hyorish

이효리 Volume 3 - It's Hyorish
Release Date: July 21, 2008
yesasia

Ahhmg uploading takes so long!

So you better take it!

Here! *shoves it in your face*

Rating: GUT/Okay

Genre: K-Pop, hip-hop-ish

o1. 천하무적 이효리 (Cheonhamujeok Lee Hyori; Invincible Like Lee Hyori) -poppy
o2. Lesson -poppy
o3. U-Go-Girl - with 낯선 (Nasseon) - not good. clapping sound with hard hip-hop synth.
o4. 사진첩 (Sajincheob; Photo Gallery)  - sort of jazzy, light, gets annoying after a bit
o5. 이발소 집 딸 (Ibal sojibttar) -with kids' choir. annoying, too, actually.
o6. Don't Cry -alright. The kind of songs Hyori is more fit with.
o7. 괜찮아질까요? (Gwaenchanhajilkkayo?; Will He Make It?) - with Bigtone -alright
o8. Sexyboy - with 휘성 (Wheesung) -okay
o9. 빨간자동차 (Ppalganjadongcha; A Red Car) - with 김건모 (Kim Gun Mo) -lighter-feeling-type song
10. Hey Mr. Big ♥ - GUT. I've listened to this track a few times already. Dance-y.
11. P.P.P (Punky Punky Party) - with 낯선 (Nasseon) - a song called "punky punky party"?? You already know.
12. My Life (외국곡) (Oegukgok) - okay, synthy lighter song.
13. Unusual - with 서정환 (Seo Jeong Hwan) -that kind of dance-y hip-hop-ish song.

I've included a few more songs.

Toc Toc Toc - GREAT! Or really good. Just skip past the first 35 seconds.

Toc Toc Toc version 2

Do Not Love Her - I think her best non-dance-y/pop song. 

10 Minutes - off her her album. Her voice not so good. But whatever she's still pretty hot.

(+ , - )

THIS ONE, you should really download and watch:

Do Not Love Her & Toc Toc Toc Performance.

but the download link i found is dead. will have to wait til I find another link or a re-up.

Okay, so THIS one:

★KARA & Lee Hyori - Break It & Toc Toc Toc performance.

rating: SEHR GUT!

format: good quality mp4 for iPod/iPhone

I just LOVE the dance for Toc Toc Toc. It goes so well. Just that in this perf with the KARA girls, the cat ear thing is kinda weird. but whatever. Enjoy!

_________

Okay so this is the third time I've edited this post.

Reason?

Invincible & U go girl -music bank performance. good quality from HD KBS2.

those songs I don't really like, but as I've already mentioned, Hyori is pretty hot.

credit: ahboo.wordpress.com 

and that's the password needed to extract the .rar.

uhm jung hwa - disco

엄정화: d.i.s.c.o 2008 mini-album

yesasia

release date: 2008-07-03

Rating: GUT three stars

Genre: K-Pop, Dance, Hip-Hop

★01 . Kiss me (ft - YMGA) -hothotkindahot. I dance to this late at night. Haha jkjk. The sexually suggestive-dance-type of song.
02 . DJ (ft - CL) -fun, CL: female korean rapper
03 . D.I.S.C.O (ft – TOP) - also fun
04 . PARTY (ft – G-DRAGON) -ok..
05 . 흔들어 (ft – PERRY) -Perry from 1TYM. "Heunduhruh-uh-uh-uh-uh" gets annoying, otherwise okay track.
06 . celebration -skip

Live105 stage @ Oakland Art & Soul Festival announced!

Saturday, August 30! Downtown Oakland civic center! mark yo calendars.

theactiondesign (local! -Berkeley, I think) myspace. 

      - good songs: landmines

zion-I (local! eastbay underground hip-hop, oakland) off. imeem.

      - new track that I can't find online yet, heard on soundcheck: antenna

thewombats (UK's biggest band of the year!) myspace. off. site.

      - let's dance to joy division, backfire at the disco

thematches (local! -Oakland/Berkeley) myspace.

      -sick little suicide, december is for cynics, papercut skin, new song that I don't like: wake the sun

CAROLINALIAR! (You should have heard about them by now. from Sweden) myspace.

      -i'm not over, show me what i'm looking for

Yay for another blog!

Okay so I have a blurty, xanga, livejournal, AND this!

Hooray my fourth blog!

Hahaha

But this blog is going to be a music blog, not about my personal life stuffs.

As you can read from the tagline, 

ASIANPOP, ALT/INDIEROCK, and TRANCE!

How great is that? *cheers and applause please*

I'll write some brief reviews, upload moderately-to-difficult-to-find music for you to leech off of, link to mp3 streams (imeem), post flyers to rock shows and raves, and link to other good stuff, maybe review some movies and books, too. Basically just share whatever I like and leave out the lame stuff. Which means you get a good refinement of asianpop, as I sample from ongoingmelody. And also from live105's weekly soundcheck new music show.

Excited? Because I sure am.

=D

July and August will probably have a ton of posts since I want to squeeze in as much musik as my free time will allow before school starts in late September.