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    beni reacted to CAT5 in seurong's 2015 Favorites   
    Just read through your list and...
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
    bye.
     
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    beni got a reaction from CAT5 in beni's Best of 2015   
    Third batch!
     
    H△G - Everlasting Night of Teenage Girls

     

    I Don't Like Mondays. - TOKYO


     

    かもしれん (Kamoshiren) - May I join you?


     
    KANA-BOON - TIME


     

    西野 カナ (Kana Nishino) - Secret Collection ~RED~


     

    神田莉緒香 (Kanda Rioka) - TOKYO/OSAKA!


     

    降谷建志 (Kenji Furuya) - Everything becomes the music


     

    上北 健 (Kenka Mikita) - SCOOP


     
    坂口喜咲 (Kisa Sakaguchi) - 朝が壊れてもあいしてる


      倖田來未 (Koda Kumi) - WALK OF MY LIFE


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    beni reacted to Takadanobabaalien in Youtube Japan   
    Do anyone here follow any Japanese youtubers?
     
    It's a great and fun way to study Japanese (if you're at intermediate level). I really recommend it myself and the reason I am making this topic is because I've been following a lot of Japanese youtubers for the last 1-2 years and I just want to discuss the youtubers with people lol. Anyway, here's the most famous Youtubers in Japan if someone wants to check them out:
     
    1. HIKAKIN

     
    2. Hajimeshachou

     
    3. Mahoto

     
    4. PDS Kabushikigaisha

     
    5. PDR-san (PDS older brother, subtitled in English because he's born in England)

     
    There's a lot of youtubers, and these are some I follow and recommend because their videos are entertaining and not too difficult to understand. 
     
    (If this is wrong section, just move it ; - ; )
     
    For Japanese studies I really recommend to (except for write down and study words you don't understand) to make, read and reply to comments in the comment section. ^^
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    beni got a reaction from doombox in beni's Best of 2015   
    Third batch!
     
    H△G - Everlasting Night of Teenage Girls

     

    I Don't Like Mondays. - TOKYO


     

    かもしれん (Kamoshiren) - May I join you?


     
    KANA-BOON - TIME


     

    西野 カナ (Kana Nishino) - Secret Collection ~RED~


     

    神田莉緒香 (Kanda Rioka) - TOKYO/OSAKA!


     

    降谷建志 (Kenji Furuya) - Everything becomes the music


     

    上北 健 (Kenka Mikita) - SCOOP


     
    坂口喜咲 (Kisa Sakaguchi) - 朝が壊れてもあいしてる


      倖田來未 (Koda Kumi) - WALK OF MY LIFE


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    beni got a reaction from Deathtopi4 in Procrastination   
    *Procrastinates by reading and commenting in the procrastination thread* 
     
    I like how I've gotten worse as I've gotten older. I used to be such a teacher's pet, and while I still get work in before deadlines, I put off work and I never used to do that in school until I got into Sixth Form.
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    beni got a reaction from Chi in beni's Best of 2015   
    LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID YOU JINXED IT WITH MY SECOND POST. XD I'm lucky for once with formatting lol, just centering everything. X'D
     
    Neat comparison, I just couldn't find any bad track on either mini-album, super impressed by them. Hopefully they do a full length album which is just as perfect as both!
     
    Awww yeah, giving the indie rarez King something new. ;3
     
    You know it bb!
     
    I hope you find something new with this next post or see anything you also liked. x3
     
     
    I'M SO GLAD SEEING COMMENTS FROM YOU GUYS. ;; 
     
    Waaaaaay, glad I'm pleasing you lot! GOOD MORNING AMERICA was a surprise hit for me, I had never been interested in trying them out until recently. Just randomly, aha.
     
    Releases that I did blurbs for won't be listed on here because, even though I obviously adored them, I already have 70 picks and didn't want to go too overboard. xp BLESS YOU FOR NOTICING, I'M SHOCKED THIS LAYOUT EVEN WORKS APART FROM A FEW HICK UPS PLEASE IGNORE THEM. XD lmaooo, BENI is my spirit animal, cmon, how could I leave her out!?
     
     
    They really impressed me! That whole mini-album was spot on track by track, such a delight. blue & yellow? They have another release apart from the two mini-albums? : o So happy seeing another fuyusuruneko fan. x'3 You go gf!
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    beni reacted to doombox in beni's Best of 2015   
    Atlantis Airport. Such a refreshing sound! I loved their stuff this year too. Everything about their sound is just so cool and effortless I don't even have words! And happy to see you warmed up to the DIV album. They're a really solid band, and this album was great. I was only mad at it for half of the songs being pre-released as singles. But I still loved those singles. lol.  And FOLKS!! Their songs as so beautiful, love love love~~~~. 
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    beni got a reaction from herpes in beni's Best of 2015   
    These selections of mine are ones that have not been mentioned before on any project of the ORZ, so not all of my favourites are gathered here (save for a few select song favourites from some albums that have been previously mentioned in BNTs). To check out the rest I enjoyed, see the Staff album selections.   Because I have so many picks for this year since I got to a lot more music than in 2014, I'm going to be posting a handful of releases one by one within two days, preferably in a weeks amount of time. That's 70 picks! After picking out from what I had gotten to throughout the year and enjoyed, I ended up with a good 112 releases I adored from this rather 'weak' year alone (laugh with me, go ahead!), so I just HAD to feature an honorable mentions for the lot I was forced to remove to whittle down the ever growing list.   Be sure to look out for the bold yellow text = HONORABLE MENTIONS and bold red text = TOP TIER ALERTS (top tier means I found the whole release to be perfect) whilst you're at it! Every release has bolded tracks that indicate my favorite songs on the particular release and a shortish description of the sound/genres.   This list isn't ranked but in alphabetical order. Click the first spoiler tag for my honorable mentions or don't if you want to check them out with the list when they're called out in the blurbs for references. Not all will be commented on though!   Without further ado, enjoy~  

     

    AKINO with bless4 - Decennia


     

    [Alexandros] - ALXD




     

    あまざらし (amazarashi) - あまざらし 千分の一夜物語 スターライト (Senbun no Ichiya Monogatari Starlight)




     

    雨ニモ負ケズ (amenimomakez) - 結い (Yui)




     

    Atlantis Airport - A[ ]Passport-EP+2




     
    BENI - Undress


     

    BIGMAMA - The Vanishing Bride




     

    BiSH - Brand-new idol SHiT
     



     

    ボンジュール鈴木 (bonjour Suzuki) - さよなら。また来世で (Sayonara. In addition, in the afterlife)
     



     
    Tune in on Sunday for the second batch~
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    beni got a reaction from Jigsaw9 in Procrastination   
    *Procrastinates by reading and commenting in the procrastination thread* 
     
    I like how I've gotten worse as I've gotten older. I used to be such a teacher's pet, and while I still get work in before deadlines, I put off work and I never used to do that in school until I got into Sixth Form.
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    beni reacted to Ito in Multitasking.   
    I beat you all, I am on Tainted World and wasting time at the same time!
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    beni reacted to Champ213 in Multitasking.   
    Ito can even be on TW, waste time, and NOT look for new skins, all at the same time.
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    beni reacted to ghost in random thoughts thread   
    I hope you all had a very Gangnam Style Christmas. 
    (This works so weirdly well)
     


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    beni reacted to blackdoll in Blackdoll's 2015 Big Goodie Box (doll,accessories, and your cup of tea may not included)   
    Look there is a lot of lists to go threw so I'm making this short, so here it goes Life fiber override: kamui FuckingSecondTypedUpList!

    Albums

    1. Lycaon - Camera Obscura




    It’s takes major talent to make something simple and make it into all masterpieces. Yuuki with his one of a kind voice at the front with his bandmates backing him up took this year.

    2. The Juliet Massacre - Human Abuse




    This is just an amazing mix of deathmetal, deathcore, and I think black metal and everything comes together with the right amount of brutalness makes for an interesting great album.

    3. Hyuna - A+




    Hyuna takes kpop and gives it the middle finger and tells it, I’m going to do me mixing pop, hip-hop, and r&b/ballads!

    4. Samira Said - Ayza Aeesh

     


    The Mother of Arabic-pop is back and she is son-ing and daughter-ing all of k-pop with upbeat songs and slow jams.

    5. Bangtan Boys - the most beautiful moment in life pt. 2




    I felt nothing but happiness when I heard this, it was everything I could have hoped for and more!

    6. Jang Hyunseung – My




    Not surprised that he took this year too, since he is Hyuna’s partner in a sub group.

    7. Bangtan Boys - the most beautiful moment in life pt. 1

    This is the more fun version of the album of today.

    8. INGESTED - The Architect Of Extinction

    This chaotic, crazy, fast death metal is a must.

    9. Black Tongue - The Unconquerable Dark

    Need a smack down, BT gots you

    10. Thirteen Bled Promises - The Black Legend

    Great brutal death/deathcore album.

    11. SHINee - Married To The Music (Odd REPACKAGE)

    Never herd them but hell yeah I’m glad I did. They gave me goodness and something different too.

    12. Wonder Girls – Reboot

    Never got the deal of the 80’s but dam this revamp killed.

    13. Miss A – COLORS

    Never herd them either, but this is a cool jam.

    14. F(x) - 4 Walls

    They took what they had and made it better

    15. Basterd – INTRO

    Turn up, this is my shit!

    16. JUN HYOSUNG – FANTASIA

    Man she killed this solo smooth comeback.

    17. HISTORY - Beyond The History

    This was mix of goodness.

    18. DAY6 - The Day

    Great debut to a band pop group, full of sweets.

    19. Jay Park – Park worldwide

    That shit!

    20. Grimes - Art Angels

    Really groovy album.

    21. Justin Bieber – Purpose

    Ignoring the rappers, and some shitty lyrics, it's good album.

    Singles

    1. Lycaon – Last Dance

    Great way to say bye to their slaves.

    2. Lycaon – Gypsy

    Better version of a previous song and a great headbanger!

    3. DEAN - Pour up

    That wet deep shit!

    4. DEAN - I Love It

    That wet sex shit!

    5. Brooke Candy - Rubber Band Stacks

    The old school trash jam!

    6. Saad Lamjarred - LM3ALLEM

    Awesome Arabic traditional song mixed with western influences.

    7. Jooyoung –WET

    Great singing and wet sexy beat

    8. Yezi - Crazy dog

    Great flow and sick beat

    9. JIMIN N J.DON – GOD

    Unique jimin teams up with a rookie to make a cool track

    10. I Drink My Coffee Alone - Laborratte

    The album wasn't all that but this single from it was (me and my loopholes).

    11. Grieva – Fuminshou

    My EX bitch Grieva going to work.

    Best songs

    CHEETAH - Star Wars; HARA - How About Me?; Anda - Touch; 4MINUTE - Tickle Tickle Tickle; GAIN - Paradise Lost; Red Velvet - Ice Cream Cake, Automatic, Dumb Dumb; Hello Venus - I'm ill (Club Remix); AOA – Heart Attack; T-ARA - So Crazy; Ben - Looby Loo; HWANG TAE JI – OMG; UNIQ – EOEO; MINO & ZICO - Okey Dokey; IU & Park Myung Soo – Leon; ZICO - Yes Or No; hyorin – money; Ariana Grande – Focus; Kitti B - RRF Ronda Rousey Flow; GOT7 – IF YOU DO; Brown Eyed Girls - Warm Hole; Monsta X – HERO; David Guetta - Hey Mama; Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop (RIOT Twerkout); Cecile - Door Step, CAKED UP - TAKIN IT BACK; ChoA - Flame; Stephanie – Higher; BTS JHOPE - 1 VERSE (mixtape); DISREIGN - 枯れ蓮, Nancy Ajram - Maakoul El Gharam; Tamer hosny - kol Haga Bena, Ha2olk Klema;Nakka - День Бульдозериста

    TV

    Best new shows: Sense8 & Scream queens

    Best returning show: Vikings, Salem & How to get away with Murder

    Best new animation: Moonbeam City

    Best returning animation: Archer

    Hottest

    Male: Jung Koosung

    Female: Hyuna

    Different: Hyojin Choi

    Thick: Parris Goebel

     

    There's my goodie box, don't knock it until you try it!

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    beni reacted to Yukimoto in Recommended Tracks: December 2015!   
    Beni - Plastic tree - Flasco(fresco) All around yes this was my favorite song from the album and basically the starting song...
     
    Shaneth Varosa D - Master Key is really great to me too> i actually enjoyed this release especially the lead track and second track...
     
    This time around a majority of the list I dont know .-. maybe I'll have to look into that. thanks again for the amazing lists though
     
    Almost forgot Ai's -white moon... he seems to be doing really well by himself... I'm pretty glad the releases are still solid
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    beni reacted to doombox in Recommended Tracks: December 2015!   
    The Beethoven and Bokuriri totally sound in your wheelhouse, so I think it's likely you'll enjoy them, but I'm hoping you like EOTD and Presence of Soul too! All of them were pretty big surprises for me this year, tbh!
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    beni got a reaction from CAT5 in beni's Best of 2015   
    LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID YOU JINXED IT WITH MY SECOND POST. XD I'm lucky for once with formatting lol, just centering everything. X'D
     
    Neat comparison, I just couldn't find any bad track on either mini-album, super impressed by them. Hopefully they do a full length album which is just as perfect as both!
     
    Awww yeah, giving the indie rarez King something new. ;3
     
    You know it bb!
     
    I hope you find something new with this next post or see anything you also liked. x3
     
     
    I'M SO GLAD SEEING COMMENTS FROM YOU GUYS. ;; 
     
    Waaaaaay, glad I'm pleasing you lot! GOOD MORNING AMERICA was a surprise hit for me, I had never been interested in trying them out until recently. Just randomly, aha.
     
    Releases that I did blurbs for won't be listed on here because, even though I obviously adored them, I already have 70 picks and didn't want to go too overboard. xp BLESS YOU FOR NOTICING, I'M SHOCKED THIS LAYOUT EVEN WORKS APART FROM A FEW HICK UPS PLEASE IGNORE THEM. XD lmaooo, BENI is my spirit animal, cmon, how could I leave her out!?
     
     
    They really impressed me! That whole mini-album was spot on track by track, such a delight. blue & yellow? They have another release apart from the two mini-albums? : o So happy seeing another fuyusuruneko fan. x'3 You go gf!
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    beni reacted to Minami in Minami`s favourite bands of 2015   
    Since im passion stalker of every new band you should not suprise that you dont know this or that band... And since im not a good reviewer just my little comments
     
    This is  my Top-10 releases which made my year
     
    10) Didius - Addict [29.11.2015]
     
     

    This synth music with really good vocal and nice melody makes my ears dissolve because of pleasent ...
     


     
     
    9) IV - ミーティア [21.11.2015]
     
     

     
    Maybe these songs are really standart for visual-kei and not-so-original, but they will rise your mood up to 100% .. My favourite song is tot et moi ..
     
    8 ) LOG-ログ - Adore you~キミヲ想フ声~ [25.03.2015]
     
     

     
    When i first watched their PV i said myself "I NEED THIS CD"!!!!!!! So I have a physical of this CD .. and still listen to them very often ... My favourite is .自信ない僕、強気な僕。
     


     
    7) The♡Valentine - 処女の照れくさい気持ち [02.11.2015]
     
     

     
    There were my two favourite band Fi`Ance and TRUST.. after both disbandments vocalist from Fi`Ance and Trust members formed this group .. It is very different from origin ... Oshare-kei sound, pretty look .. What I need else?
     


     
    6) Blaive - イグサレーション [16.09.2015]
     
     

     
    I think this is the most harmonic look of my list.. This blue color is really attractive .. and the look of the memebers is also smart) The MV represent my favourite song from them
     


     
    5) VEXENT - オメガ [02.11.2015]
     
     

     
    ITS TIME TO REAL ROCK! Very powerful songs from this single make my head doing like this :headbang:My favourite is Dystopia .. but here there is MV of Omega 
     


     
    4) WEED - AK-47 [28.07.2015]
     
     

     
    This is another my favourite hard release with a lot of screaming and growl ... I JUST WANNA SCREAM WITH THEM!
     


     
     
    BUM-BUM-BUM
     
    THIS IS TOP-3
     
    3) Azlina - Gladius [28.10.2015]
     
     
     

     
    Oh .. This tune just bite my soul.. A litlle bit melancholic song open my old memories ..
     


     
    2) A≠ris - Fake romancer [18.01.2015]
     

     
     
     
    Just solid realese.. especially song Mask .. electronic masterpiece
     


     
    1) DiCE - 色彩 [20.05.2015]
     
     

     
    I wanna listen and listen and listen to them!!!!!! My top.. my NUMBER-1
     


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    beni got a reaction from CAT5 in beni's Best of 2015   
    CHiCO with HoneyWorks - 世界はiに満ちている (Sekai wa i ni Michiteiru)
     


      Controversial Spark - Angels of a Feather



      三浦大知 (Daichi Miura) - Fever



      Div - SECRET
      FLiP - BIRTH



     

    FOLKS - SNOWTOWN

     

    浮遊スル猫 (Fuyusuruneko) - 浮遊スル猫 (MuWoToku) 

     

    グッドモーニングアメリカ (Good Morning America) - グッドモーニングアメリカ (GOOD MORNING AMERICA) 


     

    Hauptharmonie - Hauptharmonie


     

    ハジ→ (Hazzie) - ハジベスト。 (Hazzie best)

     
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    beni got a reaction from eiheartx in eiheartx's best of 2015   
    Very sweet format! Not surprised with megamasso, lol. Great choices, Chanty, MEJIBRAY, Shounenki~ So great seeing someone else enjoy Lycaon's album so much too. 
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    beni reacted to enyx in Pho’s favourite releases of 2015   
    2015 marked the first year in which I kept a record of every new release that I listened to and attempted to create some sort of ranking system to determine which ones I most enjoyed. This is a favourites list, not a best of list; I don’t believe that music can be reviewed objectively and thus I feel that the concept of a best of is inappropriate. Also, I’m going to mix the Japanese and non-Japanese releases together and just list them all in alphabetical order.
     

    AES DANA feat. MIKTEK - Alkaline
    Ambient, Electronic, IDM

     
    Both AES DANA and MIKTEK are members of European label Ultimae Records; a label specialising in a distinct brand of ambient and occasionally trance-influence IDM. It should come as no surprise, then, that Alkaline is a trip through a cerebral, almost dystopian aural soundscape. It marks the second instalment of a planned three-part series of releases by the two artists. I tend to find AES DANA’s work to be most enjoyable whenever he’s collaborating with other artists and Alkaline is no exception. Despite only being three tracks long, this is one of my favourite releases by either artist.
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    Aureole’s latest effort is the most direct, raw and straight-forward album they’ve ever put out. Despite generally being described as a post-rock band, Aureole’s previous releases haven’t been scared to delve into other territories including considerable ambient and electronic influences. On Spinal Reflex, however, the band opted to utilise a more streamlined sound-palette (the electronic elements in particular have been notably turned down) and the result is a more tightly-focused album than any of their previous efforts. It could perhaps have had a couple more stand-out moments, but overall Spinal Reflex is Aureole’s most consistent album to date.
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    One day I’ll stop shamelessly fanboying over everything that haisuinonasa does. Today is not that day. Almost two years after their previous release, 2013’s reflection, haisuinonasa came back to remind me why they’re one of the few bands I can honestly say have never let me down to even the slightest degree. 変身 is every bit as captivating as the rest of their material. Even if it’s not quite as experimental as their preceding single, it still encapsulates everything that makes this band so fascinating; it’s cerebral, unique, and utterly brilliant. New album in 2016, pretty please?
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    Geskia (apparently now sans his trademark !) released both an EP and a full-length this year. As you can probably guess from their almost-identical artworks, both of them are extremely similar in sound & style and thus are included together here. Unlike the majority of his work, Geskia opted to make heavy use of vocal samples this time around, resulting in slightly less complex but in many ways more chill soundscapes that make both of these releases rather unique within his discography. Neither of them are my favourites amongst his other releases, but they’re both welcome additions to his always exemplary portfolio.
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    Over half a decade on since their previous studio album, Los Angeles-based noise rockers HEALTH finally returned this year with DEATH MAGIC, arguably their most dynamic album yet. DEATH MAGIC sees the band finally embracing the pop elements that have slowly been creeping more and more into their sound whilst still retaining a large portion of their trademark noisiness. Usually the idea of a noise rock band embracing pop sensibilities would be a cause of concern, but in this case it works surprisingly well, and in fact helps to make this my favourite release by them.
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    For the longest time I had ATLANTIS AIRPORT’s a [ 360° ] Cosmic Flight set to feature in my favourites of 2015 list, but after finally listening to their split with Marmalade butcher released back in October, I’ve since decided to replace it with Rembrandt rays. Normally I tend to find splits hard to enjoy as cohesive entities as the two (or more) bands involved rarely tend to gel together effectively, but in the case of these two artists that problem is nowhere to be found. Marmalade butcher contribute two solid tracks that emphasise the band’s strengths while hiding the weaknesses in thei songwriting, whilst ATLANTIS AIRPORT put out one of their strongest songs in the form LOVECRAFT MYTHOS. Solid stuff all around.
    Sample: 
     
    mouse on the keys’ second full-length is probably their most dynamic release yet. Jumping from epic pieces like leviathan and the lonely crowd, to more subdued numbers like mirror of nature and reflexion, to an experimental recreation of Maurice Ravel’s le gibet. Despite their expanded stylistic palette this time around, however, mouse on the keys never lose sight of their core sound - minimally phrased piano melodies supported by the brilliant drumming of their main composer, Akira Kawasaki. It’s not a flawless release - the band still has a habit of coming off as being somewhat pretentious to me at times - but it is nevertheless one of 2015’s strongest efforts.
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    After a few years of embracing their darker/heavier side (albeit with a brief break in the form of 2014’s 今日も生きたね single), THE NOVEMBERS have finally re-embraced their softer, poppier leanings for the first time since 2012’s GIFT with Elegance. Compared with their 2012 effort, Elegance is tighter, more refined, and more accessible, yet nevertheless willing to throw a curveball at you in the form of its closing track, 出る傷を探す血. THE NOVEMBERS have established themselves as one of the true standout bands in Japan’s absolutely stacked indie scene, and Elegance does nothing to suggest that things will be changing any time soon.
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    the piqnic have created quite the buzz around here as of late and after listening to ZyouK it’s not very difficult to understand why. Their first official release is a well-crafted (albeit highly imitative) noise/shoegaze album that immediately earmarks the band as one of the most intriguing up-and-comers of the scene. That said, despite the albums many strengths, I’m not quite as willing to place them on the same level as say, THE NOVEMBERS, just yet. Rather they seem like a band that’s still trying to discover their own identity whilst nevertheless showing a lot potential in their songwriting abilities. I’ll be paying close attention to them in 2016.
    Sample song: krs
     

    사람12사람 - feels too letter
    Acoustic, Chillwave, Electronic

     
    SARAM12SARAM’s sound revolves almost entirely around vocalist zieum’s beautiful, wispy vocals with everything else simply serving as a musical landscape for her to play around in. It’s a simple yet highly effective approach that paid dividends on the duo’s first EP, 2013’s 빗물구름태풍태양. In comparison to that release, feels too letter isn’t quite as dark or moody and places more emphasis on the acoustic elements rather than the electronic, but nevertheless retains the duo’s core sound. In fact, if anything, feels too letter is more of a refinement of that sound than it is a progression, but it works and is, in my opinion, the stronger of their two main releases.
    Sample song: Cripple
     

    실리카겔 - 새삼스레 들이켜본 무중력사슴의 다섯가지 시각
    Neo psychedelic, Prog rock

     
    SILICA GEL’s debut EP is a wonderful, albeit short, aural acid trip. Their sound is basically a combination of predominantly-instrumental progressive and psychedelic rock mixed with a healthy dose of synth and occasional vocals for good measure. In a country where the term “indie rock” more often than not refers to chilled-out, sentimental pop in disguise, SILICA GEL are one of the few standout bands not afraid to challenge the musical norm. Hopefully this EP is just the beginning of what they have in store.
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    I already wrote a larger review for this album here if anybody is interested. In short, ghost is dead marks a welcome return for one of the few bands whose music I consider very close to my heart. Kana Otsubo’s vocals remain as insanely relaxing as ever, while on the musical side the compositions feature a renewed emphasis on minimalism and subtle complexity that plays to the band’s strengths. Given the extremely busy nature of each of the members’ personal lives, ghost is dead may be the last we hear of SCLL for quite some time, but fortunately this release shows that there’s still plenty of life in the band… when they can find the time to record new music.
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    I suppose I’ll get one thing out of the way early: I didn’t enjoy this release as much as IMMORTALIS. The main reason being that whereas I found their first album remarkably consistent throughout its long length, VITIUM seems to go through a notable dip in quality during its middle three songs. foster mother seems to aimlessly meander around without any direction, 雨上がりの優詩 feels like a song that the band didn’t really know how to finish and just cobbled together, and maniera seems like a song much more suited to a live setting than a studio record. That said, however, VITIUM’s strong points, most-notably leather field and focus, do more than enough to convince me that this is still one of the most intriguing CallItWhateverYouWant-Kei bands going at the moment.
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    Proudly sitting alongside 실리카겔 as one of my favourite Korean rock discoveries of the year, Tierpark’s music is a delightful blend of dreamgaze, post rock, and a hint of math rock accompanied by melodic, haunting vocals courtesy of the band’s vocalist SeHee. The Moment Two Worlds Meet is a notable improvement over their previous self-titled full-length released in 2013 (although the opening track is a little on the weak side); the arrangements are tighter, the compositions more intricate, and the vocals more effectively utilised. It’s kind of like what you’d get if you took COgeNdshE’s sound but placed more emphasis on the melodic vocals.
    Sample song: 명왕성
     
    toe - HEAR YOU
    Math rock, Post rock   For the longest time I really wasn’t sure whether I wanted to include HEAR YOU on this list. Somehow toe have managed to come up with what I consider one of the strongest albums of the year yet simultaneously one of the most disappointing. Perhaps it’s just the ridiculously high bar they’ve set for themselves over their exemplary career, or my stubborn unwillingness to fully accept their subtle stylistic developments. Either way, I can’t deny that HEAR YOU is still an expertly made album, and even in my disappointment with its relative lack of mathy elements, I can’t deny that toe achieved exactly what they set out to achieve here. There is, admittedly, a rather delightful irony about the fact that whilst Japan’s plethora of toe clones keep trying desperately to imitate the magic of 2005’s the book about my idle plot on a vague anxiety’s intricate complexities, the real thing themselves have been moving further and further away from it.
    Sample song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxeQmF4sUJY'>Boyo
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    beni got a reaction from doombox in beni's Best of 2015   
    LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID YOU JINXED IT WITH MY SECOND POST. XD I'm lucky for once with formatting lol, just centering everything. X'D
     
    Neat comparison, I just couldn't find any bad track on either mini-album, super impressed by them. Hopefully they do a full length album which is just as perfect as both!
     
    Awww yeah, giving the indie rarez King something new. ;3
     
    You know it bb!
     
    I hope you find something new with this next post or see anything you also liked. x3
     
     
    I'M SO GLAD SEEING COMMENTS FROM YOU GUYS. ;; 
     
    Waaaaaay, glad I'm pleasing you lot! GOOD MORNING AMERICA was a surprise hit for me, I had never been interested in trying them out until recently. Just randomly, aha.
     
    Releases that I did blurbs for won't be listed on here because, even though I obviously adored them, I already have 70 picks and didn't want to go too overboard. xp BLESS YOU FOR NOTICING, I'M SHOCKED THIS LAYOUT EVEN WORKS APART FROM A FEW HICK UPS PLEASE IGNORE THEM. XD lmaooo, BENI is my spirit animal, cmon, how could I leave her out!?
     
     
    They really impressed me! That whole mini-album was spot on track by track, such a delight. blue & yellow? They have another release apart from the two mini-albums? : o So happy seeing another fuyusuruneko fan. x'3 You go gf!
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    I missed this thread so much. <3
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    beni got a reaction from lollipopmonstar in lollipopmonstar's best of 2015   
    Veeeeeeeery nicely done! Love how you used categories. I spot mostly new names, but liking the An Cafe and Mejibray selection especially! Haven't seen a few bands including them be mentioned on anyone else's lists yet.
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    @@beni, You should check DIAWOLF, you can find the pvs here, also if you want I can send you both releases on pm.
    @@Pho If you fly back, ask him to pay your travel tickets
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    BENI IM SO HAPPY TO SEE FOLKS HERE YES
    did you listen to blue & yellow toooooo?
    also fuyusuruneko!!!naisu
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