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2019 - Year of VK store apocalypse 😧

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https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/download-youtube-media-without-tools/. *Something like this.

Plastic Tree new single, "潜像" (Senzou) will be released on September 4 (3 types, 1800 yen/regular ed 1200 yen)
 
[tracklist]
1.潜像 (senzou)
2.IC
3.潜像 (senzou) (Instrumental)
4.IC(Instrumental)
DVD:
潜像 Music Video (limited edition A)
Photo booklet (limited edition B )
 
The band will also embark on a short tour:
【Plastic Tree Autumn Tour2019「holographic boy,imitation girl」】
　
 
Limited edition A

 
Limited edition B

 
Regular edition

 

Fun song and cool video, that DAOKO one! Other than that, not really excited about any of this sadly.
 
Still hoping Meev will go back one day to his dokusou or raw garage rock sound.

smh what a fucking asshole 😂

For what I read here, do not work with Interac

Tracklist has now been given? (I see no announcement of it on his sites or scoial media, but Tower/Amazon.jp/Rakuten et al now show one):

MOON
        * Original by: REBECCA (1987)
Omoide Makura (想い出まくら)
          * Original by: Kyoko Kosaka (1975)
Azami-jou no Lullaby (アザミ嬢のララバイ)
        * Original by: Miyuki Nakajima (1975)
Tsuki (月)
        * Original by: Keisuke Kuwata (1994)
Kasa ga nai (傘がない)
        * Original by: Yosui Inoue (1972)
Kanashimi Johnny (悲しみジョニー)
          * Original by: UA (1997)
SAKURA
        * Original by: Ikimono-gakari (2006)
Yasashii Kiss wo Shite (やさしいキスをして)
        * Original by: DREAMS COME TRUE (2004)
Mokuren no Namida (木蓮の涙)
      * Original by: Stardust Revue (1993)
Koi (恋)
      * Original by: Chiharu Matsuyama (1980)
Seppun (接吻)
       * Original by: ORIGINAL LOVE (1993)
Boukyaku no Sora (忘却の空)
      * Original by: SADS (2000)

What order the songs will be in isn't finalized

Cover art and a new artist photo have been unveiled:



^ artist photo



^ Cover art

Where in the fresh hell did they go? 
 
One of my absolute favorite aspects of exploring niche genres is stumbling upon some random compilation albums featuring bands that maybe released only a couple songs total in their entire life span. It's pretty much the easiest way to stumble upon both the true hidden gems within a genre and the absolute worst it has to offer, sometimes right next to each other. Speaking broadly, the psychedelic, (post-)punk, industrial and minimal synth scenes all have a tremendous number of absolutely great v/a albums catering to different niches and local scenes, with new ones coming out even to this day.
 I remember from my early days in the VK scene back in the mid-2000s is that it felt like there was always some  compilation album or split cd coming out every few month or so. Many of them seem to have been tied to magazines, live venues or live events, but there were also the occasional tribute albums here and there, as well as crossovers that seemed to be done just for the hell of it. Some of those compilations were absolute fucking bangers too (never forget those Tokyo Guerilla ones my dudes........)
Sadly it kinda feels like over the past decade the stream of v/a albums just kind of dried up. I can't really remember any notable ones being released that WEREN'T tribute albums for instance. Part of me wants to blame this lack of non-tribute compilations on the fact that streaming and downloading music is so much easier these days than back in the day, and as such the need for these officially sanctioned mixtapes to create exposure just isn't as high as it used to be, and I'm sure the fact that several VK publications and live venues have bitten the dust in the past couple of years must have a role in it as well. 
I'm just left here hoping that maybe some day some OG VK nerd will step it up and create the weeb counterpart to those 'Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era' comps
 
tl;dr: this thread is dedicated to v/a albums, both ones connected specifically to the vk scene and japanese music in general. what are some of your favorites? which ones were absolute godawful abominations in your eyes? where did all the compilation albums go?
 

All the sick self harm and anorexia pictures/tweets floating around on jap. Bangya twitter are toxic and not nice. 
Mamo posting these fanletter notebooks written with blood.....
 
Stop it guys, respect yourselves!

I actually had a Mamo stan from Japan harass me on facebook before, because I made a partially joking (but also partially serious) post about Mamo being a Kusomen in a Vkei group I'm in. I posted the screenshot to my FB to see if anyone knew who she was, and this dude who was a somewhat popular Western Vkei musician (not gonna say any names publicly) actually ratted me out to them and she continued to harass me even more (gladly I blocked her). She even try strawmanning Ai from Gulu Gulu and talked down to me like I was some newbie fan lol.
Funny enough, she didn't deny Mamo's shitty behavior, but actually tried to defend it by saying that my favourite bandmen (who I doubt she even knows) isn't a good person either. Like, even if Ai was a kusomen, that doesn't mean I have to turn a blind eye to shitty behavior. Like, yes, I know Mamo ain't the only one, but for fuck's sake I was just shit posting in a shit posting group
 

Heyyyy, this is not bad! Kinda reminds me of 2005-2010-ish indies VK that mixed heavier nu/modern-rock with melodic elements (like Girugamesh and such).
 
Might keep an eye on these guys. Memorable name too, lol.  

i have some super ultra rarez but I'm not going to share them because I'm an asshole 

The vocalist looks deranged af

closet child Ikebukuro will also stop accepting items on May 31, same day as Yokohama...
 
https://www.closet-child.com/event/横浜cd店買取受付中止のお知らせ-2/
 
Both stores will still be open in June.

I’ve been waiting my whole life for this 🙏

Also, a lot of western visual kei fans don’t speak/read Japanese, so they don’t know what’s happening in the Japanese part of the fandom at all. So if all these fans are only interacting with other western fans, then you’re only going to hear about problems with western fans.

no pictures is bullshit and fuck any band who tries to enforce that in foreign lands.
 
take those mothefuckers out of the damn pedestal. In japan they can do as they please, it's their culture and any tourist should follow the locals. Now the snowflakes expect people from another country, a whole another concert culture to abide by their arbitrary rules on a concert they paid some expensive AF ticket to be there, just to not be able to take a picture, or record a personal video, because the band said so? yeah, right.
 
This is business. They do overseas concerts because they have something to gain, not because they like our pretty faces or are doing us some favor or smh

I also like Yoshiki, but I think you’re way off saying that he can’t have a huge ego since he did charity work. Donating a lot of money non-anonymously is a great way to get everyone talking about you and how great you are....

I really like both of these videos a lot and I am honestly very attracted to Kyo in both. I’ll be bringing that up In therapy. Don’t worry. 

here's the new meme guys, use it wisely

ppl out here gonna act like 90s band names like ✝Le+Rêve:DuCroissanT✝ are fine but a band using latin terms as album titles is too pretentious

therapist: mustache kyo isnt real, he cant hurt you 
 
mustache kyo:
 

Yay for Kubitsuri Yuugu. This particular collab should be fun!
Also, another version of Elisabeth addict? Didn't they had acoustic version AND collab already?

The difference is, it's easier to share their stuff than actually plan out going to another fucking country just to go to a concert. VK bands rarely have the gall to come overseas, especially these days, so at least give them some respect.