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I'm humbled. Thx for the votes anonymous monochromians

All of what? Surely you haven't listened to every 2013 release under the sun. This thread is about specifics - not ambiguous blanket-statements.

Ok, Monochromians - we're nearly 4 months into 2013, and surely everyone has heard a few noteworthy releases by now, right? Well, I would hope so! Of course, I'm sure you all have been disappointed by a variety of releases as well. So let's talk about it all! How is 2013 going for you musically so far? : ) I guess i'll start with the Japanese side of things! THE GOOD: MERRY - 梟 - FUCK THA HATERS. Exactly how is this a "new" MERRY? Dafuq. Yall trippin. Dope as usual...the 2nd track on this single is eh, but the first and 3rd - I'll rock with 'em. lynch - Ballad The title track is meh, but the B-side is great imo. cokiyu - Haku yes, cokiyu. you can whisper your sweet ambient/electronic-pop nothings into my ears all day errday. Jinmenusagi - ME2! Ok, your first album was 'eh', but this shit is damn dope. コトリンゴ - ツバメ・ノヴェレッテ A friend told me that Kotoringo reminded her of a Japanese female version of Sufjan Stevens. An apt comparision, but fuck Sufjan - Kotoringo makes the most elegant pop around. :> 笹川美和 - 都会の灯(まちのあかり) Sasagawa Miwa reminds of the kind of acoustic-pop I used to love when I was still getting into Japanese music. Ridiculously pleasant - plus points for nostalgia. KOJOE - 51st State Yes, Kojoe. Plz show the Japanese how to rap and choose proper production. DOPE. AI - VOICE This song is just a great piece of mainstream-pop. Tam Tam - Polarize mmmm flawless fusion of reggae/dub and indie-pop. Love it! Geskia! - Silent of Night Best one since his first! THE BAD: きのこ帝国 - eureka Indie heads love this, but I dunno...I thought it was a BLAH-fest. Though I wasn't that big of a fan from the start. sleepy.ab - neuron These guys have become the kings redundancy. HOW MANT LEVELS OF BLAND CAN THERE BE! 0.8秒と衝撃 - 電子音楽の守護神 completely lost the spark they had like 2-3 years ago. FRAGMENT - 感覚として。＋ササクレ FRAGMENT is a left-fied hip hop act and I appreciate them, but this album is not the dopeness that I'd hoped it to be. And why the fuck is leo imai rapping on a track? o.0 the cabs - 再生の風景 OK. These guys can play their instruments and they can get all mathy and shit, BUT THEY CAN'T WRITE A DECENT, MEMORABLE SONG TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. MEH! 或る感覚 - カウンター Why did I buy this shit? indigo la End - 夜に魔法をかけられて Their vocalist needs to grow a pair. SRSLY. I couldn't even finish this album because of his whiny, nasal-ass voice. eww. THE WTF: OGRE YOU ASSHOLE - confidential I usually enjoy OYA, but....um...WTF. I guess these guys are trying to rediscover themselves, but whatever they're doing - they need to STAHP. NON-JAPANESE ALBUMS I'M DIGGIN' SO FAR: Alice Russell - To Dust Blue Hawaii - Untogether Bonobo - The North Borders Buke and Gase - General Dome CES Cru - Constant Energy Struggles Conquering Animal Sound - On Floating Bodies Daughter - If You Leave F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm - Music For Wobbling Music Versus Gravity Kacey Johansing - Grand Ghosts Nightmare Air - High In The Lasers Rhian Sheehan - Stories From Elsewhere Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - We The Common Woodkid - The Golden Age That's it for now! I guess as the year goes on, I'll revisit this thread and share my thoughts on what've been listening to. Ok, so what about you all!!???

~DAT HIP HOP THREAD~ I figured we needed a place here to discuss hip hop, so I've made this theread! So who else here likes hip hop and what artists are you currently into? Personally, I'm really diggin the strange music label...so much talent (Tech N9ne, Krizz Kailko, ¡Mayday!, and Ces Cru are my favs there). Ces Cru's new album just dropped today and it's pretty damn dope. The track below is killer! Also, one of my partners recently put me on to Marcus D. Pretty dope beat-maker/producer heavily infuenced by Nujabes! So yeah, how else here is into hip hop? What are yall listening to?

Trust me, both bands are well appreciated here. I love toe, although I'm not personally a fan of Haku (I think they're a rin toshite-rip off, heh). Yeah, both SFP and TJ disbanded sadly. For bands with a similar Jazz/pop combination, I'd suggest EGO-WRAPPIN'...I consider them equally as talanted as TJ, although EW definitely has their own style...so don't expect them to be a TJ copy-cat (EW has been around longer btw) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxraukShUiQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRHSFE0gyQk

^ Yes, hinto is great! They're composed of members from several other indie bands - mainly sparta locals and scarlet!

Nice, I didn't know about these! New DEAD END is always welcome! I prefer them to creature creature to be honest ^^;

Well, I don't know about too many upcoming albums atm, but so far, I'm looking forward to these: EGO-WRAPPIN' - steal a person's heart Predawn - A golden wheel ROJO REGALO - FOUND LOVE RF - FILL THE BILL UHNELLYS - screaming EP Zig+Zag - 胎内廻帰～ゴー！ゴー！ラズーパラドックス～ 阿部芙蓉美 - HOW TO LIVE SHIPYARDS - SHIPYARDS mergrim - hyper fleeting vision Quinka, with a yawn - さよならトリステス kuh - MUSiK Anatomia 385 - 人間 QOOLAND - それでも弾こうテレキャスター UNKIE - untitled BUGY CRAXONE - いいかげんなＢｌｕｅ COASARU - 変身 Senkawos - Seed THE NOVEMBERS - FOURTH WALL a picture of her - C fox capture plan - trinity COMA＊ - Apartment ID sundelay - moksa the new 凛として時雨 and a few non-Japanese so far: Tech N9ne - Something Else Tech N9ne - Therapy Krizz Kaliko - Son of Sam Ces Cru - CES Wrekonize - The War Within ¡Mayday! - Believers

^ I *know of* most of those bands in your playlist, but I'm only familiar with The Gazette in detail. Not one of my favorite gazette songs, but not one of their worst either! 01 sleepyhead jaimie - Rainbow 02 number0 - well home 03 ANTHEM - TELLING YOU 04 SOIL&"PIMP"SESSIONS - Mr. MAMBO IS MY NAME 05 くものすカルテット - うとうと猫の数へ方 06 JAFROSAX - Just Like A Tiger's Eye 07 Jen Wood - Beautiful 08 優河 - 名の無い唄 09 YOSHIKA - Day and Night 10 ゲッカンプロボーラー (GEKKAN PROBOWLER) - アサノヒカリ I queued my entire collection this time - so no complaints! I'll go with number0...a few of these albums I haven't even listened to yet XD

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