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Lol, somehow I never realized that Avu sang those high-pitched "Yah-ah-ah" parts during the chorus as well until I saw this.

Man, seek and Aya have the worst luck with singers.

I'm still just puzzled by the fact that no one told SHIN to take the jacket off. Like, who let him try to look sexy indoors in a down jacket?

The first one that came to mind when I saw the title was Backdrop Cinderella, but since they've been mentioned I'll throw a few other names in. Yellow Studs If you like raspy vocals like Chiba Yusuke (TMGE, The Birthday, etc.), Yellow Studs is probably one of the first bands that will come up when you look for bands with a similar singer. Their music has a similar sort of retro vibe, but it's generally much more jazzy. The vocalist also plays the piano, accordion, banjo, and some other stuff, so their sound goes in a bit of a folk-y/country direction sometimes. They have an acoustic side project called "Team Garakuta" or "Yellow Studs Acoustic Band" where you can hear more of that sort of thing.

I like just playing files on my computer or iPod (I don't like using my phone for music since the battery runs out too fast, so I still just use a separate device) the best since access to the songs can't be revoked randomly if an artist gets into trouble with their label, stops paying to renew the service, etc., but I mostly use Spotify for new releases these days, as you can use it with a free account and at least that in some way contributes to the artists and shows them they have people listening to their new work. I know some artists monitor their Spotify plays closely, so I like to think it's at least encouraging for them to see the numbers going up, even if it's not all that useful financially compared to an iTunes or CD purchase. I will buy a CD if there is no digital release and I absolutely must have something, but there's usually only about 1~2 releases a year I want that badly that I can't download or stream.

God, this is so funny.

Right now, mainly just Jack Caper, More and Asty. I like Kizu, MIMIZUQ and HOLLOWGRAM as well, but I haven't been watching them as closely. I'd have said LEZARD before, but they're disbanding soon and I've still never actually listened to a full album of theirs all the way through, so...

Gonna give this a shot again, although I never seem to get very many releases in. Last update: December 5th

Man, Spikey John makes such beautiful MVs. Love all the cobalt blue and orange in this one. He really does a great job of capturing that sort of "We don't live close enough to the city, so we've gotta commute down or make our own fun" vibe. Or maybe I'm just projecting because the colours remind me of a painting I made a few years back about transit back when I commuted like 3~4 hours a day to school and back.

^It's actually supposed to read "zanbara". The Visunavi article about them said it comes from "ざんばら髪"

I think we've been getting pretty much the same amount - there just haven't been very many recently with members that overseas fans have actually heard of, so I think there's just not as much of that hype going around on all the VK blogs, sites, etc.

I'm generally a t-shirt girl when it comes to buying band merch, but yeah... I'd go with the poster or tote bag from that set...

I'd only seen the first half of this performance before, so I had no idea that Moment Joon sings too. Didn't know he was such a petite guy either. Guess it's because there weren't any other people in the videos I'd seen of him for scale. The contrast with Black Bass is pretty striking. Lol, I like him so much more now.

The "risutokatto" trope in general is a huge turnoff for me, tbh.

Lol thanks, I've actually never gotten around to checking out the Kaikan Phrase series in any form, so I'm kind of intrigued. Might have to check it out when I have more time.

Hold up, what is this Tatsuhisa game, and where can I find a trailer for it? I don't follow seiyuu, but I like those two OLDCODEX songs I know...

I'm not sure if this was a promo shot or just a release cover, but I liked this one of The Birthday from around the release of "Piano" a lot. I like the one from around the release of "The Answer" and the matching album cover as well:

I tend to like promo pics that are a bit silly. This is from around when Hysteric Panic released "Cinderella Syndrome", I think. Takeshi Ueda around the release of AA='s "#5". I just realized the crown is made of copper wire, which makes it even better. MO'SOME TONEBENDER for "Baseball Bat Tenderness"

Man, his voice just keeps getting cuter.

I didn't get to the end yet - I just got to the part where he's wondering why he has a toilet in the facility, and then I got too busy with work to go any further. No spoilers please. I always meant to give the Netflix Castlevania a try too, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Was the first season good? Is it a good introduction for people like me that know literally nothing about the franchise?

Still kind of amused that SKY-HI featured on a remix of literally the only w-inds. song I know and like recently. As if I needed more reasons to enjoy a song with that much high-pitched shrieking in it.