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Japanese Music (Pop, rock and all 'dat) |OT|

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akileese

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PillarEN said:
What the hell? I knew she had some bad problem with one ear (which apparently has already been deaf), but to go completely deaf in the near future? As a music artist of all things? I don't see how anyone can just play that off in their mental well being. Is this somehow all related to that initial ear infection? Very unfortunate.

Being completely ignorant, how do those devices work that they give children to hear for the first time in their life? Like could that be used or does it work on some different basis than it would for a person who had functioning ear drums?
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Per my wife, it had to do with her workaholic tendencies and just refusing to rest (to the point of extreme negligence). It's sad because my wife really fucking loves her and has a ridiculous amount of Ayu merch. This means she'll probably never see her.
 
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Peru

Member
Huh, tricot's new album debuted in the top 10 of the Oricon album chart first day. Not bad. Settled at 13-14 since. Need to get back on my commute before checking it out.
 
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evanmisha

Member
Went to both Next Music from Tokyo shows here in Toronto, they were insane. They're playing in Montreal at Divan Orange tomorrow, and in Vancouver at the Britmore Cabaret on the 24th. Definitely go check it. The lineup is:

The Taupe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=063CZ1ThOCQ

Yubisaki Nohaku
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuB_oNeRdKE

Hyacca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qCzJ4qNNFQ

Yukueshirezutsurezure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m39bJtILYas

Bakyun the Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoq2uXPae6I

Best shows of my life. Full stop. Do not miss it if you're in the area.
 
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Nor501

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For any fans here of The Yellow Monkey, they just released a new best album and it's currently #1 on the Oricon Daily Album Ranking. As far as best albums go, this one is incredibly good. God I love The Yellow Monkey.
 
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faridmon

Member
So I need help

I have bought a Japanese gift certification, but I don't know where to go from there. How exactly do I buy music?

I already tried setting up fake address and all, but its not working. I get this massage

We were unable to process your purchase with your current payment information. Please enter a valid payment method and an address which are both local.
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I already spent 5000 yen :/
 
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chrominance

Member
faridmon said:
So I need help

I have bought a Japanese gift certification, but I don't know where to go from there. How exactly do I buy music?

I already tried setting up fake address and all, but its not working. I get this massage



I already spent 5000 yen :/
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Can you be more specific? Like, what store are you talking about and what are you trying to buy (ex. digital vs. physical for Amazon.co.jp)? You might get some more assistance if we know what to look for.
 
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faridmon

Member
chrominance said:
Can you be more specific? Like, what store are you talking about and what are you trying to buy (ex. digital vs. physical for Amazon.co.jp)? You might get some more assistance if we know what to look for.
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Sorry, Its amazon Japan

I was looking to buy digital albums (Specifically Principle by Vola and the Oriental Machine and Vibrations by Tokyo Health Club) and I read somewhere that you cannot buy digital goods directly from them, but can buy gift card (which i did) and buy music with those
 
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Kurita

Member
I'm not sure what doesn't work, never had any problem.

Here's what my stuff looks like
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As you can see, completely made up address and phone number, the only real thing in all of this is my credit card, issued in France.
I just hit "Reload your balance" whenever I want stuff, add the amount I need, and buy the MP3, that's it.
 
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akileese

Member
Saw Vamps last night and boy was that a helluva show. I absolutely shocked at how good Hyde's voice sounded in person. If anyone is thinking about going I highly recommend it and definitely make sure to see Palaye Royale, who are opening for them. I'd never heard of them and they were an absolute blast.
 
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chrominance

Member
faridmon said:
Sorry, Its amazon Japan

I was looking to buy digital albums (Specifically Principle by Vola and the Oriental Machine and Vibrations by Tokyo Health Club) and I read somewhere that you cannot buy digital goods directly from them, but can buy gift card (which i did) and buy music with those
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I've never tried to buy digital music on Amazon Japan (or any Amazon, actually), but if it works like digital games then I think Amazon treats those purchases like 1-Click purchases, i.e. it automatically uses your default payment method and billing/shipping address. Is it possible you still have the credit card you used to buy the gift card balance as your default?
 
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evanmisha

Member
I had to remove my credit card and real billing/shipping address after loading up the gift cert amount last time I bought digital music from Amazon Japan. Couldn't figure it out but once I did that it worked like a charm. Hope that helps!
 
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chrominance

Member
llehuty said:
How can they keep this release rhythm and still manage to sound fresh? How?
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I was going to say different producer, because it sounded so different, but it turned out to be Hidefumi so I'm gonna go with black magic instead.

Also: how is THIS MV the one that's not sponsored? It looks real expensive!
 
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llehuty

Member
chrominance said:
I was going to say different producer, because it sounded so different, but it turned out to be Hidefumi so I'm gonna go with black magic instead.

Also: how is THIS MV the one that's not sponsored? It looks real expensive!
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Sponsored by horse races, like the weird live movie thing they uploaded a week ago
(I actually have no idea)
 
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neshcom

Banned
llehuty said:
Sponsored by horse races, like the weird live movie thing they uploaded a week ago
(I actually have no idea)
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They do credit the JRA at the bottom of the credits, so there's probably some backrubbing between the two. I think there is still Derby stuff that hasn't been released, so maybe that's a part of it (Time to Pray versus Play)
 
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Larsa

Member
Fall Into The GAF said:
I am saddened by the lack of giant naked people.
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神聖かまってちゃん 「進撃の巨人×神聖かまってちゃん スペシャルコラボムービー」
they actually did make like a fake MV in collaboration with attack on titan, but it's region locked on GYAO! for reasons.
It's pretty fun and goofy.

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みんないい人だって言ってるけど実際はあいつサイコパスだしヤバい (live) / 校庭カメラギャル
全然分かってないくせに分かってるぶってるおじさんウザい (live) / 校庭カメラギャル
I'm really loving the Koutei Camera Gal album, defintely one of my favorites so far this year. pataco and ramy are both just the best.
 
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Ryuukan

Member
broz0rs said:
By the way, does anybody know why a decent amount of Japanese YouTuber musicians don't want to show their faces? Are they holding off on revealing their face until they get a record deal or something? Lol
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is it because they have a day job? moonlighting can get you in trouble in a lot of places
 
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Jintor

Member
I feel like anon Japanese mask culture is fairly strong in every context, not just music.

Also overlaps with the acceptability of cough masks
 
Aizo

Aizo

Banned
Fear and Loathing has really cool band shirts. There's this place with used band shirts for super cheap, and last time I went there were maybe ten different cool ones that all happened to be for that band. Wish I liked them, but the crabcore with auto tune kills it for me.

Why's their white dude look so ridiculous now? Not a good look.
 
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