Friday, 10th September 2010.

Posted on Sunday, 12th July 2009 by Miri

First things first – IT’S OUT!! The long-awaited album featuring all of current Hello! Project, many of them shuffled into blasphemous “revival” groups like Tanpopo#… In fact, how do you even read that? Tanpopo-pound? Tanpopo-hash? Tanpopo-sharp? The last option seems pretty feasible, since all the younger girls have such screechingly sharp voices. Good choice, Tsunku. [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 11th July 2009 by Miri

Ever since I heard Korean dance-pop singer Sori’s mini-album Lips sometime this spring, I knew I would be forever hooked on her infectious tune. The title track, “Real Lips” (below) has this really retro but extremely danceeble beat. It’s not a rock-out-like-there’s-no-manana dance track, but kind of coy and cute. I was surprised when I [...]

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