Tagged: genre: pop

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CNBLUE – Bluelove

The instrument self-playing quartet CN BLUE are back with a mini-album that is a bit more rock, a bit more swing and a bit more sunshine.

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MBLAQ – Y

You have the overly autotuned, typical Kpop production with the repeated chorus. You have the sensual somewhat R&B track, the ballad and then you have the bubble pop, happy-go-lucky track.

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Jónsi – Go

Melodic post-rock band Sigur Rós vocalist Jónsi releases his solo debut. Go starts off full of energy to finally tell the story of a life well-lived. Perfection.

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Glee – Season 1

We love musicals, we love over-the-top humor, and we love sappy moments, so we love Glee. We have described the show as the love-child result of a wild night between the cult loser show Freaks & Geeks, The WB’s canceled-too-soon Popular, and High School Musical on LSD. Who’s the father? We don’t know.

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Kate Nash – My Best Friend is You

After the fresh Made of Bricks, Kate Nash comes back with an album that’s better produced, but loses the rawness of her debut. My Best Friend is You still sounds like Nash, but that bundle of quirky energy has now been contained.

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YAM – Issue 010

On this issue we’ve got reviews for most of the summer blockbuster films, Prince of Persia, Robin Hood, Iron Man 2, Kick-Ass, and the likes. We also talk a LOT about music, including Julz Kpop adventures, and a variety of music, including Yuguo and Zhonguo Feng idol Jay Chou. We also talk about television shows beginning with American shows, South Korea’s, Japan’s, and Peru’s.

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Jay Chou – The Era

Zhonguo Feng idol Jay Chou is back with The Era, as he tries to make it as an actor, producer and director. It seems like Chou is somewhat stuck in a place creatively.

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Kara – Lupin

It seems that every girl group in Korea is doing comebacks with a seemly “darker” concept. The otherwise very sweet Kara turn into thieves, ready to steal your heart and perhaps your wallet.

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Bi (Rain) – Back to the Basic

The sexy megastar is back on the Korean music scene with a mini-album that is neither here nor there, but this is Rain so it is all good as long as he flashes his abs.