abra 40,910 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 5 USD... that's the price of a physical CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blank_stare 2,217 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Wow, who try quality for 5bucks. Lol no thanks. There’s always online for that. I just buy their music instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I've ranted about this in a couple places now, but just so more people know: Never buy a music video from iTunes or Recochoku unless you want ass-quality videos. Having done some research, apparently iTunes doesn't sell HD music videos at all. I've seen a bunch of posts that go back years, of people complaining about how iTunes doesn't have HD music videos, and having just bought one for myself recently, I can confirm, it's 480p. For testing purposes, I also bought the same MV on Recochoku, which was much more expensive, I might add. The video was 480p. I spent 5 USD on a 480p music video in 2018. Just double check that it wasn't just a special case, I bought a different music video from a different artist. It was also 480p. So not only do Japanese companies have the audacity to try and convince people to buy their MVs, they don't even have the decency to sell you the HD version. It's slightly ironic coming from Recochoku considering they sell FLAC. I honestly don't know how Japanese people put up with this. This is seriously some ISP/net neutrality level of shitty business practices. Who buys music videos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidguy 2,527 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) Who buys music videos? Japan clearly is, otherwise this problem wouldn't exist. iTunes, at least, is somewhat reasonable to understand since, internationally, most music videos are available on Youtube anyways, so why bother dealing with something that probably no one buys. But Recochoku at the very least should offer an HD version if Japanese companies are going to have a stick up their ass about having MVs on youtube. It honestly doesn't make any sense why they don't. What blows my mind, though, is that people are buying music videos that are available on Youtube, for free, in full, and in HD. http://recochoku.jp/ranking/video/weekly/ Half of this ranking is available on Youtube in full and those uploads are superior in almost every way compared to what you can buy on Recochoku. I DON'T GET IT Edited February 25, 2018 by davidguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Japan clearly is, otherwise this problem wouldn't exist. iTunes, at least, is somewhat reasonable to understand since, internationally, most music videos are available on Youtube anyways, so why bother dealing with something that probably no one buys. But Recochoku at the very least should offer an HD version if Japanese companies are going to have a stick up their ass about having MVs on youtube. It honestly doesn't make any sense why they don't. What blows my mind, though, is that people are buying music videos that are available on Youtube, for free, in full, and in HD. http://recochoku.jp/ranking/video/weekly/ Half of this ranking is available on Youtube in full and those uploads are superior in almost every way compared to what you can buy on Recochoku. I DON'T GET IT Do you know how little these sell though? They probably don't even crack 5k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidguy 2,527 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Do you know how little these sell though? They probably don't even crack 5k. Which is apparently enough that some companies think having short versions is a viable practice. And Japan just accepts it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Leo Ieiri's new album sounds promising, especially the first half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitedove 1,849 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Kenshi's new MV is finally up on Youtube and racked up 2.3 million views just under 19 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudetama 1,463 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Reol's channel is now region blocked I was just watching her videos last night including the preview for her mini album. I hate Victor so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfire. 1,317 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Reol's channel is now region blocked I was just watching her videos last night including the preview for her mini album. I hate Victor so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freakonomics 99 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Been so out of the J-pop loop lately. There hasn't been many releases that impressed me (except Suchmos' 808) so I feel like I'm a bit of a musical rut. But in light the recent developments there some stuff I'd like to comment on: 1. Looking forward to Shiina Ringo's tribute album. The list of artists contributing is quite interesting and diverse, I'm particularly anticipating's Inoue Yosui's cover of carnation. 2. There's been talk about Kuu's new album being bleh as usual, so I'm not really leaping myself to go listen to it after consecutive disappointments from her past few albums. 3. Yonezu Kenshi is really taking off right now, I heard Peace Sign and Hanabi Uchiage played quite frequently when I was in Japan. He's incredibly popular with the youth (under 25) from my observation. Personally, he's a hit and miss artist but Lemon is quite promising. 4. Kyary is finally doing away with her shtick but she's lost all the momentum to register on Japanese' cultural consensus. I don't think anyone is expecting a huge comeback since it's incredibly hard to regain lost momentum once you lose it. 5. Still waiting on that Sakanaction studio album. Kageroh is lovely, and I guess it'll hold me over for a while. What's the consensus on Gen's Doraemon? I like it, but it feels like a bit of a rehash of Koi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudetama 1,463 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I really like the songs Ikimonogakari's Mizuno Yoshiki wrote for Yamamoto Sayaka and Ohara Sakurako. Has anyone heard the other songs he's written for other artists? Here's a list. Wondering if I should check those out. Been so out of the J-pop loop lately. There hasn't been many releases that impressed me (except Suchmos' 808) so I feel like I'm a bit of a musical rut. But in light the recent developments there some stuff I'd like to comment on: 1. Looking forward to Shiina Ringo's tribute album. The list of artists contributing is quite interesting and diverse, I'm particularly anticipating's Inoue Yosui's cover of carnation. 2. There's been talk about Kuu's new album being bleh as usual, so I'm not really leaping myself to go listen to it after consecutive disappointments from her past few albums. 3. Yonezu Kenshi is really taking off right now, I heard Peace Sign and Hanabi Uchiage played quite frequently when I was in Japan. He's incredibly popular with the youth (under 25) from my observation. Personally, he's a hit and miss artist but Lemon is quite promising. 4. Kyary is finally doing away with her shtick but she's lost all the momentum to register on Japanese' cultural consensus. I don't think anyone is expecting a huge comeback since it's incredibly hard to regain lost momentum once you lose it. 5. Still waiting on that Sakanaction studio album. Kageroh is lovely, and I guess it'll hold me over for a while. What's the consensus on Gen's Doraemon? I like it, but it feels like a bit of a rehash of Koi. It's alright to me, though nothing special. I agree, it does feel like a rehash of Koi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusenkai 2,373 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 (edited) Been so out of the J-pop loop lately. There hasn't been many releases that impressed me (except Suchmos' 808) so I feel like I'm a bit of a musical rut. But in light the recent developments there some stuff I'd like to comment on: 1. Looking forward to Shiina Ringo's tribute album. The list of artists contributing is quite interesting and diverse, I'm particularly anticipating's Inoue Yosui's cover of carnation. 2. There's been talk about Kuu's new album being bleh as usual, so I'm not really leaping myself to go listen to it after consecutive disappointments from her past few albums. 3. Yonezu Kenshi is really taking off right now, I heard Peace Sign and Hanabi Uchiage played quite frequently when I was in Japan. He's incredibly popular with the youth (under 25) from my observation. Personally, he's a hit and miss artist but Lemon is quite promising. 4. Kyary is finally doing away with her shtick but she's lost all the momentum to register on Japanese' cultural consensus. I don't think anyone is expecting a huge comeback since it's incredibly hard to regain lost momentum once you lose it. 5. Still waiting on that Sakanaction studio album. Kageroh is lovely, and I guess it'll hold me over for a while. What's the consensus on Gen's Doraemon? I like it, but it feels like a bit of a rehash of Koi. To comment on "Doraemon" first, it honestly feels like it's a combination of Gen's previous two single songs ("Koi" and "Family Song"), which... to be frank, strikes me as rather lazy. It's not bad, certainly, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit bored of his current sound. Wouldn't surprise me if he's in a bit of a creative rut. Conversely, I do like Yonezu Kenshi's "Lemon", albeit I still recognize some sounds I've heard from him before in the track. There's just enough new to keep me interested though (plus, I'm a bit of a sucker for the solemn atmosphere that the song tries to cultivate). Curious to see how the rest of the single holds up; that's where Gen really fell apart in my eyes, since aside from liking the choice of instruments on "Koko ni Inai Anata e", there wasn't much else I found interesting on the rest of that CD. If you believe the press releases, Sakanaction's new studio album should be coming at the start of the spring festival season, so I'd guess sometime in May if they're going to stick to that. We'll see. To give a few recommendations for things that I've enjoyed thus far this year though, give Nothing's Carved In Stone's " " (my favorite album so far), Ling Tosite Sigure's "#5", Ohashi Trio's " ", Schroeder-Headz' "HALSHURA", and goodbye holiday's " " a try album-wise. Haven't managed to track down AL's " " yet, but based on the , it also seems like it'll be a pretty worthwhile listen. JUJU's "I" was an alright, if rather predictable record, and if you were looking for something a bit more old-school, Maeda Nobuteru's (TUBE's vocalist) "My Legends I" is probably up your alley. In terms of stuff coming in the next couple of weeks (of which there's a ton), I'd personally recommend androp's " ", THE BACK HORN's "Joukei Dorobou", Saito Kazuyoshi's "Toys Blood Music", Sukima Switch's "Shinkuukan Algorithm", FLOWER FLOWER's "Spotlight", and Ame no Parade's "Reason of Black Color". As far as individual songs go, I've found myself spinning Mr.Children's " ", Kuroki Nagisa's "Suna no Shiro", Yuzu's " ", Lamp's " ", PAELLAS' " ", and JYOCHO's " ". Oh, and just came across arko lemming's " " last night. Other than those... would probably be listening to Quruli's " " more frequently if it wasn't Youtube Red-blocked in the US, and have been returning to Fukuyama Masaharu's " ", which I kind of overlooked last year (my dissatisfaction with "Doraemon" sent me looking for other male soloist material). Suppose there's also the new TRICERATOPS single that was just announced, " ", to look forward to. Think that's a pretty comprehensive list of where I am musically right now! Hope it leads you to some things that you like. Edited March 4, 2018 by Ryusenkai 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight~Circus 1,093 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) My 2 cents on recent releases... - Personally, I'm not a fan of Yonezu Kenshi's new song "Lemon" nor Gen Hoshino's "Doraemon". They bore me to tears. Sorry for being blunt. I enjoyed Kenshi's album "Bootleg" so I hope his next album rivals it. - I actually wasn't too disappointed with Juju's new album "I". Despite the odd mundane pop and ballad number, there were a few redeeming gems on it. I actually much prefer her cover albums as opposed to her original albums. - DAI's new album "Alive", despite only having 2 new songs, was still enjoyable. I didn't listen to any of the singles prior to its release so I wasn't disappointed. It's a good album but definitely not their greatest. - Kuu's new album is an amalgamation of what was trendy a few years ago and It's inundated with her screeching vocals on most of the tracks. Nothing to write home about. - Has anyone listened to iri's new album "Juice" yet? So far I'm enjoying it and it's a nice sophomore album. - RiRi's album wasn't groundbreaking but had a nice blend of current sounds. I'm glad she transferred over to Sony this year and I hope they manage her properly. Edited March 5, 2018 by Midnight~Circus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 What's the consensus on Gen's Doraemon? I like it, but it feels like a bit of a rehash of Koi. None of his singles have been all that good imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 2. Since J-pop was been copying Kpop a lot lately, Youtube is starting to stricken their copyright rules huh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blank_stare 2,217 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 huh? sauce? ​ I meant link/source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 sauce? ​ I meant link/source? click on the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blank_stare 2,217 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 click on the picture Is that's OP's opinion or from theqoo? /srs its a good sauce. but is that soy or vinegar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katsu curry chips 7,808 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 click on the picture hahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaahhahahahhahahahahahahhahahah what the fuck do they smoke in korean middle schools seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katsu curry chips 7,808 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Is that's OP's opinion or from theqoo? /srs its a good sauce. but is that soy or vinegar? IT'S THE ACTUAL OPINION OF THE OG OP FROM THEQOO HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I DED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blank_stare 2,217 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 IT'S THE ACTUAL OPINION OF THE OG OP FROM THEQOO HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I DED ah, well they always thought they created everything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Is that's OP's opinion or from theqoo? /srs its a good sauce. but is that soy or vinegar? It's Ponzu! So vinegar, mirin and maybe a bit of soy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blank_stare 2,217 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 It's Ponzu! So vinegar, mirin and maybe a bit of soy I thought so. It has that distinct color. Sometimes I make this whenever I make dumplings, and add a little bit of spicy oil or cayenne pepper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfire. 1,317 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 click on the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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