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		<title>March</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grizzly Bear]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[March means the (eventual) return of nice weather, so you no longer have to bundle up or stay indoors cursing the cold world beyond your apartment. And as the climate warms up, for those in need of more incentive to venture outside, there are several great gigs going down across the country. The month starts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dirty Beaches draws from Serbian film on new album</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alex Zhang Hungtai is constantly in motion. The Taiwanese-born artist, who performs under the name Dirty Beaches, has said in interviews the idea of &#8220;home&#8221; doesn&#8217;t mean much to him. He&#8217;s lived in Taipei, Honolulu, Shanghai and Montreal, and is an avid traveler on top of that. This feeling of always being on the move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick ST. Michel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[concert]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[January featured a ton of great concerts across Japan, but February might be even better &#8212; hope your wallet isn&#8217;t too thin this month. One of Tokyo&#8217;s best shows this month also happens to be one you should get on right away. Apocalyptic rockers Swans come to the capital for one show on Feb. 19 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Mr. Children 2005-2010 &lt;macro&gt;”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick ST. Michel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toy's Factory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My Japan Times colleague Ian Martin nailed the state of Japanese pop music when he wrote that it was &#8220;clinging on to the hoary old remains of the past.&#8221; The Oricon Chart&#8217;s top albums of 2012 list was dominated by &#8220;Best Of&#8221; compilations, with the top two spots going to a pair released by rock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shortcake Collage Tape &#8220;Spirited Summer&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick ST. Michel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canata Records]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating music meant to purposely evoke the past can be tricky. Recreate the sounds of a specific decade too closely and the music becomes too nostalgic, pining for a time the artist never even knew existed. On the other hand, approach bygone times too cynically &#8212; as the Internet-born microgenre &#8220;vaporwave&#8221; does by perverting old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo Girls&#8217; Style to perform first solo gig at legendary Budokan, but first — homework</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The members of Tokyo Girls&#8217; Style have a lot to juggle in the next couple of months. This Saturday, the five-member pop group will perform a solo show at Japan&#8217;s storied Budokan arena — a huge milestone for any musical outfit here. About a month later, their third album &#8220;Yakusoku&#8221; (&#8220;Promise&#8221;) will hit stores. On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musician Shugo Tokumaru starts to adjust to the spotlight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the many billboards looming over Shibuya Station crossing, one of the busiest and most famous intersections in Tokyo, is one for Tower Records that features musician Shugo Tokumaru. The picture looks slightly awkward. The artist sits on a spiral staircase and clutches a guitar, positioned just to the right of the center of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Various Artists &#8220;Fogpak #4&#8243;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick ST. Michel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Walk into the nearest record store and check out the prices &#8212; CDs for &#165;2,000 on the low end, some creeping into the &#165;3,000 range &#8212; it&#8217;s a lot for 10 or 12 songs. Thankfully, a legal online alternative exists. SoundCloud and Bandcamp allow musicians to reach listeners directly and the prices are often much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Netlabels Ano(t)raks and Canata Records give the old DIY spirit a go with some new tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dai Ogasawara&#8217;s fledgling online label Ano(t)raks has released music from six Japanese artists from the Kansai region since the summer. However, Ogasawara, who lives in Aomori Prefecture, has yet to meet any of them. &#8220;I visited Kansai back in the 1990s when I played for a band called Candy Eyes,&#8221; he tells The Japan Times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Superfly &#8220;Force&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Superfly does one type of sound so well that there is no reason to try anything new. The project &#8212; primarily the stage name of singer Shiho Ochi, with some songwriting assists from Koichi Tabo &#8212; plays guitar-centric rock indebted to the music of the 1960s and &#8217;70s. It&#8217;s a style that suits her well, [...]]]></description>
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