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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Shawn Despres</title>
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		<title>Creative-content agency helps Korean music abroad</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Despres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of whether you are a bigger-name draw or a smaller, emerging band, planning — and more importantly financing — international gigs is no easy task. But since last year, things have gotten a bit easier for Korean acts touring abroad. In March 2012, the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) began offering financial assistance to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel Mexico&#8217;s pop aims at the heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Despres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s tough to figure out where to take your band when you get some buzz in the media right out the gate. After getting noticed for its fuzzed-out pop jams from highly regarded online music outlets such as Pitchfork, Noisey and Gorilla vs. Bear, Kyoto&#8217;s Hotel Mexico knew early on that it would need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ZZZ&#8217;s hone skills abroad and have some chance encounters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Despres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The highlight of 2012 for experimental postpunk trio ZZZ&#8217;s was meeting Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore in Miami. It turns out the feeling was mutual. American record label Matador Records posted their artists&#8217; and employees&#8217; favorite things from the past 12 months online recently and Hyogo Prefecture&#8217;s ZZZ&#8217;s (pronounced &#8220;zee zee zees&#8221;) were No. 1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chatmonchy &#8220;Henshin&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since making their major label debut in 2005, Chatmonchy has established itself as one of the country&#8217;s most popular female rock bands. As a trio, they released several chart-topping discs and sold out gigs at the iconic Nippon Budokan. In 2010, the band played its first American shows with Spin Magazine and MTV Iggy labeling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fact welcomes a new face to the fold</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September, Fact will embark on a monthlong Japan trek in support of their fourth full-length effort, January&#8217;s &#8220;Burundanga.&#8221; The gigs will be the Chiba posthardcore act&#8217;s first domestic concerts since performing last December at the popular annual Countdown Japan yearend music festival. They will also be Fact&#8217;s first local shows with their newest member, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crying Nut and Yellow Monsters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As K-pop continues its rise in stature, South Korea&#8217;s small but prolific indie scenes are beginning to gain some recognition abroad as well. K-punk, which mixes American-style punk sounds with soju-fueled attitude and shenigans, looks to get an extra boost with Crying Nut and Yellow Monsters both doing separate tours in Japan this month. Recognized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fuji Rock embraces Kilimanjaro blend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may be tough to tell from both acts&#8217; music and sense of style, but without the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Saitama funk sextet Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro would be a very different band. Although it sounds nothing like the alt-rock heavyweights, Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro first learned about funk through the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mudy on the Sakuban &#8220;Zyacalanda&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nagoya five-piece instrumental rock band Mudy on the Sakuban&#8217;s &#8220;Zyacalanda&#8221; EP is their fifth release in as many years. The eight-track effort was produced by Yoshimitsu Taki, the guitarist for local emo/post-hardcore act 9mm Parabellum Bullet. Impressed with Mudy on the Sakuban&#8217;s output on the EP, Taki joined the group as a temporary sixth member [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Uhnellys, anything more than two is a crowd</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uhnellys&#8217; Naoki Kaneko (who goes by the stage name &#8220;Kim&#8221;) says journalists often ask him the same question in interviews: &#8220;Do you ever plan on adding more members?&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;ve got a set answer I use now,&#8221; laughs Kim. &#8220;I say that if we decide to add more members, we&#8217;ll add 20 people.&#8221; The funny thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zoobombs &#8220;The Sweet Passion&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although their 2009 &#8220;Nightfriend of Zoobombs&#8221; album featured a dozen of Zoobombs&#8217; &#8220;greatest hits&#8221; completely rearranged and rerecorded, &#8220;The Sweet Passion&#8221; is the quartet&#8217;s first proper studio full-length since 2006&#8242;s &#8220;B*B*B.&#8221; The Tokyo rock stalwarts recorded &#8220;The Sweet Passion&#8221; in Oakland, California, with producer Greg Ashley (from the underground psych-rock band Gris Gris) and in [...]]]></description>
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