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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Music</title>
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		<title>True tradition would be preferable to an &#8216;Idolympics&#8217; in 2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opening ceremony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ten-thousand Kumamons doing an elaborate Busby Berkeley-style dance routine to Kyu Sakamoto&#8217;s international 1963 hit &#8220;Sukiyaki&#8221;? A 100-meter Hatsune Miku towering over the stadium while 80,000 spectators crane their necks for a glimpse up her skirt? Newly elected Prime Minister Pamyu Pamyu speeding up a ramp and jumping into the stadium on Kaneda&#8217;s bike from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Melt-Banana: Being &#8216;stupid&#8217; isn&#8217;t so bad when it comes to touring</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fetch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melt-Banana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yako]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We&#8217;d be playing someone&#8217;s basement in America &#8230;&#8221; &#8220;And we only had five or six people there &#8230;&#8221; &#8220;We had some nights where the audience was zero.&#8221; As Yasuko &#8220;Yako&#8221; Onuki and Ichiro Agata prepare for a gruelling, 29-city North American tour to promote new album &#8220;Fetch,&#8221; they reminisce about their early experiences playing abroad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nite Jewel&#8217;s new best-of album, &#8216;Gems,&#8217; celebrates a diverse catalog</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/10/02/music/nite-jewels-new-best-of-album-gems-celebrates-a-diverse-catalog/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nite-jewels-new-best-of-album-gems-celebrates-a-diverse-catalog</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick ST. Michel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nite Jewel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramona Gonzalez]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A best-of album is not what you&#8217;d expect from an artist who has been around for five years. But that&#8217;s exactly what Ramona Gonzalez, who records under the moniker Nite Jewel, released in advance of her upcoming Japanese tour. &#8220;I sat down and thought about which songs fully represent all aspects of my career and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suede plays it anew with &#8216;Bloodsports&#8217; album</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/26/music/suede-plays-it-anew-with-bloodsports-album/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=suede-plays-it-anew-with-bloodsports-album</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Curran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloodsports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Britpop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suede]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, Suede was in the process of fizzling out to a backdrop of apathy. For a band whose initial brilliance inadvertently help kick-start Britpop in the 1990s, it all seemed unedifying.]]></description>
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		<title>Seiji Ozawa ends summer on high note</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/25/music/ozawa-ends-summer-on-high-note/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ozawa-ends-summer-on-high-note</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chiho Iuchi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[classical music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seiji Ozawa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe reportedly once said “God is in the details.” Conductor Seiji Ozawa would literally agree. He meets The Japan Times at a cafe he frequents in Tokyo’s Seijo district. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dommune takes a new direction with My Bloody Valentine gig</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/25/music/dommune-takes-a-new-direction-with-my-bloody-valentine-gig/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dommune-takes-a-new-direction-with-my-bloody-valentine-gig</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Hadfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dommune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Bloody Valentine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naohiro Ukawa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Noise — vast, enveloping noise — is at the core of My Bloody Valentine&#8217;s music. Halfway through &#8220;You Made Me Realise,&#8221; the quartet lands on a single chord that proceeds to suck the entire song into a gawping, sense-scrambling maw of distortion. On the 1988 recorded version of the track, this &#8220;holocaust section&#8221; lasts for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October Live</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/25/music/october-live/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=october-live</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Satoru Teshima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beth Orton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concert listings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Do-]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DYGL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huey Lewis & The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark McGuire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nite Jewel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oorutaichi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osumi Toshio Band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polar M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sapphire Slows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slow Marico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Samps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yokohama Jazz Promenade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ytamo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[October seems to be a good time for indie music. A lot of the smaller artists that need to do the festival circuit in Britain and the United States take a break in September and October, which gives them the chance to pop over to Asia for one last shout out before the New Year&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rock God Dam&#8217;s teen mastermind: Eighteen-year-old student pulls off two-day music festival for charity</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/18/music/rock-god-dams-teen-mastermind/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rock-god-dams-teen-mastermind</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick ST. Michel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blackmail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live house]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nakako Isoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rock God Dam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teen Runnings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With 90 minutes to go before the start of the Rock God Dam music festival, organizer Nakako Isoo is trying to find one of the headlining acts. She&#8217;s supposed to pick up Virginia band Suburban Living, but comes back to Shibuya club Vuenos alone. &#8220;They are going shopping,&#8221; she says. &#8220;I will try one more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imany makes peace with her voice on debut album</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/18/music/imany-makes-peace-with-her-voice-on-debut-album/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=imany-makes-peace-with-her-voice-on-debut-album</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alisa Yamasaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[French music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Imany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Shape of a Broken Heart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a model, Nadia Mladjao would have seen all there is in the world of luxury and excess. But the 27-year-old singer, better known as Imany, keeps it simple with her guitar on her debut album, &#8220;The Shape of a Broken Heart.&#8221; &#8220;What I really wanted was for my album to be timeless,&#8221; she says. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maximum The Hormone &#8220;Yoshu Fukushu&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/18/music/maximum-the-hormone-yoshu-fukushu/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=maximum-the-hormone-yoshu-fukushu</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick ST. Michel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maximum the Hormone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoshu Fukushu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Maximum The Hormone&#8217;s sixth album, &#8220;Yoshu Fukushu,&#8221; proves its members know how to laugh at themselves. The four-piece have long been slapped with the &#8220;hardcore&#8221; and &#8220;nu-metal&#8221; tags, putting the band in the company of other such acts like Limp Bizkit and Korn, who aren&#8217;t known for self-awareness. Yet Maximum The Hormone know to wink [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Various artists &#8220;Tanukineiri Drink Sampler&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/18/music/various-artists-tanukineiri-drink-sampler/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=various-artists-tanukineiri-drink-sampler</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick ST. Michel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[free download]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[netlabel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tanukineiri Drink Sampler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tanukineiri Records]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s getting harder to listen to netlabel-released albums in one sitting recently. Electronic-music compilation series &#8220;Fogpak&#8221; recently put out a collection featuring 48 different artists (should we call the Guinness people?). Now Tanukineiri Records has popped out &#8220;Tanukineiri Drink Sampler&#8221; — 90 minutes and 30 tracks strong. The album also highlights the negatives and positives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seiji Ozawa makes a triumphant return to Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/11/music/seiji-ozawa-makes-a-triumphant-return-to-saito-kinen-festival-matsumoto/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=seiji-ozawa-makes-a-triumphant-return-to-saito-kinen-festival-matsumoto</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chiho Iuchi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[classical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Junko Onishi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seiji Ozawa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s nothing like a comeback story. This summer, Japan saw a return to the stage by Seiji Ozawa, one of the country&#8217;s most celebrated musicians. On Aug. 23, the 78-year-old maestro took up his baton at the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, the event he founded and directs. It was his first appearance on the podium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tony Bennett, New Cool Collective, Ai Kuwabara Trio Project impress crowds at Tokyo Jazz Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/11/music/tony-bennett-new-cool-collective-ai-kuwabara-trio-project-impress-crowds-at-tokyo-jazz-festival/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tony-bennett-new-cool-collective-ai-kuwabara-trio-project-impress-crowds-at-tokyo-jazz-festival</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ai Kuwabara Trio Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz Festival]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On seeing the lineup ahead of this year&#8217;s Tokyo Jazz Festival, my initial feeling was the organizers had maybe cast their net a bit too wide with the acts booked, but those fears were completely unfounded. With the festival being held on three main stages (the International Forum Hall A, an outside stage at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tower Japan boss says biggest challenge facing record stores is attracting young customers</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/11/music/tower-japan-boss-says-biggest-challenge-facing-record-stores-is-attracting-young-customers/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tower-japan-boss-says-biggest-challenge-facing-record-stores-is-attracting-young-customers</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McClure</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[digital music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ikuo Minewaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[record stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tower Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tower Records Japan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I was preparing to do a guest slot on InterFM’s “The Selector” program, which features music mavens sharing their favorite tracks. While I had a few tunes from the not-so-recent past in mind, I needed some newer stuff to round out the playlist. I went to Tower Records Japan&#8217;s flagship store [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elephant9</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/11/music/elephant9/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=elephant9</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elephant9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So is this your first trip to Japan? Bassist Nikolai Eilertsen: For me, yes, but the other guys in the band have been before with different outfits. You had a real Hammond B3 on stage. You didn&#8217;t ship that over, did you? No, no. The costs would have been astronomical. At first the organizers wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eric Vloeimans</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/11/music/eric-vloeimans/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=eric-vloeimans</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eric Vloeimans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is your first time at Tokyo Jazz Festival, but not your first visit to Japan. What&#8217;s your overall impression? Trumpeter Eric Vloeimans: The audience is really enthusiastic and they&#8217;re very polite, and you see that jazz music is very popular here. It seems like every bar or coffee shop is playing jazz. Most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tres-men</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/11/music/tres-men/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tres-men</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quasimode]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Takahiro Matsuoka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tres-men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoshijiro Sakurai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yusuke Nakamura]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tres-men are made up of percussionist Takahiro &#8220;Matzz&#8221; Matsuoka, DJ Yoshijiro Sakurai and keyboardist Yusuke Nakamura. Your debut album came out in April, and here we are, five months later at Tokyo Jazz Festival. How did that come about? TM: We got the offer around May. Basically, a few years back I played at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lennon: Beatles&#8217; last album was &#8216;torture&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/07/music/lennon-beatles-last-album-was-torture/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=lennon-beatles-last-album-was-torture</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beatles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lennon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Let It Be]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recording their 12th and last studio album was nothing short of &#8220;torture&#8221; for The Beatles, said John Lennon in a tape-recorded interview coming up for auction this month. The Fab Four had just completed &#8220;Let It Be&#8221; in 1969, but had yet to break up, when Lennon and wife Yoko Ono sat down in Toronto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pianist Ai Kuwabara to live out her dream on stage at  Tokyo Jazz Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/04/music/pianist-ai-kuwabara-to-live-out-her-dream-on-stage-at-tokyo-jazz-festival/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pianist-ai-kuwabara-to-live-out-her-dream-on-stage-at-tokyo-jazz-festival</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ai Kuwabara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ai Kuwabara Trio Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Here to There]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sixth Sense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pianist Ai Kuwabara is waxing nostalgic at the offices of her record label, East Works Entertainment, in Tokyo&#8217;s Minato Ward. &#8220;I first went to Tokyo Jazz Festival at the International Forum when I was in the fifth or sixth grade of elementary school, and I&#8217;ll never forget the impression it made on me.&#8221; &#8220;At that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rock group Zoobombs announce split, prepare for sudden farewell tour</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/04/music/rock-group-zoobombs-announce-split-prepare-for-sudden-farewell-tour/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rock-group-zoobombs-announce-split-prepare-for-sudden-farewell-tour</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Despres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Don Matsuo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indie rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zoobombs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month marks the 20th anniversary of Tokyo rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll act Zoobombs. It also marks their demise as the group has announced they will part ways at the end of September. Things went well for Zoobombs and their brand of jam-laden garage rock through the 1990s. The group&#8217;s more notable accomplishments included touring the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Crossfaith tells you to rock: you listen</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/28/music/when-crossfaith-tells-you-to-rock-you-listen/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=when-crossfaith-tells-you-to-rock-you-listen</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alisa Yamasaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apocalyze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crossfaith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J-metal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenta Koie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metalcore]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Vocalist Kenta Koie looks at me square in the eye and says, &#8220;We want to be the biggest band in the world.&#8221; That band is Crossfaith, a metalcore band who will release its new album, &#8220;Apocalyze,&#8221; in Japan on Sept. 4. At a time when Japanese bands seem content in being popular at home, Koie&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twenty years ago, Cornelius releases the track that defined Shibuya-kei</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/28/music/twenty-years-ago-cornelius-releases-the-track-that-defined-shibuya-kei/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=twenty-years-ago-cornelius-releases-the-track-that-defined-shibuya-kei</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cornelius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keigo Oyamada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shibuya-kei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sun is My Enemy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The song &#8220;The Sun is My Enemy,&#8221; released 20 years ago on Sept. 1, 1993, may have only reached No. 15 on the Japanese singles charts, but its importance lingers. This was the first single released by musician Keigo Oyamada under his nom de rock Cornelius, and it&#8217;s a key track in the development of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEPTEMBER LIVE</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/28/music/september-live/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=september-live</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Satoru Teshima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AlunaGeorge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canopies and Drapes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concert previews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frankie Val]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Give Me Wallets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Am Robot and Proud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyoto Ongaku Hakurankai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nile Long]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preco Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quruli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Jazz Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Students are heading back to school, the fireworks displays are pretty much done and the gyaru (gals) are a lot more tanned. It&#8217;s too early to declare an end to summer yet, though. There are still plenty of music festivals and concerts in September to satisfy those who don&#8217;t want to head back indoors just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After decades in the music biz, Kinjo goes solo</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/21/music/after-decades-in-the-music-biz-kinjo-goes-solo/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=after-decades-in-the-music-biz-kinjo-goes-solo</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Potter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[katcharsee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keiko Kinjo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Okinawan culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryukyu music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shimauta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Umui]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Okinawa is known for its climate, beaches and distinct culture, but its real hidden treasures are its female vocalists. Keiko Kinjo is one such treasure. It&#8217;s hard to stand out in such a crowded field, but she has been active for many years, performing and recording with many of the great musicians of Okinawan miny&#333; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dustin Wong&#8217;s loops reach an &#8216;Ecstatic&#8217; finale</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/21/music/dustin-wongs-loops-reach-an-ecstatic-finale/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dustin-wongs-loops-reach-an-ecstatic-finale</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Hadfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dustin Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mediation of Ecstatic Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Using just his six-string and a set of effect pedals, Tokyo-based guitarist Dustin Wong creates blissful symphonies of chirps and cascading arpeggios, shot through with searing leads and throbbing bass pulses. At times they recall the exuberant psychedelia of Animal Collective or the heady experiments of 1970s German synth innovators Manuel Göttsching and Cluster; at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Direction film premiere hits London</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/21/music/one-direction-film-premiere-hits-london/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=one-direction-film-premiere-hits-london</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Millard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[One Direction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Direction: This Is Us]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of screaming teenage girls swamped London&#8217;s Leicester Square on Tuesday as British boy band One Direction launched their first film with a glitzy red carpet premiere. Fans have camped out since Sunday to secure prime spots, hoping to catch a glimpse of the five singers as they arrived for the first screening of &#8220;One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Umez label is good news for noise-pop</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/21/music/umez-label-is-good-news-for-noise-pop/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=umez-label-is-good-news-for-noise-pop</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[14 Years Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lo-fi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Umez]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Those voices makes me vomit! Too many people in one band is no good. It&#8217;s kind of scary. I feel like I&#8217;m suffering from car sickness all the time.&#8221; Sachiko Fukuda from noise-pop duo Umez is not a fan of AKB48. That didn&#8217;t stop her band from covering its iconic single &#8220;Aitakatta,&#8221; though, stripping it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hard rock, J-pop rule Summer Sonic</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/14/music/hard-rock-j-pop-rule-summer-sonic/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hard-rock-j-pop-rule-summer-sonic</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick ST. Michel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BabyMet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carly Rae Jepsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chvrches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fidlar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hatsune Miku]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Marr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metallica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mr. Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perfume]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pet Shop Boys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sakanaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smashing Pumpkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stone Roses]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Veteran Japanese rockers Mr. Children attracted so many fans to this year&#8217;s edition of the Summer Sonic music festival that they made Smashing Pumpkins&#8217; frontman Billy Corgan upset. &#8220;Thank-you for the warm reception,&#8221; he said sarcastically in Osaka on Saturday, in response to the legions of Mr. Children fans who crowded the area just ahead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bieber&#8217;s monkey keeps Billboard editor on pitch</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/14/music/biebers-monkey-keeps-billboard-editor-on-pitch/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=biebers-monkey-keeps-billboard-editor-on-pitch</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Cole</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a typical day, Bill Werde ponders everything from Justin Bieber&#8217;s pot smoking to Robin Thicke&#8217;s topless women, with hundreds of ear-worms along the way. The editorial director of Billboard.com joined the company in 2005 and rose quickly to oversee one of the most-visited music-magazine sites on the Internet. The company tracks the best-selling songs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Namie Amuro &#8220;Feel&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick ST. Michel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Namie Amuro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The age of the J-pop diva has long passed, those halcyon days of Whitney Houston-inspired vocals and million-unit-moving singles. The female entertainers from this period have recently coped by embracing American trends. Kumi Koda struck Oricon Single Chart gold last year with &#8220;Go To the Top,&#8221; which featured elements of contemporary stateside electronic dance music [...]]]></description>
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