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		<title>Kyary Pamyu Pamyu &#8220;Nanda Collection&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick ST. Michel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Am I an adult? Or am I a kid?&#8221; sings Kyary Pamyu Pamyu on &#8220;Furisodation,&#8221; a song about the Harajuku blogger-turned-model-turned-pop-star turning 20 earlier this year. That&#8217;s the question that looms over all of her sophomore album, &#8220;Nanda Collection.&#8221; The album is obsessed with the messy transition from youth to adulthood, the sound of Kyary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NMB48 &#8220;Teppen Totande!&#8221; (Laugh Out Loud Records)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to popular hemming and hawing, the big problem with Oricon chart-dominating act AKB48 isn&#8217;t their music. Their discography certainly contains misfires, but producer Yasushi Akimoto and company can pen great material for the dozens-strong group. Last year, they boasted two of the best songs in all of Japan: &#8220;Sugar Rush,&#8221; one of the best [...]]]></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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		<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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