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Pairs Trash Shanghai
Pairs is couple of cute kids who live in Shanghai and make an awful lot of noise. F provides the grinding, splintered guitar noise. Rhys, AKA Xiao Zhong, keeps the beat...
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2NE1 – ”Hate You”
2NE1 goes anime in “Hate You,” a electrically-charged track with the girls’ trademark swagger. It’s Powerpuff Girls meets Bleach and Gorillaz as CL, Park Bom, Minzy, and...
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B-Free The Korean Slacker Rapper
If DOK2 is the hard, dirty South (ish) rapper of Seoul's Hongdae scene, then B-Free is his goofy, philosophical West Coast cousin. In his music video for "Where U At," a...
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AV Okubo — “Breakwave”
Keep a Mortal Kombat style power-up handy after jamming to AV Okubo’s “Break Wave.” The energetic Chinese punk band (with notable metal influence) shows us how they get...
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2NE1 – ”I Am The Best”
Following the soulful release of “Lonely,” 2NE1’s latest head-banging, eye-catching, mind-blowing dance track “I Am The Best” made an immediate all-kill on the music...
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Boris — “Hope” and “Riot Sugar” (Music Video)
This settles it, Boris has the most sophisticated sense of humor in heavy music and, perhaps, the most elegant sense of timing. It's the subtle kind of humor where it...
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Jin Akanishi: Yellow Gold Tour 3010
The bad boy of J-pop chart-toppers Kat-tun made his solo North American tour debut this year. Called the Yellow Gold Tour 3010, the show stopped in Chicago, San...
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Dok2 Chops his Competition
The latest percolation from the Hongdae hip hop scene is the baby-faced, swearing Dok2, whose first full length boasts the mix of raw attitude, strenuous hometown...
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HyunA – ”Bubble Pop”
4Minute’s HyunA trades in the fierceness of “Change” for a more flirty and sporty look in “Bubble Pop,” off her first solo mini album. “Bubble Pop” features HyunA doing...
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Tadzio Makes Us Want To Start A Band
Japanese punk duo Tadzio's sheer exuberance can make you feel like you are hearing rock music for the first time.
The duo's story is as simple as their addicting...
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“Jade” by X Japan
Yoshiki and his reunited bandmates in X Japan may have waited 15 years to release new material, but “Jade” is about as epic a return to form as their devotees could hope...
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JYJ Secret Show
You don’t get much bigger than JYJ. In Asia, the gorgeous trio sells out concerts in seconds, and when they made their American debut this November, more than 20,000...
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BEAST — “Fiction”
“Fiction” speaks of the lengths that a guy will go to preserve the memories of his past relationship. The MV stars Beast's rapper Junhyung, who, unable to face a reality...
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Sound Kapital: Beijing’s Music Underground
One of Beijing's grungiest clubs is D-22, a slim sliver of a rock club in the city's University district of Wudaokou. That was the hangout of Matthew Niederhauser, a...
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Galaxy Express — “Where Am I Going”
After rocking out at SXSW and the Canadian Music Festival, Korean punk band Galaxy Express stopped by Brooklyn, NY for a special stop on their 2K11 Seoulsonic Tour....
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Galaxy Express — “False Image”
Punk rockers Galaxy Express performed at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY as part of the 2K11 Seoulsonic Tour. Known for their magnetic stage presence and bold...
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Behind-the-Scenes of J-Rock Cuties The Suzan
Tokyo's The Suzan is known for playing crazy fun garage rock that makes people dance. But the adorable all-girl quartet is just as easy to recognize by their bold and...
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Your Angry Guide to Ungooglable Band Names
Times have changed. The Internet decides who gets famous. So you’d think musicians would be fighting tooth and nail for Google domination.
But you’d be...
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Live in Times Square, NY Preview
Did you get a sneak peek of our super secret Jin Akanishi live show in the MTV studios in Times Sq. NY? Want more than photos? We're still editing the full performances...
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BoA — “Eat You Up”
BoA has already made Asian headlines with this crazy "Eat You Up" single. From her upcoming album, Look Who's Talking, decide if you think the U.S. will be talking - or...