2010 was quite a year. Break-ups, people leaving, new members, comebacks, deaths and ventures abroad. There were an endless amount of new girl groups with like a thousand members, okay that’s a bit exaggerated, but you get my point. Despite all that, there was some amazing music released this year. Continue reading 2010 in Music: Arie’s Top Songs Part I
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San E Everybody Ready?
JYP’s latest protege, San E a solo rapper and winner of the hip hop division of the 7th Korean Mainstream Music Awards, released his mini album featuring members from JYP Nation like miss A’s min, 2pm’s Junsu, JOO and Wonder Girls’ Ye Eun/Yenny.
San E’s rap style is more comedy like Korean rapper MC Mong or American Eminem. Continue reading San E Everybody Ready?
Shiina Ringo Sanmon Gossip
(*Requested by mrdynamite.tk )I didn’t know who Shiina Ringo was before this so I did what any normal person would do-I Googled her and found that she used to be in a rock/jazz band Tokyo Jihen (translated it means Tokyo Incidents). Sanmon Gossip /Superficial Gossip is Shiina’s fourth album as a solo artist and debuted at #1 with 120,446 units sold.
Standing Egg With
Hello my expressions! 24 days until Christmas and 33 days until contest is over, so sign up! Anway, enough plugging time to get to the artist. I’m starting to listen to more indie artist now and I found Standing Egg through IndiefulROK and immediately fell in love.
Standing Egg is a trio comprised of Clover on vacals and guitar, Hana on the djembe an African drumb and Han Kyul on the double bass. With is the trio’s first full length album. Singer’s J.ae,Go Hyun Uk and 3rd Coast’s Han So Hyun. The album is split up by diffirent themes (man,woman, winter). Continue reading Standing Egg With
Gilme Love Actually
Rapper-singer, Gilme finally released her album and I think I was the happiest person. She has so much talent and some say that she’s the next Tasha. Her first full length album includes all the songs from her Love Cuts single,digital single’s ‘Love Is War’ with speed rapper Outsider, Why You and Me with Jung Yeop.Plus, three new tracks: Sorry I Love You with K.Will, XOXO and 미남ì´ì‹œë„¤ìš” with Lisa.
Since I reviewed her Love Cut’s single, I won’t reciew the tracks again. Read it here. Continue reading Gilme Love Actually
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[UPDATE]Merry Christmas/Happy New Year CD Giveaway
Hello Earcandy readers! As we are getting closer to Christmas and the end of the year, I think I should thank all the people who even come onto the site and read our reviews. So first I want to say thanks for reading. I added a new cd to the list to replace KARA’s Jumping album and we are shipping internationally now!!! Continue reading [UPDATE]Merry Christmas/Happy New Year CD Giveaway
Battle of the Bands: BRIGHT vs. Tenjochiki
I think anyone who reads the reviews on this site know that I (Arie Jai) am a huge fangirl of both BRIGHT and Tenjochiki/CSJH The Grace. They have amazing voices,can harmonize and dance well, are terribly under rated and a lot of people compare them frequently on each others videos.
The first song I heard from The Grace was their Korean single, Dancer In The Rain and the first Japanese song A Little Bit of Good a piano based ballad. I listened to different clips of them singing a capella medleys and I was blown away – I had never heard anything like that from a pop group. The first BRIGHT song I heard was ‘Shining Butterfly‘ that I was led to by watching Tenjochiki a-nation videos. I didn’t really care for Shining Butterfly, but I liked their sound so I looked them up  and found their song Brightest Star. I listened to that song for about 2 months straight because it was just so catchy. After listening to them for about a year, I found myself always comparing them so I decided to give an in depth breakdown of both groups. Continue reading Battle of the Bands: BRIGHT vs. Tenjochiki
BoA Identity
I think in almost every BoA review, I compare her voice to this album. BoA made her comeback to Japan with Identity, an album that she produced after her attempt in the US.
Identity debuted at #2 on the daily Oricon albums chart with 14,023 units sold in its first day and at #4 on the weekly chart with 37,606 copies sold, making it her first Japanese album that did not chart to number 1, ending her streak of studio albums debuting at #1 on the Oricon weekly charts. “Identity” also became BoA’s only studio album to not reach over 100,000 units sold and not receive certification.
-Wikipedia! Continue reading BoA Identity
Boni Nu One
Newcomer Boni impressed many with her cover of Taeyang’s Look Only at Me. Then, she released her debut mini album, Nu One and gained an instant fan (me!). Her voice is so powerful and her style is laid back. I chatted with her briefly on Twitter and she is the sweetest person. Continue reading Boni Nu One
Jung-In From Andromeda
The former lead vocalist of G.Fla, R&B singer Jung In makes her solo debut with the mini-album Jung In From Andromeda. The songstress has worked with artists like Leessang, Drunken Tiger, Dynamic Duo, Brown Eyed Soul, and Bobby Kim. Epik High’s Tablo, Clazziquai’s Alex, and Jewelry’s Park Jung Ah and Ha Joo Yeon all lent their voices to the mini-album produced by Leessang’s Gil, and Lee Juck also penned Hate You. Continue reading Jung-In From Andromeda
SHINee Romeo
SHINee came back with their second mini album, Romeo and I was excited to get more music from them. Then, they released their concept pictures and I wanted to throw something at their stylist. Dressing up like a little kid isn’t “fashion”, it’s tacky. Anyway, I decided to listen to the album despite their choice of clothing.
8eight The Bridge
Mixed trio, 8eight, returned to the music scene with a completely different concept for their title track ‘Validity Period’ going with a synthesized electro beat. Unfortunately, some Korean fans weren’t very fond of the change in the vocal group, so the group went back to the studio to make ‘The End Is Coming’, written by Bang Si Hyuk who also wrote their hit, Empty Heart for their mini album The Bridge.