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A Perfect Circle (Zürich 2004)
Acid Mothers Temple (Mode HHH) (Bern 2003)
Admiral James T. (Luzern xxxx; Bern 2006)
Air (Zürich 2004)
Akaten (Bern 2003)
Alice Cooper (Zürich 1997)
Amiina (London 2006)
Apocalyptica (Luzern 2000?)
Archive (Montreux 2004, Fribourg 2004)
asana (solo) (Tokyo 2007)
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION (Tokyo 2005)
Asleep. (Zürich 2007)
audio safari (Tokyo 2007)
Audrey (Luzern 2009)
Auf Der Maur (Zürich 2004)

Beirut (Tokyo 2012)
Binko Swink (London 2011)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Tokyo 2008)
Bloc Party (Tokyo 2005, Zürich 2005)
Blüchel & von Deylen (Montreux 2004)
Blur (Tokyo 2003, Lausanne 2003)
Bob Dylan (Zürich 199?; Zürich 2005)
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Basel 2007)
Boris (Tokyo 2007)
BSK (Zürich 2007)

Cat Power (Luzern 2007)
Caesars (Tokyo 2005)
Calexico (Avenches 2009)
Chewy (Schötz 2000;Luzern 2001)
cokiyu (Tokyo 2010)
Coma* (Tokyo 2008)
Cosy Bottle (Beijing 2010)
Counting Crows (Zürich 1997, 2000, 2002)
Cuushe (Tokyo 2010)
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http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8757/50stars.jpg Excellent / AOTY
Dean Watson - Imposing Elements (Progressive / Jazz Rock)
Meshuggah - Koloss (Technical Post-Thrash / Math Metal)
Mirrorring - Foreign Body (Ambient / Folk / Drone)
Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken - The Death Defying Unicorn (Prog Rock / Jazz)

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7716/45stars.jpg Very Good
Accept - Stalingrad (Heavy Metal)
Cannibal Corpse - Torture (Death Metal)
Chairlift - Something (Indie / Dream Pop)
Horrendous - The Chills (Death Metal)
Mgla - With hearts toward none (Black Metal)
OSI - Fire Make Thunder (Progressive Rock / Metal)
Portico Quartet - Portico Quartet (Jazz / Electronica)
T.R.A.M. - Lingua Franca (EP) (Jazz Rock Fusion)
Vaura - Selenelion (Avant-garde / Psychedelic / Post-Metal)
Vulgaari - Vulgaari (Stoner / Doom / Death Metal)

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/185/40stars.jpg Good
††† - EP †† (EP) (Electronic / Experimental Rock)
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Today I got really sad news. My favorite band announced its death. How would you feel if a friend you like very much said to you he would die in less than two months? Yeah, you must think I am overreacting, and I would think that too if it was not me on this spot right now. It was a surprise to me how sad I felt when receiving this news, but now I realize that actually the unit of those five people, who lives in a 12 hour time fuse distance of me, is my friend. A very close friend, who accompanies my daily journey, with all its good and band emotions, since January 2006.

That was when the album Adult was released. A friend sent me the album in a zip file and asked me if I knew this band. Never heard of it. Then I pushed play, the song Himitsu started, my mind did blow with that fusion of cabaret-styled jazz and cool funky and rocky instrumental elements. And those vocals… those vocals…

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Top Artists
1. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (1400)
2. The Black Box Revelation (990)
3. Mogwai (835)
4. Yuck (767)
5. The Black Keys (674)

Top Tracks
1. Yuck - Shook Down (429)
2. The Strokes - You Only Live Once (335)
3. Sparklehorse - Apple Bed (115)
4. 東京事変 - 私生活 (110)
5. Mogwai - Christmas Steps (103)

Top Albums
1. Yuck -Yuck (717)
2. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Controversial Negro (601)
3. The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth (483)
4. The Black Box Revelation - Set Your Head On Fire (435)
5. The Black Keys - Brothers (344)

1 木村カエラ – チョコレート http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 450
2 坂本真綾 – トピア http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 367
3 aiko – ホーム http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 301
4 aiko – 恋のスーパーボール http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 251
5 坂本真綾 – 手紙 http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 217
6 浜崎あゆみ – November http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 216
* 絢香 – 魔法使いのしわざ http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 198
7 坂本真綾 – キミノセイ http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 197
8 木村カエラ – deep beep http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 194
9 坂本真綾 – something little http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 188
10 坂本真綾 – DOWN TOWN http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 181
11 aiko – ぬけがら http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 180
12 坂本真綾 – みずうみ http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 179
13 坂本真綾 – 秘密 http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 178
14 aiko – 瞬き http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 174
15 木村カエラ – 喜怒哀楽 plus 愛 http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 171
16 坂本真綾 – ムーンライト （または“きみが眠るための音楽”） http://i52.tinypic.com/24mwbgi.png 170
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