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LookBack: Stereopony Music, Vol. 5

We interrupt Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger meets Kaoru-hime to bring you this article on the second half of Hydrangea ga Saiteru… Welcome back to our two-part series on Hydrangea ga Saiteru This one will be a little longer since most of the new songs are on this end of the album. Why no one decided to use “Effective Line” as an …

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Stereopony Song Of The Week, Week 36

Wolf. The song “Wolf” first appeared in Stereopony’s eleventh single “Stand By Me”. The song is a cover of Serial TV Drama’s song. The song is a very direct attack on a cowardly scheming person. Being like a lazy wolf and acting blindly to avoid a battle is the easy way out of a confrontation. This a direct shout-out to …

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OverView: Stereopony Music, Vol. 5

The answer lies on the other side Last week, we talked about half of Stereopony’s first record album, A Hydrangea Blooms. We discussed its meaning, we looked over the new songs, and a conclusion was reached that the first half sounded great, just like it was promised at the release time. Now, we pick up the review exactly where we …

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LookBack: Stereopony Music, Vol. 4

A Hydrangea Blooms What can I say about Hydrangea ga Saiteru? It was the first album I bought when I could not find anything except their singles on Peer to Peer sites. You can punish me later for that. I had to go dig out my copy tonight to be able to do this review because my laptop only has …

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Stereopony Song of the Week, Week 35

The season of the Goodbye. The song “Sayonara no Kisetsu” first appeared in Stereopony’s final album “The Best of Stereopony.” Just as the title goes, this song is about painful goodbyes. This song is of a love breaking at the juncture of a High School graduation. People choose different paths for themselves. If they are in a romantic relationship with …

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OverView: Stereopony Music, Vol. 4

With honest, open words, we want to try and speak our minds It all passed too fast. Bestselling singles, powerful hits, Oricon chart positions; and soon enough, Stereopony was set to hit another milestone: the release of their first record album. Hydrangea ga Saiteru hit the stores in June 17th, 2009, in its English version, A Hydrangea Blooms. The title …

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LookBack: Stereopony Music, Vol. 3

“One Day, in the Recording Studio, we ran into YUI!” It is no mystery to myself and my counterpart that Aimi Haraguni is a HUGE YUI fan. She also seems to be a huge Paramore fan, but I would need to see her CD collection or inspect her mp3 player or phone to know for sure. Ever since I got …

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Stereopony Song Of The Week, Week 34

SMILIFE Smilife is Stereopony’s 4th Single. The word SMILIFE is a stylized way of saying “it’s my life” and that’s exactly the theme of this song. Drawing the energy from life, friendship and the drive to go beyond one’s limits are the messages of this song. Smilife’s lyrics talk about how our shortcomings and failures can be taken as a …

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Throwback Flashback, Week 2

We just entered the second week of our Throwback Flashback feature.  

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Poll: Favorite Draft King Live Performance

Welcome to the second week of the new feature VGD Weekly Polls. Before we starting off with this week’s poll, let’s announce the results from last week’s poll. Last week people voted for their favorite AIMI hairstyle. Surprisingly, there are two two-way ties for first and second place at the time of writing this post. AIMI’s hairstyles from the “Smilife” …

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