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March 2025

Monthly Listening: March 2025
Rounding up great new releases we checked out during February from Tive, cyber milk chan, Ohzora Kimishima and more
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Ryo Miyauchi
Issue #93: A Kindness Comparable to Nuclear Energy
Highlighting the new Tive album, an Evangelion classic, and buzzing songs from TikTok this quarter
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Ryo Miyauchi
On the Clock: TikTok Songs of Q1 2024
Checking out the music buzzing on the app from January to March, from V-pop, Vocaloid 8-bit and more
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Ryo Miyauchi
East to Southwest: Previews of SXSW 2025 Showcases Featuring Acts from East Asia
Joined by Michael from Mando Gap, we highlight our picks of artists from Japan, China and Taiwan playing this year's SXSW
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Ryo Miyauchi
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Michael Hong
Monthly Listening: February 2025
Rounding up great new releases we checked out during February from Laura day romance, robounoishi, Hoach5000 and more
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Ryo Miyauchi

February 2025

Idol Watch #24: January/February 2025
Rounding up the best idol songs from the past two months, featuring MYERA, Tonalia, Juice=Juice and more, plus a revisit of a classic Hello! Pro…
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Ryo Miyauchi
Friends Recommends #3: Emergency Calls and a Grand Sense of Hope
Our guest writers highlight the year's new drops of battle weary rock, epic chamber pop, ska-inflected punk-pop and friendship R&B
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Ryo Miyauchi
Issue #92: Walls
Exploring the new Laura day romance album and Seiko Matsuda's "Rock'n Rouge," plus guest recommendations of new singles
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Ryo Miyauchi
Issue #91: Moth to a Flame
Talking about the music in this winter's J-dramas, the Phantom Siita show in Anaheim and the original "Choo-Choo TRAIN"
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Monthly Listening: January 2025
Rounding up great new releases we checked out during January from Suichu Spica, Pale, The Traveling Theory and more
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January 2025

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