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		<title>[live report] SUGIZO Lives Long and Prospers</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2012/02/live-report-sugizo-lives-long-and-prospers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visual kei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luna sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Origa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rorschach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sugizo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there’s ever a time to do the Vulcan Salute outside a Star Trek convention, it’s at a SUGIZO concert. The guitarist, violinist, and songwriter started doing the Salute during LUNA SEA shows back in the day. And for some reason fans have adopted it as the most logical way of greeting him. Perhaps it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[press release] SoundWitch to Perform at Tekkoshocon 2012</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2012/02/press-release-soundwitch-to-perform-at-tekkoshocon-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Chee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[kansai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MONSTERS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 4, 2012 &#8211; Osaka based gothic-metal/rock band SoundWitch will make their American live performance debut at Tekkoshocon 2012. The band will perform a live concert and attend autograph and Q&#38;A sessions for fans during Tekkoshocon&#8217;s four-day event in Pittsburgh, PA from March 22 &#8211; 25, 2012.
Tekkoshocon information and pre-registration at: http://www.tekkoshocon.com
SoundWitch PROFILE
SoundWitch was formed in Osaka, Japan in 2005 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[live report] fade –You Can’t Compare Apples and Fried Chicken</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2012/01/live-report-fade-%e2%80%93you-can%e2%80%99t-compare-apples-and-fried-chicken/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gackt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[King of Dawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[V-rock Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YFC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have to make a promise upfront; I will not compare fade’s vocalist Jon to his alter ego in YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz. Still,there is bound to be some overlap in the melodies at the very least. After all, they are the same person.
Maybe I can’t exactly promise that. Perhaps a more reasonable pledge here is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[review] By My Side &#8211; Hemenway</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2012/01/review-by-my-side-hemenway/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2012/01/review-by-my-side-hemenway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Chee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[pop]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By My Side]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flying guitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hemenway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isaac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[j-rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NARUTO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;By My Side&#8221; starts out as a very generic pop-rock song.   While it&#8217;s catchy,  you kinda cruise through the first 2 minutes of the new NARUTO Shippuden end theme by Hemenway.  But there&#8217;s a little hint of something great in the chorus, a sweet falsetto at the end.  And then you get to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[press release] ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Greatest Hits Album</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2012/01/press-release-asian-kung-fu-generation-greatest-hits-album/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2012/01/press-release-asian-kung-fu-generation-greatest-hits-album/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Chee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bleach]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will be releasing their very first greatest hits album consisting 17 songs from their 6 full albums and 2 mini albums, added with their brand new song “Marching Band”.
Concurrently with the Japan release, the album is now available in the US through iTunes and Amazon.
Not only in Japan, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[press release] Hemenway to Release NARUTO Ending Theme Song on Jan 24, 2012</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2012/01/press-release-hemenway-to-release-naruto-ending-theme-song-on-jan-24-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2012/01/press-release-hemenway-to-release-naruto-ending-theme-song-on-jan-24-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Chee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making a meteoric major debut in November 2011, 4-piece band Hemenway’s new song has been chosen as the new ending theme to TV animation series NARUTO Shippuden.
This latest single “By My Side” will be digitally released in the US on January 24, 2012 through iTunes and Amazon.
By My Side
Ending theme song to NARUTO Shippuden
January 24 (Tue) Release [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[live report] ViViD – When Good Looks Come in Handy</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2012/01/live-report-vivid-%e2%80%93-when-good-looks-come-in-handy/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2012/01/live-report-vivid-%e2%80%93-when-good-looks-come-in-handy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visual kei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elvis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://purpleskymagazine.com/?p=3785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some bands have the skills. Some bands have the attitude. Some bands have the drive. Other bands are just plain nice to look at.
I’m not saying a band like ViViD doesn’t have the talent or enthusiasm to make a great concert. I am saying, however, that in front of the steady vocals and melodic metal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[interview] YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz Won’t Forget</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/12/interview-yellow-fried-chickenz-won%e2%80%99t-forget/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/12/interview-yellow-fried-chickenz-won%e2%80%99t-forget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Earthquake]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pop quiz: What are YELLOW FRIED CHICKENZ?
a)	The Colonel’s new yet somehow original recipe.
b)	Mega-triple threat GACKT’s slightly satirical project.
c)	A surprisingly sensitive band that just wants to instill some charitable thoughts in their audience’s brains.
If you answered b) and c), you’re correct. When I sat down with GACKT and the gang on October 23, 2011 during V-ROCK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[press release] exist†trace 2012 USA Tour &#8211; Special VIP-only Boston show added!</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/12/press-release-exist%e2%80%a0trace-2012-usa-tour-special-vip-only-boston-show-added/</link>
		<comments>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/12/press-release-exist%e2%80%a0trace-2012-usa-tour-special-vip-only-boston-show-added/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Chee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 15, 2011 &#8211; exist†trace has added a special VIP-only show to their first American tour.
The all-female Japanese visual kei band will perform a limited-ticket 200-person VIP show on March 15, 2012 at The Middle East in Boston, MA. A special event for the first show of the tour, fans will be able to welcome exist†trace back to America [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[press release] exist†trace 2012 USA Tour &#8211; New York and Philadelphia dates announced!</title>
		<link>http://purpleskymagazine.com/2011/12/press-release-exist%e2%80%a0trace-2012-usa-tour-new-york-and-philadelphia-dates-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Chee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 8, 2011 &#8211; All-female Japanese visual kei band exist†trace announced tour dates today for their first USA East Coast appearance! exist†trace will perform their indie hits plus songs from their major-label releases &#8220;TRUE&#8221; and &#8220;THE LAST DAYBREAK.&#8221; General admission and VIP tickets go on sale December 14.
Sunday, March 18 &#8211; New York, NY @ Hiro [...]]]></description>
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