Articles posted in the ‘Feature’ category

May
18
A 20th Anniversary Tribute To L’Arc~en~Ciel

L’Arc~en~Ciel have celebrated their 20th anniversary with an world tour and like that, international indie artists share their love on Vivid Covers: A 20th Anniversary Tribute To

Apr
17
Budo Grape Kare No Namae Wo Omoidasenai Album Review

Budo Grape can squish out some of the most saccharine synth pop, and their new album Kare No Namae Wo Omoidasenai goes down fairly easy for the …

Nov
22
Shen’s Top Artists of 2010 – The Best and The Forgotten

Time to close my list out with who I consider to be the biggest artist of 2010. And maybe some overlooked ones as well.

When looking at …

Nov
21
Shen’s Top Artists of 2010 – Elated Wolf Migration

NUMBAH. TWO. DRAMATIC PAUSE.

Alright, it shouldn’t be any big secret that I love OGRE YOU ASSHOLE. (It really shouldn’t.) But, even though they didn’t …

Nov
19
Shen’s Top Artists of 2010 – Enthusiastic Wild Abandon

In choosing the top 3 of 2010, these artists, in my humble opinion, are going to be the next big things in the world of Japanese indie. …

Nov
17
Shen’s Top Artists of 2010 – Viewing the Heart of Music

Now, let’s dive into the real meat of the list, shall we? Here we go…

If a band were to lose their primary songwriter and frontman, most …

Nov
15
Shen’s Top Artists of 2010 – The End of an Era

Full warnings for all you underground/indie advocates, there are some super-mainstream bands in this portion of the list and really just this portion only. But, hey, some …

Nov
12
Shen’s Top Artists of 2010 – Young Revivalist’s March

Okay, I’m going to start off by admitting that I totally cheated when I made this list. I couldn’t decide which of the following 3 bands should …

Nov
12
Shen’s Top 10 Artists of 2010

Wow, what a fun year it’s been for all of us at SparkPlugged. It’s hard to keep remembering that I only started here just over a year …

Nov
10
Neaux’s Top Vids of 2010 #1 + runner ups

Neaux’s most Rocking and Awesome J-Videos of 2010 The TOP SPOT!  As mentioned before: my criteria is that it MUST rock. Also, the video must be Awesome …