The 69 of 2010
ROKKYUU's 6 best albums and 9 best singles of 2010 as well as the 69 of fashion!
Another year down and another massive wave of music!
ROKKYUU kept our ears to the ground in 2010 and we listened for the best tunes from the visual kei scene. It was a big year and much was said and done. Too many bands broke up and there were too many sad happenings, but on the other hand, many also took leaps forward towards the professional indie, the major or the international stage. While there were many, many releases across many VK genres and various VK platforms, these fifteen selections each brought something special to the scene. We look forward to many, many more outstanding pieces of music from these bands and others throughout 2011 and beyond!
We now present to you a breakdown of the six albums and nine singles that really rocked us.
6 Albums of 2010
- 9GoatsBlackOut – Tanatos
- heidi. – Senkou Mellow
- Kannivalism – Helios
- Matenrou Opera – Abyss
- MUCC – Karma
- NoGoD – Kakera
9 Singles of 2010
Leela McMullen is a strong believer in the philosophy "no music, no life." Having traversed the range of Japanese fandoms, she found her home at last in visual kei and has made it her mission to share what she loves most with the world. Leela completed her B.A. in Japanese language from Griffith University in Gold Coast Australia. She now lives and works in Japan, striving to bring you the goods, hot from the scene. Follow her on twitter for juicy hints of upcoming articles if you've got a bit of Japanese language under your belt! http://twitter.com/#!/LeelaInTokyo
Sarah began her journey into the world of Japanese music courtesy of L'Arc-en-Ciel back in the year 2000. Since then, she has combined a love of music and music journalism into writing for European Japanese music magazines and assisting with Japanese interest events in the UK. After graduating in Law from the University of Nottingham, she put 'the law-thing' on the backburner to dive into the live scene in Tokyo for 3 years. Sarah returned to the UK in September 2010 to do that 'law-thing' and now works for a Japanese ｂank in London. Her heart is always in the music and fashion in Tokyo and her life is balanced between her time in the UK and Japan. When she has time, she also blogs at http://lifeismerodii.blogspot.com
Laura Cooper started photographing rock and jazz bands at university. While completing a degree in English Literature, she was literary co-editor of the York University arts magazine and held poetry soirees with comedy jazz bands. Laura wrote for the now defunct UK Goth magazine Meltdown, as well as edited for an occult/spiritual website while she lived in York and London. She disappeared into the mountainous depths of Japan in 2006 and is now based in Tokyo, capturing rock bands in action.
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