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Mew - Symmetry music video

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:41:21 -0700

(5 votes - 3 comments - 35 views)

You think Rock Band's drums are hard? Try DrumMania.

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:41:16 -0700

(4 votes - 2 comments - 26 views)
Rock Band drums seem to be getting a lot of attention on the sift, so I decided to show you guys something far more impressive.

DrumMania is a Japanese game by Konami (the folks that make DDR). Unlike DDR, this game actually gets pretty damn realistic: the setup for the DrumMania console is exactly the same as that of an electric drumset. On the easy levels it's simple, with automatic kick to assist you, but on the hardest difficulty, you're playing a real drumbeat.

This kid gets an "SS" rank on the song (this song is only a 54, so it's not even close to being one of the hardest songs, it's just hard to find a video that's set up as good as this one is for DrumMania, so I picked this one), which is the equivalent of a gold five stars on rock band, except that this is real drum playing instead of their pussified little "drum" controller. Seriously, the only thing missing from DrumMania is a pedal for the hi-hat and a second cymbal.

Unlike Rock Band, where people often say "if you can play expert on drums, you should try playing drums for real," on DrumMania, if you can play on the highest difficulty, you CAN drum for real.

KAREN - "Lorraine" PV (Japanese music video)

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:35:44 -0700

(2 votes - 0 comments - 24 views)
A great new (relatively, they finally released their first album this month) Japanese band with a great lineup of members, including the vocalist/guitarist (Riki Kinoshita) and lead guitarist (Masafumi Todoka) of ART-SCHOOL.

This stuff is freaking fantastic. I got their album, and it's amazing. Definitely a band worth following.

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/karenofficial

Pup Punt!

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:53:12 -0700

(14 votes - 11 comments - 449 views)
Yyyyyyyyes!

ASH - Sleeping Pills PV (Japanese music video)

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:08:49 -0700

(11 votes - 6 comments - 238 views)
Featuring Hideki Kaji and Daisuke Itou.

ASH is one badass of a musician:
http://www.myspace.com/ashonweb

A Pineapple-shaped Dildo

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:03:36 -0700

(55 votes - 10 comments - 1943 views)
There's no substitute.

Derrick Comedy - Rookie

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:39:06 -0700

(10 votes - 4 comments - 381 views)
You get one, rookie.

Rock Band TV Ad - "The"

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:28:56 -0700

(27 votes - 7 comments - 1618 views)
Ad for the game Rock Band. I've actually discussed this issue with friends before lol.

Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot music video

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:02:10 -0700

(15 votes - 4 comments - 225 views)
I can't believe this isn't on here yet.

Death Cab for Cutie - We Looked Like Giants (Live in SF)

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:47:50 -0700

(12 votes - 2 comments - 245 views)
This might be my favorite song by them right now, the melody in the chorus is amazing, and the whole song is just very well-written.

There's a pretty neat commentary on what the song is about from Gibbard during the instrumental break in the middle.