X Japan - XL - and X-cited for April 13th

It seems like Lollapalooza is the only music festival left to announce their confirmed list of bands. It's definitely upsetting people, since by this time most of the bands should be set in stone. Hopefully they'll figure it all out soon so that the fans can respectably plan out their summers.


I have yet to go to a Lolla, but this year I'm almost certain I will be doing all I can to get to Grant Park, Chicago that weekend. Why is that you might ask? Well, because it has been stated by the band leader Yoshiki himself that X Japan will be joining the line up as a headlining band this year. This is a huge deal since X Japan has never officially played a concert in the U.S.. This will be the only time in 28 years that X Japan has come to the states to play for their U.S. fans. I've been trying to see these guys for years, but the closest they ever got to America was France, and that show got canceled. Anyway, I'm excited, and you should be too. The official article is here:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-02-27/x-japan-to-move-to-l.a-hold-simple-concert-there

Also check out my previous review of their 1991 album Jealousy, here.



Nintendo just released their newest version of the DS yesterday, the Nintendo DSi XL. This thing is definitely a step up from the previous DSi model, with a HUGE 4.5" screen and a battery life almost rivaling that of the DS Lite. I really don't have much else to say for this product, since I really don't see why Nintendo feels that they need to spit out another one of these every year. I guess I'm still a little bitter about them throwing away the system's GBA backwards compatibility. This was a great feature of both the DS and DS Lite, and some games even rewarded you for using this function while playing a DS game (Pokémon Pearl/Diamond/Platinum for example). Sure, they added the whole DSiWare thing, but as far as the DS goes, the backwards compatibility was its selling point for me.


As far as site updates go, I just posted two brand new reviews, so be sure to check those out with the following links:

Oh, and why am I excited for April 13th? Five words. Year of the Black Rainbow.