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Japanese Music (Pop, rock and all 'dat) |OT|

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Kurita

Member
Top tracks? That's hard...

Straightener - From Noon Til Dawn
Nothing's Carved in Stone - Spirit Inspiration
Androp - Boohoo
plenty - ACTOR
[Champagne] - Waitress,Waitress!
killing Boy - You and me, pills
Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas - Scream Hard As You Can
The Flickers - Rock'n'roll Suicide
ORANGE RANGE - Deep Blue Sea Flower

Will post my top albums later.
 
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XDDX

Member
There were too many songs this year..

Androp - Boohoo
Granrodeo - Can do
Granrodeo - Rimfire
Granrodeo - Crack star flash
Granrodeo - Dark Shame
Straightener - From Noon Til Dawn
Nothing's Carved in Stone - Spirit Inspiration
Hyadain - 20112012
Hyadain - Start it right away
Sid - V.I.P
Sakanaction - Boku to Hana
Sakanaction - Yoru no Odoriko
One ok rock - The Beginning
M.O.V.E - Raise Up
Leo Ieiri - Sabrina
Suzumura Kenichi - Shiroi Karasu
OLDCODEX - Catal Rhythm
Suenohair - slow dance

That should be enough, but I know I'm probably missing a few good ones.

Edit: Added some more songs that I remembered.
 
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faridmon

Member
I still have a lot of Album to go through before I post my top Albums. Androp is yet to drop an Album and I still want to buy couple of other releases that came this year. I won't be posting about top albums untill January.

Top Tracks so far:

観覧車に乗る君が夜景に照らされてるうちは by The Mirraz
ラストナンバー by The Mirraz
A Burning Bullet by Last Alliance
Love,Breed,Love by Killing Boy
夢幻の光 by Jinn
Active Imagination by Molice
Decadance by Heavenstamp
Loose by Heavenstamp
俯瞰show by BIGMAMA
#DIV_0! by BIGMAMA
母に贈る歌 by BIGMAMA
秘密 by BIGMAMA
Dear Future by Coalter of The Deepers
O/M/G/ by Monica Uranglass
Moire by The Novembers
Gear March by Geeks
Boohoo by Androp
日本語タイトル: おやすみ泣き声、さよなら歌姫 by Creephyp
Jungles by 10-FEET
扉b by Chocolat & Akito
One Foot on the Ground by Nookies
不完全なキミ by Arukara
Kimi ga Hoshi by Siberian Newspaper
Tori by That's a No No
Lemon by Socio Drama
Panorama by LA LA LA
Dinasaur by Czecho no Republic
Ivory by Czecho no Republic
Forget About it by Alternative Medicine
オストワルト by Rhycol.
Parallell by Goliath
STUDIO APARTMENT – “Miss Universe” (feat. SU, ILMARI, & Meisa Kuroki)
Mist by The Oral Cigarettes
My Dinosaur by Psysalia Psysalis Psyche
言葉は嘘をつく by Itsue

most of thow songs are on Youtube. I can be botherd to link them, but its there.
 
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dakkumauji

Member
Favorite songs this year?

AAA - Still Love You
BREAKERZ - 脳内Survivor
DEEP - GO
flumpool - Answer
GRANRODEO - Can Do
GRANRODEO - メズマライズ
GRANRODEO - RIMFIRE
GRANRODEO - 愛のWarrior
GRANRODEO - DARK SHAME
Hemenway - Escape
Hemenway - Shifting
Hemenway - Get Up
Hemenway - Dream Fighter
Hyadain - 20112012
Hyadain - はみがき
Hyadain - Start it right away
Itou Masumi - Yume no Nake no Watashi no Yume
Suzumura Kenichi - Shiroi Karasu
Ling tosite sigure - abnormalize
Misato Aki - Shugooshin PARADOX
OLDCODEX - Catal Rhythm
Perfume - Spending all my time
Piko - Make My Day
ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D - CRISIS
ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D - Feeling This
ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D - Over the RAINBOW
SID - V.I.P
Suenohair - slow dance
Suzuki Konomi - DAYS of DASH
 
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fmpanda

Member
Nuklear said:
So J-Gaf what are some your favorite J-Christmas music?

Here's one I really love: Tommy Heavenly6 - I LOVE XMAS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbWxk6Uv90E


WTF is Sony Japan thinking pulling the official video off youtube? Seems so dumb.
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Just to chime in a tiny bit, when The Brilliant Green's contract with Sony expired, Tomoko Kawase took that band and her Tommy personas to Warner Music Japan, that probably has a lot to do with it.
 
K

Kurita

Member
I finally started listening to LOST IN TIME, Triceratops, MO'SOME TONEBENDER and SOIL&“PIMP”SESSIONS.

Oh boy, I missed some great stuff for years.
 
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faridmon

Member
Kurita said:
I finally started listening to LOST IN TIME, Triceratops, MO'SOME TONEBENDER and SOIL&“PIMP”SESSIONS.

Oh boy, I missed some great stuff for years.
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Yeah, I still have to listen to MO'SOME TONEBENDER. I heard great things about their new release.
 
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XANDER CAGE

Member
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Memento_Mori15

Member
Infinite said:
The year is coming to a close and people usually do their best of so lets listour top Japanese tracks of 2012
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Top:
Anything by Leo Ieiri. She's probably the best new artist in Japan IMO. All her singles were great and addicting to listen to.
Then in no order:
M-flo- All I want is you.
Shota Shimizu－366　days
Sakanaction -Dancer of the night and Flower and I.
Utada Hikaru- Flowing cherry blossoms.
 
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Dragoon En Regalia

Member
Gosh, what an amazing thread. I'm not into the modern J-Pop/J-Rock scene like you guys are, but there are some real gems here and great posts too. As for me? I got started with Casiopea and T-Square, so I'm a ways away from the subject at hand.

—But I've been listening to a bit of standard repertoire for a few days now. This includes Kazemachi Roman (Happy End), Solid State Survivor (YMO), and Fantasma (Cornelius). Three great albums in a row, and there's plenty of backstory to each of them. I read a series on Fantasma's epitomization of Shibuya-kei, and some fellow hosts an article on KR's packaging. For someone new to the Japanese mainstream, this is all great stuff.

One question: is this thread good for J-fusion/jazz in addition to the usual suspects? That's more my line of interest, though I can certainly dig some of the music already here.
 
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Infinite

Member
Dragoon En Regalia said:
Gosh, what an amazing thread. I'm not into the modern J-Pop/J-Rock scene like you guys are, but there are some real gems here and great posts too. As for me? I got started with Casiopea and T-Square, so I'm a ways away from the subject at hand.

—But I've been listening to a bit of standard repertoire for a few days now. This includes Kazemachi Roman (Happy End), Solid State Survivor (YMO), and Fantasma (Cornelius). Three great albums in a row, and there's plenty of backstory to each of them. I read a series on Fantasma's epitomization of Shibuya-kei, and some fellow hosts an article on KR's packaging. For someone new to the Japanese mainstream, this is all great stuff.

One question: is this thread good for J-fusion/jazz in addition to the usual suspects? That's more my line of interest, though I can certainly dig some of the music already here.
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I read the Cornelius article the other for a paper I'm writing. Funny you bring it up. Site has lots of great information on Japanese youth culture
 
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Dragoon En Regalia

Member
I had no idea what Shibuya-kei was or how it came to be until I encountered said site. So yeah, a great primer for future investigations.

Oh, right: Fantasma is glorious.
 
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SolidSnakex

Member
Music Station's Super Live performers

aiko
Ayaka
Arashi
Ikimonogakari
AKB48
EXILE
KAT-TUN
Kanjani8
Kis-My-Ft2
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
KinKi Kids
Koda Kumi
Kuwata Keisuke
Kobukuro
JUJU
Superfly
SMAP
SEKAI NO OWARI
Sonar Pocket
TOKIO
Nishino Kana
Perfume
B’z
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
Fukuyama Masaharu
Princess Princess
Hey! Say! JUMP
Porno Graffitti
Mr.Children
Momoiro Clover Z
YUI
YUKI
Yuzu
L’Arc~en~Ciel
Ling Tosite Sigure
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http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/11/artist-line-up-for-music-station-super-live-2012-revealed/

It'll air on the 21st.
 
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XANDER CAGE

Member
So I just found out that Mass of the Fermenting Dregs broke up. D:

I'm running out of good Japanese rock! Could I get some recommendations based on some of my favorites? I used to find a lot of this stuff through blogs that don't exist anymore, so I'm out of the loop. Some of my favorite Japanese rock bands are:

Ogre You Asshole
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
Boris
Chatmonchy
Midori (who also broke up, weh)
Noodles
Number Girl
9mm Parabellum Bullet
The Pillows
Bugy Craxone
8otto
Tsushimamire
Melt Banana

I really like a lot of female-fronted bands, but it's not a requirement or anything. Is there anything newer that I should check out?
 
K

Kurita

Member
J-Rock Explosion is still active, check out his J-Rock Fridays. http://jrockexplosion.net/

Straightener
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3uUM1gB9IM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iPIphDUIps

[Champagne]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKWWZKKzRQ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz4ZSIELkMA

Veltpunch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvIPtRGGN-A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-akWw8nyvVs

Arukara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsiV5Ov7_JY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBVLPvy3qiU

The Predators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJwhRhyaSbg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tUPT-1hcdo

SuiseiNoboAz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTp1xLrH0Ig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NXGm9gOqms

The Salovers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2mpPdqOoPE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFN3YdRUDDo

You are already listening to 8otto, 9mm Parabellum Bullet, the pillows and Ogre You Asshole, that's great.

Female fronted bands ? Hmm...
Scars Borough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiM0h8oJh14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJqdyTDzKGA

Uplift Spice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvR2Dv1fT0c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHcgR3lWZJk

tricot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_B_GalsJrE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdU8PKK3VS4
 
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XANDER CAGE

Member
Kurita said:
J-Rock Explosion is still active, check out his J-Rock Fridays. http://jrockexplosion.net/

Straightener
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3uUM1gB9IM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iPIphDUIps

[Champagne]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKWWZKKzRQ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz4ZSIELkMA

Veltpunch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvIPtRGGN-A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-akWw8nyvVs

Arukara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsiV5Ov7_JY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBVLPvy3qiU

The Predators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJwhRhyaSbg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tUPT-1hcdo

SuiseiNoboAz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTp1xLrH0Ig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NXGm9gOqms

The Salovers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2mpPdqOoPE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFN3YdRUDDo

You are already listening to 8otto, 9mm Parabellum Bullet, the pillows and Ogre You Asshole, that's great.

Female fronted bands ? Hmm...
Scars Borough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiM0h8oJh14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJqdyTDzKGA

Uplift Spice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvR2Dv1fT0c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHcgR3lWZJk

tricot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_B_GalsJrE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdU8PKK3VS4
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Awesome, thanks for the links! I totally forgot to put Veltpunch on my list, I have one of their albums and it's great. I think I'd heard Straightener before and just not known who they were, really like those songs. Will definitely pick all this up.

Out of interest, do you know of anything interesting going on in the punk/noise/etc scene right now? I think Midori and Skirt No Naka are the most recent things that I've really latched onto.
 
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Kurita

Member
Nope sorry, I'm not a big fan of punk so I can't help you.

Bought some Supercar, Syrup16g and Triceratops today by the way. Some great stuff.
 
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Infinite

Member
Out of interest, do you know of anything interesting going on in the punk/noise/etc scene right now? I think Midori and Skirt No Naka are the most recent things that I've really latched onto
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I am not the most adept in the current punk scene but these are bands you should know about none the less

Cowpers
http://youtu.be/KweoaE3f4uY

Spiral Chord
http://youtu.be/Ehei9wd5SEo
http://youtu.be/F-cijZrcuUU

Kuru Kuru Garden
http://youtu.be/lWUt-C5ZILk

Tacobonds
http://youtu.be/OIDu2EVI6OA

Bloodthirsty Butchers
http://youtu.be/60hYAK8wcKw

The Rice Panic
http://youtu.be/csu997fghxE

Discotortion
http://youtu.be/uj1heDHGXao

Copass Grinderz
http://youtu.be/50VMOwhUXWM

Envy
http://youtu.be/yLyZNEfPqxw

Qomolangma Tomato
http://youtu.be/JCn8csSfLnk

The Rice Panic is pretty fresh and it's female fronted so definitely check the rest of their material out. Tacobonds are also pretty young and has female backup vocals and guitarist as well. Kuru Kuru Garden is female led but they broke up very recently.

SEX+Y is a band that's really similar to skirt no naka but it's extremely hard to find their material because of their name. Here's their myspace

Last edit: Forgot about AFRIRAMPO


This concludes my post
 
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Infinite

Member
For additional female led bands that aren't necessarily in the genre of punk we have

Merpeoples
http://youtu.be/k8snEIWAbDY
http://youtu.be/zrkOGoa50q0
http://youtu.be/vUfWgOE_ePQ

Toddle
http://youtu.be/Euem1rEdQaE
http://youtu.be/QgshyxZsliI

Luminous Orange
http://youtu.be/afGYL7oD7TE
http://youtu.be/fvyKrMyeysY

My Dear Dead Girlfriend
http://youtu.be/fzQ7SFQ1bWs
http://youtu.be/ZbAkZP6H3hQ

Citrus
http://youtu.be/FEVO8Zhg9Qs

Kinoco Hotel
http://youtu.be/7-u77l_AfL8

I could post more but I think I'll stop
 
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Dead

well not really...yet
BigJiantRobut said:
So I just found out that Mass of the Fermenting Dregs broke up. D:

I'm running out of good Japanese rock! Could I get some recommendations based on some of my favorites? I used to find a lot of this stuff through blogs that don't exist anymore, so I'm out of the loop. Some of my favorite Japanese rock bands are:

Ogre You Asshole
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
Boris
Chatmonchy
Midori (who also broke up, weh)
Noodles
Number Girl
9mm Parabellum Bullet
The Pillows
Bugy Craxone
8otto
Tsushimamire
Melt Banana

I really like a lot of female-fronted bands, but it's not a requirement or anything. Is there anything newer that I should check out?
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Avengers in Sci-Fi? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-oM-7EJqkE

Also, The Novembers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9aKksX7BWA
 
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faridmon

Member
BigJiantRobut said:
Out of interest, do you know of anything interesting going on in the punk/noise/etc scene right now? I think Midori and Skirt No Naka are the most recent things that I've really latched onto.
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If you go back a page or two you could have found something.

Female fronted band + Pink = Who The Bitch

Kurita said:
Bought some Supercar, Syrup16g and Triceratops today by the way. Some great stuff.
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Which Supercar material? The only one I own is Futurama and I think that is fantastic.

(I think I do own others but I have it had teh chance to delve into it)
 
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survivor

Banned
Recently discovered amp-reflection by School Food Punishment and it's a pretty awesome album. Any other similar bands/albums?
 
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Infinite

Member
Kurita said:
Hmm... so electro-ish rock bands then ?

Maybe Sakanaction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AozElbRnTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiqfKF9BlcI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZZk2Mq_yjA

androp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2cm35slKmY

avengers in sci-fi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYd6LE2CXg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO9npWfCKGQ

My suggestions might not be what you're looking for but hey. :3
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Galileo Galilei
http://youtu.be/0hbNdyt6vww
http://youtu.be/SstPwlLwxGc

Also will be like the trillionth time I recommend merpeoples in this thread

Lama
http://youtu.be/3PmWBVl-w5I
 
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survivor

Banned
Kurita said:
Hmm... so electro-ish rock bands then ?

Maybe Sakanaction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AozElbRnTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiqfKF9BlcI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZZk2Mq_yjA

androp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2cm35slKmY

avengers in sci-fi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYd6LE2CXg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO9npWfCKGQ

My suggestions might not be what you're looking for but hey. :3
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Infinite said:
Galileo Galilei
http://youtu.be/0hbNdyt6vww
http://youtu.be/SstPwlLwxGc

Also will be like the trillionth time I recommend merpeoples in this thread

Lama
http://youtu.be/3PmWBVl-w5I
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Ok, just finished listening to all the songs and some of them are pretty cool, especially the stuff by avengers in sci-fi, Galileo Galilei and Sakanaction. Thanks.
 
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faridmon

Member
Infinite said:
I love Ahito Inazwa but Vola really fell off after Halan'na-ca Darkside.
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To be honest, Principle (which is the latest one) is the only Album I have listened to which I quite liked it. Yes, ther are some weak songs, but overall, I thought it was solid.

If thier previious ones are much superiour, then woof.
 
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Infinite

Member
faridmon said:
To be honest, Principle (which is the latest one) is the only Album I have listened to which I quite liked it. Yes, ther are some weak songs, but overall, I thought it was solid.

If thier previious ones are much superiour, then woof.
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I mean we can disagree on Principle, it's ok.

Though if you liked that you should like their earlier works which is superior, IMO!
 
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Dead

well not really...yet
Kurita said:
Totally hooked to Supercar and Lost In Time right now. Amazing bands.
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If you've yet to listen to Highvision (Silent Yaritori :bow) and Answer, the best is yet to come with Supercar for you imo.

And like I posted earlier, get the B-Sides album, and don't forget their double album release OoYeah! and OoKeah! (their most shoegazey album).

Yumegiwa Last Boy off of Highvision...sogood.gif
 
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faridmon

Member
Infinite said:
I mean we can disagree on Principle, it's ok.Though if you liked that you should like their earlier works which is superior, IMO!
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Yeah, I am planning to get their previous releases since they have been quite for some time. Principle, as I said, was enjoyable. Can't wait.
 
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Kurita

Member
XDDX said:
Also, the new ONE OK ROCK single is called 'Deeper Deeper / Nothing Helps' and will be released on January 9th. Looking forward to it.
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Nothing Helps is the DmC theme song.
Also, Deeper Deeper is composed by Ryota (Bass) and Tomoya (Drums). Can't wait.
 
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