What have you been listening to lately?
Shoko Sawada, its ok, not the best.
>>14950543
https://youtu.be/v7IXmV6A6Bk
Still good
Just press shuffle and fuck my shit up senpai
right now i'm listening to Inshouha
cool shit totally recommend it
Susumu Hirasawa. Loving the range of his voice
Aureole. Seems like Reincarnation's their only really good album though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UMOdaNkW3A
>>14950543
Also it warms my heart to see another Sonic Youth fan on the jay
...also i remember a few threads back there was a guy who posted a link to a mega folder with a bunch of Japanese math rock.
Is that guy still around? It looks like the folder was deleted but if I could at least have the names of the albums that would be great, the only one I downloaded from it was really good.
BiS and テンテンコ's new weird experimental shit.
Sayonara Ponytail and Negicco. I'm sure that I'm addicted to them.
Ichiko Aoba
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzzJdLWrDIo
I finished listening to the complete Pillows discography , and made a best off video of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppjQqbLIdOs
Pls recommend me more stuff like the Pillows.
Rick Rack, yet another band I've grown to love only to have them dissolve after a short time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33JNwxSNNNY
This band is pretty dank
Today listening to Uplift Spice. Omega Rhythm still my favorite song from them.
>>14955603
I just started listening to Kinoko Teikoku recently. Haven't listened to everything they had yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf1yycwZBAI
Been listening to PETROLZ's first full album that got released last year. The whole thing is really fucking catchy, definitely up there for one of the best albums released in 2015.
>>14955087
I read this blog post about one of her concerts a while ago, and it seemed awfully pretentious. The concert-goers had to dress in "winter clothing", and remain in complete silence throughout the entire thing. Sounds pretty weird, huh?
Either way, all of her songs are fantastic. I don't think I've ever heard another aritst do acoustic songs with a sci-fi vibe.
Kikagaku Moyo, good shit!
https://geometricpatterns.bandcamp.com/
>>14960040
Had this playing in the background for 35 minutes. Not bad at all
TWO-MIX. I've compiled almost every album I've been able to find. Still in the process for looking for more.
Are there any other groups with a similar style? I can only think of ROmantic Mode.
>>14950543
Maria Nishiuchi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWaSgGbR9aY
>>14963159
Would TM revolution count?
>>14951481
Cool, same here. Noise is oddly calming especially late at night. Listening to it right now coincidentally.
Also 禁断の多数決, a weird dreamy group.
Oomori Seiko's new album just came out so that's probably all I'm going to be listening to for a while.
>>14964241
I like TM Revolution, too, but his style isn't exactly what I'm looking for.
Then again, I'm kind of out of the loop when it comes to early 2000s J-Pop, as well.
What is some really good J-pop/pop rock with a male vocalist that isn't faggy Johnny-type boy bands? Just well-written Japanese melodic pop with male vocals?
>>14965007
Toshiki Kadomatsu
City Pop is possibly the greatest thing to ever happen in pop music as a whole.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oioWwKRLp3k
>>14965254
>posting shitty mixes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0PwHI9JNJs
>>14965291
>>14965291
>shitty
A disco beat improves anything.
Besides, it's still the same decade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUz4DG7Igs0
I will forever be listening to Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. I wish I could recommend and album or something to start with, but I just can't.
They have put out so many albums, and they all have a bit of a different style to them that I love them all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WERwqsgpuWM
>>14965007
>>14965254
>>14965291
>>14965294
Idk about you guys but I prefer Toshiki's more jazz fusion stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iptH-r41_1Y
Other Seiko fans' opinions on the new album?
https://youtu.be/Dk-mVzTXWPE
Absolute banger as far as I'm concerned. Love it.
>>14950543
A recent thread about japanese music got me into 赤い鳥, so I've been binging their albums.
And I fell in love with her voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxY9cQrVMFA
anybody wanna put me on to some decent old school hip-hop like King Giddra, Rhymester, Naked Artz, etc?
Fishmans is good
https://youtu.be/PKJHCtz0Szc
Mostly Sakanaction and similar bands. I know, i'm a casual.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZxjGN26_ic
>>14970300
There doesn't appear to be any HASAMI group albums on Soulseek; do you know where I can download them?
Weird shit, dont even know where this falls in terms of genres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ2-3-HagEc
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyqKNmIl_k4
>>14964837
I never understood the appeal with her music. It's just really grating to listen to. Gives me a headache. Then again it all comes down to personal preference.
I still can't get through an entire song of hers. She's a little too much for me. Still, I'll give her props for creativity because her music videos are certainly....interesting.
>>14950543
Utada hikaru is working on some new music so I am incredibly excited about that.
I can't wait to hear what she puts out.
Denki Groove mostly.
>>14970797
https://youtu.be/Hs27isdV6_w
Im confused, the artwork is similar. Same artist? Different projects? (link related is shoegaze)
How do you guys organize music libraries?
Romanji or just keep it Moonrunes?
I try to keep Songs/albums in Moonrunes
>>14971834
look at the credits of your video: Music Video by 大島智子
just the same artist. Cool song though, heres one of my favourite japanese shoegaze albums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwsYAz60a6w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRqMN9Uzaf8
>>14955139
>no please mr. lostman.
Can't really go wrong with the pillows, though.
https://youtu.be/Ma5nQ1mKmhQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdMXTJ02Q2Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x6i0uX7Cfw
This is pretty cute, dudes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi_l9Cza-1A
>>14974198
The face she makes at the end of the video explains everything.
SPEEDY SPEED BOY
>>14974250
Trueno means thunder in Spanish. The moar you know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L46IEE46jvU
>>14965983
I'ven't listened to much music this year but I gave that one a spin as soon as it came out. Not disappointed.
The whole 'We Are Disco!!! tribute to the telephones' album is pretty nice to listen to.
LOST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjLedZDEHwg
Her Name in Blood (hyped for their new EP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Cyq0svN2o
Crystal Lake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8119XHDKTLk
Just listened to Boy Soprano by Koshi Miharu and I loved it. I've just downloaded a few of her other albums from the /mu/ archive.
>>14976120
Koshi miharu is great. Have you heard of urban dance?
>>14955139
>Pls recommend me more stuff like the Pillows.
Bumping this request. I don't even know where to get started
>>14977392
noodles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv7AoGzISYY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibIbJS5_S_c
Discovered this recently, I wondered if you had similar singers to recommend. With a little voice and all, more like she's talking than singing.
I already know Yakushimaru Etsuko and daoko in the same style (even if there are variations)
>>14950543
Melty Blood songs and Fixion.
>>14978135
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwaLTsZ7g0s
>>14950543
> Sekai Shusoku 2116 (Amazarashi)
Very nicely built album. Probably the best album composition of all albums mentioned in my post.
> Butterflies (BUMP OF CHICKEN)
Fine listen. The band is stable as hell. This album features some synths, though. Hopefully, their style won't shift to this direction. It's nice touch up occasionally but don't overdo it.
> #10 (FLOW)
Very nice album. The songs by FLOW themselves are mostly soft and nicely contrast with often heavy collaborations. Very good.
> EGG (flumpool)
Nice sound. I came to this band only recently. I don't like them that much but they certainly produce pleasing sound.
> Planless Perfection (Hello Sleepwalkers)
Fantastic. Listened to it only a handful of times but this is amazing album. Really like it. It also features bonus album full of demo songs.
> Secret Sensation (T.K. from Ling Tosite Sigure)
Nice mini-album. Songs are fine.
> Under the Force of Courage (GALNERYUS)
Fantastic yet again! I love this band. So good and powerful. Can listen to it again and again. Definitely a worthwhile album.
> The World's On Fire (MAN WITH A MISSION)
This band is fun. Its sound is fun, the whole image is fun. Songs are beaty, catchy and fun. Very nice breather.
> Yuki mo Ai mo Nainante (NICO Touches the Walls)
Fine album. Another stable band, you get exactly what you can expect.
> Fixion (THE ORAL CIGARETTES)
Holy, this is fun! Very memorable sound and hilarious lyrics. Will keep following this band.
> DOGMA (the GazettE)
Not recent but great. Too bad no actual ballad on the album but it's fantastic anyway.
> My Way (ORIGA)
Last single by Origa. Used for Harlock pachinko machines (this is becoming way too hilarious). Two fine tracks and nice farewell to fine singer.
These are just some new albums plus a single. Other than that a lots of other stuff. Which reminds me. Does anyone have Love Changes the World album by THEATRE BROOK and new Opera album by OKAMOTO'S? Would appreciate as hell.
Who Sheena Ringo here?
>>14978547
I like her music. She just never stops progressing. I mean, because of nature of her constant experimentation and progress she has songs or phases which I don't like but overall I respect her for always trying to do something a bit different. My most favourite piece by her is her performance of Saihate ga Mitai. This particular live-version is incredible and noticeably better than polished studio version.
https://youtu.be/jeivMb-GBtU
>start figuring out the chords for Shonen Knife's Top of the World
>But, well, it's apparently a covers, so find the original for extra inspiration
>... welp, Shonen Knife ruined the original. It's not that Shonen Knife's version is bad, it's that The Carpenters' version is that good
And now I'm listening to and enjoying The Carpenters' discography.
Any western bands you got into due to a japanese one, /jp/?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yKMdSdhrXo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b6inZfiGrw
Can anyone recommend me shoegaze or just music like Kinoko Teikoku's earlier albums (especially uzu ni naru)?
I tried all the recommended shoegaze in that /mu/ pastebin but none of it hit the right spot. Luminous Orange is fucking awesome though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Oqgo8A5uNU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoZSrltjgrI
let's suppose that I'll try to roll on top of the crowd like that, will they notice that I'm a 85kg gaijin and drop me down like a pack of rotten potatoes?
>>14979451
Coaltar of the Deepers is the one people most usually like. But I like Mass of the Fermenting Dregs more. NARASAKI'S best stuff is outside of CotD.
Been in a bit of a rut lately haven't really come across much new shit. Been listening to the new SCANDAL album, Yellow, a lot recently even though I'm not a big fan of it really. other than that a lot of Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets and a little bit of The Winking Owl. Always looking for recs btw, any and all bands with female vocals are my thing but I'll take anything
lately it's been ゲスの極み乙女 and sakanaction a lot
>>14979287
Damn, this album is really fucking awesome.
>>14979451
宇宙ネコ子とラブリーサマーちゃん
https://youtu.be/Hs27isdV6_w?list=PL8F55A257752E7E12
I can't find any scans/pics of toho euro flash vol 2's disc, I do actually have a copy but it's sealed. I just dont want to open it just to be let down, which is what I feel will happen if I do.
any all time classics? something every jap knows since childhood? songs like these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUvmq2lkrHM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK3AHqzEi10
>>14983625
What the fuck
>>14984140
what? they don't have all time classics like those? I'm doing some research and so far I've found only this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQtFsu3G9f0
>>14979596
Listening to their Yukari Telepath album right now. It really sets an interesting mood.
>>14979596
What color are the dots on their album cover.
god bless Reol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vebKoO__8A
>>14972368
No solo ;-;
>>14977605
Don't even need to be japanese. I bet the pillows got inspirations from some popular US bands? i'm a total pleb at music so i don't even know basics. But i'm looking for a band with nice solos and a tempo similar to My girl/Ninny from the pillows.
I'll still watch noodles
>>14950543
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RFxYSKJn9Y
>>14950543
I recognize Keiji Haino, Mayuko Hino, Merzbow, Masonna, Thurston Moore, and Kim Gordon. Who else is there?
>>14978417
> Fixion (THE ORAL CIGARETTES)
Downloaded in January when it was released and subsequently bought while visiting Tokyo in February. I'm now at the point that I'm sort of burned out on it from all the listening I did for two months. Great album.
> Planless Perfection (Hello Sleepwalkers)
This has been playing on repeat since release. Absolutely amazing. I've been following these guys ever since Masked Monkey Awakening and they have yet to let me down even on a single song. Went to a gig of theirs last summer, I was really blown away by their use of light during gigs to create moods. I felt they had put a lot more thought into it than most bands usually do.
Doll $ Boxx - Loud Twin Stars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2itu5KEvG0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnTOO545-OM
You'll like this i think.
>>14990481
>>14979451
woops
the fin.
https://youtu.be/hMU_PLgclqY
https://youtu.be/hEWmDP8Oyhg
>>14950543
Recently got into OGRE YOU ASSHOLE. Very nice. It's just ultimately pleasing and calming. The text are just the right amount of abstract.
And been lately revisiting glorious sound of THE CHERRY COKE＄. I love this band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXFSr_JFVj0
OSTs from BEMANI games.
>>14951302
My nigga, Susumu is king. Bandiria Travellers is best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9KHfOPfTiM
>>14965007
Asian Kung-Fu Generation comes to mind (singing starts around 1:45)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyM4h4iVeFo
HOME MADE Kazoku is more on the J-Pop side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvYuf4r-8xk
L'Arc-en-Ciel is a classic for J-Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8j5Kn0og4E
Sambomaster has some crazy vocals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwYGW55yg5s
NICO Touches the Walls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4FRDaAtY6I
Hope these help!
>>14965452
Check out Original Love if you haven't. Got onto a bend after listening to the 2nd Tourist and Soundtracks album again.
https://touristsoundtracks.bandcamp.com/album/dots-and-lines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnFGY_NToEI
These are nice.
Mutyumu - L'oeil est Dieu
>art-rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8v4xFvATy0
Gonin-Ish - Tuki To Hangyojin
>progressive/experimental metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWqnofhRSLo
Goth Trad - Cut End
>dubstep (in the older style)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d12dJbE_xxw
L'arc en Ciel - My Heart Draws a Dream
Mainly whatever this station plays:
http://tunein.com/radio/Japan-Station-s160476/
Thanks for the anons who reminded me that Planless Perfection came out. Absolutely fantastic album.
APOCALYPTICA X VAMPS - SIN IN JUSTICE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwqhIMh9wcI
Just how many bands does Hyde sing for? And I thought Fuki did a lot of collaborations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBBoH3EIsfU
>>14996637
The worst part about Waggaki band was knowing that I was at Anime Expo and missed their performance.
I guess I'll have to fly to Japan.
>>14993934
I didint know Mutyumu thanks for the good taste anon
>>14979451
Suneohair?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaBjeWKROmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTYLmDv4Hq4
>>14993934
Goth-Trad is a proper badman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTgWDE3Wo1w
>>14983625
Every Japanese knows these songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NFTkyXr0eU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXXBJVd1L9M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYDFYuw-5pY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZsM7PBSOA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSXecfTKHJY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbH754gScuk
I could go on and on, but I'll stop here because /jp/ knows them all anyway.
>>14950543
I've been listening to this a lot lately. I don't know why, but it brings a tear to my eye every time I listen to it. I must be getting old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4idDZP5XFM
>>15000959
Shinsei is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjUB_nY_DYA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clEyZcvT5ss
I've been looking for music with good piano that I like. Clammbon is really good. Though fairly common so a lot of people will already know what it is.
I'm a bit disappointed I wasn't able to go to Tricot's live that took place a couple of days ago. Various things happened and just couldn't make it happen.
Hopefully they'll do another Euro tour in a year or two.
>>15001868
Anoice makes the most beautiful shit ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei6xcasWZog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvCg4LKHQV4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJc5O5tNlXs
>>15001926
We must go to Japan and visit the best bands.
>>15004656
too difficult
too expensive
I'll get a lullaby instead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B27yQMuTHWc
onoken
C-Show
かめりあ
Hommarju
t+pazolite
RoughSketch
cosMo@暴走P
μ's
>>14965452
Pretty great stuff, gonna keep a bookmark on these guys
-1979
Mika Matsubara 真夜中のドア(door of midnight)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-KAY_Glmn4
Susumu Hirasawa
>>14950543
>What have you been listening to lately?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZCjL2nasP4
This
>>15001926
That sucks. Caught their Stockholm show and it was pretty fun. I'm sure they'll be back in Europe again soon
I listen to this band with the mute button pressed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdHhuKuNHYo
>>15005221
I've recently started getting into him more. My favourite so far is Kingdom.
Do you guys listen to any Japanese radio stations? Preferably with DJs who are entertaining.
I found http://www.surfmusic.de/country/japan.html but it would be nice to have some specific suggestions.
And to contribute to the thread, I listened to DAYS by texas pandaa last night and liked it a lot. Shame I can't find any videos on youtube that aren't 240p live recordings so you'll have to trust me and download it off JPS I guess.
Haven't seen Yoru no Honki Dance mentioned on /jp/ much -- or at all, actually -- but their songs are all high-power and catchy as hell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abdto8e3EV4
