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[SweetDonuts]

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Namie was featured on an Entertainment Weekly article!

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/24/7-under-radar-songs

She’s sold more albums in Japan than Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Kesha have sold in the United States combined, but chances are you’ve yet to hear a single track by J-Pop superstar Namie Amuro. The Japanese equivalent to Madonna, Amuro is one of the best-selling artists of all time in her native country, with each of her 12 original, full-length albums earning platinum certification (or higher) in Japan. Stateside, she’s yet to notch a single track on a major chart, though she recently recorded two albums almost entirely in English: 2013’s FEEL, for which she collaborated with Zedd, and 2015’s Genic, which includes production from David Guetta and SOPHIE.

 

[blurr]

Hey, can you suggest some J-rock bands similar to Frederic? I love their songs. I also loved Gesu no Kiwami Otome.

I'll also appreciate any good J-rock band recommendations in general. Thanks!

 

[Kurita]

Hey, can you suggest some J-rock bands similar to Frederic? I love their songs. I also loved Gesu no Kiwami Otome.

I'll also appreciate any good J-rock band recommendations in general. Thanks!

You've just lit my Bat-Signal

KANA-BOON - https://youtu.be/UgS7vgquBvo
KEYTALK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK7y85uNevg
Mrs. GREEN APPLE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTUtF7ZxRN8
Kyuso Nekokami - https://youtu.be/2jxjDAqulRo
ONE OK ROCK - https://youtu.be/tcBBNB5JTOQ
go!go!vanillas - https://youtu.be/tis5QqV0Dgk
[Alexandros] - https://youtu.be/WW8LSsHZGTM
Sakanaction - https://youtu.be/LIlZCmETvsY
Kankaku Piero - https://youtu.be/e4I9bjviQu8
RADWIMPS - https://youtu.be/toR7LIGVj0Q
Czecho No Republic - https://youtu.be/NyHUflC-EP0
BLUE ENCOUNT - https://youtu.be/DzWHacQyZtw
the HIATUS - https://youtu.be/fSzxtLQBZHY
Yoru no Honki Dance - https://youtu.be/tj9ZahGGu58
Straightener - https://youtu.be/bLn67p32pCQ
cinema staff - https://youtu.be/ykwtQ1VwHfM
My Hair is Bad - https://youtu.be/nX4hQH6RBQQ
04 Limited Sazabys - https://youtu.be/8HrcVdrj-Eg
Nothing's Carved In Stone - https://youtu.be/H4fs3uqc-B8
Awesome City Club - https://youtu.be/RajV0aqK0C8
Hitorie - https://youtu.be/tXF_tamapmA
THE ORAL CIGARETTES - https://youtu.be/X0g5BO6zyxA
UNISON SQUARE GARDEN - https://youtu.be/KGdrQkYgNko
Fujifabric - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhAhSzYzhS4
WANIMA - https://youtu.be/xRaHgQ3yjAo
Ame no Parade - https://youtu.be/csiHQtnbJTI
MY FIRST STORY - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u10U7BHQQ2Y
indigo la End - https://youtu.be/PadOTWkZjcQ
sumika - https://youtu.be/5GmGeuM6Xv0
Good Morning America - https://youtu.be/8nCwEJupgvQ
Kuusou Iinkai - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZA4U4519G4
GOOD ON THE REEL - https://youtu.be/nb1IpTRjuyM

 

[blurr]

Thanks!

 

[Kurita]

Thanks!

You're very welcome, I love to recommend stuff I like.


Hosomi Takeshi on the cover of Rockin'on Japan's newest issue, give it to me noooooooow

 

[SweetDonuts]

Perfume x OK Go - "I Don't Understand You'

Remember that song Perfume and OK Go collab'd on back in January for the show Sushi Police?. It's finally being released July 20th on iTunes Japan

 

[Kurita]

New Sakanaction single on August 10
No title but the cover is already out, what

 

[faridmon]

Hey, can you suggest some J-rock bands similar to Frederic? I love their songs. I also loved Gesu no Kiwami Otome.

I'll also appreciate any good J-rock band recommendations in general. Thanks!

Yoru no Honki Dance is sort of a simliar band in terms of the music being dancy and carchy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S9657-zJYs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHFZeM5z0K4

 

[stump sock]

new Recoride song. Yuri Shinohara is everywhere these days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt_AGLrJEVA
http://ototoy.jp/_/default/p/63334

 

[Slowdive]

Three new Seiko Oomori singles announced, one each month starting from August 24.

【MV】ユニコーン / Pastel Pants

 

[stump sock]

【MV】ユニコーン / Pastel Pants

I don't know how to feel about the fact that asCa's solo project is maybe the least interesting ex-Eribon project for me. I'm not super hot on chiaki's either but I appreciate that she's kind of trying to aim for a Showa-era throwback sound.

NAOMiRUSTY still seems to be the one to keep an eye on

and speaking of, natsuki announced her new group the other day: Nice Arrange

 

[Kurita]

New Ame no Parade. GAP got some dope artists for their 1969 campaign. Music video and song are great.
https://youtu.be/ZyR-mE2yV1g

 

[Slowdive]

VMO+おやすみホログラム - Neuromancer/Strawberry

 

[stump sock]

VMO+おやすみホログラム - Neuromancer/Strawberry

holy shit

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https://twitter.com/hideki0103/status/747838907505475585

lol

"Are you going to be able to get along?" "no."

 

[Slowdive]

FEMM - Neon Twilight
FEMM - Countdown

 

[vanty]

KOTO is back

KOTO/舞踏遊戯 【MV】

Pretty fun.

 

[Kurita]

きのこ帝国 – クライベイビー - Teaser
So good

 

[vanty]

Last night's AKBINGO with the new MCs subbed.

 

[stump sock]

Last night's AKBINGO with the new MCs subbed.

"I will make AKBingo a sleazier show" is a promise I can get behind.

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And Summer Club "Into The White"

 

[Kurita]

go!go!vanillas - ヒンキーディンキーパーティークルー

 

[SweetDonuts]

安室奈美恵 / New Single「Hero」Lyric Video
Beautiful song

FEMM - Neon Twilight
FEMM - Countdown

I'm liking both of these, well done FEMM. Also that aesthetic in Countdown, love it.

 

[Megawarrior]

Two new Ayu MVs

浜崎あゆみ / FLOWER

浜崎あゆみ / Mad World

I just impuse bought her album after watching these and I am so impressed with her new album. Much better than her last effort I think. Mad World is such a great song.

 

[akileese]

FEMM - Neon Twilight
FEMM - Countdown

These are both cool as hell.

 

[daydream]

KOTO is back

KOTO/舞踏遊戯 【MV】

Pretty fun.

song's not great but still pretty good

the MV, though, is hilarious

 

[Vard]

2016/08/04(THU)〜2016/08/13(SAT)

Heads up, Cornelius will perform FANTASMA across the US (CA/AZ/CO/WI/IL). Tour info: www.corneliusjapan.com/#tour-section

 

[stump sock]

Tentenko is on dommune today

https://youtu.be/FY0q6QeDhJ0

 

[vincenzogrubb]

The crowdfunded Skulls in the Stars video is finally out!

Kinoco Hotel have a new album coming out.

 

[stump sock]

The crowdfunded Skulls in the Stars video is finally out!

I love this so much.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

FEMM - Neon Twilight
FEMM - Countdown

i like!

 

[Kurita]

New UNISON SQUARE GARDEN
https://youtu.be/w7x0_xXm3Qc

 

[davidwhangchoi]

New UNISON SQUARE GARDEN
https://youtu.be/w7x0_xXm3Qc

i like! +2

drummer had legit great feel. love the bass and guitars.

 

[blurr]

I've started listening to Kana Boon. I didn't know it was their song in the The Perfect Insider OP.

Also, started listening to tofubeats on a friend's suggestion - refreshing tracks.

 

[Kurita]

I've started listening to Kana Boon. I didn't know it was their song in the The Perfect Insider OP.

Also, started listening to tofubeats on a friend's suggestion - refreshing tracks.

KANA-BOON have been my favorite band for 3 years now, and basically my second favorite band ever behind Ellegarden, hope you'll enjoy their entire discography.
Their sound, their lyrics, the members themselves, just a perfect band. Changed my life!

 

[blurr]

KANA-BOON have been my favorite band for 3 years now, and basically my second favorite band ever behind Ellegarden, hope you'll enjoy their entire discography.
Their sound, their lyrics, the members themselves, just a perfect band. Changed my life!

So far I liked this song from them the most, have listened to a few.

 

[Kurita]

So far I liked this song from them the most, have listened to a few.

Definitely amongst my favorite ones by them. Hard to find a bad song though, I'd say スパイラル/Spiral is the song I like the least cause it's a bit generic but that's it.
Top 3 songs -> MUSiC, かけぬけて and フルドライブ
Listen to their full albums! The latest one released this year is fantastic.

 

[blurr]

Definitely amongst my favorite ones by them. Hard to find a bad song though, I'd say スパイラル/Spiral is the song I like the least cause it's a bit generic but that's it.
Top 3 songs -> MUSiC, かけぬけて and フルドライブ
Listen to their full albums! The latest one released this year is fantastic.

Yea, I listened to Spiral too, didn't really feel it, will check those out.

 

[Kurita]

New 9mm Parabellum Bullet, currently used as the opening theme song for Berserk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DizBlRFMD4
Short but intense.

 

[kasane]

hands of gravity is getting closeeeeer

 

[Kurita]

hands of gravity is getting closeeeeer

So close and yet so far away

I translated some quotes from Hosomi's interview in the new Rockin'on Japan, so hyped after reading these, my brain is going to melt

I’ve made 11 albums with my three bands… That being said, it’s the first time I’ve made an album that feels like that, and I’m not even talking about the actual content or the way it sounds. It’s different, I’ve never felt like this.”

“We’ve only made songs with a huge sense of scale, and that wasn’t on purpose. Like, we never said to ourselves “we should definitely do that”. Actually, we had a that feeling of freedom, thinking “It’s okay if we do something minimalistic” but the scale wound up growing and growing…”

“MONOEYES’s A Mirage In The Sun and Hands of Gravity are heavily connected. Maybe it’s because I wrote them both over the past two and a half years. For me they’re definitely connected. Like I’m finally done writing them!

 

[Spring Drive]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZc9lNG4GQ

Guys, I'm crying right now.

Just looking at her picture makes me feel something strange inside. I guess you could call it "love". I'm in love with Oreo Reona. I've lost interest in all girls, besides her.

Oreo Reona really is all I think about all day, every day. I really do cry myself to sleep at night thinking about how I'll never be with her. If only she knew I existed in this life, if only she knew my deep profound love for her. I know that will never happen though. That is the thought that makes me so sad when I look at her. I'll never be with her, but I'll continue to love her until the day I die.

 

[Kurita]

 

[chrominance]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZc9lNG4GQ

Guys, I'm crying right now.

Just looking at her picture makes me feel something strange inside. I guess you could call it "love". I'm in love with Oreo Reona. I've lost interest in all girls, besides her.

Oreo Reona really is all I think about all day, every day. I really do cry myself to sleep at night thinking about how I'll never be with her. If only she knew I existed in this life, if only she knew my deep profound love for her. I know that will never happen though. That is the thought that makes me so sad when I look at her. I'll never be with her, but I'll continue to love her until the day I die.

My takeaway here is that I am not allowed to play Roland keyboards unless I can do high kicks?

 

[Peru]

Occasionally I remember that Hirokazu Koreeda has directed several AKB48 videos and each time I refuse to believe it and have to double check my sources.

 

[Peru]

NMB48's Sutou Ririka (Riripon)'s philosophy book is now getting translated. Preface is up here.

This could get real good. It's mostly presented in the form of conversations between Riripon and Horiuchi Shinnosuke.

In fact, Sutou, your interviews and speeches about philosophy, I’ve watched them all.’

(Attack incoming ahhhhhhhhh!)

‘Comparing Christian Luther’s freedom to Fukazawa Yukichi’s freedom might be a little unprecise.’

‘So..so..orry!(with tears)’

‘It’s not bad, you know. I think you have a decent sense, honestly.’

Praised! Yada!

‘Sutou san, the test indicates that you prefer Existentialism, without doubts. The philosophers Sutou san has mentioned, both are categorized as Existentialism.’

‘Is…is that true?’
Nietzsche senpai, Jaspers senpai, Camus senpai, Fromm senpai, Kierkegaard senpai, Floyd senpai and more, all my favourite senpai fit in Horiuchi sensei’s research speciality, or related to his criticism theories!! I don’t know why but I’m happy.

 

[SweetDonuts]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZc9lNG4GQ

Guys, I'm crying right now.

Just looking at her picture makes me feel something strange inside. I guess you could call it "love". I'm in love with Oreo Reona. I've lost interest in all girls, besides her.

Oreo Reona really is all I think about all day, every day. I really do cry myself to sleep at night thinking about how I'll never be with her. If only she knew I existed in this life, if only she knew my deep profound love for her. I know that will never happen though. That is the thought that makes me so sad when I look at her. I'll never be with her, but I'll continue to love her until the day I die.

Spoiler

I honestly think this is one of the best posts in the entire thread.

 

[Larsa]

Shinsei Kamattechan - Mini album Natsu. Install digest

yeeeesss.

 

[vanty]

Spoiler

I honestly think this is one of the best posts in the entire thread.

You should see Peru's 8000 words on BoA.

 

[Vard]

Ino Hiroki (ex- YOGURT-pooh) just released a 2nd solo album which can be streamed from here: https://soundcloud.com/hiroki-ino/2nd-album-onisolo2

I'm also enjoying the fast-pased short songs from surf rock outfit And Summer Club. Article about them: http://makebelievemelodies.com/?p=12962

Here are a few songs:
Surfer Girl/Goodbye Witches https://youtu.be/vp6ZZJ3hQS0
Into The White https://youtu.be/az3JDzs95Bg

 

[Kurita]

New Bentham is damn cool
https://youtu.be/Yo4cjV8W3gI

Maaaan, those 4 Tower Records Bowline shows curated by キュウソネコカミ look great

I'll try to get a ticket for the Tokyo one (Sendai has KANA-BOON but I don't really want to buy a Shinkansen ticket just for that...)

 

[stump sock]

I'm also enjoying the fast-pased short songs from surf rock outfit And Summer Club. Article about them: http://makebelievemelodies.com/?p=12962

yup. I'm subbed to the Space Shower youtube channel and like 90% of what they post does nothing for me. these guys are one of the good ones.

Also really like the digital single MikaRika just released.

huh. they've gotten quite a bit better since last time I checked, which was like... 2013?