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Japanese Music (Pop, rock and all 'dat) |OT|
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Thanks. I skipped through the list and the only thing which really caught my ears was ONE OK ROCK.
Also, what's up with japanese music not being available on spotify or any other common sources.
What does one use to get their j-fix?
last(?) BiS single Final Dance, first half shot like a 48 PV with bikini dance routines on a beach etc. catchy song!
There's some Japanese stuff on Spotify but not a lot.
I often buy Japanese iTunes cards so I can buy stuff on the Japanese store. Some artists do release their stuff on US/European iTunes stores/Amazon MP3 though.
Otherwise I order CDs on HMV/CDJapan. Japanese labels don't really care about the international market so most of the time they don't bother selling discs (physical or digital) outside of their country. I mean Sony even blocks videos of their artists so if you're not Japanese you can't watch them on Youtube.
Speaking of ONE OK ROCK, a new song can be heard in the background here at the 20 seconds mark :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux6FWjx6zMk
Guess they're becoming the "official" band for the Kenshin movies.
You should listen to ONE OK ROCK's album they released in 2013, it was my album of the year. Amazing stuff.
If you want to discover new stuff, here are my top 30 releases of 2013 :
http://lekurita.tumblr.com/post/72102033172/2013-30-japanese-discs-it-was-a-pretty-amazing
MezzoForte
Member
I listen to Los Angeles religiously.
Gesu no Kiwami Otome released a new video, from their mini-album which came out last month.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSYe2ZYZdKU
It's really funny, Enon's dance looks so awkward :lol
Bought HaKU's new album, Symbiosis, released this week.
I absolutely love it. I've been really into this band lately so I was quite hyped. They didn't disappoint. This band has been very consistent ever since their debut and this new album shows that they're indeed among the top young rock bands in Japan. Their energetic songs as well as the slower songs, which have some sort of space-like feel to them, are all excellent... There's also a song where the bassist is the only one singing, and it's actually one of the best songs of the album. So yeah, good stuff, might be their best album so far!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztcl_W_jBOQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2wBEaHMgy4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUyVIU8CEao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx6QyoJGv1g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knHBOnA9E0w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSyfWxjjS4w
May still has some nice releases coming. Next week I'm getting CreepHyp, Soredemo Sekai Ga Tsuzukunara, Good Morning America's new singles as well as Lyu:Lyu's new mini-album.
In two weeks THE NOVEMBERS are releasing their new single.
And finally in three weeks KANA-BOON and The Mirraz release new singles, while KEYTALK's first major album is coming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSYe2ZYZdKU
It's really funny, Enon's dance looks so awkward :lol
Bought HaKU's new album, Symbiosis, released this week.
I absolutely love it. I've been really into this band lately so I was quite hyped. They didn't disappoint. This band has been very consistent ever since their debut and this new album shows that they're indeed among the top young rock bands in Japan. Their energetic songs as well as the slower songs, which have some sort of space-like feel to them, are all excellent... There's also a song where the bassist is the only one singing, and it's actually one of the best songs of the album. So yeah, good stuff, might be their best album so far!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztcl_W_jBOQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2wBEaHMgy4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUyVIU8CEao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx6QyoJGv1g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knHBOnA9E0w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSyfWxjjS4w
May still has some nice releases coming. Next week I'm getting CreepHyp, Soredemo Sekai Ga Tsuzukunara, Good Morning America's new singles as well as Lyu:Lyu's new mini-album.
In two weeks THE NOVEMBERS are releasing their new single.
And finally in three weeks KANA-BOON and The Mirraz release new singles, while KEYTALK's first major album is coming.
Yeah. It was quite the surprise, and it's so good. She should do it more.
ThreePiMatt
Member
Hey, just throwing out a question here, but are there any good download services to get Japanese music in the States? Preferably not iTunes since I don't have an account or any Apple products.
Aside from Amazon MP3, no.
Personally I buy most of my stuff on the Japanese iTunes store now. The majority of artists I like don't release their music digitally outside of Japan.
EMI Japan artists did for a while but ever since Universal bought EMI they almost all stopped doing so which is stupid as hell.
Personally I buy most of my stuff on the Japanese iTunes store now. The majority of artists I like don't release their music digitally outside of Japan.
EMI Japan artists did for a while but ever since Universal bought EMI they almost all stopped doing so which is stupid as hell.
Aizo
Banned
Part of it is the world music feel, but also that damn sexy bass. I just love interesting/impressive technical instrument playing. I think out of these three, the Socialist Anthem would be my favorite, but I still like Gounn a lot more. The other two are fun, but they don't really interest me. Thank you for the recommendations!
That Hello Sleepwalkers is so so so so good. Thanks for putting me on to them.
e: THE NORAGAMI OP WAS THEM!
I had forgotten all about that. Yeah, definitely going to need to spin these guys for a good bit.
Yep, couldn't stop listening to it the other day.
Boredoms offshoot OOIOO have a new gamelan influenced record, sounds typically out there, I approve.
KANA-BOON's new video here
http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/KANA-BOON---Full-Drive/95f2c0aaf885b4749a3903f960d9d30b
Fantastic. New single in two weeks, hype reaching some f'n high levels. If they release an album this year I'm gonna scream.
http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/KANA-BOON---Full-Drive/95f2c0aaf885b4749a3903f960d9d30b
Fantastic. New single in two weeks, hype reaching some f'n high levels. If they release an album this year I'm gonna scream.
^ great track
吉澤嘉代子「美少女」MV short ver.
Sounds like an old anime OP, I like it.
吉澤嘉代子「美少女」MV short ver.
Sounds like an old anime OP, I like it.
^Glad you liked the KANA-BOON song.
I'm so in love with them. Bands like this are the reason why I'll never be tired of following the Japanese rock scene.
Great article by Japan Times about the HIATUS's tour which began today, and a few words about their album, which is my AOTY so far.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture...ths-on-keeper-of-the-flame-tour/#.U2uT4a1_sVo
Pretty cool pictures from the first show of the tour.
I'm so in love with them. Bands like this are the reason why I'll never be tired of following the Japanese rock scene.
Great article by Japan Times about the HIATUS's tour which began today, and a few words about their album, which is my AOTY so far.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture...ths-on-keeper-of-the-flame-tour/#.U2uT4a1_sVo
Pretty cool pictures from the first show of the tour.
Wow the MV is really cute for this. I like it! Old anime OP is a pretty fitting description lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8s217NcVRs
Sounds like a Jihen song, but structurally it's really weird for a World Cup song.
Hello thread!
I'll spare you a big background, introductory sort of thing - I just wanted to say that I've been meaning to come in here for a while.
Lived in Japan for a year now, and my musical tastes have come to compromise quite a wide range of Japanese material. I'm going to quite a few upcoming things:
Charisma.com (work permitting)
Fuji Rock Festival (Friends actually wanting to attend, permitting!)
Summer Sonic (I might go to both Tokyo and Osaka events!)
Perfume (I simply didn't go to the last tour out of both business, as well as getting a bit befuddled by booking over the phone. Which I guess is really quite embarrassing!)
I'll spare you a big background, introductory sort of thing - I just wanted to say that I've been meaning to come in here for a while.
Lived in Japan for a year now, and my musical tastes have come to compromise quite a wide range of Japanese material. I'm going to quite a few upcoming things:
Charisma.com (work permitting)
Fuji Rock Festival (Friends actually wanting to attend, permitting!)
Summer Sonic (I might go to both Tokyo and Osaka events!)
Perfume (I simply didn't go to the last tour out of both business, as well as getting a bit befuddled by booking over the phone. Which I guess is really quite embarrassing!)
You see, it's comments like that, which game me tremendous pangs of guilt - because I've had the opportunity, but just haven't taken it. Rest assured, I'm going to this one!
chrominance
Member
Thanks to careful stalking of both this thread and a similar thread on Popjustice, I'm suddenly listening to ALL THE JAPANESE. It actually makes me feel guilty that I haven't found the places where they constantly discuss, say, British psychedelic pop (aka the Broadcast fan group) to mirror these.
Someone earlier said someone new to the scene could easily drop, like, $350 on music no problem. I'm not that bad but it's getting up there. Right now I can't stop listening to that last Negoto single, but then before that was that weird Shinsei Kamattechan single withthat girl from Morning Musume that woman who sings super fast, and before that Gesu No Kiwami Otome, and before that Passepied, and before that Meg's last album (and this gorgeous fan video for Gladiolus, aka the best song she's ever done), etc., etc. I've even gone insane and bought the Perfume vinyl that's coming out this week. Why? WHO KNOWS. I don't even like vinyl that much.
So, uh, thanks y'all. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to see if this Tricot album agrees with me or not.
Someone earlier said someone new to the scene could easily drop, like, $350 on music no problem. I'm not that bad but it's getting up there. Right now I can't stop listening to that last Negoto single, but then before that was that weird Shinsei Kamattechan single with
So, uh, thanks y'all. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to see if this Tricot album agrees with me or not.
I was thinking about this as well. Here on GAF there's the "Neogaf Rock/Indie/Alt Music Thread (RockGAF?)" topic, but it's not as focused as this one, and it's pretty hard to navigate and discover new things there. It would be great to have more of this, but for other music.
And you're in for a ride. tricot is AWESOME. T H E = AOTY 2013 (don't let anyone say otherwise)
I liked the new Magic of Love, but the old Spring of Life is much, much better.
Oh? about to dig into that.
I'm legit trying to order that Miki Furukawa album but my limited understanding of Japanese is destroying me.
Misoshiru's (which is RADWIMPS' alternate name when they do funny and dumb songs) released their first PV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6W6vxbeJCY
Contains a penis-laser beam, so needless to say it's good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6W6vxbeJCY
Contains a penis-laser beam, so needless to say it's good.
New Shiina Ringo PV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cayh-Wyd0Jc&feature=youtu.be
This is from her "self-covers" album, songs she wrote for other people and is now performing herself for the first time. So not really a new original album but pretty cool.
Yeah, I hope we get a proper new one soon, but this is better than nothing.
プライベイト's refrain sure is, uh... poppy.
Have you heard the preview for 渦中の男? I wasn't expecting that, in a good way though.
Oh god what
Listening to Shiina Ringo for the first time, and I'm conflicted. There's too much different stuff. 青春の瞬き sounds like a more emotional western-like pop, プライベイト like bubblegum pop, 渦中の男 like some hardcore electronic rock, listened to 丸の内サディスティック and it sounds like jazz, while 熱愛発覚中 sounds like something you'd see from MEG. I like some of these, but hate others, and I don't know what I'll get from the next music.