Comments on: Japanese Bands: The List 2

By: H4

H4 — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:12:59 +0000

Yay! Shiina Ringo and Tokyo Jihen on this list! Love them to peices so talented and just awesome music!

By: FauxSho

FauxSho — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:48:34 +0000

Hey Aaron, I’m also into electronic music but I haven’t checked out Coppé. Will definitely be looking her up when I get the chance later today. Out of curiosity, what other groups were you able to find? It seems easy to find electronic music but often times it can be too poppy for my taste. So far my favorite electronic artist I’ve found is immi. You can look her up on itunes if you haven’t found her yourself yet.

By: FauxSho

FauxSho — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:37:05 +0000

Highly recommend vividblaze for anyone looking for music with a lounge/jazzy feel with a slight touch of electronic. Just heard them through Culture Japan and became an instant fan.

By: nippyon

nippyon — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:14:56 +0000

ACID BLACK CHERRY( aka A.B.C.) is a very good (pop-rock?) band. Yasu’s vocal’s are even better than the amazing guitarmanship–it’s pretty awesome. The whole band has tons of energy, so their lives never, ever dissapoint. Definitely my new favorite band. If you Yasu’s vocals, he also used to sing for a band calle Janne da Arc. A couple links:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Bo-67CGas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ejpsS1vUY&feature=channel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzfr7_fkT0c&feature=channel

But no matter what type of music your’e interested in, I would recommend subscribing to the avex music channel on Youtube. Avex owns all the biggest, most popular, (best and worst) Japanese bands and groups. That includes giants like Ayumi Hamasaki, GACKT, AAA, and ACID BLACK CHERRY.

Also good: RADWIMPS, HYDE, FLICK(rap), AAA(kind of a cute group, alot of fun), m-flo, LUNCHTIME SPEAX, Tommyheavenly6, Malice Mizer(w/Gackt; probably one of the first Visual Kei bands ever), BROTHERS ON THE RUN

Thanks kiba for posting some really good stuff!
Peace out,
nippyon >.<

By: brandon

brandon — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:03:36 +0000

Does anybody here know of some Japanese bands that sound like Radiohead? I particularly like their albums ‘OK Computer’, ‘Kid A’, and ‘The Bends’. sleepy.ab and Shiina Ringo are the closest I’ve found so far.

By: Kiba

Kiba — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:04:36 +0000

Shiina Ringo and Tokyo Jihen are amazing. She is absolutely the best.

Cocco is another favorite. Chara too, and Bonnie Pink. I love RADWIMPS.

More favorites:

Shakalabbits
Great3
Yaida Hitomi
Do As Infinity
SAWA
Chatmonchy
Yum!Yum!ORANGE
SKAFF-LINKS
Base Ball Bear
Usotsuki Barbie
0.8 Byō to Shōgeki
Zazen Boys
LITE
Yuki
YUI
Hirano Aya
World’s End Girlfriend
noanowa
Who the Bitch
JinnyOops!
GO!GO!7188
LAZYgunsBRISKY
detroit7
Hanuman
THE PINK☆PANDA
NICO Touches the Walls
Boom Boom Satellites

By: nippyon

nippyon — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:42:11 +0000

Does ANYBODY know any GOOD Japanese rock and/or metal bands? I’ve been searching everywhere on the internet, but so many people think visual kei=metal, which isn’t the case at all. I listen to American bands like Metallica, Sevendust, Megadeth, Slipknot,etc. for metal, and for regular rock, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, Poison, and once again Sevendust. Punk rock is fine too. And anything like the following bands. ESPECIALLY Jinn and HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR.

To add to the list: Crazy Ken Band–very jazzy, and bluesy, “タイガー＆ドラゴン” was the theme for the drama of the same name.ガールフレンドis good too.
Rock: Bump of Chicken, Sambomaster–Hikari no Rock, Jinn, HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR, UVERworld(“Rush” is good, the rest are okay)
Pop: Yui, GACKT, KELUN, Lunkhead,ケツメイシ
Misc:pe’zmoku–jazz band who did an ending called “Gallop” for Bleach the anime
Tokyo Jihen(awesome just like khatz said)
Rap/ Hip-Hop: Home Made Kazoku, Sakanaction
Almost all of the endings and openings for Bleach the anime are awesome.
PLEASE HELP MEEEE!!!>.<

By: グレゴリ

グレゴリ — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:16:12 +0000

Does anyone know about a band called IOSYS(イオシス) and can recommend anything similar?

By: hi

hi — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:41:49 +0000

I like Namie Amuro a lot. She’s more pop though.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:53:21 +0000

Does anyone know a good alternative radio station?

I’ve been bumming around, but I’m still building immersion, so I can’t really read what’s going on.

I don’t even know the Japanese word for alternative.

By: Morticia

Morticia — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:10:06 +0000

I really like Aural Vampire; the music is so upbeat yet kinda dark!!
Also, Ali Project is awesome too.

By: seniorsnips

seniorsnips — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:57:08 +0000

does anyone know any bands that sound like system of a down?

By: Hextator

Hextator — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:37:50 +0000

Oops; come to think of it, I haven’t seen FLOW mentioned yet, either.

To think most of my Japanese music comes from bands not even mentioned…*sniff*

“These posts are old! Give me a break!”

But…!

By: Hextator

Hextator — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:34:41 +0000

Wait, I haven’t seen Dir en grey listed on any of these lists.

Sure, they deserve to be the single item on a list of their own, but…I haven’t seen a list like that, either.

What’s going on here? Is there some other band list that’s in Japanese, which I unfortunately am not literate in (yet)?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:06:28 +0000

I love OLIVIA and 亜矢　so much~! 亜矢　isn’t really well known though, which is sad. Very good rock music <3

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:24:59 +0000

I like electronic-based music and I found Coppé through a radio station called Limbik. I highly recommend Coppé for you adventurous types looking for off-the-radar music. Sometimes there are vocals, sometimes not. But she has a huge discography and a lot of it is really good. Here’s her MySpace: www.myspace.com/martiancoppesta

By: valentina

valentina — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:34:12 +0000

Hi!!! I LOVE THIS BLOG!!AMAZING !!
I would like to invite all of you to listen another GREAT BAND called: RENTRER EN SOI…..
They have a theme for their music… ‘return in yourself’… that’s what their music do…
THEY ARE AMAZING and Satsuki (the voice of the group) put his soul when he sings.
They deserve to be listened. 😉

By: Mallory

Mallory — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:41:26 +0000

Hmm…maybe not…

Does anyone know of any good Japanese female rap artists?

By: Mallory

Mallory — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:12:07 +0000

Anyone listen to SOULHEAD, or Lecca, or Aya Kamiki, or ZONE?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:19:06 +0000

Hmmm, it didn’t link right. www.myspace.com/lennojp