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Some of my favorite Taiwanese indies:
 
Electro Summit Gun 頂級電子手槍 

 

We Save Strawberries 草莓救星

 

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Great list! I like how you include so many post-rock stuff in your list. It's got a few post-rock albums that are new to me to check out.

i liked the stuff you played on dub so i definitely should check the artists i havent heard of

the soredemo album....*looks at the pile of releases i havent checked yet* :'( :'( :'(

nice list!! thanks for joining the Best Of party

Cool~ Have fun checking them out. Hope you will like them.

I should check Chouchou's Alexandrite, Fear's album and それでも世界が続くなら (why not? they have umbrellas, and I like musicians holding it)

I would recommend DIAWOLF, since you have good taste with bands with electro music.

Thanks for your recommendation! I rarely listened to A9 so I never followed what they were up to, but this DIAWOLF sounds promising. Will check them out more from now on.

Thought I should write my own favorite releases of 2015 since it seems you guys are having so much fun in it. xD
I can't tell apart which ranks the releases are in in my heart, so I won't be ranking them down here.

 

 

 

>> [album] Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas - Feeling of Unity
Genre: Post-hardcore, Trance
One of the few releases I was able to buy, and I'm so glad I did! Very fun to listen to so every time I got bored, I listen to this.

 

>> [album] lynch. - D.A.R.K. - In the name of evil -
Genre: Metalcore, Nagoya Kei
This was an awesome album at first listen. I got bored with it gradually but I'm sure it will grow on me later nonetheless.

 

>> [album] CROSSFAITH - XENO
Genre: Metalcore
Stunning album! I actually liked the ballad, "Tears Fall", unlike other fans who preferred their old sound.

 

>> [album] Chouchou - Alexandrite
Genre: Electronica, experimental
Very beautiful electronica album. Chouchou are one of the best electronica duos in the scene.

>>[album] the GazettE - DOGMA
Genre: Visual Kei, Metal
One of the darker albums that they have released. They didn't disappoint me this time.

 
>>[album] Presence of soul — All Creation Mourns
Genre: Post-rock, post-metal
Very atmospheric. Loved the last two track of this album.

 
>> [album] world's end girlfriend, Vampillia, 中原中也 -  在りし日の声 Voices of Days Past
Genre: "Poemcore", electronica, ambient
Poemcore with dark and mysterious atmosphere. Loved the world's end girlfriend's and instrumental tracks.

 

 
>> [album] Anoice - Into the Shadows
Genre: Modern classical, ambient, post-rock
Beautiful and stunning music like always.


 

 
>> [mini-album] ハルカトミユキ - 世界
Genre: Indie-pop, pop rock
Easy on the ears and lively to listen to. Good release.

 

 
>>[album] それでも世界が続くなら - 最低の昨日はきっと死なない
Genre: Rock
Album starts of with mellow slow vocals and beats which catches the ear. Don't get me wrong though, they are a pretty upbeat rock band.
 

 
 

>> [album] 溶けない名前 - タイムマシンがこわれるまえに
Genre: Shoegaze
Sounds like My Dead Girlfriend and Plastic Girl In Closet. I don't know if they are related but even if they are not, 溶けない名前 is still good shoegaze to listen to.


 

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

 

>> [mini-album] 雑魚猫タワー - 一隅にて
Genre: Indie pop, Folk
Very light-hearted and easy to listen to. Vocalist has a sweet voice.


 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3_7-gsFCXo

 
 

>>[album] Gecko（ゲッコー） - Forestract
Genre: Ambient, modern classical
Sad, beautiful, and captivating.


 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u0sWDdShuU

 

>> [album] 渋谷 慶一郎 - ATAK022 Live in Paris
Genre: Piano, modern classical
Shibuya plays one of the saddest piano music, in this live album, mixed with electronic elements. My favorite track is "Open Your Eyes".

 
 
 
 
Yup, that's all I could think of for now even though I might have missed some. Tell me if you have common favorites from my list! I also very welcome recommendations as well! Thanks for taking time to read this.

 

Edit: I edited out Haruka Nakamura's album since I'd mistaken it for releasing in 2015 but it was actually from 2014.

Masato looks like he was crying. ;( Those emotions in his singing....

Thanks, Bear, for the Lovecraft recommendations. Downloading my share of good old Lovecraft horror movies now.

kind of looking forward to it. i hope they exceed my expectation!

Fear, and loathing in las vegas' album and a free coldrain poster given out from a free magazine in Japan, brought to me by a friend! :>

 

 

 

I'm more impressed by this news than their demos. But demos are demos, maybe they're just not polished.

lol What about the legendary golden ticket hidden in limited edition of DOGMA? Lots of people broke their DOGMA boxes for it.

that logo is so brutal metal!

I think it sounds like power metal stuff. .__.

I'm so so glad MH exists and I hope it may never perish!

haha all gazetto songs

I miss these guys....

Can't you guys just come back together?

This.

I tried WinMX again after some years and it was crap. Searches all returned garbage files no matter what I searched for. Then the solution that I found on the WinMX forum was a waste of time because OpenNap was unpopular and no one shared Japanese files using that connection.
Utatane is pretty dead as well.
I think no rare Jap stuff anymore on p2p.

I just hope things wouldn't go that way. All that resource and library suddenly vanishing.. Personally I don't really mind ads, so I'd like it the old way because I'm just a small and free youtube user.

 

Setlist

The War Is On

Heart of the Young

You Lie

Gone

Been wanting to hear this acoustic in-store live!

Gonna download this off keepvid just in case Red gets up and removes it.

Oh my....

Hope his hand gets well soon....

His fb is private profile (maybe to friends only, he don't accept fans).

But I can send to you on pm

Makes me curious. @@ Yeah please PM it to me. ^^

Now only missing Satoshi to join fb

I didn't know Shuu has one too. Can you provide the link? I can't seem to find it.

I made some pumpkin soup and chocolate chip cookies this week!

 

 

 

Wow, your food pics are so professional. It looks like stuff I could see on food magazines.