2016 Japanese Music Ratings

[plastic_rainbow 2162]

I haven't heard much so this is all I have.

 

Spoiler

-I can listen to forever-

ミヤフジサカヱ - Young souls, distorted.

-Quite good-
AvelCain - 月-MOON-
chiodo - American Psycho
DEZERT - 最高の食得
MEJIBRAY - Agitato GRIMOIRE

MUNIMUNI - A KILLS A

the god and death stars - after the addle apple
…。【サイレンス】 - psycho:lens.

黒百合と影 - うろんなチョコ冷凍。

黒百合と影 - 臓器のノゾキ穴。

ツヅキマシテ、 - 雨、東京。

-Nice once in a while-
AvelCain - 蘇-よみがえり-
DADAROMA - dadaism#2

DADAROMA - スタンチク

Develop One's Faculties - 正常とは

Develop One's Faculties - 斑

KILLANETH - セラフ。

PELICAN FANCLUB - OK BALLADE

Plastic Tree - サイレントノイズ
REIGN –【666】

SCAPEGOAT - 黒盤

SCAPEGOAT - 赤盤

SCAPEGOAT - 被害者の会

The GazettE - UNDYING

VIVALET - 2度目の絶望とSuicide Ceremony
Yeti - 光

Yeti - 哲学

バラライカ - この門をくぐる者、一切の希望を捨てよ

グリモア - ワールド エンド トゥリー
ザアザア - 雨に殺される

-Okay I guess-

KRAD - XisDead

MEJIBRAY - THE END
MeteoroiD - BULLETBOX

ペンタゴン - WELCOME TO GHOST HOTEL

ペンタゴン - ポップコーンモンスター

ペンタゴン - 絶叫

-Never again-

MeteoroiD - 平成の"ヤミ"をお掃除しましょう。

 

Edited September 2, 2016 by plastic_rainbow

[Chi 2624]

updated my list with kamin shirahata, keyakizaka46 and hello sleepwalkers (which were all pretty good releases!)

note: now that i think about it, the exception to my initial rule to only include EP/Albums might be 46/48g because their singles have so many versions that in the end they release about 6~7 songs total in each single

i have to relisten to nogizaka, grapevine, momoclo, galileo galilei to include in this list...

Edited April 10, 2016 by seurong

[doombox 4421]

Updated my list with some march/april releases.

[gekiai 231]

Decided to join in on this fun

 

 I cry every time it comes on my Shuffle

DADAROMA - dadaism#2

ELYSION - 終焉のカンパネラ

DIAURA - ENIGMA

BLESSCODE - Imperial City

MEJIBRAY - THE END 

 

Has a few gems I'm glad I came across

ユナイト ー ジュピタ

ペンタゴン ー WELCOME TO GHOST HOTEL

MALISEND - ロストソレイユ

The GazettE - UNDYING

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST - ZeTeS

Purple Stone - 歌舞伎町バタフライ

 

Alright, didn't do much for me

Avelcain - 月 -MOON-

グラムヘイズ ー ハナムケノウタ

GOTCHAROCKA - Rainfall

アルルカン - PARANOIA

 

 

 "Must be having a mid-vk crisis"

 

 

 Unsexy Garbage

 

More to come, still a few singles to listen through

Edited July 12, 2016 by gekiai

[Chi 2624]

On 22/03/2016 at 5:44 PM, seurong said:

lets see if i can keep this going.

i am only including EPs and Albums and not going to count albums I didnt bother finishing.

more to be added...

 

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Love
Yoru no Honki Dance - DANCEABLE
LILI LIMIT - #apieceofcake
Koochewsen - Sukoshi Fushigi
Hitorie - DEEPER

Good
THE ORAL CIGARETTES - FIXION
KANA-BOON - Origin
Especia - Carta
Ame no Parade - New Generation
The Fin. - Through the Deep

Scenarioart - dumping swimmer

Hello Sleepwalkers - Planless Perfection

Kamin Shirahata with Placebo Foxes - Kuuseki no Circus

Keyakizaka46 - Silent Majority

Ivy to Fraudulent Game - Gyoukan ni te

SAKANAMON - HOT ATE

The Cheserasera - Time To Go

Ok/Average
ZOMBIE CHANG - ZOMBIE CHANGE
Tempalay - From Japan
Halo at 4Johan - Innocentpia
Gozeyo - Kawarazu

Akai Ko-En - Junjou Randoseru

POLYSICS - What's this???

the pillows - STROLL AND ROLL

YOUR ROMANCE - 9 Dimensions

Meh
SHE'S - She'll Be Fine
Gesu no Kiwami Otome - Ryouseibai

Satsuki - EPOCALIPSE

Dramatic Alaska - Alaska Berries

Soutaisei Riron - Tensei Jingle

R.I.P
Necronomidol - Nemesis

 

 

 

[Original Saku 1593]

not even gonna do ratings for albums I didn't think were good, just gonna list albums that are potentially going on my end of the year list.  So pretty much stuff that I have enjoyed from this year so far.

 

Spoiler

[2016.xx.xx] リーガルリリー (Regal Lily) - ライカンスロープ

[2016.xx.xx] 羊文学 - BlUE.ep

[2016.01.13] ゲスの極み乙女。 - 両成敗

[2016.01.15] ATATA - Joy EP

[2016.01.20] クウチュウ戦 (Koochewsen) - Sukoshi Fushigi

[2016.01.20] NakamuraEmi - NIPPONNO ONNAWO UTAU BEST

[2016.01.27] Galileo Galilei - Sea and The Darkness

[2016.01.27] 水曜日のカンパネラ (Suiyoubi no Campanella) - Jugem' je t'aime

[2016.02.03] the unknown forecast - I am music for

[2016.02.10] BUMP OF CHICKEN - Butterflies

[2016.02.10] 空想委員会 (Kuuso Iinkai) - ダウトの行進

[2016.02.17] 吉澤嘉代子 (Kayoko Yoshizawa) - 東京絶景

[2016.02.22] ikd-sj - Eternal Vacation

[2016.02.24] ヒトリエ (HITORIE) - DEEPER

[2016.02.24] amazarashi - 世界収束二一一六

[2016.02.29] mothercoat - gods ／Quiz

[2016.03.02] 安藤裕子 (Yuko Ando) - 頂き物

[2016.03.02] 雨のパレード (Ame no Parade) - New generation

[2016.03.03] OVUM - Nostalgia

[2016.03.05] Chouchou - remix04 rem

[2016.03.09] そこに鳴る (Soko ni Naru) - YAMINABE

[2016.03.09] シナリオアート (Scenarioart) - dumping swimmer

[2016.03.09] 夜の本気ダンス (Yoru no Honki Dance) - DANCEABLE

[2016.03.11] QUORUM - Foxhole

[2016.03.16] The fin. - Through The Deep

[2016.03.18] Takahiro Kido - The New World

[2016.03.23] THE GOLDEN WET FINGERS - CHAOS SURVIVE INVADER MK-I

[2016.03.23] 大森靖子 (Seiko Oomori) - TOKYO BLACK HOLE

[2016.04.06] SiM - THE BEAUTiFUL PEOPLE

[2016.04.06] the pillows - STROLL AND ROLL

[2016.04.13] SECONDWALL - OVER

[2016.04.20] avengers in sci-fi - Dune

[2016.04.20] コシュニエ (Cö shu Nie) - パズル

[2016.04.23] KASHIWA Daisuke - Program Music II

[2016.04.27] tricot - KABUKU EP

[2016.04.27] シシド・カフカ (Shishido Kavka) - トリドリ

[2016.04.27] 相対性理論 (Soutaiseiriron) - 天声ジングル

[2016.04.30] No Party for Cao Dong - Ugly Slave Children (this is Taiwanese but oh well...)

[2016.05.03] ぼくたちのいるところ。(Bokutachi no Iru Tokoro.) - ごみ

[2016.05.11] Homecomings - SALE OF BROKEN DREAMS

[2016.05.11] The Winking Owl - BLOOMING

[2016.05.11] イロメガネ (Iromegane) - 37.2℃

[2016.05.18] ART-SCHOOL - Hello darkness, my dear friend

[2016.05.18] cinema staff - eve

[2016.05.18] odol - YEARS

[2016.05.18] siraph - siraph

[2016.05.18] オワリカラ (OWARIKARA) - ついに秘密はあばかれた

[2016.05.25] Jizue - story

[2016.06.01] 感覚ピエロ (Kankaku Piero) - 不可能可能化

[2016.06.08] indigo la End - 藍色ミュージック

[2016.06.08] never young beach - fam fam

[2016.06.08] PELICAN FANCLUB - OK BALLADE

[2016.06.08] ミツメ (Mitsume) - A Long Day

[2016.06.15] NOT WONK - This Ordinary

[2016.06.22] a crowd of rebellion - Xanthium

[2016.06.22] BOOM BOOM SATELLITES - LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME

[2016.06.22] The Florist - Blood Music

[2016.06.22] モーモールルギャバン (MOWMOW LULU GYABAN) - PIRATES of Dr. PANTY

[2016.06.22] 水曜日のカンパネラ (Suiyoubi no Campanella) - UMA

[2016.06.25] やくしまるえつこ (Etsuko Yakushimaru) - Lonely Planet (Post) - EP

[2016.06.29] 浜崎あゆみ (Ayumi Hamasaki) - MADE IN JAPAN

[2016.07.06] Aimer - insane dream / us

[2016.07.06] LUCKY TAPES - CIGARETTE & ALCOHOL

[2016.07.06] And Summer Club - HEAVY HAWAII PUNK

[2016.07.06] The HIATUS - Hands Of Gravity

[2016.07.06] UNISON SQUARE GARDEN - Dr.Izzy

[2016.07.06] UNLIMITS - U

[2016.07.06] 神はサイコロを振らない (kami wa saikoro wo furanai) - anfang

[2016.07.13] 婦人倶楽部 (FUJIN CLUB) - フジンカラー

[2016.07.20] South Penguin - alaska

[2016.07.20] Veltpunch - THE NEWEST JOKE

[2016.07.20] 雨のパレード (Ame no Parade) - You

[2016.07.27] Toddle - Vacantly

[2016.08.03] HIZAKI - Rosario

[2016.08.03] クウチュウ戦 (koochewsen) - 超能力セレナーデ (chounouryoku serenade)

[2016.08.03] ARTIFACT OF INSTANT - Recoil

[2016.08.03] 中山うり (Uri Nakayama) - マホロバ

[2016.08.10] シュリスペイロフ (syurispeiloff) - あまりかぜ (amarikaze)

[2016.08.10] ノイズ (nowisee) - 掌の戦争

[2016.08.17] BLU-SWING - _2016

[2016.08.24] ジラフポット (giraffepot) - The Quiet Cube

[2016.08.29] Casablanca - Another Story

[2016.08.31] MIYAVI - FIRE BIRD

[2016.09.07] SOSO BREAK THE WALL - Let it die ~You and I~

[2016.09.07] downy - Untitled (6th Album)

[2016.09.07] クリープハイプ (CreepHyp) - 世界観

[2016.09.14] TAMTAM - NEWPOESY

[2016.09.14] 平沢進 (Susumu Hirasawa) - 平沢進

[2016.09.21] Predawn - Absence

[2016.09.21] Aimer - Daydream

[2016.09.21] KEEL - Raison d'etre et de sang

[2016.09.21] THE NOVEMBERS - Hallelujah

[2016.09.28] 宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru) - Fantôme

[2016.09.30] LITE & Mouse on the Keys - Split

[2016.10.05] THE GOLDEN WET FINGERS - CHAOS SURVIVE INVADER MK-II

[2016.10.05] 絶景クジラ (Zekkei Kujira) - 自撮り

[2016.10.05] Age Factory - LOVE

[2016.10.12] illion - P.Y.L

[2016.10.12] 春ねむり (Haru Nemuri) - さよなら、ユースフォビア

[2016.10.14] MONO - Requiem for Hell

[2016.10.19] フレデリック (Frederic) - フレデリズム

[2016.10.19] NoisyCell - Colors

[2016.10.19] 青葉市子 (Ichiko Aoba) - マホロボシヤ

[2016.10.19] My Hair Is Bad - woman's

[2016.10.19] sow - Route of migratory

 

 

[doombox 4421]

Updated my post with a few May releases.

[gekiai 231]

*breathes life back into thread*

 

Updated my listings, but even there you can see that I am a good 2-3 months behind in releases. Might be double posting here bc I still have a ton of music to listen through.

[indigo 389]

Here's my list so far. There was a lot of stuff going on for me so I didn't listen to music for like 2 months, but I will catch up now!

 

 

"HALLELUJAH!" 5/5

明日の叙景 - 過誤の鳥

iri - Groove it
Age Factory - LOVE
shuly to 104kz - infinite4ce
Yellow Studs - door

 

"MMMMMH!" 4/5
THE NOVEMBERS - Hallelujah
downy - 第六作品集『無題』
ぼくたちのいるところ。 - ごみ
ムニムニ - A KILLS A
KOHH - DIRT II
The Wisely Brothers - シーサイド81

 

"Not bad" 3/5

泉まくら - Identity
黒百合と影 - 「臓器のノゾキ穴。」
雅-MIYAVI- - Fire Bird
クウチュウ戦 - 超能力セレナーデ
And Summer Club - HEAVY HAWAII PUNK
LIBRO - KAZE HIKARU ~風光る~
水曜日のカンパネラ - UMA
siraph - siraph
HOLLOWGRAM - WILLS
KEEL - Ugly Duckling
吉澤嘉代子 - 吉澤嘉代子とうつくしい人たち
PELICAN FANCLUB - OK BALLADE
NakamuraEMi - NIPPONNO ONNAWO UTAU BEST
SHERBETS - CRASHED SEDAN DRIVE
ATATA - Joy
Awesome City Club - Awesome City Tracks 3
GLIM SPANKY - NEXT ONE

 

"Nothing special" 2/5

TK from 凛として時雨 - Secret Sensation
Suchmos - LOVE&VICE
Issugi & jjj - "Link Up 2 Experiment" Mixtape
Outside dandy - Mr.
okamotonoriaki - Happy Ending
神はサイコロを振らない - anfang
キノコホテル - マリアンヌの革命
そこに鳴る - YAMINABE
オワリカラ - ついに秘密はあばかれた
UA - JaPo
絶景クジラ - 他撮り
DEZERT - 「最高の食卓」
吉澤嘉代子 - 東京絶景
綿 めぐみ - ブラインドマン
MORE - PARADIGMA
白波多カミン with Placebo Foxes - 空席のサーカス
赤い公園 - 純情ランドセル

 

"I don't want to hear this ever again" 1/5

té - 閾 (disappointment of the year-award!)
己龍 - 百鬼夜行
GOLDEN WET FINGERS - CHAOS SURVIVE INVADER MK-I
HOLLOWGRAM - MALUS
moke(s) - BEAUTIFUL LOSER
Moe and ghosts × 空間現代 - RAP PHENOMENON
午前四時、朝焼けにツキ - カワラズ
GLIM SPANKY - ワイルド・サイドを行け
惑星アブノーマル - Vivi De Vavi De Love

 

 

updated 10/29/2016

Edited October 29, 2016 by indigo

[beni 2149]

Updated~ I've been slacking on staying up on this. D: Luckily didn't have much to add! *eyes 2/5* lol

[doombox 4421]

It's taking me forever to listen to everything this year. But I got a few new things in to update my post again. 

[Chi 2624]

i updated some of mine too - including my TO BE RATED list... i have to listen to most of those again because i still don't know how i feel about them lol

 

also why must pelican fanclub fuck me up like this!

>releases album that is totally different from their previous sound

>me: NO

>sounds good anyway

>me: i hate that i love you

 

also that new bentham....delicious!!

Edited July 20, 2016 by seurong

[Original Saku 1593]

My list is pretty much fully updated up until the first week of this month.

 

Also bump to remind people this thread exists

Edited August 15, 2016 by Original Saku

[Duwang 676]

Updated my list with releases from the past 5 monthes

[Chi 2624]

I feel like my rating of Usotsuki's new mini as being below average might have been too harsh but honestly out of the acts daizawa records has been promoting actively lately (pelican fanclub, polly and utsotsuki) they are the only band i felt that released a quite disappointing mini...(now if their the little mermaid cover had been included in the mini this would have been different!!! ) i might change my mind...one day....

 

koochewsen has yet to disappoint me but i don't want that day to ever come!

 

anyways i added some other releases and crossed out very few releases on my TBR list lol

Edited August 18, 2016 by seurong

[fitear1590 2414]

1 hour ago, seurong said:

koochewsen has yet to disappoint me but i don't want that day to ever come!

I may be a pretty recent fan of Koochewsen, but THIS!!!1!

[CAT5 9075]

I've updated and completely overhauled my post finally!  I didn't think my initial rating were subjective enough.

 

An interesting observation:  this is my second year constructing one of these "listen logs" if you will, and in both years, I've noticed that the lower rankings in my lists hold the bulk of releases. It makes me wonder if in previous years my lists would have looked any different - and my intuition tells me they would have. If my year-end lists are any indication, it seems like I enjoy less and less new music as the years pass by. My theory for this is that I think I've listened to soooooooo many albums and artists (i'm going to assume somewhere over 6000 artists - this is my ballpark estimate assuming I never reset my old last.fm account and in addition to my new one), that the musical template in my brain has built up to a point where it's difficult for novel music to leave much of an impression. I suppose this might be a long way to say that I've become more picky, or perhaps my taste has become more precise. hmm..

Edited August 29, 2016 by CAT5

[Original Saku 1593]

9 hours ago, CAT5 said:

I've updated and completely overhauled my post finally!  I didn't think my initial rating were subjective enough.

 

An interesting observation:  this is my second year constructing one of these "listen logs" if you will, and in both years, I've noticed that the lower rankings in my lists hold the bulk of releases. It makes me wonder if in previous years my lists would have looked any different - and my intuition tells me they would have. If my year-end lists are any indication, it seems like I enjoy less and less new music as the years pass by. My theory for this is that I think I've listened to soooooooo many albums and artists (i'm going to assume somewhere over 6000 artists - this is my ballpark estimate assuming I never reset my old last.fm account and in addition to my new one), that the musical template in my brain has built up to a point where it's difficult for novel music to leave much of an impression. I suppose this might be a long way to say that I've become more picky, or perhaps my taste has become more precise. hmm..

 

It just means that your taste has become more refined or focused over the years, so it takes more to truly impress you. You can listen to something and think "that sounds pretty solid" but  if it doesn't leave a lasting impression or doesn't do anything different that grabs you then obviously it isn't AOTY material, even though it wasn't necessarily bad. I've started to become more refined in my musical tastes as well lately (obviously nowhere near your level of musical preference tho) but I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing, just the natural evolution of my tastes.

 

anyways I'm gonna stalk your list for music that I haven't checked out , as I'm sure there's a bunch of hidden goodies in there

[fitear1590 2414]

17 hours ago, CAT5 said:

An interesting observation: 

Or maybe you've just become less of an "album person"? At least I feel myself gravitating towards that lately. Regardless of fewer releases to populate your AOTY list, you certainly didn't have any shortage of music on the monthly Recommended Tracks lists last year.

I truly love a good full-album when I come across one, but I also feel like doing the RT lists the past year and half has made me appreciate music in different format (singles, YouTube videos, sporadic B-sides, etc.) that can go unappreciated in the frenzy over full-albums.

[CAT5 9075]

6 hours ago, fitear1590 said:

Or maybe you've just become less of an "album person"? At least I feel myself gravitating towards that lately. Regardless of fewer releases to populate your AOTY list, you certainly didn't have any shortage of music on the monthly Recommended Tracks lists last year.

I truly love a good full-album when I come across one, but I also feel like doing the RT lists the past year and half has made me appreciate music in different format (singles, YouTube videos, sporadic B-sides, etc.) that can go unappreciated in the frenzy over full-albums.

 

14 hours ago, Original Saku said:

 

It just means that your taste has become more refined or focused over the years, so it takes more to truly impress you. You can listen to something and think "that sounds pretty solid" but  if it doesn't leave a lasting impression or doesn't do anything different that grabs you then obviously it isn't AOTY material, even though it wasn't necessarily bad. I've started to become more refined in my musical tastes as well lately (obviously nowhere near your level of musical preference tho) but I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing, just the natural evolution of my tastes.

 

anyways I'm gonna stalk your list for music that I haven't checked out , as I'm sure there's a bunch of hidden goodies in there

 

I think this short video is related to what I mentioned in my post:

 

 

But I think @fitear1590also has a brilliant point, and one that hadn't crossed my mind! I completely neglected the fact that I am indeed more of a song-person! For instance, PELICAN FANCLUB'S "MUTE" and "for elite" are some of my favorite songs of the year, yet I only found the album decent at best. In fact, most of the albums I listed under "decent" have two or three killer tracks, just not enough for me to rank higher.

[plastic_rainbow 2162]

finally updated my list but it's practically all vk, where are all my indie bands at. (maybe my scope of active bands is too small)

i thought i was still waiting for my 5/5 release until i remembered a solo album from a band i recently discovered~

some ranked 4/5 came pretty close but still nothing that blew my mind making me listen to it for days or over a week.

 

i think i've also become more selective in my tastes, and more of a song person over the years. 

[violetchain 912]

Updated my list a bit.

I'm trying to get through a bunch of stuff before the end of year lists start, but I'm kind of overwhelmed by just how much there is to choose from. I'm always at least a few months behind the times, and it feels like most of the artists I've been following have been crazy productive this year.

Edited November 12, 2016 by violetchain

[doombox 4421]

Probably my final update of the year for my list.