Post your new discoveries here!

**CAT5** · August 9, 2017

The world of J-indie is vast and infinite, so post your new discoveries here to share with the rest of us! If it's new to you, that's all that matters. You can also feel free to share new material from bands you already know. Share youtube links, bandcamps, soundclouds - whatever you have!

**freesia** · August 9, 2017

I need to share this band since it seems most of my friends into J-indie are uninformed of them.

jan and naomi are a post-rock/folk duo with soothing vocals and may calm you down. Totally recommended!

**CAT5** · August 9, 2017

The new Emerald is nice!

**suji** · August 9, 2017

I don't really listen to J-indie, but when I do, it's usually out of random.

薬師るり (Ruri Yakushi) - sings anime ops and shit. Discovered her thru a hentai I watched a while back:

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQjUzYXS2W2idrbW14Ug24A

antihoney - Probably the first j-indie group I came across when my sister showed me a creepy Youtube video many years ago. I remember being enthralled by the creepy music, contrasted by the female lead's innocently timid vocals, giving the song an overall eerie, but sweet atmosphere; the horror movie-esque fanvideo didn't quite help either. Nonetheless, I decided to check out more stuff from the band and I eventually came to the realization that the songs were actually being sung in English, and I could understand some words without even looking at the lyrics (which is rare!). Unfortunately, it seems that antihoney were stuck in underground hell as they haven't released more than just 1 album since 2009; however, they are still distributing songs on their website as of 2015.

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http://antihoney.com

borderless - a two-man vocal group that was active during the early 2000s. These bears were pretty popular in the gay indies scene as their music had appeared in some gay visual novels and were under the now-defunct "minority" label Dandoo Records. They broke up in 2005, and one of the vocalists, Takashi, went solo, but from what I've been able to find, the last thing he announced was back in 2011. Assuming that the guy's now in his late 40s-50s, I'm pretty sure he's retired by now.

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcIXkB3XDJ7bcpbwumqDGg

チャマタソ。 (chamataso.) - Another gay artist that I discovered recently while scouring thru Twitter. Debuting as 南浩平 (KOH-HEY Minami) a.k.a. сн∀ма in 2012, chamataso is a young solo vocalist who embraces his "Japanese gay idolist" persona and takes his popstar prowess to another level as he ascends through club dance, rap, and wacky melodies. With dance hits intertwined with his cartoonish vocals, chama's music should be a blast at the club~🌟

*He recently released his latest album called "ごはんがおいしいナァ！" just a few weeks ago~ :3333

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チャマタソ。

南浩平 a.k.a. сн∀ма

**DeithX252** · August 10, 2017

I haven't follow many bands right now but this new single from bacho is good

**Original Saku** · August 10, 2017

Recently discovered Vivid Undress while browsing JPS. Knowing how I'm such a sucker for female vocalists, it was a instant love for me. They also remind me heavily of SFP at times.

saltofstones · August 11, 2017

Some years ago, I used to go on Sparkplugged and Jrockexplosion and discover a nauseating amount of bands I liked, now that seldom happens anymore, not to mention I lost interest in many of the bands I used to enjoy. I can't tell if I've become more selective after the initial overindulgent excitement of discovering something new or it's the scene failing to produce any refreshing sounds. It's probably a bit of both. I haven't checked out a lot of new bands lately and I hope for that to change.

I guess I should share some recent-ish discoveries to keep up with the theme of the topic. This new track by Yorunitokeru heavily reminds me of the unknown forecast's awesome second mini (they have since gone downhill for me). I really dig the plaintive melody and hauntingly pained vocals and of course the song wouldn't be complete without some visceral screaming to dispel all the pent-up tension.

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phyxmoment are a shoegazey indie rock band. They don't do anything too extraordinary or interesting & the vocals need work, but it's pleasant enough for what it is. They make me miss sugardrop (what are they doing these days...).

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Also what feels like Kankaku Piero's millionth video is for a pretty solid rock tune.

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That Emerald track that was posted was super cute, I need to check them out. Also antihoney, they sound a lot like a female version of Danish one-man-band Sleep Party People.

Edited August 11, 2017 by saltofstones

**chemicalpictures** · August 11, 2017

Someday's Gone is such a nice, underrated band (and freaking IMPOSSIBLE to find stuff online)...

EDIT: Just found out that their only album is on Spotify, check it out! it's GLORIOUS!

Koyomi from Re:ply also has some sick tunes:

Another old but gold little favorite of mine:

Their only album is amazing!

Edited August 11, 2017 by chemicalpictures

**plastic_rainbow** · August 18, 2017

if you still haven't checked these guys out from the june recs do yourself a favor and listen to them now! i haven't heard such good j-indie in years and i'm honestly excited for these guys. they're bringing the j-indie roots back!

for those who like some outrageously weird but good stuff, check these guys out. they're experimental and bleep bloopy with some fuzzy noises and strange-to-playful pianos. as far as i know, they self-produce all their music and upload them on their webpage only, so really underground stuff! a lot of their style and aesthetics come from experimental, lo-fi films and all those old 80s melancholic feels.

my favorite of theirs so far. it's less weird and more melancholic capturing the very essence of youth in those lonely and bleak summer days.

Edited August 18, 2017 by plastic_rainbow

**Tokage** · August 18, 2017

HASAMI Group somehow vaguely reminds me of Shinsei Kamattechan back before they got all streamlined and sterilized, just with the noise pop toned down and the lo-fi pumped the fuck up. Is the hypnagogic pop wave finally hitting Japan too?

**DeithX252** · August 19, 2017

kOTOnoha seems good, I know them because they toured with arbus

**plastic_rainbow** · August 20, 2017

well, after trying to look for more info on HASAMI Group i found more noise/lo-fi goodness!

LOWPOP LTD. are more alternative rock but i love this slower-paced song of theirs. don't think i need to say it, but expect some lo-fi production.

HYPER LACK + REPACKED by LOWPOP LTD.

this screamo-like demo of theirs is pretty neat too.

these guys are like downtempo noise rock and sound really good. this might be for you @CAT5?

Edited August 20, 2017 by plastic_rainbow

**freesia** · September 28, 2017

Just discovered this fantastic post-rock female vocalist band. Too bad they're disbanding after their recent single!

**colorful人生** · May 12, 2018

Time to try doing this once a week again. I take 10 artists, make sure they haven't been mentioned in MH and spam them all here.

They're usually pretty recent (span of a few months.) Otherwise I'll fill w/ some older artists.

ソライロブランケット

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ハルカミライ

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Organic Call

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First Impression

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ココロオークション

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CRAZY VODKA TONIC

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Pulse Factory

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THE BOYS&GIRLS

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ラパンテット

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Althea

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These are from my j-indies playlist. I'm spending Friday night on another Audioleaf/YT binge so hopefully a couple more artists are added.

Edited May 12, 2018 by colorfuljinsei

**suji** · May 12, 2018

My latest obsessions:

honeydip - Summer's Gone (portable audio science ver.)

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イルカ - なごり雪

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and the original version of なごり雪, performed by かぐや姫:

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Makes me wanna check out Japanese folk/country music now tbh~

**violetchain** · May 20, 2018

Looked into the band été a bit recently because Fuse from yorunitokeru wrote a comment for their latest single. Their singer's voice is adorable, but "mourn" is the only song of theirs that really sticks out to me so far.

I've kind of got my eye on them though. I'm curious to see what they sound like in a year or two.