THE JAPANESE INDIE THREAD

[fitear1590 2414]

Even though this is "kinda" breaking the rules, I thought I would post this here, since it may have bypassed many of the indie fan's radars.

Yeti, although formed from the members of 4 VK bands, sounds like no other VK band out there. They have a very strong indie/math rock influence.  Check em out!

[CAT5 9075]

^ someone told me these guys were influenced by RADWIMPS? You can kinda hear it!

[sai 868]

They sound pretty rad. Is the album this song is on available yet?

[Miasma 162]

holy shit that's emiru!!!

 

But this isn't very impressive imo. Pretty basic j-rock sound that you can hear from SPYAIR, RADWIMPS, etc & I'm not here for that. I may try them out if they ever release an album tho~

[TheStoic 176]

I love the new Yeti track.

 

I was also really glad to see HaKU mentioned above as they are one of my personal favorite Indie Acts.

 

The new IVORY7 CHORD tracks sound really good:

 

[DeithX252 1266]

oh yeah ivory7 chord, they are good

when I listening to them at the first time, I get addicted for an instant

[DeithX252 1266]

anyone know about this band (uchu konbini)?

 

 

getting hooked when I first watched this video, the album samples looks good tho~

[CAT5 9075]

anyone know about this band (uchu konbini)?

 

 

getting hooked when I first watched this video, the album samples looks good tho~

 

I posted about this band about a week ago here: http://www.monochrome-heaven.com/topic/23991-what-are-you-listening-to/#entry305103

 

But I don't think anyone took notice :/

 

Their album is spledid, though! :'3

[DeithX252 1266]

I posted about this band about a week ago here: http://www.monochrome-heaven.com/topic/23991-what-are-you-listening-to/#entry305103

 

But I don't think anyone took notice :/

 

Their album is spledid, though! :'3

oh sorry, I am not aware if that thread exist XD

I thought it's just random thread what are you currently listening, without introduction about the artist

after reading your introduction and impression about the album, I want to own the album in the future!

[enyx 903]

Here's some more HaKU for you lovely people. I'm digging it.

 

[DeithX252 1266]

awww man HaKU will come to my country, but sad I cannot watch them LOL

[TheStoic 176]

Love the new HaKU track.  The band has an awesome sound!

[DeithX252 1266]

 

new music video from uchu konbini! I think they are the best newcomer band in 2013

[fitear1590 2414]

^ LOVE that song. Great release!

[utomunukara 48]

^ LOVE that song. Great release!

I second this

 

 

Has anyone tried this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idRpe_BEIgo

[Eonn_McBlack 11]

Hey, someone could tell me if there are any other band in the vein of the god and death stars / the unknown forecast?

I don't know if they're considered visual or not, but i found a great similarities with some bands posted here......but not quite there yet.

I hope this is the right topic to ask this.

Thanks!

[Tokage 5930]

^ try the studs, deadman and the madcap laughs for starters. All of these are other bands by the god and death stars' vocalist/guitarist.

[utomunukara 48]

Arai Tasuku (kilk records) free album download 

Sheep falling to the moon (ambient/electronic)

[Keisuke 16]

I want new bands! So, please help me!

My (non-exhaustive!) taste :
凛として時雨
HaKU
9mm Parabellum Bullet
Syrup16g (one of the best disbanded band ever imo :/)
blgtz (unfortunately unappreciated band)
THE NOVEMBERS
the cabs (really disappointed/sad that they are disbanded...)
caroline rocks
indigo la End
きのこ帝国 (not very fond of female fronted band but this one is perfection)
LOSTAGE (also an unappreciated/underrated band imo)
downy (and related bands: Dhal, eksperimentoj)
tricot
ゲスの極み乙女。
ハイスイノナサ
OGRE YOU ASSHOLE
宇宙コンビニ
plenty
urema (I didn't find a lot of them but I really like this, if you have an album or anything, I'd like a download link ;D)
avengers in sci-fi (the old stuff. I don't like their new mainstream sound :/)
VOLA & THE ORIENTAL MACHINE
...

Maybe I should say that I don't like "americanish" (haha) stuff like ONE OK ROCK, Spyair or other "mainstream" sound like RADWIMPS, [Champagne], flumpool, etc.

Also I'm not looking for post-rock/math-rock/instrumental bands. I haven't mentioned it but I like té, LITE, rega, mudy on the 昨晩, ...

Do you have any recommendation ? (active/new bands)

[DeithX252 1266]

do you prefer male vocalist band???

[Miasma 162]

Do you have any recommendation ? (active/new bands)

 

 

Arukara - Rad indie rock band with awesome instrumentation. Their newest album is a staff favorite of 2013!

 

Tesla doesn't know how to cry - Really cool piano driven indie rock~ shout out to fitear for discovering them!

 

Backdrop Cinderella - Fun, crazy, and pirate-ish(???) rock, idk just listen to it!

 

88Kasyo Junrei - These guys are fucked. I think it was CAT5 that said if aliens crash landed on Earth and made a rock band this is what it would sound like.

 

Ziyoou-Vachi - Rockin noisy punk band led by a black/japanese transgender woman, how fucking awesome is that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbWwfapbsPg

[CAT5 9075]

I want new bands! So, please help me!

My (non-exhaustive!) taste :

凛として時雨

HaKU

9mm Parabellum Bullet

Syrup16g (one of the best disbanded band ever imo :/)

blgtz (unfortunately unappreciated band)

THE NOVEMBERS

the cabs (really disappointed/sad that they are disbanded...)

caroline rocks

indigo la End

きのこ帝国 (not very fond of female fronted band but this one is perfection)

LOSTAGE (also an unappreciated/underrated band imo)

downy (and related bands: Dhal, eksperimentoj)

tricot

ゲスの極み乙女。

ハイスイノナサ

OGRE YOU ASSHOLE

宇宙コンビニ

plenty

urema (I didn't find a lot of them but I really like this, if you have an album or anything, I'd like a download link ;D)

avengers in sci-fi (the old stuff. I don't like their new mainstream sound :/)

VOLA & THE ORIENTAL MACHINE

...

Maybe I should say that I don't like "americanish" (haha) stuff like ONE OK ROCK, Spyair or other "mainstream" sound like RADWIMPS, [Champagne], flumpool, etc.

Also I'm not looking for post-rock/math-rock/instrumental bands. I haven't mentioned it but I like té, LITE, rega, mudy on the 昨晩, ...

Do you have any recommendation ? (active/new bands)

 

what is your last.fm?

[Keisuke 16]

@DeithX252 : Yes, maybe. But I LOVE Kinoko Teikoku and other bands with female vocals (in the list). So, yes and no.

@Miasma : Thank you very much! I'll check! I already know arukara but never listened to them very much.

@CAT5 : Haha, we're friend on last.fm. Guess! ... http://www.lastfm.fr/user/Mad-god
 

[DeithX252 1266]

For Keisuke, maybe you can try what I wrote before http://www.monochrome-heaven.com/topic/7733-the-japanese-indie-thread-non-vk-stuff/page-7#entry271603

 

as for myself, I rarely found new interesting indie band, just random trying people's recommendation or random search

[enyx 903]

Seems that la la larks are using crowdfunding to support an official CD release. My Japanese isn't good enough to figure out all of the details, but it seems that the CD's name is supposed to be 「28時」 and that there are 39 days left to support the project. I'm scared to post a news thread for it because like I said before my Japanese is kind of crappy so I'm not certain on anything; anyone with good understanding of Japanese care to shed any more light on this? 

 

And to stop this from being completely off-topic since that was technically a news update, here's a la la larks X UNCHAIN collab I found floating around on Youtube for you all to admire: http://youtu.be/fXWoXxwl4-c