THE JAPANESE INDIE THREAD

[jiji94 78]

There's a J-indie thread? Shiz, I need to look through and see which bands I've been listening to haven't been posted.

 

I swear to god, I've been sucked harder into the J-indie vortex than I was with visual kei bands.. 

[thegirlavoidingmariacross 10]

I'm so glad this thread exists. T^T I can pillage it for new bands to listen to~~~

As for me, well, my favs are:

MONDO GROSSO

Wednesday Campanella

the Pillows

Number Girl

Asian Kung-Fu Generation

frederic

vivid undress

Ichiko Aoba

Kenshi Yonezu

Age Factory

indigo la End

Nissy

KankakuPiero

Ling Tosite Sigure

aimer

ircle

Gesu no Kiwami Otome

Lyu;lyu

 

(And if we're talking rap, pretty much anyone off Low High Who. Daoko, GOMESS, Jinmenusagi (early works).  I was also introduced to KOHH through a beautiful Utada song last year, and like his stuff pretty well too.)

 

[CAT5 9075]

 

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[CAT5 9075]

The recent JYOCHO album was pretty good. They just released this PV from it!

 

 

[CAT5 9075]

New ATATA is fun!

 

 

[freesia 714]

Anoice's new album "Ghost in the Clocks" is so good!

 

[CAT5 9075]

2 hours ago, freesia said:

Anoice's new album "Ghost in the Clocks" is so good!

 

 

Nice, didn't realize they had anything new out. It's on spotify too!

[freesia 714]

This shoegaze/indie rock band is so obscure and underrated!

 

[Ruri 278]

i am recently getting into japanese shoegaze/dream pop, so if anyone has any recommendations that would be awesome ❤️ 

[Tokage 5930]

5 hours ago, Ruri said:

i am recently getting into japanese shoegaze/dream pop, so if anyone has any recommendations that would be awesome ❤️ 

here's a bunch (put 'em under spoiler tags just in case)

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[Ruri 278]

3 hours ago, Tokage said:

here's a bunch (put 'em under spoiler tags just in case)

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amazing, thankyou! ❤️ 

[CAT5 9075]

Another new ANYO MV. They need a budget Nice song tho.

 

 

 

[Plant 56]

Anyone know of 進行方向別通行区分? (Longest name ever, I know. Here's how to say it: shinkō hōkō betsu tsūkō kubun.)

 

 

[Plant 56]

On 12/11/2019 at 4:23 AM, Ruri said:

i am recently getting into japanese shoegaze/dream pop, so if anyone has any recommendations that would be awesome ❤️ 

Check out 溶けない名前 (tokenai namae)!

 

 

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[CAT5 9075]

Looks like österreich (Kunimitsu Takahashi ex. the cabs) released a new song! It features cinema staff's vocalist! Very nice~  (@saishuu)

 

 

[303iD 8]

do you mean indie rock genre or indie as in not major and kinda overlooked?

[whitegrey 115]

 random *this thread must not die!* push...

 

 

shoebills... slow build up with post rock finish, nice keyboard presence and male vocals fitting the music... nothing groundbreaking but I can dig it.

[enyx 903]

I don't see this band being mentioned all that much, but they're pretty great if you're into Japanese math à la toe or LITE.

 

 

[whitegrey 115]

 

onomatopel ... a small alt-pop duo I just stumbled upon; with a really cute piece this time.

sounds a lot like classic shibuya-kei with some pico-pop added to the mix. It's pure sugar but I like it.

Edited September 16, 2020 by whitegrey

[KrumpingChihuahua 108]

Adding the indie stuff i listen too

 

 I think joppin:cal might be known,  with Wajow from the Gallo and Ryo coming from the Visual Kei Scene too.

They added a new drummer MaNa. 

 

Reptile

 

Anti Hero Superstar

 

and i think Aya belongs to be indie thread too? 

 

 

 

[whitegrey 115]

newest one by edawakare. They've released their 2nd EP in june, seems like I missed it back then...

first half is pretty slow but picks up later and is totally worth the wait. A really really nice track totally down my lane!

 

 

[Tokage 5930]

Some recent discoveries:

 

NEMU

These guys seem to draw from a whole bunch of different sounds. There's elements of post-hardcore here,  but also a bit of a post-punk tinge, as well as occasional elements that seem more in line with dream pop/shoegaze. Cool stuff that unfortunately seems to be flying under the radar - deserves to be known IMO.

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ユウレカ

Another band serving up an interesting blend of genres. Their music contains elements of 90s post-hardcore/math rock/nu-metal. If I had to describe this to someone elevator pitch style I'd say "Imagine a 90s alt-metal take on downy". I dig it.

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STRAM

@Jigsaw9actually alerted me to this band's existence. A bunch of their songs very strongly remind me of what I imagine Lillies and Remains would sound like if they had a bit more crunch to them. Recommended for those who like their music gloomy

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Ailiph Doepa

Basically fits that niche of bands like Maximum the Hormone / System of a Down and such. Weird and quirky mish-mash of alt-metal with a bunch of other stuff. Still not entirely on board with this myself musically but I'm a big fan of this PV because it's fucking goofy.

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[enyx 903]

New downy track out of nowhere called「17月」

 

 

From what I can gather the guitars in this are samples from some recordings Yutaka Aoki did, and mergrim was also involved to some degree with SUNNOVA producing.

Edited November 27, 2020 by enyx