Calebyte Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I've been interested in listening to more j-pop lately. I've heard a few things I like, but I'm having trouble finding good stuff. Last FM is hit and miss. Anyone have any suggestions of stuff I should listen to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushfire Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Hatsune Miku and the rest of the Vocaloid. Will be quite good I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I've been getting into Perfume lately. It was pretty surreal when I heard one of my favorite songs of their's featured on American Dad as "Japanese Funk". lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I've been getting into Perfume lately. It was pretty surreal when I heard one of my favorite songs of their's featured on American Dad as "Japanese Funk". lol. Yeah, that clip was... odd. But Perfume is good. At least, some of their stuff. I love Computer City for some reason, but I find the rest of the album kind of "meh". Asian Kung-Fu Generation has this odd 90s alt rock thing going on, but it's easy to listen to, and has enough variation that even if you get all of their sons, nothing is really repetitive. Round Table featuring Nino has some nice stuff. They did the opening themes for Chobits, Welcom tot he NHK!, and //Hack.Dusk (a perfect example of a show having better music than story, art and characters). Ketchup Mania has this really awesomely weird little girl punk rock style. Not a lit of songs, but their videos certainly are entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyanCe Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I like Utada her voice is sexy and she's actually a competent singer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Genki Rockets might count as J-POP. I'm not sure. I also found a really cool song by SAWA called I Can Fly. The video is pretty "...yeah..." but I enjoyed the song decently enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 cho co la i to disco chocola i to disco cho co la i to di su ko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capa Langley Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 L'Arc~en~Ciel The Pillows Do As Infinity Gackt Orange Range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vega12 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 What artists / types of J-pop have you listened to and enjoyed recently? Are you talking about just pop Japanese music? Sometimes people use the term J-pop for other genres of music too, like pop rock, pop hip hop, pop country and stuff, almost like the term J-pop just means Japanese language music. If you are just looking for general Japanese music recommendations, then for the time being I'll just suggest my favorite artist: Shiina Ringo (her rock band right now, Tokyo Jihen, is pretty hot stuff too). Not really pop music, but highly recommended nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushfire Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Capsule is the best J-Pop of them all. the best of them all prolly being Sugarless Girl. Search for it on Youtube and be amazed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzumebachi Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I second Capsule and Perfume. Also good: AXS, Sleepin' Johnny Fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiral Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I strongly recommend Anamu & Maki! I'm not honestly sure if you'd call them just "pop" though. Almost kind of folk? ...After much searching as I type this post, I can't find tracks from the album I was going to recommend anywhere online and apparently the album itself is out of print Fail. The one song by them on Youtube isn't very representative. But! if you feel like a hunt, here's the album info. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SPPCL-1003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshaggyfreak Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 The Captains are really a favorite of mine. It's fun music that I often find myself singing along to. Bump of Chicken is pretty good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nase Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Polysics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9aL7tQhnwI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theophany Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Ogre You Asshole http://www.myspace.com/ogreyouassholemusic Karen http://www.last.fm/music/Karen/Maggot+In+Tears I second the Pillows also: HIDE PINK SPIDA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyanCe Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 are the Pillows really J-Pop though? They struck me as more straight up rock than pop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calebyte Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Thanks for all the suggestions guys! Perfume was mostly all I had listened to before, and I really enjoy them. I'll be sure to check all these out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinslayer Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 You also can't go wrong with a few artists that have branched out from their days as Bemani artists for Beatmania/DDR and such. Several worth listening to are: Be For U Riyu Kosaka Tatsh (Tatsh is actually a strange mixture of techno and J-rock, but still worth a listen) I also second Camui Gackt as an artist, he has some great music. Also, you can't go wrong with Haruka Shimotsuki, she has some very relaxing music that is wonderful for slow paced days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rAnDOm_rOguE Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I'll echo a few of the ones mentioned above - I really like Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Do as Infinity and Orange Range. But my favourite Japanese group is a hip-hop group (which is odd for me since I'm not a huge fan of the majority of western hip-hop) nobodyknows+ Oh, and my second favourite Japanese music group would be electronica duo Boom Boom Satellites, whose music you'd know if you've ever seen the film Appleseed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vega12 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I agree with nobodyknows+; I've been listening to them lately a bit and they are a pretty fun band. On that same genre, I also enjoy SOUL'd OUT (at least the stuff on their singles collection album is mostly all good) and the older m-flo stuff is also good hip hop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-RoN Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Are there any good J-pop artists out there that offer free music legally as a download on sites like www.jamendo.com? Considering the genre name has the word "pop" in it, I'm thinking this is highly unlikely. All I found was this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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