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Artist Recommendation: RUSHMORE
Posted on April 14, 2010 | No CommentsRUSHMORE sounds like a typical 80s heavy metal band. All the elements - fast rhythm, twin guitars and catchy keyboard riffs - are present, and they all still have the sweetness that metal used to have before... -
Artist Recommendation: Naotarou Moriyama
Posted on February 18, 2010 | No CommentsPop/folk singer-songwriter Naotarou Moriyama is a well-known artist in Japan, but unfortunately far less known amongst overseas listeners of Japanese music. -
Artist Recommendation: R指定－R shitei－
Posted on August 9, 2009 | No CommentsIn the vast sea of visual kei bands, R shitei is a wonderful find deserving so much more attention. Their music primarily features slamming guitar riffs and thumping drums and is without a doubt a definite crowd-pleaser. -
Artist Recommendation: Zitten
Posted on February 17, 2009 | 1 CommentZitten (짙은) is quite different from the typical Korean male act. Whereas boy bands, styled from top to toe storm the charts, the singer-songwriter duo Zitten are slowly making a name for themselves in the indie scene, with gentle, ethereal but very touching songs. They formed... -
Artist Recommendation: Natccu
Posted on September 28, 2008 | No CommentsNatccu is a female, Tokyo-based singer-songwriter who creates pop sounding rock music. Her music shows obvious influence from US and UK music, but there’s a Japanese flavor to it which results in a very accessible and catchy style. Her vocals are incredibly powerful, and the... -
Artist Recommendation: Hirakawachi Icchome
Posted on September 21, 2008 | No CommentsRecently, with the annoucement of their disbandment, it was revealed that the two brothers and band members of Hirakawachi Icchome hadn’t started the band just because they enjoyed making music. Their second motive was that their mother had left their family when they were young... -
Artist Recommendation: Rockamenco
Posted on August 3, 2008 | 1 CommentRockamenco‘s name already gives it away: this band’s music is a mix between rock and flamenco. When flamenco vocalist KSK Arita met blues rock guitarist Ichiro in 2004, they decided to create a unit to fuse these music styles together. The following year was spent writing... -
Artist Recommendation: SHINee
Posted on July 6, 2008 | No CommentsSHINee (pronounced in the same way as the word “shiny”) is the newest boy band from SM Entertainment, which is the Korean home to such artists as BoA and Tohoshinki. Despite being so new, they’ve already caused ripples of excitement amongst Korean pop fans, and... -
Artist Recommendation: MORRIE
Posted on June 15, 2008 | 1 CommentAlthough many J-music fans are aware of MORRIE in some way, his small collection of solo releases is quite often overlooked. The more old-school Japanese music fans will be familiar with his work with DEAD END, whereas the new-school fans will probably be more familiar... -
Artist Recommendation: Jinn
Posted on June 8, 2008 | No CommentsUpon listening to rock band Jinn for the first time, the vocals will immediately catch your attention. Somehow, they seem to trick you into believing that it’s an angry young boy singing but, when listening more closely, it’ll become clear that it’s a female vocalist... -
Artist Recommendation: Aira Mitsuki
Posted on June 1, 2008 | No CommentsAira Mitsuki is an up-and-coming electro artist. Despite being just 19 years of age, she has already made a name for herself as one of the premier trance and electro artist in Japan. This was helped, in part, by her winning the 2007 MEGA TRANCE... -
Artist Recommendation: Sonic Dragolgo
Posted on May 25, 2008 | 1 CommentSonic Dragolgo is a London-based self-proclaimed electro pop superstar. The somewhat unusual name is drawn from an amalgamation of the names of the animes Doraemon and Golgo 13, along with the first name of a certain Sega hedgehog. Sonic Dragolgo has been producing music since...
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