Hey folks

Can anyone give me a shortcut to good japanese indie rock, etc etc.... Someone recommended Mono (think it was una), and they are top. Any insight would be appreciated

cheers

PQ

I'm not up to speed on current japanese music but there were a lot of japanese alt-pop acts around in the '90s: cornelius (especially his 'fantasma' album), pizzicato 5, cibo matto, shonen knife...

if you're happy with some avant-rock or avant-psych-folk stuff, try:

the boredoms
ghost
afrirampo
august born
acid mothers temple

will check for sure, thanks alot

PQ

Pizzicato 5 are great, very twee (like a lot of Japanese stuff), but fun. Not up to date on Japanese music, but a couple of the bands I've come across over the years/

Mikabomb - on the Damaged Goods label, home to the likes of Holly Golightly, the Headcoatees etc. If you like that kind of DIY punk garage thing, definitely worth checking out. http://www.mikabomb.com/

Ex-Girl - Very strange, fantastic live. Saw them in the Lobby in cork a few years ago. Do the best and weirdest cover of James Browns "Sex Machine" ever. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=56941101

Guitar Wolf - as barkingly mad as the name sounds. Almost a parody of rock and roll but definitely fun. Domo-Kun (google it) likes them

Hanayo does a great electro cover of "Joe Le Taxi", not heard anything else from her to be honest though.
http://www.hanayo.com/
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=72686684

Not Japanese but fronted by a Japanese lead singer - Asobi Seksu, very MBV - http://www.asobiseksu.com/

Hi there,

We put on an amazing Japanese Post rock band called Lite last September. They have stuff on the English record label Transduction (www.transductionrecords.com).

Also we are putting Japanese punk/garage band Electric Eel Shock Saturday March 10th in the Lower Deck

Guitar Wolf. Furious rock'n'roll delivered in Pidgin English. Brilliant.

EDIT/ just saw someone else recommend them, so there you go. 2 votes for the GW.