PeterQuaife
Very Busy Member
Posts:353
 | | 09 Jan 2007 7:44 AM |
| 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
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where the dew drops cry and the cats meow.... | |
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aidan
Very Busy Member
Posts:462
| | 09 Jan 2007 9:11 AM |
| | 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... | | | |
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Ally
Very Busy Member
Posts:348
| | 10 Jan 2007 9:18 AM |
| if you're happy with some avant-rock or avant-psych-folk stuff, try:
the boredoms
ghost
afrirampo
august born
acid mothers temple | | | |
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PeterQuaife
Very Busy Member
Posts:353
| | 10 Jan 2007 9:54 AM |
| will check for sure, thanks alot
PQ | |
where the dew drops cry and the cats meow.... | |
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Binokular
CLUAS Forum Junkie
Posts:1600
| | 10 Jan 2007 1:04 PM |
| 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/
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ballroomofromance
Getting Into It Member
Posts:46
| | 11 Jan 2007 4:32 AM |
| 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 | | | |
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muzak
Busy Member
Posts:111
| | 08 Jun 2007 2:39 AM |
| 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. | | | |
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