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Last Post 6/8/2007 2:39 AM by  muzak
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PeterQuaife
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1/9/2007 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

    PQ
    aidan
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    1/9/2007 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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    1/10/2007 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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    1/10/2007 9:54 AM
    will check for sure, thanks alot

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    Binokular
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    1/10/2007 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/
    ballroomofromance
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    1/11/2007 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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    6/8/2007 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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