掲示板 Forums - Japanese song recommendations?

[size=10pt]I have been in jpop but luckily I dropped it.
Especially Johnny's and other culture-shaking bands like Akiba 48 are actually scaring me, and I'm not kidding :o. So, I woudn't suggest this kind of music ;).

Also have been in jrock/visual key and I still like (and therefore recommend) bands like D'espairs Ray, Girugamesh, Siam Shade, Luna Sea (must listen to songs like [b]Jesus[/b] or [b]Rosier[/b]), and my all-time favourite, X-Japan. They had their first U.S. concert last year after a reunion. Anyway, just try to listen to [b]Tears[/b], [b]Silent Jealousy[/b], [b]紅[/b]...

Other bands I do love are Kishidan ([b]One night carnival[/b], [b]Swingin' Nippon[/b], [b]俺達には土曜日しかない[/b]) and Animetal, this one being a band playing popular anime songs in heavy metal style.

Than of course I listen to Japanese metal bands, especially Vow Wow, Loudness ([b]Soldier of Fortune[/b], [b]Crazy Nights[/b]), Make-up, 人間椅子 ([b]りんごの涙[/b]).

What else... themes from my favourite anime series (try the opening themes of Moyashimon or Evangelion, true masterpieces XD), and if we talk about Enka , my favourite artist would be Misora Hibari, no mistakes about it! Anything by her is fine for traditional japanese music lovers ;).[/size]

Check out a band called [b]Sakanaction (サカナクション)[/b]. A mixture of alt rock and electropop.

Definitely worth checking out the music videos to [b]"Aruku Around"[/b] and [b]"Bach no Senritsu o Yoru ni Kiita Sei Desu." [/b]The music videos are amazing especially [b]"Aruku Around"[/b] xD

What, no BEGIN love? I really enjoy Shimanchu nu Takara (sorry, not near a system to find the proper kanji, if someone hasn't fixed this by the time I am, will fix it myself.

someone already suggested the group "NICO Touches the Walls" ? I know only this one :) http://grooveshark.com/s/N+Kyoku+To+N+Kyoku/5fm5O1?src=5

Kind of surprised nobody's mentioned Dragon Ash or Malice Mizer so far. That said, if you're someone who listens to a lot of Anison and is looking for a change, check out LAZY sometime. It's 70s-era Kageyama before he did the Dragonball soundtrack and really hit it big. Oh, and L'Arc en Ciel.

Kana Boon are a great band imho. Enjoy a lot of their music and trying to translate their lyrics.

All the suggestions here are so good, especially some heartfelt performances on the First Take’s channel, and Ishikawa Chiaki’s songs. 💯

If you like 70's/80's pop/funk, I would highly recommend you listen to anything by Tatsuro Yamashita (山下達郎). He's very well known in Japan and has been gaining a lot of traction in the states recently from the nostalgic energy he commands from his songwriting. He's the sole reason why I started learning Japanese in the first place.

I recently started listening to Fuji Kaze, and really recommend him. My favorites are Shinunoga E-Wa, Matsuri, damn, and Kirari.

I recommend Lamp, mitsume and Asagaya Romantics if you like chill songs.