February 1, 2012
It’s taken ten years for the rest of the world to catch up with the musical vision of the band Art-School, but then, even the band itself has meandered from that vision from time to time. Art-School’s melodies and indie-rock sound takes on the minimal feel of pop today, while seasoning it with just enough [...]
February 1, 2012
繰彩 Kri-Sigh is rock duo from Tokyo. And when I met them near Shibuya station it wouldn’t be able to pass by them. Magic light space rock sound attracted attention right away. Unobtrusive melody was so mellifluous and it’s making you relax and just enjoy their music. Soundcloud Facebook MySpace
January 15, 2012
GARI is a Japanese electro rock band, formed in 1997 in Tokyo, Japan. The band was formed as sessional unit with three members: Yutaka Dokko – Guitars, Naoki Fujimoto – Bass and Kei Kusakabe – Drums. Later, vocalist YOW-ROW joined. They debuted on the independent label Deadstocksandwich Records in 1999 with first maxi-single “BRAINSHOOTER”. In [...]
January 15, 2012
Bringing a polished and chaotic approach to emo indie rock, Jimmyhat rocks with inventive instrumentation and impassioned vocals. Formed in 2005, Jimmyhat released their first full album Wanda Wanda Wanda in September 2011 (Troll Music) — Members are Suzuki Yousuke (bass), Takakura Atsushi (vocals, guitar), Komuro Masaki (drums) and Agou Fuyuki (guitar). homepage myspace
January 15, 2012
A South Korean of Japanese birth Mototaka Koto is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has been known to be in 4 bands at the same time: Misty Blue (Rock), Sunrise Stone (Pop), Plastic Arrow (grunge) and United Soul Reunion (Rock, Funk, Blues). The later, the title of this recommendation. Taking inspiration from such artists [...]
December 1, 2011
Khola Cosmica is a Japanese band with a deep and a little drowned sound of doom metal heritage. It’s a psychedelic stoner rock sound with penetrating and dark atmosphere of doom metal. If you like such bands as Church of Misery, Green Machine and Electric Wizard, then you can take a chance to hear another great [...]
