Japanese Music

Another song to get hyped for the weekend! It also has some rap sections and a similar energy like the Gacharic Spin song I posted IMO.

Gacharic Spin - another band I've heard a lot of praise for that I'm just now getting into. They are definitely very talented and bring some crazy energy! So definitely the right stuff to get you fired up for the weekend!

The MV for the new single Kimi ni sayonara was just released.

I like this kind of melancholic/slightly sad songs and I've been listening to this song on repeat for the past hour. It's really good :)

Name: Dream Island Obsessional Park its the opening to the titular Paranoia Agent a very surreal opening and anime, recommend (without the last two episodes lmao) https://www.animelyrics.com/anime/paranoiaagent/yumenoshimash.htm

The MV of the latest single from my favorite band just dropped.

Once again I'm thinking about how far they have come since the start. Their musical style has changed quite a bit over the years which may not be everybody's cup of tea but I really like them (the songs and the band 😛) and the new song is no exception.

I really like the mix of Rock and EDM in this song.

"CENT" is CENT CHiHiRO CHiTTiii's solo project. She started it before the end of BiSH.

This is one of the more rock-like songs from her.

An original song by 96neko, the opening for the anime Kuzu no honkai (Scum's Wish). Really dynamic, slightly melancholic, right up my alley. 😄 (Also obligatory Watch Scum's Wish, you cowards!)

I think I also once saw a video of 96neko doing a live performance of the song together with other cast from the anime somewhere during some event, but can't find it anymore.

"cluppo" is the name of the solo side project of Miku Kobato, founder of BAND-MAID. I really like this fun and poppy song, partly because it's such a stark contrast to BAND-MAID's usual hard rock style.

Edit: I can't keep Lemmy from HTML-escaping the "&" character in the title :(

One of the songs I'm currently listening to. The song and the music video feel more like a something from a musical. I quite like it. It makes me wish to be able to understand Japanese.

DeepL translates the video description as follows:

Tomoyasu Hotei's long-awaited latest work "GUITARHYTHM Ⅶ". In the 35 years since his solo debut "GUITARHYTHM" after the breakup of BOØWY, this is the seventh installment in the popular series that has impacted the scene by opening up an overwhelming world view.

Set in the year 2023, the first year of AI, the sound concept of this album is "Retro Future," reminiscent of 90s modern music, with a message of hope and warning for the future, and Hotei's guitar sings sharply and elongated throughout the entire album. The album has been highly acclaimed by many artists who should be called "guitarism children," and has been called the best work in the history of guitarism.

The music video for "Andromeda (feat. Aina the End)," which was released earlier in the year, has been a huge hit with fans on both sides. The film, directed by the brilliant Atsunori Higashiichi, depicts the sad and strange story of a scientist (played by Hotei) and an android (played by Aina the End) who entrust their dreams for the future to an android in a spectacular science fiction rock opera. Aina the End's stunning performance and presence, along with Hotei's silhouette, are stylishly and densely presented in this music video, which is sure to be talked about as a masterpiece that will remain in the history of music videos.

GUITARHYTHM Ⅶ" is an ambitious work that should be enjoyed by people of all ages, and can be called the culmination of Hotei's constant challenge to new styles as a guitarist.

There hasn't been a ZUTOMAYO post in this community yet, and I'm here to correct that today. Of course there are many great songs to post, ACAne is just an insanely talented musician. But this one is my favorite recently, I like how it is both melancholic and funky at the same time.

A number song to go with my other post about a number band.

THE NUMBERS MASON, WHAT DO THEY MEAN? No idea to be honest.

This is a more melancholic song by one of my favorite girl rock bands, nicely contrasting IMO the singers "cute" voice.

I had posted this song in a comment underneath a post for another song by this band, but decided that it deserves a post of its own. This band just deserves more exposure. I really like the singer's melancholic vocals here.

I just came across this live video of two of the greatest personalities of anime music. Unfortunately it ends a bit abruptly, I think because they were transitioning into the next song. But the beginning with Kanno on the piano is all the more precious!

I'll be honest, I took notice of this this one mainly because of the title... 😅 Kind of unusual, and I'd be curious if the lyrics actually refer to Munich, Germany.

It is a wonderfully atmospheric song in its own right though.

another garnidelia banger, the style and movement is probably one of my favourites

i think the first verse explain it all pretty well: "As if looking at something broken Everyone says "It's so weird""

Their first album release post-ep KIRAMETAL, the self-titled album includes a cleaner produced songs from KIRAMETAL (Skabetty, Delusionalism, and IF A Surfer) while adding 3 new songs.

エンドロール (endroll) is personally my favorite, and in a weird way I don't think MOTFD have ever reached the same height when it comes to a single song. This one song is an outlier out of all of their release, and somehow it is the most "them". Its a controlled chaos in ebb and flow, stretched to a 9:25 song.

title is with english letters

Its a really dope cover of a song (the lyrics explain themselves id say) probs my favourite cover now, roan does a lot of good shit

I think this is a pretty nice article going a bit into the background of YOASOBI and their recently exploded international popularity, mostly due to "Idol".

TITEL - METALI!! (feat. Tom Morello)

INTERPRET - BABYMETAL

ALBUM - METALI!!

One of the fun songs of Yabai T-Shirts Yasan. Here is the MV to the song and there is also a "Nisekoi" version (I believe that this song was one of the soundtracks of the Nisekoi live action movie; I've never seen it).

I remember reading an article in the Japan Times about this band after I discovered them back in 2018. Unfortunately, I'm currently unable to find it.

IIRC, they met at the university in Osaka and performed at a competiton where one of the critics said that they will never be successful because of their unsual lyrics. But now (2023) they are playing on all big rock festivals in Japan and have performed in the Osaka Jo-Hall (in 2021) and Nippon Budokan (this year).

Their lyrics are a bit unusal but fun. There are songs about bad Wi-Fi connections, different file formats and lots of Tank-Tops 😄

I like the melancholic feeling of this song.

Sometimes on hot summer days, I remember the opening scene with the railroad crossing and I get the desire to listen to this song again.

I rediscovered this song not that long ago, and an immense wave of nostalgia hit me when I listened to it. I distinctly remember sitting in my room in the late 1990s, having downloaded a compressed-to-hell clip of the Record of Lodoss War TV opening via my parents' dial-up line, watching it again and again, enchanted by this music and feeling sad that there's all this great anime that would be forever unattainable for me.

25 years later, there's more anime at my fingertips than I could ever watch, and I still haven't watched this series. I heard it's not that good really. 😂

But the song is still as enchanting as back then.

One of my favorite tracks from ONE OK ROCK.

There are also two live versions available on YouTube: Live from "EYE OF THE STORM" Japan tour and the concert which made me discover this song: "Mighty Long Fall at Yokohama Stadium"