Discovering new pwn music is so fun.

[color=#FF0000]I am really into tokyo jihen, shiina ringo, supercar, number girl, boredoms, 10-feet, X Japan, Super Junky Monkey, shonen knife, penpals, akfg, larc en ciel, guitar wolf, go!go!7188, hide, and of course the pillows. [/color]

I also found some stuff by zazen boys, eastern youth, quruli, bloodthirsty butchers, and some other bands but havent really listened to these yet. Check my sig for more artists I like. yes, i check my last.fm recommendations but what japanese music would YOU recommend that I should really listen to? thanks!

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Coaltar of the Deepers
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Flipper's Guitar
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You and I like a lot of the same bands, it seems.

Try out:
Art-School
Syrup16g
Multi Colored Vox
Ging-Nang Boyz
Sparta Locals

I recommend Bump of Chicken, Kaela Kimura, Do as Infinity, and Sambomaster.

luminous orange, chatmonchy, fujifabric, doping panda, hideki naganuma, home made kazoku, mass of the fermenting dregs, noodles, origa, suneohair, toddle...

Anyone considering putting up some descriptions of the bands you're recommending? I mean, all this guy's getting is a list of names deemed "recommendable" by IMers.

I could easily say:
Consider Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, Toddle, Noodles, Sambomaster, FISHMANS, Boom Boom Satellites, 9mm Parabellum Bullet, Sparta Locals, Kimura Kaela, Aiko, Monkey Majik, Asian Kung-fu Generation, Nino Trinca, Hiromitsu Agatsuma, Ging Nang Boyz, and Vola & the Oriental Machine...

but what's it all worth unless I lay out a little guide?
So here: Check out Sparta Locals. They have a pretty cool "new wave" sound, if that means anything. Very solid on all parts, vocals, drums, guitars, bass - it's a very tight band. Great percussion and groove.
Here's Yume Station: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpH7NZhNMSg
and Kogane Wave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5PNhs2-brA
As for albums, I recommend Sun Sun Sun and Dreamer. That's just my preference, they both lean towards the "pop" side of things more than their others.

If you're looking for something with a rougher edge, try out 9mm Parabellum Bullet. They're a pretty new band, and I guess I'd consider them sort of...heavy rock, just a TOUCH of VK, a HINT of noise, a little metal perhaps? The guitar lines are melodic and energetic, the drumming's tight. They sound a little like if Asian Kung-Fu Generation had a dark side.
Here's Talking Machine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idbdfeoPkSU
and Living Dying Message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXx7VUe_Kzk
They don't have a lot of material, but I recommend their new album, Vampire.

Hopefully that helps.

Suneohair, Electric Eel Shock, Gitogito Hustler, monobright, The50Kaitenz, TsuShiMaMiRe and detroit7 are who I recommend.

I prefer to keep the description "Visual-kei" to the bands that actually ARE VK because I don't like good bands being associated with that tomfoolery.

[quote="Marekenshin"]I prefer to keep the description "Visual-kei" to the bands that actually ARE VK because I don't like good bands being associated with that tomfoolery. [/quote]

Well..9mm isn't quite punk. They're not quite emo. They're not quite a lot of things, so you have to explain them with words which they aren't (but sort of are). You gotta admit, a lot of the recent vocals have been slightly theatrical.

And yet supernova still makes me happy in ways I shouldn't talk about in public.

sweet thanks for all the recommendations so far. give me a few days and ill report back

I'll share what I like

Noodles - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHD9buqtnt8

Orange Range - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF7OynSr684

Beat Crusaders - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu6dTfVBcEE

Seriously, fuck Orange Range and Beat Crusaders. Get some musical taste, damnit.

[quote="Marekenshin"]Seriously, fuck Orange Range and Beat Crusaders. Get some musical taste, damnit.[/quote]

LOL

Hey now, Beat Crusaders are on the same wavelength as some of the bands that get a lot of praise around here. Not that I especially like them, but I know there are other mediocre pop-punk bands some of us adore on this site...