Author Topic: General Japanese Rock Thread (Read 248596 times)

iacus · « **Reply #540 on:** August 04, 2008, 09:40:29 PM »

Apparently the SCLL album is actually a double album. Or whatever "two releases" is supposed to mean. (Damn you google translate)

Also, Lostage mini-album in september. And 54-71 just released an album yesterday (anybody hear that yet?).

Jay · « **Reply #541 on:** August 20, 2008, 06:08:08 AM »

Heh, I know this is old, but can someone recommend me some J-rock bands that are popular? Apparently, I have a hard time finding some, since everyone's bashing every "popular" j-rock band

(my friends)

Anything would do~!.

So far I have been listening to The Gazette.

Thanks ^^

hibachifinal · « **Reply #542 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:22:13 PM »

new zazen boys PV..

[youtube=425,350]0-ZjYq8-SHw[/youtube]

mukai = nuts

Stryfe · « **Reply #543 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:25:08 PM »

Werd.

Guitars, what. Refreshing. But nuts.

iacus · « **Reply #544 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:51:42 PM »

Yesssssssssss

boykun · « **Reply #545 on:** August 20, 2008, 11:27:25 PM »

Is that sum guitar? I LIKE it.

StreakInTheSky · « **Reply #546 on:** August 21, 2008, 12:10:38 AM »

keytar FTW

A1 · « **Reply #547 on:** September 06, 2008, 03:42:28 AM »

1.I WANT YOU BACK / FRONTIER BACKYARD
2.OVERJOYED / LOCOFRANK
3.ABC / LOW IQ 01
4.DANCING IN THE STREET / DOPING PANDA
5.YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE / PULI
6.DON'T YOU WORRY 'BOUT A THING / SUEMITSU & THE SUEMITH
7.IT'S A SHAME / TOE LOVES THE GUITAR PLUS ME
8.THIS OLD HEART OF MINE(IS WEEK FOR YOU) / CREAMSTOCK
9.YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE / YOUR SONG IS GOOD
10.IT'S A SHAME / RIDDIM SAUNTER
11.WHEN THE LOVELIGHT STARTS SHINING THROUGH HIS EYES / HOUSEPLAN!
12.ONE LOVE IN MY LIFE TIME / CUBISMO GRAFICO FIVE
13.GOLDEN LADY / FRONTIER BACKYARD

Just click on the album cover

tenkei · « **Reply #548 on:** September 06, 2008, 08:24:48 PM »

oh fuck yeah! i love these kinds of cover compilations! some of these tracks look quite promising. i dunno if anyone else can beat chickenraces cover of I Want You Back though

thanks A1!

StreakInTheSky · « **Reply #549 on:** September 06, 2008, 10:34:04 PM »

interesting. I'll check that out. Thanks!

A1 · « **Reply #550 on:** September 07, 2008, 04:34:45 AM »

You guys are quite welcome

tenkei · « **Reply #551 on:** September 07, 2008, 07:29:08 PM »

lol id never heard frontier backyard before, but they sound almost exactly like doping panda

anyway, pretty kickin little comp, some nice takes on the motown classics!

ytreza · « **Reply #552 on:** September 14, 2008, 06:42:29 PM »

Zazen Boys - ZAZEN BOYS 4 (2008/09/17)

1.Asobi
2.Honnnoji
3.Weekend
4.Idiot Funk
5.Memories
6.Fureai
7.Taratine
8.The Drifting/I Don't Wanna Be With You
9.Sabaku

http://rapidshare.com/files/145282257/ZAZEN_BOYS_4.rar.html

StreakInTheSky · « **Reply #553 on:** September 14, 2008, 10:16:18 PM »

w00t. thanks.

doubledown11 · « **Reply #554 on:** September 14, 2008, 11:00:12 PM »

Thanks a bunch ytreza.

iacus · « **Reply #555 on:** September 14, 2008, 11:05:43 PM »

After listening to it just once I'm going to say this is ~~probably the album of the year~~ really, really good.

boykun · « **Reply #556 on:** September 14, 2008, 11:08:43 PM »

Much more solid than III. Really good. Thanks a lot.

iacus · « **Reply #557 on:** September 15, 2008, 12:12:05 AM »

Oh, and in case anyone's not aware of it yet. The Zazen Boys are going to do a short east coast tour in late September/early October.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=1000805975&blogID=432864224

9/28 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New york
9/29 The Middle East Boston, Massachusetts
10/1 Khyber Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10/2 Talking Head Club Baltimore, Maryland
10/4 Maxwell's Hoboken, New Jersey

Stryfe · « **Reply #558 on:** September 15, 2008, 12:25:19 AM »

Thanks for the album.

It's better than the trainwreck that was ZBIII, that's for sure. As much as I'd love to praise Mukai to high heavens, he doesn't quite hit the bullseye with this one either and drifts off with his experiments in cacophony a little too much, once again, at the expense of coherent songwriting. His newfound joy, the simple, melodic synth experiments work far better and make the sound refreshing.

The album has its moments, even though those are mainly the tracks we've heard already. Here and there. The final twosome, Drifting/DWBWY remix and Sabaku, close the album brilliantly.

All that said, it's a big step up and a return to form.

iacus · « **Reply #559 on:** September 15, 2008, 01:15:59 AM »

I think ZBIII had a damn near perfect flow throughout the album. Pop, noise, funk, rock. It did it all and it was all really good.
I think there's a disconnect between the synth ballads that open and close ZB4 and the funk-noise that's in the middle. Both sides are good but I wish they had been able to connect them somehow.