Author Topic: General Japanese Rock Thread (Read 248640 times)

katamari-san · « **Reply #520 on:** April 26, 2008, 09:28:21 AM »

Awesome, thanks Stryfe!

Stryfe · « **Reply #521 on:** June 10, 2008, 12:19:50 AM »

Various Artists - Across the Sea ~A Tribute to Weezer~ (cover album) (2003.05.28)

01. island in the sun(“CORNER”磯部正文(from HUSKING BEE))
02. in the garage(Hermann H.&The Pacemakers)
03. buddy holly(bus tribute)
04. i just threw out the love of my dreams(REACH)
05. smile(スムルース)
06. don’t let go(nudge’em all)
07. undone-the sweater song(SPOONY)
08. say it ain’t so(Asimov)
09. surf wax america(NATSUMEN&hidaka)
10. i do(SHORT CIRCUIT)
11. why bother?(サンプリングサン)
12. jamie(つばき)
13. pink triangle(COMEBACK MY DAUGHTERS)
14. across the sea(PLECTRUM)
15. the good life(SOME SMALL HOPE)
16. butterfly(clingon)

...

tenkei requested this so I thought I'd post it here as well.

Japanese bands covering the kings of geek rock. Some interesting (Natsumen xD), some pretty lolz covers and hilarious engrish, but it's fun and all.

boykun · « **Reply #522 on:** June 20, 2008, 12:08:09 AM »

Anyone listen to this yet?

I'm liking it more than Good Morning.

tenkei · « **Reply #523 on:** June 20, 2008, 12:25:42 AM »

got it queued up next. i have high hopes

Stryfe · « **Reply #524 on:** June 20, 2008, 12:56:02 AM »

Some pretty killer tunes, yeah... gotta listen more tomorrow.

...

Bugy Craxone - Hello, Punk Lovers (2008.06.11)

01. Oh Yeah
02. Lucy's Donuts
03. オートバイ
04. Dreamer
05. ベートーベンとチェルシー
06. Summer Beach
07. 天使によろしく
08. ロマンチスト

Ayabie · « **Reply #525 on:** July 10, 2008, 04:37:59 AM »

Hell yes, Sparta Locals added some previews from their upcoming album.

http://www.myspace.com/spartaofficial

iacus · « **Reply #526 on:** July 10, 2008, 05:17:37 AM »

http://youtube.com/watch?v=R_FK9VfKjG8

And a new music video. Of course you can't actually see anything because of the crappy quality, but the song sounds good.

boykun · « **Reply #527 on:** July 10, 2008, 06:50:50 AM »

Nice. Good News indeed.

A1 · « **Reply #528 on:** July 10, 2008, 11:09:33 PM »

I don't know if anybody is a fan of the band "Asparagus" but I got their live album today. I will upload it up here shortly.

iacus · « **Reply #529 on:** July 11, 2008, 01:57:07 AM »

I'm not a huge fan but they're not bad. Anybody who likes Kaela Kimura should give them a listen. The guitarist/lead singer for asparagus is her touring guitarist and has written a few of her songs.

A1 · « **Reply #530 on:** July 11, 2008, 08:46:51 PM »

Disc 1
1. SILLY THING
2. JERK
3. LITTLE DEVIL
4. DECOY
5.FAR AWAY
6.WITH THE WIND
7.DEAD SONG
8. FRUSTRATION
9. TOO YOUNG
10. FOREVER AND EVER
11.YOUR FEELINGS
12. BEFORE THE NIGHT
13. YES
14. BY MY SIDE
15. WAITING FOR YOUR CALL
16. UNREQUITED LOVE
17. LOCAL TRAIN

Disc 2
1. HONESTY
2. START OVER
3. APPROACH ME
4. KNOCK ME OUT
5. BEGINNING
6. PRAYER
7. NO
8. I FLY
9. JUST GO ON
10. FALLIN' DOWN
11. NAP
12. WANDER AROUND

Disc 1 Disc 2

boykun · « **Reply #531 on:** July 11, 2008, 09:32:10 PM »

Awesome, thanks. I'm not a huge fan either, but they're pretty damn good. I enjoyed Mont Blanc quite a bit. Its better than their Kappa albums I thought.

iacus · « **Reply #532 on:** July 18, 2008, 11:05:12 PM »

New Zazen Boys

I like it.

boykun · « **Reply #533 on:** July 19, 2008, 12:48:00 AM »

Not sure what to make of it yet...

Is this the album cover? lol

StreakInTheSky · « **Reply #534 on:** July 19, 2008, 01:06:17 AM »

They're going minimalist?

I like it.

hibachifinal · « **Reply #535 on:** July 19, 2008, 09:46:59 AM »

Quote from: StreakInTheSky on July 19, 2008, 01:06:17 AM

They're going minimalist?

I like it.

there's nothing minimalist about putting "RECORDED AND MIXED BY DAVE FRIDMANN AT TARBOX ROAD STUDIOS" in an album cover

Ayabie · « **Reply #536 on:** August 04, 2008, 06:42:45 AM »

New VELTPUNCH album next month.

doubledown11 · « **Reply #537 on:** August 04, 2008, 05:22:02 PM »

Quote from: Ayabie on August 04, 2008, 06:42:45 AM

New VELTPUNCH album next month.

Great news! Thanks for the 411.
The new song DIC954 is a lot cleaner/softer sounding than anything off the White Album. I thought I was watching a Base Ball Bear PV. hahaha. (not really a dis since I like BeBoBe) The other new sample, "Mouse of the Pain" is closer to what I was expecting.

I can't wait till "Paint Your Life Gray" drops Sept 3.
Crappy that I miss the tour opener @ Shelter and the show in Nagoya with one of my other fave bands.. Qomolangma Tomato.
But I'll be in Japan Oct 4-19 so I'll try to convince my friends we need to head to Sendai on the 13th. An excuse to use our JR pass and check out Hokkaido. hahaha
(the list of shows I get to catch on my next trip is starting to look nice: (actually my next trip is Aug 16-31, and I might even go again in Nov/Dec)
Sambomaster/YSIG @ Shelter Oct 5
FREENOTE @ Shimo Que Oct 9
Rin Toshite Shigure/The Telephones/Ogre You Piehole/Art-School @ Akasaka Blitz Oct 10
Qomo Tomato @ Daikan Unit Oct 11
Veltpunch Oct 13
and hopefully the band I recently got my friend addicted to: Midori (they told me they'll be touring in October though no set dates yet).

Don't know if you like either of these bands but other new releases I'm keen on = FREENOTE "Route 3" Sept 24 and Spangle Call Lilli Line's new album Sept 23 (don't know the title and the release date is based on what I saw at Tower when I was in Japan a couple weeks ago). oh... and a new release from Mass of the Fermenting Dregs some time in 2013.

And these clips are old but you guys might not have seen them:
A tutorial on how to play the drum parts on Telecastic Fake Show from RTS class clown Pierre Nakano himself!

StreakInTheSky · « **Reply #538 on:** August 04, 2008, 07:37:02 PM »

if I didn't know any better I could have almost swear that was a Baseball Bear PV, though was missing the guitar melodies they usually have.

^ I remember those drum vids on nico nico. wish I had a decent drum set and try to learn

and lol, masudore release. We can finally get 2 more songs in 5 years!

Thanks for all the dates, now I know what to expect/look for if I feel like it.

Digging that akasaka blitz line-up.

boykun · « **Reply #539 on:** August 04, 2008, 09:11:17 PM »

Yeah, I'm excited for the new SCLL album. Finally, after decades!

And yay, VELTPUNCH. How to say the song name?