Author Topic: The Obscure Band/Artist Thread (Read 426499 times)

hibachifinal · « **Reply #100 on:** November 08, 2007, 11:42:50 PM »

new zazen boys pv

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boykun · « **Reply #101 on:** November 09, 2007, 12:21:58 AM »

Friday niiiiiiiiiiight! I kinda like the fusion thing they're going towards.

Matsushita looks scary now

doinkies · « **Reply #102 on:** November 09, 2007, 04:21:10 AM »

Checkicco (チェキッ娘)
(also romanized as Chekikko)

Checkicco was an idol group created and produced by Akimoto Yasushi (who also produced Onyanko Club and is now producing AKB48), along with Mizuguchi Masahiro, a producer for Fuji TV who had the idea of creating "an Onyanko Club for the Heisei era (1989-present)". They debuted in 1998 with the single "Dakishimete" (yes, same year Morning Musume officially debuted). Their name comes from the phrase "Check it!", a catchphrase of Shinohara Tomoe.

There were several things about Checkicco that were similar to Onyanko Club. Like Onyanko Club, Checkicco also hosted their own TV show called "DAIBAtteki!". Each member also had their own number (ID) just like Onyanko Club's members did.

They released 6 singles, 2 albums (counting their best-of album), some IVs, a photobook, and a Dreamcast game, and had several subgroups such as chee's, METAMO, and M@M. Ultimately though, they were not very successful (their highest selling single, Hajimari, only sold 32,450 copies with its highest rank as 40 - this was back in the days when best-selling CDs were ones that sold over 100,000 copies) and broke up on November 3, 1999. At the Girl Pop Factory 2004 event, however, the members performed together as Checkicco again for only one day.

Anime theme singer Shimokawa Mikuni and gravure idol Kumakiri Asami are some well-known former Checkicco members.

Members:
ID001: Tanaka Rina
ID002: Shimokawa Mikuni
ID003: Yahagi Miki
ID004: Arai Rika
ID005: Igarashi Megumi
ID006: Kumakiri Asami
ID007: Ueda Aimi
ID008: Yoshioka Eriko
ID009: Machida Megumi
ID010: Kushi Marina
ID011: Sasaki Emiko
ID012: Fujioka Mami
ID013: Nozaki Megumi
ID014: Shimano Ran
ID015: Mori Tomoko
ID016: Matsumoto Eriko
ID017: Katou Mayu
ID018: Kaida Satomi
ID019: Kobayashi Hiromi
ID020: Ootaki Ayano
ID021: Oota Yuka

PVs/Performances:

Hajimari
[youtube=425,350]zklQfnyDuLI[/youtube]

Umi e Ikou ~Love Beach Love~
[youtube=425,350]N9TJ489JtzM[/youtube]

Performance of Hajimari (from Hey! Hey! Hey!)
[youtube=425,350]oyBGvr8fq2o[/youtube]

Performance of Saisho no Kimochi
[youtube=425,350]StUEX2huRgA[/youtube]

chee's - Snapshot
[youtube=425,350]L21PCQMq-A8[/youtube]
chee's members: Arai Rika, Fujioka Mami, Ueda Aimi

Downloads:

Checkicco's photobook "Check it!"
Checkicco - Best Memories (a best-of album)

Japanese Wikipedia link

StreakInTheSky · « **Reply #103 on:** November 11, 2007, 06:31:27 AM »

Obscure pop acts are always welcome.

Though I'm generally not a big fan of other idol groups other than H!P ones(with a few exceptions), and lately not really an H!P fan either. So you can see why most of my mentions here are rock/punk bands.

Though I really like Chee's. Have any music by them?

doinkies · « **Reply #104 on:** November 11, 2007, 11:28:22 PM »

Yeah, I have some chee's songs too. The Checkicco album doinkies uploaded also has some songs by them.

Stryfe · « **Reply #105 on:** November 13, 2007, 10:25:56 PM »

Kamomekamome
homepage / myspace / audioleaf

Progressive rock/metal/hardcore from Kashiwa, Japan. They just released their second album.

Music videos:

[youtube=425,350]IZVpm3NMVgw[/youtube]
Kamomekamome - Humming, Embalming (from "Kamomekamome")

[youtube=425,350]SgLWsZ__QlU[/youtube]
Kamomekamome - 事切れ手鞠歌 (from "Luger Seagull")

Downloads:

Kamomekamome - Kamomekamome (1st album) (2005.07.06)

Kamomekamome - Luger Seagull (2nd album) (2007.11.07)

Ayabie · « **Reply #106 on:** November 14, 2007, 12:06:08 PM »

STRYFE, YOU SEXY FINN.

Owls · « **Reply #107 on:** November 24, 2007, 03:07:46 PM »

Quote from: Stryfe on August 17, 2007, 04:33:20 PM

Lite
homepage / myspace

Instrumental math/post-rock from Tokyo, Japan.

downloads:

Lite - Lite (ep) (2005.07.06)

Lite - Filmlets (album) (2006.05.10)

Filmlets fixed!

Stryfe · « **Reply #108 on:** November 24, 2007, 03:12:55 PM »

Lol. Thanks for that I guess. xD

The reason I changed it was because someone hotlinked it in someone else's last.fm shoutbox. Shameless bastards! Just forgot about the links here, hah.

Stryfe · « **Reply #109 on:** November 27, 2007, 05:46:05 PM »

Quote from: Stryfe on November 13, 2007, 10:25:56 PM

Kamomekamome - Luger Seagull (2nd album) (2007.11.07)

Some of the more observant may have noticed that track #9 - 若返る薬 - was faulty, the zip is now fixed, and if you only need track #9, here.

Stryfe · « **Reply #110 on:** December 16, 2007, 07:57:01 PM »

Texas Pandaa
homepage / myspace / audioleaf

Mellow shoegaze-y music with double female vocals (in English) from Japan.

Downloads:

Texas Pandaa - One Gleam After The Shadow (1st album) (2006.07.14)

Texas Pandaa - Days (2nd album) (2007.12.05)

tenkei · « **Reply #111 on:** December 16, 2007, 08:10:00 PM »

thanks stryfe, was thinking of checkin them out

soveryshiny · « **Reply #112 on:** December 17, 2007, 12:55:08 AM »

Thanks. I'll have to check them out as well, if nothing else then for their name.

boykun · « **Reply #113 on:** December 17, 2007, 01:36:17 AM »

Pretty mellow, relaxing though. Thanks Stryfe.

Ayabie · « **Reply #114 on:** December 17, 2007, 02:25:42 PM »

Hell yes!

I was waiting for the new album to show up somewhere.

StreakInTheSky · « **Reply #115 on:** December 18, 2007, 06:38:38 AM »

sankyu

Stryfe · « **Reply #116 on:** December 18, 2007, 05:59:31 PM »

nhhmbase
homepage / myspace

Quite unique guitar-based mathy rock/pop stuff with equally unique vocals from Tokyo, Japan.

music videos:

[youtube=425,350]MZ6VLfrXNSE[/youtube]
nhhmbase - 9/8

downloads:

Nhhmbase - Nhhmbase (1st mini-album) (2006.09.20)

Ayabie · « **Reply #117 on:** December 18, 2007, 06:25:33 PM »

I never really got into their ep, but I guess I'll try again.

boykun · « **Reply #118 on:** December 18, 2007, 06:44:06 PM »

Will give them a listen. Thanks, Stryfe.

aedon · « **Reply #119 on:** December 29, 2007, 09:25:04 AM »

Random discoveries <3 Don't know anything about her, but looks like despite being signed with Columbia, Ayako hasn't released any physical CDs yet, only downloads... so I don't even have any files to share

奥田絢子 / Okuda Ayako

http://www.okuda-ayako.com/
http://www.myspace.com/okudaayako
http://ameblo.jp/okuda-ayako/
http://star-guitar.com/artisttop.asp?id=5

傷 (Live)
[youtube=425,350]UwN6xUH_k3s[/youtube]

満月 (Live)
[youtube=425,350]E3zLbeqvu3Y[/youtube]

右の泪 (Live)
[youtube=425,350]yYK9X2tYIkw[/youtube]