Tag: jrock
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O!susume – [Alexandros]
Broadcast 20 – My O! slot for September is all about [Alexandros], a band with a 20 year history, with much of their fame gained under their previous name [Champagne]. The band’s long road to mainstream popularity started with a Japanese kid, living in Syria, listening to British rock. Even while climbing the charts, the…
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O!susume – Oisicle Melonpan
Broadcast 19: Oisicle Melonpan This month’s recommendation is a 3-piece indie band that is the perfect mix of indie and summer vibes. Every Japanese indie band seems to have that one music video that takes place in front of the ocean, but Oisicle Melonpan dials it up a notch and takes the theme on with…
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O!susume – Akiyama Kiro
Broadcast 18 – Akiyama Kiro is the freshest face I’ve written about for O! so far; while this gives readers a neat chance to watch him grow, unfortunately that also means there’s less info on him out there, so what you see below is the little I’ve managed to scrape together.
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O!susume – tricot
Broadcast 17: tricot For this month’s recommendation, I’m talking about tricot—an explosive alt/math/J-rock band that expanded and redefined what kind of music I wanted to listen to back in 2015. They inspired me to seek out more awesome Japanese rock bands with female vocalists and instrumentalists—so I can ultimately thank them for expanding the awesome…
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O!susume – Polkadot Stingray
Broadcast 13: I’m excited to recommend POLKADOT STINGRAY today on this edition of O!susume RadioBeat. I’m always on the lookout for a good J-rock/J-pop band with great female vocals, and this band immediately stood out for me when they first came onto the scene for their interesting instrumentals. Some of my favorite songs from the…
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O!susume – toe
Broadcast 11: What I love about toe is similar to what I love about Japanese music in general; often Japanese music is through-composed with a focus on rhythmic progression throughout a given song, and math-rock is the perfect genre to expand on that. toe’s music is melodic and gentle, yet complex and interesting to listen…
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O!susume – BLUE ENCOUNT
Broadcast 10: My pick for this month is BLUE ENCOUNT, a four-man band hailing all the way from Kumamoto. Their path to mainstream success isn’t anything out of the ordinary, but that’s no bad thing. In fact, BLUE ENCOUNT’s story is a pretty good model for how many bands have found their way out of…
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O!susume – ZUTOMAYO
Broadcast 9: This week’s band is called ずっと真夜中でいいのに (Zutto Mayonaka de Iinoni), meaning “I wish it was midnight all the time”, stylized in English as ZUTOMAYO or sometimes shortened to ZTMY. They are an indie J-pop/J-rock band with an anonymous female vocalist known as ACAね (ACAne). The rest of the band is also anonymous, with…
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O!susume – GOOD ON THE REEL
Broadcast 7: Welcome or welcome back to another O!susume RadioBeat Broadcast, our first for February 2022. Shake off the winter blues with Erin’s recommendation of the month, the five-member band GOOD ON THE REEL.
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O!susume: Mrs. GREEN APPLE
Broadcast 6: Welcome back to another O!susume broadcast. This time we’re gonna talk about Mrs. GREEN APPLE, a young five-member band that swings between Jpop and Jrock with grace and charm.