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The Mari On The Beach

February 7, 2012

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The Mari On The Beach is an alternative rock band that formed in the autumn of 2011. They got to writing songs fast uploading several free tracks on their bandcamp page by the end of the year. In January, they released their first album Get Out Of Making Music. Mari tried out a variety of different styles on this album including punk, twee pop, new wave and even samba.

Get Out Of Making Music is available for purchase at bandcamp and CD Baby or for free at Soundcloud & last.fm.

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NRQ

January 25, 2012

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NRQ (New Residential Quarters) is an instrumental quartet from Tokyo. Its members are Hattori Masanori (contrabass), Yoshida Yuki (erhu), Makino Takuma (electric guitar) and Mr. Nakao Kanji (drums, sax, etc.). Yoshida and Makino formed NRQ as a duo in 2007 and Hattori and Mr. Kanji joined the following year. Their first album Old Ghost Town was released in 2010. NRQ blends wind and string instruments for an interesting mix of folk, country and jazz music.

NRQ’s new album Noman’s Land will be released this week and includes guests MC.sirafu on trumpet and vocals by mmm. Pick it up at CD Japan.

http://www.myspace.com/newresidentialquarters

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Superfriends

January 18, 2012

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Superfriends is a powerpop trio from Kyoto. Tomohiro Shiobara (vocals, guitar), Yuji Ochiai (bass) and Maki Maeda (drums) formed the band in the winter of 2005. They named themselves after the Weezer song (not the DC superheroes) who they have much respect for. Superfriends were featured on Thistime Records’ OK! Powerpop Vol. 2 compilation and have self-released three CDs.

Their newest CD, 3, was released in November and is available at Jet Set Records. Thistime Records also distributes Superfriends’ CDs on their online store.

http://www.myspace.com/super1friends2

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Otoboke Beaver

January 11, 2012

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Otoboke Beaver  (おとぼけビーバー) is a raucous girls rock band from Kyoto with a mean age of 20.5. The foursome formed in the summer of 2009 and named themselves after a local love hotel! They self-produced two EPs, the second of which was released by the indie label Teenage Riot in December.

Their new EP 今夜限りなんて絶対ほんとに言わせないっ! is available at Jet Set Records. Their first EP is sold out, but you can listen to samples on myspace.

http://www.myspace.com/otobokebeaver

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Rye

January 4, 2012

Rye is a rock band that formed in Tokyo in 2008, named after the town in England. Their members are Koji (vocals, guitar), Mitsuru (guitar), Shota (bass) and Suguru (drums). The band formed after Koji graduated from the music school Vocaltech in London. Rye is inspired by music from UK and plays a hybrid between 90s Britpop and alternative music.

Their first mini-album Bright was released in 2011. You can download it at Amazon or iTunes. “Cos I” can be downloaded for free at their website.

http://www.myspace.com/rye_japan

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6eyes

December 28, 2011

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One of my favorite releases of the year comes from 6eyes. The 5-piece originally formed as a quartet in 2002 in Nagoya. Their current members are Chikara Tsuchiya (vocals), Yuichi Hori (guitar), Yoshitaka Kuwayama (drums), Ren Satou (bass) and Kei Satou (sax). Both Satou boys (brothers?) joined sometime after the release of 6eyes’ second album Blank In Black in 2008. In total 6eyes has released 3 albums and a mini-album.

Just like Miila and the Geeks, 6eyes makes above average J-Rock made great by the addition of the saxophone. Their newest album Flush is available at CD Japan.

http://www.myspace.com/6eyesdots

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Love and Hates

December 21, 2011

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Love and Hates is a twee/rap duo consisting of Yuppa (HNC) and Moe (Miila and the Geeks). The girls joined up in 2008 as a DJ unit for the fanzine Twee Grrrls Club’s party events.  They self-released a number of cassette tapes through Moe’s label Pit Pony and released their debut album L.A.H. on December 7 on Yuppa’s label White Lily Records.

L.A.H. is a delightful mix of kindergarten hip hop cuteness. You can pick it up at CD Japan or on vinyl at Jet Set Records.

http://www.myspace.com/loveandhates

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ZeZeZaZa

December 14, 2011

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ZeZeZaZa is a three piece psychedelic dance band from Tokyo. The three members are Shun K.D. (vocals and guitar), Baku-san (bass, key and electronics) and Shuji Onishi (drums). They made their debut at this year’s Fuji Rock Festival’s Rookie A G0-Go. They have released two demo EPs, one of which is still available at Jet Set Records.

http://www.myspace.com/zezezaza

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The John’s Guerrilla

December 6, 2011

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The John’s Guerrilla is a psychedelic rock band from Shibuya. The foursome formed in 2004 and includes Leo Imamura (vocals/guitar), Ryoji Tonegawa (guitar), Kaname Ishii (bass) and Junichi Kamegaya (drums). In recent years Naoki Matsuda has joined them live as their support synth player. The John’s Guerrilla is inspired by the modern UK and US indie rock scene and the culture and art of the 60’s and 70’s. They are currently signed to CRUX.

In 2009, The John’s Guerrilla released their first ablum Seize the Time followed shortly by a live album. You can pick up their newest mini-album United Diamond featuring production by Shigekazu Aida at CD Japan. Their song “Don’t Get Down Bitch” is featured on the Free Throw Compilation.

http://www.myspace.com/thejohnsguerrilla

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Lady Flash

November 23, 2011

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Lady Flash is an indie band from Osaka, not the 70s soul group. The members Nico Flash (vocals, guitars), Nobu Flash (bass), Matsuda Flash (snyth) and DJ Kankisen (drums) formed in 2008. They released a deluxe edition of their debut album LADYFLASH vs. NET POWER on October 8. This edition has a bonus disc that features an old EP and live recordings.

LADYFLASH vs. NET POWER is available at Jet Set Records for 800 yen (cheap!) . You can download some demos at Lady Flash’s Soundcloud and a concert here.

http://www.myspace.com/ladyflashnobu

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