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[Tubster68]

Best

AKFG FTW!
Laruku FTW!
Remioromen FTW!
Mr.Children FTW!
Orange range FTW!
FLOW FTW!
Porno Graffitti FTW!

Pop

Momosu
Yui
Younha
Utada
Ayu
Abe natsumi

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I went through my tracks and here's the result - hard to decide
(it's only one song per artist)

J-Pop

• ZONE - Good Days
• Ai Otsuka - Sakuranbo
• Mini Moni - Ai~n! Dance no Uta
• Puffy - Shall We Dance?
• Morning Musume - Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Nasaka wa Ookii Zo!~ (Mattaku Sono Toori Remix)

PopRock

• The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
• The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
• Oasis - Go Let It Out
• Interpol - Slow Hands
• Snow Patrol - Make This Go On Forever

Old songs

• Kim Wilde - Kids In America
• The Beatles - Penny Lane
• Simon & Garfunkel - Sound Of Silence
• Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
• Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days

Metal

• Blind Guardian - Battlefield
• Turisas - Battle Metal
• Thyrfing - Storms Of Asgard
• Demons & Wizards - Crimson King
• Ensiferum - Battle Song

Everything else

• Kenji Kawai - The Ballade Of Puppets : Flowers Grieve And Fall
• Nine Inch Nails - Sunspots
• DJ Sharpnel - CO.CO.RO
• Dee Dee Wonder - Darkmoon Fighter
• Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Tetsuo

[Crusaders]

Im suprised that no one mentioned UVERWORLD! They rock~~ their latest album got to first place already after second day

[yonasu]

I'll recommend miaou, for those who likes post-rock/instrumental/chillout music!
I'm not usually a fan of this kind of music, but this is just super ^^ Nice when working in Photoshop for inspiration!

There's some songs avaliable on their sight, in their discocraphy, try them out!
http://www.miaoumusic.com/

[Jon16]

KOTOKO, not sure if anyone has mentioned her, but she's good in my opinion.

[TMOsan]

Everyone should listen to Minimoni. Best Morning Musume subgroup ever!
Ai~n!

[Soularflare GT]

This is my all time favourite artist and songs...

- MARIA [Chiisana Uta]
- UVERworld [D- tecnoLife]
- ZONE [Egao Biyori]
- Flow [Life is Beautiful]
- ORANGE RANGE [Hana]
- Utada Hikaru [Keep Tryin']
- GAGAGAsp [Hajimete kimi to shabetta]
- Raico [Alive]
- CHABA [Prade]
- Akeboshi [Yellow Moon]
- Jindou [Wild Challenger]

so many....

i should put all of them in a webpage...

Hail to MARIA!!!

[jbatmanl]

my favorite non-japanese music:
1. pearl jam
the rest are in no particular order
modest mouse; beck; the shins; peter,bjorn, and john; radiohead; death cab for cutie; sonicyouth; the flaming lips; et cedera.

[Margerita]

One of my favorite artists of all time is the french singer Mylène Farmer.

My recomended starting songs by her : Désenchantée (much better than the kate ryan version), Innamoramento, L'amour c'est rien, Pardonne-moi, C'est une belle journée, Sans contrefacon, XXL, Rêver.

Edit : if you want to know what she's singing about here's a forum with translations to some of the songs : http://www.mf-intern...14f0df7e8a12e50

[Jporrelaar]

Most of the time I listen to H/ P .
My favorites on this moment are :
MORNING MUSUME - shabondama
V Y DEN - Koi suru angel heart
MAKI GOTO - paint it gold
GAM - thanks
AYA MATSUURA - S-kun

Other music that I really like and can recomend are :

My favorite singer all time is ;
KATE BUSH -army dreamers and - Sat in your lap
Her album " THE DREAMING " is great if you like experimental pop music .

Indie girl bands :
LUSH - 500 ( shake baby shake )
BELLY - super connected

Metal :
TOOL - stinkfist ( their album " aenima " is brilliant )
KING CRIMSON - larks tongeus in aspic part 2

Old gotic stuff ;
BAUHAUS - she's in parties
DEAD CAN DANCE - anywhere in the world

Other ;
THE BEATLES - a day in a life
R.E.M - feeling gravity pull
RADIOHEAD - let down

And some old netherlands bands , I enjoy listening to :
THE NITS - cars & cars
EARTH & FIRE - love of live
KAYAK - chance for a lifetime
PARTNER - kayuta hill

[Kishimoto Erika]

Another J-band here that I think is pretty good:

FLAME

They're not as active as they used to be, and I think that two of the members are identical twins. . .

[Blast Hardcheese]

The only bands Ive been listening to for the past 4 or 5 months are:

Chatmonchy
Rammstein
Biyuden
Dir En Grey
Pop Chocolat
The Brilliant Green

Yea, its weird going from chatmonchy to Rammstein but those bands are my favorites.

[hansenolav]

I'm not going to mention stuff i listen to that's already mentioned such as BoA, Tommy Febuary/Heavenly, High and Mighty Color, SAS, Mr CHIRU, XAJPAN... etc. =)


Mihimaru GT - They are a hiphop/urban duo, a guy and a girl. The music is upbeat. What I especially like about it is the female vocal is not the hiphop style voice in lower registers, but she has a nasally higher cute voice.
youtube: Itsumademo Hiku no MELODY



Hysteric Blue - Poppy punky band that disbanded recently. They're similar to JUDY and MARY, and the singer even sings some songs in the same vocal style, that is high pitched and super cute.

youtube: GROW UP


Onmyouza - This is a heavy metal/hard rock band with some songs containing occasional japanese elements such as instruments, scales in guitar solos, and their dress is Kimonos.

The female vocalist has the absolutely best voice that beats Maeda Yuki, actually best in all of JPOP, in my opinion! From the piano enchantment Hoshi no Yadori, haunting Tsuku Hime, to Enka in Wanyuudou, to the powerful houyoku tenshou.

youtube: Koga ninpocho


AURAL VAMPIRE - A Gothy guy/girl duo doing synth pop music. Its still an japanese indies group, but they've had european tours.

youtube: Freeeeze!


I also like Youjeen, but her stuff as part of the korean band CHERRY FILTER is even better!
CHERRY FILTER. Pop rock band. Youjeen has a 'rock' voice... she really puts force into her voice.

youtube: romantic cat!


edit: hmm, lemme fix those youtube links

[assinine]

what i am listening now are:

zone
l~arc en ciel
uverworld
high and mighty color
yui
siam shade
hysteric blue

[(T)anaka (L)over]

hmm....what I listen to are:

L'arc~en~Ciel
GazettE
Dir En Grey
X Japan
Hyde
Chemistry
Crazy Ken Band
Kumi Koda
Soul'd Out

And of course I listen to Morning Musume!!!

[Dul uSek]

I listen to :

L'Arc~en~Ciel
YUI : Love and Truth is
Utada Hikaru
Ikimono Gakari : You must listen "Hanabi"
Chemistry
ZONE
AKB48
High and Mighty Color

[(AZN)animedude]

noone's mentioned ellegarden? i like that group, english pronunciation is surprisingly decent
uhh i like the guitarist (a girl) from jikuu kaizoku seven seas, thanks to Amoz i'm now listening to harenchi punch'd and perfume, people if you haven't heard ZONE you seriously need to, listen to Maria they've got a nice rockin sound even though they will forever be compared to ZONE cuz of Maiko, but i think they're doing fine....uhh who else.......(me is trying to think of people not listed yet), oh i really enjoyed aiko's songs, very good listening to

[bleach3456]

Jpop

Yui
AAA
Arashi

Jrock

The Gazette
Dir En Grey
Despairs Ray
Alice Nine

[Kishimoto Erika]

Some hip-hop/rap recommendations. (I don't care much for either genre, but these artists I rather like.)
mihimaru GT
Rip Slyme
Soul'd Out
Home Made Kazoku
Takacha
Seamo
and some other lady that I can't remember her name! (I'll come back and fill it in later if I can think of it. . .)

[bleach3456]

Soul'd Out andHome Made Kazoku are pretty good they are the only hip-hop groups I listen to.