good japanese indie stuff?

I saw Clammbon perform live a zillion years ago and they did a serviceable cover of Judee Sill's "That's The Spirit", let me see if I can find it on the 'tube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlNdjcBW3J4

(this would have been ~2005, forget who they were opening for...)

I am jealous !

Sakanaction album is kind of dull (to me) outside that incredible first track. The video, oh my. One of the best I've ever seen.

Love these guys -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BfmNBlzHFY

Ha, I love that. That pace shift really gets in your head!

this is messing with my brain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdQk3rMnU9M

beautifully bonkers

this is awesome, thanks

I hope there's more to come. I've been playing the hell out of Endangered Species over the last couple weeks and it is a fantastic record.

japanese indie mp3 store and stream, looks to be tenniscoats-focused and -run https://minnakikeru.com/

some interesting stuff

I love this band so much -

https://croissantchicago.bandcamp.com/album/crankshaft

This is great. You would probably like a lot of other stuff in the vocaloid scene.

if you can point me to bands that use it but aren't J-Pop, Techno or more traditional vocaloid music, I'd be super interested to hear.

two recent singles from AprilBlue who sound kind of like the Beths but with a bit of a shoegaze thing going on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycnxITz8LpU
AprilBlue - Clarity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiOPbeOgPko
AprilBlue - シーサイド

If I may shill for myself and my friends for one sec.

Japan Alternative Sessions, a radio show I started a few years back has been reactivated, it's not just indie/alt we cover as much ground as possible, old and new music. The plan is to do a 2 hour+ show once a month and put it out on Mixcloud and YouTube or wherever else we can.

This is the latest edition:

https://www.mixcloud.com/JapanAlternativeSessions/japan-alternative-sessions-edition-70/

Stumbled across this little gem today, really great debut, for fans of Clammbon, Tricot, Spangle Call Lilli Line etc:

https://ungulatestokyo.bandcamp.com/album/ungl-009-downt-downt