6th Station ~Other Bands for H!P Fans~

[Starra]

In sad news, Origa passed away at 44 from lung cancer.

I didn't follow her super closely, but her music was great. Some of y'all might recognise her from Ghost in the Shell.

[stam4o]

Damn, that's so sad She had an incredibly good voice. I knew her from Fantastic Children, which I loved a lot.

[Celedam]

I didn't follow her super closely, but her music singing was great. Some of y'all might recognise her from Ghost in the Shell.

Fixed that for you. That is Yoko Kanno's music. Origa was only the vocalist.

Yes, she was a great vocalist and she will be missed, but credit where credit is due.

[esm]

esm: Yessss, I love that song. Her b-sides have been so good lately.

I think I got lost following her when there were a lot of random digital singles rather than proper releases.

I've been listening to her songs again in the past few days. I'm reminded again of why she's the first Asian artist I've been really into since 2003 and also my #1 for the longest time. Well, she's still my #1 soloist, really. I think it's amazing that her K-Pop and J-Pop careers have always been separate, and she also did it way before a ton of Korean artists started doing it. There were some crossovers with her songs, of course, but for the most part her Korean songs sounded pretty different from her Japanese ones. She was also huge in both countries, at least for many years. I remember reading somewhere years ago that she only had a few days off per year. Whenever I listen to her songs I always think about how she's always been such a hard worker.

lol, I'd do some sort of ranking thing, but it'd take forever.

FLY is also another one of my favorites from her recent releases.



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edit: Seriously loving The SeeYa right now <3 The girls are obviously super pretty, but there's something less plastic about them compared to other K-Pop girl groups... like actually wearing normal clothes.

This song actually has Lee Hae-Ri from Davichi in the original version, but this video (without her) is my favorite performance of this song because of the harmonies in the chorus. I love the chorus <3

[BerryzCelebration]

Cancer is truly a horrible thing. I don't recognize her voice, so I don't know of her, but my condolences to her fans, friends and family. R.I.P Origa.
(And really Celedram, this isn't an appopriate time to get all factual).

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Here is my list of idols to listen to:
Team Syachihoko - Colors http://youtu.be/DS3PUg7uMRIl
Party Rockets - KASABUTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYKVYNGynPY
SUPER GiRLS - Ahhahha! ~Chouzetsu Bakushou Ondo~
http://youtu.be/LbsnaZCGYdE
La Pom Pon - BUMP!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ddPMcKlvZo
Photograph - Sora iro Everyday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n0jySJ5qw4
GALETTe - She is WANNABE! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x29356 ... _lifestyle
Shooting Star Girls- Senkou Rider
http://youtu.be/puppAUQNvUY

Any Shooting Star Girls music is good really, same for SUPER GiRLS. I'd also suggest listening to Party Rocket's debut album TRIANGLE.

Most of these groups, I'm not really a fan of (with the exception of Shooting Star Girls, SUPER GiRLS. and Party Rockets, but these are idol groups who I find talented/amazing.

[stam4o]

That's nice and interesting

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Also, I'm checking out slowly slowly a lot of the posted music in this thread(I don't have much time these days) and it's in no particular order XP I end up not-liking many of those songs but I also get to like a lot of the music. Now I'll just throw in that Chelsy are very nice though imo at some points they stick way too much to the generic chord sequences, and Bellring have some amazing indie-rock vibe(I've watched only the official MVs and I'll listen to their albums soon)
There's a lot of music that I do check out "at the moment" and I leave my opinion for then too, though.

[Moh]

I don't know what I was expecting from that collab, but it certainly wasn't that. That was awesome.

I never knew I needed this video until now.

[Daisuki Daiiyo]

What the hell, I'm so fscking proud of Miyavi. My middle-school self is excited as can be for him, since I'd never anticipated his career taking this sort of path lol. Also, this song is pretty good. (The last thing of his that I listened to was probably Girls Be Ambitious hahaha)



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[erilaz]

The schedule for the Japan Nite tour is up! And TsuShiMaMiRe are back!

Japan Nite US Tour 2015

SXSW Japan Nite line up
March 17 ~ 21, 2015
Austin, TX
1. moumoon ( J-pop)
2. TsuShiMaMire (Girl Rock)
3. Pirates Canoe (Alt Country/folk)
4. The fin. （Synth/Chillwave)
5. QUORUM (Hard Rock)
6. Samurai Dynamites (J-Punk/fork)
7. Mahoshojo-ni-naritai ( J- Alternative)
http://sxsw.com

March 22, 2015 (Sunday)
Chicago @ Double Door
with: TsuShiMaMire QUORUM The fin.
Zarigani$ BO-PEEP Samurai Dynamites
Double Door
1572 N Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 489-3160
http://doubledoor.com/

March 23, 2015 (Monday)
Columbus @ Ruby Tuesday
with: TsuShiMaMire QUORUM The fin.
Zarigani$ BO-PEEP Samurai Dynamites
Ruby Tuesday
1978 Summit Street
Columbus, OH 43201
(614) 291-8313
http://www.rubytuesdaylive.com/

March 24, 2015 (Tuesday)
New York @Knitting Factory
with: TsuShiMaMire QUORUM The fin.
Zarigani$ BO-PEEP Samurai Dynamites
Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(347) 529-6696
http://bk.knittingfactory.com/

March 26, 2015 (Thursday)
Athens Slingshot Fest
with TsuShiMaMire QUORUM The fin.
Zarigani$ BO-PEEP
http://www.slingshotathens.com/

March 27 (Friday)
Denver @Lion’s Lair Lounge
with: TsuShiMaMire QUORUM The fin. mothercoat
Lion’s Lair Lounge
2022 East Colfax Avenue,
Denver, CO 80206-1304
http://www.lionslairlounge.com/

March 28, 2015 (Saturday)
LA @Bootleg HiFi
with: TsuShiMaMire QUORUM The fin.
Bootleg HiFi
Door Time: 8:00 pm Ticket Price $15 21+
2200 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90057
http://www.bootlegtheater.org/
Tickets
http://foldsilverlake.com/event.cfm?id=185885&cart

March 29, 2015 (Sunday)
San Diego@The Casbah
with TsuShiMaMire QUORUM The fin.
The Casbah
2501 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101
http://www.casbahmusic.com/

March 30, 2015 (Monday)
SF @ Independent
Japan Nite at The Independent, San Francisco, CA
with TsuShiMaMire QUORUM The fin.
The Independent
628 Divisadero St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 771-1421
http://www.theindependentsf.com/

I expect that TU will be happy to see that they're back in L.A. this year.

[Moh]

Wtf moumoon at SXSW.