| Band/Artist (English Name) | Pinyin Name | Chinese/Japanese Name | Style/Overview/Review | Album Title | Radio-Friendly Tracks | Album Title | Radio-Friendly Tracks | Album Title | Radio-Friendly Tracks | Album Title | Radio-Friendly Tracks | ||||||
| A to Z | A-Z Zu He | A-Z组合 | some inst., mostly f voc. | 然后 Then | 2 (accordion), 8 (acoustic guit. River song) | ||||||||||||
| A'Four | Skyee used to have a band for his techno apparently | Semm | dated techno with occasional vocals | ||||||||||||||
| Addict of the Trip Minds | アディクトオブザトリップマインズ | s/t | |||||||||||||||
| Ai Jun | 艾军 | (not in iTunes database) | The Colour Sky | ||||||||||||||
| Ai Yao | 哎吆 | Ska! | 躁动的心 | ||||||||||||||
| Akatuki | Carnival | ||||||||||||||||
| Al.Ni.Co | s/t | 2(brass&warbles), 4!(strings), 5(funny English!) | |||||||||||||||
| A-Niu | 任賢齊, 光良 & 阿牛 | 流浪漢 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Amor Fati | |||||||||||||||||
| ANATAKIKOU | Above-average rock | シンデレラ | |||||||||||||||
| Angang | 昂昂 | Some noise and some songlike things, lofi | Immature Calm 不成熟的冷静 | ||||||||||||||
| Angela | fem. Vox mediocre synth pop | I/O | |||||||||||||||
| Ants, The | Burmese hard rock w/ cheese | VCD | 12! | ||||||||||||||
| Aobozu | Soda | ||||||||||||||||
| Aoki Takamasa + Tujiko Noriko | abstract f vox over electronics | 28 | Vinyl Words, Fly 2 | ||||||||||||||
| ASA-CHANG & 巡礼 | meandering experimentation | Jun Ray Song Chang | 4! (thunder) | ||||||||||||||
| Associate Social Piano | A.S.P. | some salsa-ish & loungey stuff | A.S.P. | 2!, 3(stand-up bass singing), 6 (piano upbeat), 7 (loungey) | |||||||||||||
| Martin Atkins (China Dub Soundsystem) | lots of attitude on abrasive songs | China Dub Soundsystem | |||||||||||||||
| Awaa | 3 (acoustic&fem.voc.), 4 (long intro) | ||||||||||||||||
| Bad Daughter | Huai Nv Er | 壞女兒 | f vox taiwanese punk rock | 沒有毛的熊 | 1, 2 (bells) | ||||||||||||
| Billowing Fairytale | bolan tonghua | 波澜 童话的童话 | Beginning 开始 | ||||||||||||||
| Bisk | nondescript Japanese techno | Time | 2,8 | ||||||||||||||
| Black Panther | Hei Bao Yue Dui | 黑豹樂隊 | V | ||||||||||||||
| Bloody Imitation Society | some interesting hard J rock | Screamin' No Method | 1, 4!, 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Boogaloob | Fem.Vox. Light rock | Luna | |||||||||||||||
| Brahman | tight semi-punk J rock | The Middle Way | 3(twinkling guit.), 5!(short), 11!(nice) | ||||||||||||||
| B6 | minimalist dancey techno from Shanghai | Post Haze | |||||||||||||||
| Bu … | 补弦乐队 | neat album art masks mainstreamy hard rock | 路上 | ||||||||||||||
| Buffalo Daughter | hit and miss experimentation which can be awesome | Weapons of Math Destruction | Psychic | I | New Rock | Captain Vapour Athletes | WXBD | ||||||||||
| Bump of Chicken | Above-average punk | The Living Dead | |||||||||||||||
| Buritoranohanran | ブリーフ&トランクス | ブリトラの反乱 | |||||||||||||||
| Bu Yi (Cloth Clothing) | 布衣 | occasionally hard rocking folk | 布衣 | Autumn | |||||||||||||
| Camel Band | Luo tuo | 骆驼 | Utopia 乌托邦 | ||||||||||||||
| Carnation | among the best Japanese blues rock | Parakeet & Ghost | |||||||||||||||
| Carsick Cars | hyped Chinese punk | s/t | |||||||||||||||
| Cartonbox | Radiohead imitation | Afterimage | 3! (Slow Radiohead), 5(slow croon), 6(harder edge, elec.drums), 7 (mopey Radiohead) | ||||||||||||||
| Cascade | Synth-inflected rock | コドモZ | 2!(odd intro then spacy), 4!(wild!), 6(long, guitar&nice chorus), 9(organ intro then fruity), 13(space bluesy) | ||||||||||||||
| Casino Demon | garagey punk rock can be danceable | Teenage | |||||||||||||||
| Cellophane | album art is more interesting than the music | Wandering Man | 2 (inst.) | ||||||||||||||
| A. Jordan Chan | Heartless You (x2cd) | Night Life | |||||||||||||||
| Chang Yu | 9! (d2 Wo Hao Ke Lian) | ||||||||||||||||
| Chen Jin | 陈劲 | 自由穿行 (“freedom of walk”) | |||||||||||||||
| Chen Lei | 陈磊 | 千年影人 | |||||||||||||||
| Chen Zhu | 13131 | 2(distorted vox, pleasant) | |||||||||||||||
| Kelly Chen | Poppy, enjoyed by students in Zhangye | Ask | 1(hard rock Cantonese) | ||||||||||||||
| Yuanlin Chen | classical fusion? | Away from Xuan | |||||||||||||||
| Cheng Zhen | 成震 | guitar noodling | The Door Not Lock 末锁之门 | ||||||||||||||
| Chongyang | 重阳 | garagey or lofi or noisy, dirty rock with long songs | forced march 逼你 | album name apparently a profanity, distinctive album art | |||||||||||||
| Jay Chou | Zhou Jie Lin | FM Radio Record | |||||||||||||||
| Choying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts | new agey electronic Tibetan collaboration on Six Degrees | Selwa | |||||||||||||||
| Chui Ball Tong | 吹波糖 | Cantonese Christian punk | 青春殘酷物語 | ||||||||||||||
| Cibo Matto | critically acclaimed and catchy | Stereotype A | Viva La Woman | ||||||||||||||
| クラックポット Claquepot | クラックポット (Crackpot?) | female tennis player exploitative cover? | カモシカ | ||||||||||||||
| Clingon | among the best Japanese rock of the 1990s? | Cosmos | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||
| Cold Blooded Animal | Leng Xue Dong Wu | 冷血動物 | Xie Tian Xiao's band has tinges of Nirvana | 冷血動物 | |||||||||||||
| Cold Fairyland | Leng Ku Xian Jing | 冷酷仙境 | mixed on the vocalist, buy she plays a mean pipa! Folk rock | 地上的種子 Seeds on the Ground | Live 2005 冷酷仙境2005現場 | A rare example of preferring live over studio album | |||||||||||
| Lanna Commins | Thai lady sings pleasantly | Happy Trip | 2 (acoustic guit.) | (Thai) | |||||||||||||
| Convenience Store | Shi Li Shang Dian | 便利商店 | mediocre Chinese semi-punk | 电视猴 | |||||||||||||
| Copa Salvo | Japanese salsa & reggae | Mango-ology | |||||||||||||||
| Cornelius | chameleon experimentation critically acclaimed | Fantasma | Point | ||||||||||||||
| Cui Jian | 崔健 | granddaddy of Chinese rock | 1986-2001我的摇滚 | ||||||||||||||
| Continent Faultage (Mainland Fault) | Da Lu Duan Ceng | 大陆断层 | Above-average Chinese hip-hop | 熔岩 | |||||||||||||
| DABO | average J-hop | Platinum Tongue | Diamond | ||||||||||||||
| The Dada | 达达乐队 | catchy Chinese rock | 黄金时代 (The Golden Age) | 2! | |||||||||||||
| Dafay & Skyscraper | 大飞与摩天楼 | Album is a misnomer, but music is different | R&B | ||||||||||||||
| Daffodil-19 | interesting packaging belies unexiting tunes | Daffodilic | |||||||||||||||
| DASH!+<plus> | anime soundtrack can get heavy on the cheese | ||||||||||||||||
| DBF | former LMF member makes uninspired techno | Trash Grandpa (rap in Mandarin) | |||||||||||||||
| Dead J | Minimalist experimental electronic | Mental Magic | Mental Imagery | ||||||||||||||
| DELI | average J-hop | Aquarius | |||||||||||||||
| Demi Semi Quaver | one of the craziest bands ever to exist can be hard on the ears | Demi Semi Quaver | Golden Animal Head | Three | |||||||||||||
| Determinations | average J-reggae | Chat Chat Determinations | |||||||||||||||
| Di Tuo Bang | 迪托帮 | Compilation? Exceptionally good Chinese hip-hop! | Hip-Hop Deetopia | ||||||||||||||
| Dili | Chen Di Li | 陈底里 | 疯筝 (Dilirium) | Wo Kuai Yao Si Le | |||||||||||||
| Dill | nondescript Japanese techno | Wyhiwyg | Entrap Brain Myself | ||||||||||||||
| DJ Krush | much sounds dated now, but this is still fair urban techno | 深層"The Message At The Depth" | MiLiGHT | Coded Language | |||||||||||||
| Tsuyoshi Domoto | 堂本剛 | apparently popular album | [si:] | ||||||||||||||
| Donutman | Take Your Fun at Any Rate | ||||||||||||||||
| Dou Wei | 窦唯 | hair metal | 艳阳天 | ||||||||||||||
| Double Face | uninspired J punk | ||||||||||||||||
| Dragon Ash | prolific, hard-rocking, funky Japanese RHCP wannabes | Viva La Revolution | Buzz Songs | The Day Dragged On | Public Garden | ||||||||||||
| Dragon Tongue Squad | Longmen zhen tuanti | 龙门阵团体 | a bit dated hip-hop is party-oriented | ||||||||||||||
| Duo Wei Chang Zhe | 多位唱者 | extremely cheesy and somehow popular in China | 凤凰传奇-月亮之上 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Youth | probably the best hardcore J rock/punk | What Can You See from Your Place | 8 Teeth to Eat You (w/ Cursive) | Japanese titles I can't read x2 (1 album & 1 single) | |||||||||||||
| Eater | Quadraphonic | 2, 4 (slower), 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Ed Chang & Motoko Shimizu | odd and not very compelling experimentation | Spin-17 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 Eye Spy | Ba Yan Jian Die | 八眼间谍 | dissonant guitars and m/f vocals can be interestingin small doses | ||||||||||||||
| Electronico | among the best Japanese synth-rock | Lounge at the Chimney Pavilion | 1(mellow), 2!(synthier, fruity), 4(slow), 8 | ||||||||||||||
| El-Malo | Japanese blues rock & instrumentals | The Worst Universal Jetpack | Starship in Worship | ||||||||||||||
| Elenore 埃莉诺 | 埃莉诺 | psychedelic rock missed concert in Beijing | King of the Circus | ||||||||||||||
| Ends | catchy j-rock in opaque, unlabeled case | Howl | |||||||||||||||
| Envy | Japanese hardcore emo? | A Dead Sinking Story | |||||||||||||||
| Er Guang Yuedui (Slap) | 耳光乐队 | Beijing underground lotsa trad. Instruments & song structures | 艺术男儿裆自强 | 牛逼 is a popular one! | 18 | Story-telling | 18 Disc 2 | Story-telling | |||||||||
| F.A.M.A. | 農夫 | Cantonese hip-hop with lots of spoken skits | 月下思 (x2cd) | ||||||||||||||
| Fall Insects | Qiu Tian de chong zi | 秋天的虫子 | punk with heavy make-up | 狂人日記 | Dragon Tree 龙树 | with Ying zi 樱子 and better produced | |||||||||||
| The Fallacy | Feng yi | 疯医 | Noisy guitar possibly post-punk and artistic | Debris | Recommended by Drum Tower store | ||||||||||||
| Fanatic Crisis | J glam rock is mediocre | One- ONE for all-- | Beautiful World | ||||||||||||||
| Fancy World | not in iTunes database, above-average Chinese rock | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Fantastic Plastic Machine | funky techno | Beautiful | |||||||||||||||
| Fenghao Sound | 冯昊 声音 | Minimalist experimental electronic | |||||||||||||||
| 54-71 | first album is brilliantly experimental, 2nd is yelly. Unique vocals! | Reprise | |||||||||||||||
| Flowers | Hua Er | 花儿 | Pop-punk simplicity can still be catchy | 草莓声明 | Ping An Ye (Safety Night) | s/t | |||||||||||
| The Fly | Cang Ying Yue Dui | 苍蝇乐队 | grating punk | 蒼蠅Ⅱ | |||||||||||||
| 4 Bonjour's Parties | among favorite orchestral synth pop bands! | Pigments Drift Down to the Brook | 4!, Il Cortile (Quiet), | ||||||||||||||
| From Youth | くらしのうた | ||||||||||||||||
| Fu-Ten | Hip-hop with frequent English-speaking collaborators | Music Is Expression | |||||||||||||||
| G-Clef | less cheesy than expected classical fusion with jazz elements | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| G-Eleven | Crowd-pleasing semi-ska and funk | s/t | |||||||||||||||
| Gackt | J glam rock with transcendent and cheesy moments | Mars | |||||||||||||||
| Gala | more than just a punk band...experimental elements elevate! | 追梦痴子心 | Young for U 年轻 | ||||||||||||||
| Gao Shan Feng | Post-Rock | Wu Liao de Ren Sheng (Boring Life) | |||||||||||||||
| Gardens | mostly cheese | A Place in the Sun | 1(brassy, funky, fast), 5(long,sentimental), 6(straightforward), 7(synthy smooth), 10!(cheesy synths) | ||||||||||||||
| Gellers | Guitar-driven J rock can be interesting | s/t | |||||||||||||||
| Gemini Trip (Hz & Wang Yuan) | ethereal f vox over ambient electronics | s/t | |||||||||||||||
| Gicode | Edocig | ||||||||||||||||
| Ginuwtools | critically acclaimed rock is artistic & unpredictable | Niwlun | |||||||||||||||
| Golden Buddha | Jin Fo | cheesy techno | Summer Palace | Golden Buddha Jazz Quartet | staid and just above easy listening | ||||||||||||
| Great 3 | among the best Japanese blues rock | Romance | |||||||||||||||
| Guang Lei | 光磊 | 春心 (Spring Spirit) | |||||||||||||||
| Guo Tiejun | 郭铁君 | Guitarist for Silver Ash (aka LUCY), not in iTunes 大他吧色 | 耶落音人 （ye luo yin ren) | ||||||||||||||
| Grapevine | mediocre J punk | Here | |||||||||||||||
| Great Chicken Powers | グレート・チキン・パワーズ | ambiguously gay children's show music | Mix Juice? | ||||||||||||||
| Green Tea | しらばッくれる太陽 | ||||||||||||||||
| Groovers, The | Charged! | ||||||||||||||||
| Gu Su | 谷僳 | occasionally interesting an d diverse album | 我是誰 | 2!(slow, distorted) | |||||||||||||
| Guo Brothers & Shung Tian | lotsa traditional Chinese intstruments and not too cheesy | Yuan | |||||||||||||||
| Naoko Gushima | Quiet Emotion | ||||||||||||||||
| Half-Life | Alt. Rock | Second Narrow | |||||||||||||||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | 浜崎あゆみ | fully produced J pop | Step You/Is This Love? | ||||||||||||||
| Hiroyuki Hanada | 花田裕之 | jangly J rock | Nowadays | ||||||||||||||
| Hanayo | Fem. Vox. Collaborate w/ experimental artists, can be noisy | Gift | |||||||||||||||
| Hanggai | Mongolian folk with heavier elements is critically acclaimed | He Who Travels Far | Introducing Hanggai | ||||||||||||||
| Asuka Hayashi | 林明日香 | 咲 | |||||||||||||||
| Hang Tian | 杭天 | Chinese blues! | 冷水浇头 (Cold Water on My Head) | ||||||||||||||
| Haranga | Mongolian hard rock with dated keyboards can be interesting | Sound of the Century | 1(bad keys), 4(background), 5! (guitars & sad vox), 11!! (Frenetic keyboards,vox,guit), 14(piano ballad) | ||||||||||||||
| Miho Hatori | her solo work pales in comparison to Yuka Honda's | Ecdysis | |||||||||||||||
| Haya | 哈雅乐团 | Spiritual-sounding rock is pretty interesting | Wolf Totem 狼图腾 | ||||||||||||||
| Smokey & Miho | light Brazilian collaboration ep sounds soothing | s/t | |||||||||||||||
| He Li | He Li | 何力 | folksy | 65亿分之1的诗与歌 | 1(travel song), 2 (to a guniang), 3 (strings) | ||||||||||||
| Heaven | Tian Tang Yue Dui | 天堂乐队 | heavy metal and hard rock often very compelling | 爱在摇滚的岁月 | 天堂 | 20 | a compilation? | ||||||||||
| Hedgehog | 刺猬乐队 | indie rock darlings stumble onto some catchy tunes | 甜蜜与杀害 (Honeyed and Killed) | 白日梦蓝 (Bluedaydreaming) | Noise Hit World | Sun Fun Gun | |||||||||||
| Hide | glam metal is usually grating | King of Cyborg Rock Star | 4, 6(short), 9! (glam), 10(actual singing) | ||||||||||||||
| Hidetoshi Sakurai & Pioneer Combo | 52 Minutes Moving On | ||||||||||||||||
| Yoshitero Himuro | 氷室京介 | interesting but not melodic electronic | Mild Fantasy Violence | 1,2 (choppy), 7 (slower) | |||||||||||||
| Komeiji Hiroya | 古明地洋哉 | Daydream | |||||||||||||||
| Hitoki | Franchise | ||||||||||||||||
| Hitomi | unfortunately got her most interesting album first! Cheesy J pop | Thermo Plastic | Deja-vu | Self Portrait | By Myself | h | TRAVELER | ||||||||||
| Yo Hitoto | 一青窈 | occasionally kooky & interesting keyboard pop | & | ||||||||||||||
| Hoff Dylan | ホフディラン | 多摩川レコード | |||||||||||||||
| Yuka Honda | the more keyboardy half of Cibo Matto is never dull | Eucademix | Memories Are My Only Witness | ||||||||||||||
| Hong Qi | 洪启 | moody semi-folk | 九棵树 | Pingguo de gu niang (inst.), chengshi de gushi, women yiqi fei (maudlin) | |||||||||||||
| Nobuko Hori | pastiche experimental f vox can grate | Xtoyourmilkyhair | Kuk (voices), Soi! (electronic), Hei | ||||||||||||||
| Akane Hosaka | pedestrian techno | Niko Niko Denki Musik | |||||||||||||||
| Haruomi Hosono | 細野晴臣 | Head of Yello Magic Orchestra's solo work is far better | N.D.E. | 5 | Interiors | Interpieces Organization (w/ B.Laswell) | Mental Sports Mixes | Ethnic Sound Selection Vol. 7 | world music comp. | ||||||||
| Hotei | 布袋寅泰 | King & Queen | |||||||||||||||
| Hua Zi | 骅梓 | 继续的意义 (Continuous Meaning) | 精彩 | 2yuan | |||||||||||||
| Hu Ma Ge | 胡吗个 | unpredictably wild Chinese folk who also sings in local dialects | 人人都有个小板凳，我的不带入二十一世纪 | 不插腿 (Unpleg) | |||||||||||||
| Iceman | Gate I | ||||||||||||||||
| Ichi | electronic compilation with some Japanese artists | s/t | |||||||||||||||
| Icing Dolls | Tang Yi Wawa | 糖衣娃娃 | 出轨 | 1983 | some interesting synthpop stuff on here | ||||||||||||
| IGO | China's answer to Air is simpler and less catchy/sensual | Synth Love | |||||||||||||||
| iimmune | Melodic instrumental electronica is engaging enough | Ocean | |||||||||||||||
| Incense | Meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Intentions of an Asteroid | Clear Water Paranoia | ||||||||||||||||
| Iron Kite | Tie Feng Jian | 鐵風箏 | competent, straightforward rock | 这是我们的秘密 (This Is Our Secret) | 成 | sleeved 2yuan OK | |||||||||||
| IQU | among the catchiest of experimental bands! | Sun Q | 4 (hamachi), 8 (Sun Q) | Chotto Matte a Moment | Teenage Dream | ||||||||||||
| Island #33 | 群星 | experimental synth pop, China's answer to Think Tree? | 33島 (In Search of the King)/Dog&Stage | ||||||||||||||
| Itsogoo | among the best Chinese hip-hop not as jazzy as claimed | It's no Good | s/t | 云速忆念 (Alien Key) | |||||||||||||
| Jack or Jive | couple makes ambient music with occasionally off-key vocals | The Earth | Kismet | ||||||||||||||
| Jiang Ming | 蒋明 | 再见北方 | 罔极寺 （Wang Ji Si) | 空山 | More of the same. | ||||||||||||
| Jon & Utsonomia | extremely simple and innocent accordion & f vox | JON | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Nothing | overrated semi-glitchy techno | 1! | |||||||||||||||
| Joyside | overrated garage rock must've been better live | Drunk Is Beautiful | |||||||||||||||
| Jun Sky Walker(s) | Walk Towards the Future (Greatest Hits) | ||||||||||||||||
| Kaientai Dojo | Very short introduction songs for professional wrestlers are odd | ||||||||||||||||
| Shinji Kakizima | generic blues rock | Rolling Down Home | |||||||||||||||
| Kaleidoscope, The | s/t | ||||||||||||||||
| Yuki Kaneko | abstract electronic is more listenable than most | Rut | |||||||||||||||
| Kahimi Karie | カヒミ・カリィ | breathy f vocalist worked with Momus | Journey to the Centre of Me | Tilt | My First Karie | 3(English), 5(acoustic English) | s/t | My First only hints at the better parts of this. | |||||||||
| Iwase Keigo | generic blues rock | Porky Pig | |||||||||||||||
| Naoki Kenji | 1 (slow, wavy, melodic), 6 (horn & more beat), 8 (minimal & shaker rhythm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Kaoru Wada | Inuyasha OST | ||||||||||||||||
| Keison | blues rock | Bottle | |||||||||||||||
| Kenji Jammer | instrumental and just above nondescript | Hula-Hula Dance | |||||||||||||||
| Kidney | Yao | 腰 | first album is flute-heavy, 2nd is meandering folksiness | 他们说忘了摇滚有问题 | s/t | 2! (flute) | |||||||||||
| Kiroro | Japanese women can be cheesy or light rock | Tree of Life | |||||||||||||||
| Kodo | Heartbeat –the best of | Stroke's Nanafushi | Mondo Head | ||||||||||||||
| Koji Kikkawa | 桑田佳祐/吉川晃司 | king of the Japanese dollar bin made passable blues rock | Rock and Roll Hero | Forever Road | Shyness Overdrive | Lunatic Lion | Beat Speed | ||||||||||
| Tateki Kobayashi | 小林建樹 | blues rock | Rare | ||||||||||||||
| Kono Yono Kagiri | (bathtub of inst's) | 椎名林檎 × 斎藤ネコ | several interesting songs on here, synthy and orchestral | 平成風俗 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Ryota Komatsu (A. Piazzola) | 小松亮太 | accordion tangoes | Verano Porteno | ||||||||||||||
| Kong Yibing | 孔一兵 | rock with just enough variation | 单色 | Proudly mono-colored? | |||||||||||||
| Kozo | meandering trumpet over truncated electronics | Planned Penetration | |||||||||||||||
| Kung Fu | Gong Fu | 功夫 (CmCb) | only a few actual songs on here, rapping in clear Mandarin | 功夫 | Impulsion (Chong Dong) | 2013 | |||||||||||
| Michio Kurihara | Instrumental guitar, can be somber, rocking, or post-rockesque | Sunset Notes | |||||||||||||||
| Hideki Kurosawa | Believe | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyunen | 大正九年 | モンドダイヤ | 1(fast & odd), 2(happy), 3(bass), 4(repetitive&fast), 5(funny intro&rap), 6(Minikon-esque), 11(quiet vox), 13(happy) | ||||||||||||||
| Lady Q | |||||||||||||||||
| Laputa | Surprising and very fast-paced rock | Kagerol | 2!(Crazy & loud!), 6(glam), 8(groovy?), 9 (hard!, inaccessible), 11(epic?), 14(angular guit), 16(final epic!) | ||||||||||||||
| Legend Man! | Dated but often crazy stuff!!!! | Coba | |||||||||||||||
| Li Jianbin | 李健儐 | Described as 西北 ex-metal now Buddhist folkster | 一塵半梦 | A fine collection of acoustic guitar-based songs | |||||||||||||
| Li Jianhong Itta & Marqido | Chinese-Japanese-Korean experimental collaboration | See You New World | Laptop noise for half an hour is listenable | ||||||||||||||
| Li Xiaolong | 李小龙 | MC won't escape the shadow of his possible namesake | 我们的生活就是娱乐 | Well-produced rap music but rather abrasive | |||||||||||||
| Li Zhi | 李志 | folksy | 被禁忌的游戏 | ||||||||||||||
| Lifelights | Retro G-Style | ||||||||||||||||
| Lin Mo | 林默 | kinda dark synth pop/rock last two tracks bad on cd | 私奔 | ||||||||||||||
| Linhai Ensemble | traditional drum and percussion-centered music | Chaozhou Drums Music | |||||||||||||||
| Liquid Oxycen Tin | YeYang GuanTou | 液氧罐頭 | sometimes a cut above generic hard rock and punk | 这一切变化无常 | Unplugged | as usual I prefer this to loud album | |||||||||||
| Little Tempo | usually instrumental steel drums from Japan are usually nifty! | Kedaco Is Born | dub vsn of Kedaco Sounds album | Kedaco Sounds | Fire Blender | 太阳 ...花嫁 | cdr | 茶味 The Taste of Tea | Sndtrk. Short w/ highlights | Musical Brain Food! | Ron Riddim | ||||||
| Little Wizard | 小巫师乐队 | instrumental math rock is derivative but still nice | s/t | ||||||||||||||
| Liu Dongming | 刘东明 | 大地迷藏 | folk with catchy elements | s/t | |||||||||||||
| Liu Xing | Chinese but Western classical music? | Animal Suites | |||||||||||||||
| Yungchen Llamo | a bit new-agey | Ama | 1 | Coming Home | |||||||||||||
| LMF | Da Lan Tou | 大懒堂 | all time greatest Chinese hip-hop band! | LAZYMUTHAFUCKA | Hits | Finalazy | |||||||||||
| Lonely China Day | moderately interesting alt. Rock with experimental dalliances | Sorrow | 7(slow) | ||||||||||||||
| Long Shen Dao | 龙神道 | chinese reggae! | 龙神道 | Freedom | Less varied than the first but still very interesting! | ||||||||||||
| Lost Age | |||||||||||||||||
| Love Love Love | Not actually sure this is a Japanese band N likes | Kaleidoscope | |||||||||||||||
| Low Wormwood | Di Ku Ai | 低苦艾 | s/t | ||||||||||||||
| Lullatone | overrated minimalist electronics | leaves falling | |||||||||||||||
| Luminousorangesugarplastic | s/t | ||||||||||||||||
| Lunch Time Speax | Above-average Japanese hip-hop | B: compose | |||||||||||||||
| Lunkhead | s/t | ||||||||||||||||
| Lure | generic Chinese rock | ||||||||||||||||
| Lv Xing Tuan | 旅行团 | Chinese indie rock (Recently translated “Life Journey”) | Wonderful Day | Journey 来福胶泥 | 10 Day's | My copy doesn't play well, they're quite poppy | |||||||||||
| M-Flo | poppy electron ic w/ hip-hop elements & some cheese | Expo Expo | |||||||||||||||
| Maboroshi | マボロシ | extremely funky and mixes rock & rap elements | s/t | 1,6 | |||||||||||||
| Machaaki | |||||||||||||||||
| Machi | Taiwanese hip-pop is insubstantial | ||||||||||||||||
| Mad Capsule Markets, The | mid-90s harder rock is not very distinguished | MIX-ISM | |||||||||||||||
| MadKing (Guan Wei) | 關威 | 单身俱乐部 (One-Man Band) | |||||||||||||||
| Mady Gala | All-female rock quartet is surprisingly varied, often catchy/unique | Blue Heaven | |||||||||||||||
| Mai Tian Shou Wang Zhe | 麦田守望者 | average Chinese rock | 我们的世界 (Our World) | ||||||||||||||
| Mamastudio | Itowajiro | ママスタジヲ | (upbeat J-rock!) | ママスタジヲのママスタジヲ | 4!(short&happy), 9(upbeat Ooohs), 10(fem.vox), 11(crazy keys) | ||||||||||||
| Mamer | Kazakh folk | Eagle | |||||||||||||||
| Nishimura Masahiko | Deco | ||||||||||||||||
| Massmissile | Masumisairu | ザ・マスミサイル | 人間でよかった (Ningen de Yokatta) | ||||||||||||||
| Yumi Matsutoya | Viva 6x7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maya Music (Ma Ya) | Ma Ya | 玛雅 | 摇滚青春 | ||||||||||||||
| MC Hotdog | He Gou Bang | rap with attitude, beats, but limited flow | Green & Gold | Black & White | Dogs & Synths | ||||||||||||
| Me:Mo | ambient electronic | 靜景 Static Scenery | |||||||||||||||
| Melancholic Bitch | surprisingly varied Indonesian rock | Balada Joni Dan Susi | Indonesian rock | ||||||||||||||
| Metrofarce | |||||||||||||||||
| Takada Midori | Tree of Life | ||||||||||||||||
| Takako Minekawa | 嶺川貴子 | critically acclaimed synthy experimental lady | Recubed ep | Roomic Cube | Maxi On | ||||||||||||
| Mr. Zhou | Zhou Xian Sheng | 周先生 | nasal vocals Chinese rock and synth-rock, usually slow-paced | 旋律967 | 梦里舞蹈的人 | 10! | |||||||||||
| Miki | ブリトラの反乱 | not sure why TvotR remixed her | Candy Girl | ||||||||||||||
| Milk Crown | Sometimes hard, usually compelling rock. | 空の上 | イナズマ | A ~D | 2-track single | ||||||||||||
| Minikon | not really Japanese but irrepressibly bouncy electronic melodies! | Kirakira | |||||||||||||||
| Mirror | Jingzi Yuedui | 镜子乐队 | fox and rooster french kiss on cover | 谜 | A short EP of decent indie rock | ||||||||||||
| Izumi Misawa | v. light and glitchy experimental w/ some vocals | Speaking Behind the Raindrops | |||||||||||||||
| Misc-Sound | Za Yin | In black case | |||||||||||||||
| Miserable Faith | Tong Ku de Xin Liao | 痛苦的信仰 | first album is nu-rock, 2nd is far more listenable & interesting | 不要停止我的音乐 (Don't Stop My Music) | This Is a Problem | ||||||||||||
| Miso Soup | very interesting instrumental rock! | Miso Soup | 1 (long intro then trumpet/beat), 2 (Cymbal beat guitars), 3 (ditty) | ||||||||||||||
| Missile Girl Scout | Fiesta! | ||||||||||||||||
| Yamazaki Masayoshi | 山崎まさよし | generic blues rock | SHEEP | ||||||||||||||
| Mo Ran | 莫染 | rock varied enough not to lose interest | 痕 | deceptively playing an acoustic guitar on a wall on the cover | |||||||||||||
| Mondii | disappointing electronic on Hefty label | l:p | |||||||||||||||
| Mot | Korea's answer to 沼泽 | Non-Linear | |||||||||||||||
| Muzhi Gu Niang （Thumb Girl) | 拇指姑娘 | folksy fem. Vocals | 诞生了 (is born) | 丢失在和弦里的孩子 | |||||||||||||
| Mukaikaze | 向風 | 風祭り | |||||||||||||||
| Muma | 木Mυmα马 | has become less unique with each album, but still rocks well | 丝绒公路 (w/ Third Party) | 果凍帝国 (Jelly Empire) | 木马 | Evolution 进化 | Yellow Star | slightly different versions & songs from “Jelly Empire” | |||||||||
| Myro | maybe just Japanese-themed by a Japanophile, very odd rock | Let's Go Distortion Kids | |||||||||||||||
| Nagasawa Tomoyuki | P.S.S.O.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Nahki | ナーキ | king of cheesy J reggae | ジャマイカン ジャパニーズ | Shine Eye?, Jamaican? | Big Step | ||||||||||||
| Jin Nakamura | 荘野ジュリ | 36度5分 | 1(understated), 2(latin beat), 4!(tight), 10!(techie beat) | ||||||||||||||
| Namgyal Monastery | chants and such | Tibetan Buddhist Chants | Invitation Music | ||||||||||||||
| Nanwu | 南無 | flashy packaging actually contains interesting, lively rock music! | 南无 | I am your king kong 我是你的大猩猩 | a worthwhile EP | 南无文艺宣传队儿 | a 2-song ep from 2009 | 春来了 | An impressive artistic statement! | ||||||||
| Neil & Iraiza | more Westernized indie rock can be interesting | New School | |||||||||||||||
| New Pants | Xin Kuzi | 新裤子 | new wave punk and synth pop generally simple & fun | 新裤子 | We Are Automatic | Go East (Greatest Hits) | 野人也有爱 | ||||||||||
| 19 | light J rock | 音楽 | Up to You | 無限大 | |||||||||||||
| Nisennenmondai | experimental female screaming over drums | Tori | s/t | ||||||||||||||
| Niwlun | Guniwtools | ||||||||||||||||
| No Party for Cao Dong | Cao Dong Meiyou Paidui | 草東沒有派對 | hard Taiwanese rock hits a diverse sweet spot and sells | ||||||||||||||
| No Respect for Beauty | Korean post-rock | Why Perish | |||||||||||||||
| Ogurusu Norihide | minimalist piano and other minimalism on Carpark | Modern | |||||||||||||||
| Nugget | Ronghe yuedui | 熔核乐队 | average Chinese rock | 炽焰 | |||||||||||||
| Nylon | dressed alike and sounding like other punk bands | It's Alright | |||||||||||||||
| Omnipotent Youth Society | Wan Neng Qing Nian Lv Dian | 万能青年旅店 | Chinese chamber pop is legitimately a favorite band! | ||||||||||||||
| On Ensemble | reaching for pop production on some trad. Inst's is hit & miss | In the Middle | Dust and Sand | 4 (Inst.) | |||||||||||||
| Oserockets | unimpressive glam rock | Eject | 1(clap) | ||||||||||||||
| Michiru Oshima | Fullmetal Alchemist | ||||||||||||||||
| Orange Range | Upbeat and well-produced, quite varied synth-rock | NATURAL | |||||||||||||||
| Organix | Gyro in High | ||||||||||||||||
| Peacefling | guitar noodling | 7!(inst.), 9(cheesy story) | |||||||||||||||
| The Pete Best | interesting artwork should make for better music than this | Family | |||||||||||||||
| Phat | somewhat repetitive organic-sounding electronic | Tayutaf | 2 (hard bassline, D&B) | ||||||||||||||
| PK 14 | reminds me of Pere Ubu in Chinese | City Weather Sailing | Wade the River, Some Surprises (long intro), How Majestic (Synth), Let Things Slide | 白皮书 | 谁谁谁和谁谁谁 | 1984 | moving to Maybe Mars has affected their sound? | ||||||||||
| Pillows, The | FLCL Fooly Cooly OST | ||||||||||||||||
| Pine*AM | Pull the Rabbit Ears | s/t EP | |||||||||||||||
| Pioneer Combo | jammy but diverse and upbeat | 52 Moving On (Live) | |||||||||||||||
| Pizzicato 5 | the ultimate in Shibuya Kei! | Happy End of the World | The Sound of Music | Made in USA | |||||||||||||
| Plagues | Little Buffalo Lullaby | ||||||||||||||||
| Plamo | Like Shugo Tokumaru but more electronic 8-bit. v. fast | Needs Work | Sukinen Serifu, Pape-Cert, Sped | ||||||||||||||
| Po Shang Cun | 坡上村 | openly admiring Beatles | In summer, the melting ice-lolly at the zoo | A Love Story with Sun 孙老师与失恋故事 | |||||||||||||
| Pre-school | マボロシ | punk with electronics over many albums is just barely interesting | ワルダクミ | Feel Something? | 2(disco), 4(dist.guit.& thumpbeat), 5(punk hiNRG), 6(Pianoy synths), 9!(nice intro, then rock), 11(spacey&darker), 12(love&kiss klunky synth) | Peace Pact | 04/12/01 | Pop-Cult Do-Do | This Album | ||||||||
| Pu Tao | fast rapping, hard rocking, almost unlistenable | Un Hip-Hop | |||||||||||||||
| Punk Folk | 岡平健治 | tries really hard to be novel but only partially succeeds | パンクフォーク (Punk Folk) | ||||||||||||||
| Qi heng | 岂珩 | misguided keyboard-heavy marching band music | 未来的光明 | not ripped to iTunes b/c I don't like it | |||||||||||||
| Queen Sea Big Shark | Hou Hai Da Sha Yu | 后海大鲨鱼 | China's YYY's has obvious appeal and expanding range | 浪朝 (Wave) | a far more keyboard-heavy album | Queen Sea Big Shark | 5,7,12 | 心要野 | added sitar makes it downright ecclectic and often ecstatic | ||||||||
| Quruli | くるり | ワルツを踊れ Tanz Walzer [初回盤] | |||||||||||||||
| Radicalfashion | electronic and different | Odori | |||||||||||||||
| Radwimps | very radio friendly (often catchy) | アルトコロニーの定理 | |||||||||||||||
| Rag Fair | a capella pop cheese | Pon | Air | ||||||||||||||
| Ram | lots of instruments in use here, but do they come together well? | Home Family Love | |||||||||||||||
| Rao Ningxin & Luo Dez | trad. Chinese | Chinese Han | |||||||||||||||
| Raven | mostly grating rock with a song or two of interest | ||||||||||||||||
| Raven 3, The | Du Ya San | 渡鸦 三 | Free Sound in Beijing keeps pushing them, but I'm not impressed | 像一只快乐的橙子 | |||||||||||||
| Real Blend | a capella | Step in Step | 1(I was born to take care of you) | ||||||||||||||
| Real Styla | Hip-hop | ||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilding the Rights of Statues | Chong Su Diao Xiang de Quan Li | 重塑雕像的权利 | first album doesn't hint at the brilliant immediacy of 2nd! | Watch Out, Climate Has Changed' Fat Mum Rises... | |||||||||||||
| Red Snow Lotus | Hong Xue Lian | 红雪莲 | 洪启 Hong Qi's earlier works are still folksy and a little cheesier | s/t | |||||||||||||
| Reflector | Fan Guang Jing Yue Dui | 反光镜乐队 | Above-average Chinese punk | 成长瞬间 | s/t | ||||||||||||
| Ren Ke | Ren Ke | 仁科 | Folksy, acoustic guitar & wild lyrics | 春就很好聽了 | |||||||||||||
| Re-Tros | (Rebuildingthe Rights of Statues) | Cut Off! | |||||||||||||||
| Rhymester | Hip-hop possibly backed by a double bassist | s/t | |||||||||||||||
| Rino Latina | Tokyo Kaminari Kazoku | average J-hop | Carnival of Rino II | ||||||||||||||
| Rip Slyme | Well-produced and even quirky j-hop | EPOCH | Tokyo Classic | older and poppier | |||||||||||||
| Rosen Kreuz | Dated but often crazy stuff!!!! | The Crack Edge Monsters' Movie, Simulation Rape of French Cult | |||||||||||||||
| Rough Laugh | average j-punk | s/t | |||||||||||||||
| Ruins | 废墟 | alt. Rock w/ synths and dramatic drums and sentimentality | 像叶子一样飞 (Glide Like a Leaf) | ||||||||||||||
| S-Word | One Piece | ||||||||||||||||
| Saigenji | Latin guitar | Acalanto | Music Eater | better rounded than previous | |||||||||||||
| Sai Ning | 塞宁 | Sometimes cheesy female vocalist | 萌 | ||||||||||||||
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | sometimes interesting but usually cheesy composer | Bricolages | |||||||||||||||
| Satoru Sakamoto | 坂本サトル | running up the escalator rock | |||||||||||||||
| Sakura | The star XVII | ||||||||||||||||
| Sal | Dusk | ||||||||||||||||
| Sam & Valley | synth micropop is neither bad nor compelling | Unsuitable Japanese | an apparently obscure album/label | ||||||||||||||
| Sambomaster | サンボマスター | 僕と君の全てをロックンロールと呼べ | |||||||||||||||
| Sand | Shazi | 沙子 | harder but otherwise nondescript rock | The Stars Fell on My Head | |||||||||||||
| SDP (Scha Dara Parr) | スチャダラパー | Wild Fancy Alliance | |||||||||||||||
| Second Hand Roses | Er Shou Mei Gui | 二手玫瑰 | drag queen singer makes truly Chinese-style rock | 二手玫瑰 | Stealing the Show 一枝独秀 （Yizhi Duxiu) | a more consistently listenable album? | |||||||||||
| Sentimental Bus | センチメンタル・バス | fit in the shapes! Male-female band? Above-average j-rock | 草原と鉄屑 | ||||||||||||||
| Shadow | 陰影樂隊 | 一斤理想 | |||||||||||||||
| Shan Ren | 山人 | first album is more eclectic than 2nd, which is folksier. Top-10! | 同名专辑 | 听山 | |||||||||||||
| Shanghai National Music | Music of China | ||||||||||||||||
| Sharbets | rock with some embellishments | Siberia | 2(falsetto, slow start), 4(slow&darker), 5!(piano&acoustic), 7(acoustic), 9(repetitive guitar), 10(waltz w/synth intro...ominous) | ||||||||||||||
| Shihua Shishuo Yue Dui | 实话实说乐队 | there's a popular single on here | s/t | ||||||||||||||
| Shogun Kunitoki | synthy prog instrumentals can be interesting | Tasankokaiku | |||||||||||||||
| Sick Doctor | Bing Yi Sheng | 病医生乐队 | a lot of noisy filler pads some caustic tunes | 夜上濃妝 | |||||||||||||
| Sick Pupa | listenable metal | Fang Kai Wo | 2(diverse), 3(funky), 4(yell), 6(electroyell), 7(title track, longer intro), 9!(Rainy Dark intro, slow), 10(electro intro) | ||||||||||||||
| Silver Ash | (yin shai hui chen) | 銀色灰塵 | goth and increasingly metal...hit and miss | s/t | 帤鴃摩 (Wei Jin Ji) | 失控 (Out of Control) | |||||||||||
| SingerSen | v. well produced dubstep w/ fem. Vox, hard/edgy | Sirens | |||||||||||||||
| 60/40 | proggy and long-songed, some interesting | s/t | |||||||||||||||
| 641 | 是誰在?! | ||||||||||||||||
| Skyee (Tian Li) | 天理 | 日升 (Sunside) | Moonside (yue yi) | ||||||||||||||
| Smart Kin | Piao Liang Qin Wei | 漂亮親戚 | fem. Vox in English, sometimes amusingly awkward | 隱藏的合諧 | Hello 你好 | Some songs in Chinese are welcome, maybe more straightforward than prev. album? | |||||||||||
| Snapline | painfully limited guitar-driven semi-glam punk | Party Is Over, Pornostar | |||||||||||||||
| Sohmatoh | 三 (Dark Japanese Hip-Hop) | 三 (Dark Japanese Hip-Hop) | |||||||||||||||
| Sola | Laswell production can hardly make this listenable | Blues in the East | (Laswell produced) | ||||||||||||||
| Solid | Hybrid Side | ||||||||||||||||
| Solutions, The | Korean synth-rock | s/t | |||||||||||||||
| Song Dongye | 宋冬野 | A cut above average Chinese folk rock | 安和桥北 | ||||||||||||||
| SOPHIA | 進化論 | 2(frenetic), 4(tight arrangemt.), 5(dance rock organ), 6(slow synth), 7!(funny keyboard), 9(sentimental quiet), 11(quiet key bass) | |||||||||||||||
| Sound Affect | average j-punk | ||||||||||||||||
| Sound Fragment | Sheng Yin Cui Pian | 声音碎片 | meandering experimentation is not compelling | 世界是噪音的花园 (The World Is a Noise Garden) | |||||||||||||
| Sound Toy | Sheng Yin wanju | 声音玩具 | chamber pop-rock predating Omnipotent Youth is a cut above! | 最美妙的旅行 | |||||||||||||
| Source | some harder edged rock but also some catchy tunes | Daily Report | |||||||||||||||
| Preab Sovat | Rhm 169 | Cambodian, cover says 196, Rasmey, Hang Meas, Angkor Beer | |||||||||||||||
| Spanova | Diary of the Headphonist | ||||||||||||||||
| Spitz | スピッツ | ハチミツ (Hachimitsu) | |||||||||||||||
| Squeaky Music | fem. Vox over light synths is harmless | Long Awaited Spring | |||||||||||||||
| the★STaRKEYS | the★STaRKEYS | hooray for Japanese accordions! Epics are a stretch | 不埒者 | ||||||||||||||
| Su Yang Yuedui | 苏阳乐队 | 像草一样 | 贤良 | ||||||||||||||
| Subjugate | Burmese metal is musically limited | 3,4, 8! | |||||||||||||||
| Suck Down | Soul to Squeeze | ||||||||||||||||
| Sugar Plant | After After Hours | ||||||||||||||||
| Sukebo King (SBK) | スケボーキング | ornate packaging is sometimes matched by the music | スケボーキング SUPER BEST | ||||||||||||||
| Sulumi | 8-bit electronic | What Has Happened to Me | She Sank | ||||||||||||||
| Sun Dasi | 孙大肆 | Playful singer-songwriter lady | 在你面前很无能 | a fairly interesting album exceeding low expectations | |||||||||||||
| Sunny Day Service | Best Sky | ||||||||||||||||
| Super VC | Guo Wei VC | 果味VC | Ever-so-slightly above average alt. Rock | 双重生命 (Double Life) | 来自Vc的礼物 | 1!(piano), 2(pretty guit.), 7(low&atmospheric), 10(echo), 11(French, mellow w/ samples) | |||||||||||
| Supermarket | Chao Ji Shi Chang | 超级市场 | the foremost in Chinese electronic has a unique style | 繁荣的 | 模样 | 7 Weapon | Concert | 二零零五我們零零碎碎的理論 | Black Eclipse 黑蚀 (Hei shi) | Limit Infinity 有限无限 | |||||||
| Suzanne | Ai Hen (Love & Hate) | 1 (electronic) | |||||||||||||||
| The Swamp | Zhaoze | 沼泽 | one of the best alt-rock bands has been veering into post-rock | 沧浪星 | 2 | 城市 | 沼泽：Swamp (falling into the humid haze?) | Hong, Mimi Pian Duan (Drums) | The Metamorphosis (w/ friends) | remixes and nicely produced guest spots | Yesternight Yes Tonight琴晚 | Electric Guqin! | |||||
| Hiro Takahashi | Welcome to Popsicle Channel | ||||||||||||||||
| Hiroshi Takano | Awakening | ||||||||||||||||
| Masayuki Takayanagi | 高柳昌行 | 4. Subconscious-Lee | ライブ・アット・タロー (Live at Taro) | 1. Come four | 2. Time on my hand | 3. You be so nice to come home to | |||||||||||
| Nobukazu Takemura | A total departure from earlier bands w/ poppy fem. Vox | Scope | Sign | Spiritual Vibes | Zeitraum | mildly irritating speech over aimless casio | |||||||||||
| Hiroshi Tamaki | Stratred | ||||||||||||||||
| Tang Dynasty | Tang Chao Yue Dui | 唐朝 | Kaiser Kuo guitarred one of the most artistic Chinese metal bands | 演义 | 花儿为什么这样红 | 1!(sentimental) | |||||||||||
| 10 | Korean noise with occasional song structures | Kitsch | |||||||||||||||
| Towa Tei | Slickly produced electronic pop | Last Century Modern | |||||||||||||||
| Thin Man | Shou Ren | 瘦人 | hard alt. Rock can hit on good tunes | 第7天 | Beijing Dream | ||||||||||||
| Tica | Fem. Vocals & electronic, nice! | Weight-Less | |||||||||||||||
| Timeslip-Rendezvous | the intro is the best part of this intriguing but disappointing album | Twilight City | |||||||||||||||
| Shugo Tokumaru | N's favorite happy melodies and fast-paced plucking | Port Entropy | Lahaha | Exit | L.S.T. | Night Piece | |||||||||||
| Tai Ran | 泰然 | Lo-fi industrial | 虛幻 | ||||||||||||||
| Tatsuta | タサツ | Fast-paced rap with excellent flow and beats | 僕らの五日間戦争 | Dynamite (as DJ Tatsuta) | |||||||||||||
| Teng Ge-Er | Usually cheesy but occasionally transcendent “classic” rock | Mongolia | |||||||||||||||
| Tokyo Incidents | Tokyo Jihen | 東京事変 | the lead singer has one of the strongest voices, sounds unique | 教育 | |||||||||||||
| Tomahawk | 戰斧 | Dead City (死城) | |||||||||||||||
| Tongue | 舌头 | 小鸡出壳 | |||||||||||||||
| Tunnels | Arrival | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 Cats | Guangdong fem. Vox can be interesting rock | She Will Eat You | |||||||||||||||
| Twigy | Twig | ||||||||||||||||
| Ultra Living | experimental and rewarding of repeat listening | 1! (vocals), 2 (fem.voc.dub) | |||||||||||||||
| Uptown | 업타운 | pop rap | Verbal Medication | ||||||||||||||
| Urichi Pangoon | ウリチパン郡 | one of N's best finds, these guys are pure artists! | Laser Stickers | ||||||||||||||
| Ut Ti, Quang Dung, Ngoc Tuan, Mai Hoang Thanh, Nhut Bang, Huynh Taun, Bay Ba | Trad. Vietnamese | Hoa Tau Bau, Tranh, Sao, Kim, Gao | |||||||||||||||
| Utaibitohane | Be Here... | ||||||||||||||||
| The Verse | Harder and fairly diverse rock | Tales of Two Cities 双城记 | |||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | nice traditional stuff! | Music from Hue and Hanoi | |||||||||||||||
| Vvaa | Radio Myanmar | ||||||||||||||||
| Wang Yu Qi | 王钰棋 | Guitarist for 2nd-Hand Roses | 北京之春 (Beijing Spring?) | ||||||||||||||
| Wang Fei | 王菲 | guilty pop pleasure divorcee | Ai de Ji Hao | Fu Zao (Impulsive, 1st Album) | 王菲 | ||||||||||||
| Wang Wei | 王威 | Low-voiced guy made one OK album, one unlistenable | 王威 | On the Road | |||||||||||||
| Wang Wen/Unknown Band | 惘闻 | Post-rock with spoken lyrics | 28 Day Insomniac Diary | Re:Re:Re: | |||||||||||||
| Wang Yong | 王勇 | 往生 (Samsara) | |||||||||||||||
| Wang Yuan | 王娟 | (Badhead Comp. & Gemini Trip Voc.) | 遥远 | 梦湖 (Dream Lake) | |||||||||||||
| Wednesday's Trip | Xing Qi San Lv Xing | 星期三旅行 | claims to be trip-hop, but that's a stretch | 秘密任务 (Secret Mission) | |||||||||||||
| Wet Clothes, The | 衣。。。乐队 | folksy with some harmonizing | The Genie Dictionary | ||||||||||||||
| Wild Children | Ye Haizi | folk concert | Llasa cd-r | 1 (moaning, fade in w/ 5:22 left) | |||||||||||||
| William Fab 4 | ウイリアム | ウサギのこころ | |||||||||||||||
| Wino | a cut above the average Japanese blues rock | Useless Music | |||||||||||||||
| Dustin Wong | Collaborating with T. Minekawa for post-rock layers | Mediation of Ecstatic Energy | Ecstatic Sunshine | ||||||||||||||
| X | hard metal | Blue Blood | 1(background), 2(fast), 4! (bigger beat), 8(nice intro, cuts off?) | ||||||||||||||
| Xi Ban | 戏班 | Crazy & wild folk music with odd vocal stylings!!! A favorite! | 就是這個調調 | ||||||||||||||
| Xiao He | 小河 | 飞的高的鸟不落在跑不快的牛的背上 | |||||||||||||||
| Xiao Wei & Xiao Tong | 小唯 & 肖烔 | middling fem. Vocal electronic | Glad Chan | ||||||||||||||
| Xie Tian Xiao | 谢天笑 | Just One Desire 只有一个愿望 | Illusion | ||||||||||||||
| Xue Cun (Snow Village?) | 雪村 | 出门在外 | |||||||||||||||
| XXL | Punk rock less poppy than The Flowers more listenable than Joyside | 中国式的酷 | |||||||||||||||
| Yaen | Staff Roll | ||||||||||||||||
| Yaksa | Freedom | ||||||||||||||||
| Eri Yamamoto | Blue Series jazz showcases piano | Cobalt Blue | |||||||||||||||
| Yan | 艳 | 挂师 | |||||||||||||||
| Yang Meng | 杨猛 | Possibly from Yunnan, a different take on Chinese rock | 太阳城日记 | 与世界为伍 | another thoroughly listenable album | ||||||||||||
| Yellow Monkey, The | Straightforward and sometimes blues rock is OK | Experience Movie | Punch Drunkard | ||||||||||||||
| Yellow Submarine | Huang Se | Do Not Say Goodbye | |||||||||||||||
| Yida | s/t | 4(pop rap) | |||||||||||||||
| Yogurt-Pooh | 薫風 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yoshimi & Yuka | Boredoms + Cibo Matto = meandering ethereality? | Flower with No Color | |||||||||||||||
| You Haizhou | 游海州 | hard instrumental rock guitar noodler | 偏执狂 | 到 | more of the same! | ||||||||||||
| You Echo VS. Zhuoling | 吴卓玲 | soft, slow, piano heavy and simple with fem. Vocals | My Dearest Sea 我最亲爱的海 | ||||||||||||||
| Yu Fei Men | Yu Fei Men | 与非门 (Yu Fei Men) | Singing Machine | 1,3,9,(short), 13(quiet), 14(cheesy but fast), 15(big bear), 16!(mismatched vox & party music), 19 (traditional) | 10 乐园 | better production including folksier elements | |||||||||||
| Yu Yang | 虞洋 | 平淡的生活不能把我们击倒 | |||||||||||||||
| Yunees | #2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yunnan Instrumental Music | |||||||||||||||||
| Yuzu | ゆず | またあえる日まで | |||||||||||||||
| Zeebra | Based on a True Story | ||||||||||||||||
| Zero | Ling Dian | Yue Lai Yue | 1, 2(upbeat after intro), 4!(anti-war), 9(electrobackbeat, deep), 10(upbeat), 12(orchestral fast) | ||||||||||||||
| Zhang Chu | 张楚 | average rock | 孤獨的人是可恥的 | ||||||||||||||
| Zhang Wei Wei & Deng Long | 张玮玮 郭龙 | folk duo with blended voices | 白银饭店 | ||||||||||||||
| Zhang Xue Bin | 张 震 岳 | 等我有一天 | You Wen Ti (Trouble) | ||||||||||||||
| Zhang Yu | Da Zhangfu | ||||||||||||||||
| Zhao Muyang | 赵牧阳 | 西北 folk from 宁夏 a favorite of Freesound store owner | 回家 | ||||||||||||||
| Zhou Yun Peng | 周云蓬 | 沉默如迷的呼吸 | 2, 3!, 7 (Roughly, w/ drums) | ||||||||||||||
| Ziran zhuan | 自然卷 | alt. Rock, possibly from Taiwan or at least from the South | 破卷而出 | c'est la vie vol. 2 大卷包小卷 | lighter on the novelties | ||||||||||||
| Zuoxiao Zuzhou | At Di'anmen | ||||||||||||||||
| v/a | 草莓音乐节 | (Strawberry Music Fesival) | |||||||||||||||
| v/a | 搖滾中國勢力 | (Ambulance Red Cross) | |||||||||||||||
| v/a | China: Many Faces, Sounds of Our Stories | Elipsis Arts 2-disc trad. 中 | |||||||||||||||
| v/a | Zhongguo Feng | 6(upbeat), 8(classic rock), 9(fem.vox), 11(twangy singer), 12(acoustic), 14(falsetto, mixed quiet) | |||||||||||||||
| v/a | Gang Tai Feng | 1(jammy live), 8(light,drunken), 14(falsetto&twang), 15(fem.vox, punkish) | |||||||||||||||
| v/a | Realrhyme TRAX | ||||||||||||||||
| v/a | Trip-hop | Silent Agreement | |||||||||||||||
| v/a | J-Hop: The Best of Japanese Hip-Hop | ||||||||||||||||
| v/a | Rap Warz Donpachi | ||||||||||||||||
| v/a | Shock to the Future 97-01 | ||||||||||||||||
| v/a | Scream v.1: Greatest Hits | 1(slow&deep), 3 &11(electronic), 4(fem.vox), 7 (hard rock),10(int. Rock song) | R&R Yesterday | ||||||||||||||
| v/a | Scream v.2: Rap-Metal Hits | 1(moaning intro then hard rock), 3(Mis.Faith), 5! (the cussin'), 6 (TT funky) | |||||||||||||||
| v/a | Japan for Sale | V.4 | V.3 | ||||||||||||||
| v/a | Faster, Pussy...Attack! Tora! | Yellow Machinegun 1, 10 | |||||||||||||||
| v/a | Pop Jingu (in KUCI) | 3(chill rock in Eng.), 4(earnest singing), 5(fruity kissing), 6(fast harmonica punk), 8(piano pleasant), 10(pleasantly bland), 14(longer, dreamy), 15!(twinkly lofi), 16(happy puppy) | |||||||||||||||
| v/a | New Electron | All Summer Long, ExpoMouHibikiTokiwa | |||||||||||||||
| v/a | Out of Perspective | ||||||||||||||||
| v/a | Far East (on Bonjour Records) | ||||||||||||||||
| v/a | Second Hand Roses v/a w/ crown | ||||||||||||||||
| v/a | Tiger Translate | ||||||||||||||||
| v/a | Rap Positions | Shuo Chang Chen Di | |||||||||||||||
| v/a | Play It Again (Thai) | ||||||||||||||||
| v/a | MIDI School of Music 20th Anniversary | ||||||||||||||||
| v/a | Thanks, Jiaju 家驹 | ||||||||||||||||
| v/a | Japan Nite Sound Sampler | A mixed back of two tracks at a time from different bands. | |||||||||||||||
| Unknown Band | Post-Rock |