Tag: jpop

  • O!susume – Yoh Kamiyama

    Broadcast 27: Yoh Kamiyama It’s time for my first O! Rec of the year! This time I’m recommending a few songs from musician Yoh Kamiyama, a Vocaloid producer turned pop artist with an EDM and R&B spin. I first found the artist’s music from the theme song of the anime Horimiya, and I’ve been looking…

  • O!susume 2022 Best Hits Countdown

    A special January 2023 edition of O!susume RadioBeat, where Erin and Nagi select and feature five of their top favorite recommended songs from the past year!

  • O!susume – Band-Maid

    Broadcast 26: Band-Maid – Back when I first started O!Susume RadioBeat, I knew that I was going to write about Band-Maid at some point. It\’s literally my favorite band, how could I not? But I\’ve held off for a few years now, mostly because I wasn\’t ready; I didn\’t think my writing could do them…

  • O!susume – HY

    Broadcast 24 – My pick for November’s article is HY, another band that hails from the sunny southern islands of Okinawa, alongside ANLY, whom I covered in one of O!’s first broadcasts. The group has had quite the journey, from starting as a five-member band still in high school to four nationally lauded musicians of…

  • O!susume – Omoinotake

    Broadcast 23 – This next band is one that exudes romance, from the lyrics and music videos, all the way to the soul behind their music. A lot of people have heard about them through their theme songs on the drama Cherry Magic or the anime Blue Period, but they are definitely worth giving a…

  • O!susume – NANO

    Broadcast 22 – I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to write about NANO for O!susume. I don’t have a clear, long-lasting ranking of favorite musical artists (save for number 1, as you’ll find out in December’s post), but if pressed, I’d almost always list her among my top 3 or 5. Maybe…

  • O!susume – Lucky Kilimanjaro

    Broadcast 21 – I don’t remember exactly how I learned about Lucky Kilimanjaro; in fact, they’ve seemed to nicely materialize into my own cloud of music that I listen to as if they had always belonged there. In any case, they’ve been on my radar for some time as being a band that always produces…

  • O!susume – [Alexandros]

    Broadcast 20 – My O! slot for September is all about [Alexandros], a band with a 20 year history, with much of their fame gained under their previous name [Champagne]. The band’s long road to mainstream popularity started with a Japanese kid, living in Syria, listening to British rock. Even while climbing the charts, the…

  • O!susume – Oisicle Melonpan

    Broadcast 19: Oisicle Melonpan This month’s recommendation is a 3-piece indie band that is the perfect mix of indie and summer vibes. Every Japanese indie band seems to have that one music video that takes place in front of the ocean, but Oisicle Melonpan dials it up a notch and takes the theme on with…

  • O!susume – Akiyama Kiro

    Broadcast 18 – Akiyama Kiro is the freshest face I\’ve written about for O! so far; while this gives readers a neat chance to watch him grow, unfortunately that also means there\’s less info on him out there, so what you see below is the little I\’ve managed to scrape together.