Tag: O!susume

  • O!susume – BLUE ENCOUNT

    O!susume – BLUE ENCOUNT

    Broadcast 10: My pick for this month is BLUE ENCOUNT, a four-man band hailing all the way from Kumamoto. Their path to mainstream success isn’t anything out of the ordinary, but that’s no bad thing. In fact, BLUE ENCOUNT’s story is a pretty good model for how many bands have found their way out of…

  • O!susume – ZUTOMAYO

    O!susume – ZUTOMAYO

    Broadcast 9: This week’s band is called ずっと真夜中でいいのに (Zutto Mayonaka de Iinoni), meaning “I wish it was midnight all the time”, stylized in English as ZUTOMAYO or sometimes shortened to ZTMY. They are an indie J-pop/J-rock band with an anonymous female vocalist known as ACAね (ACAne). The rest of the band is also anonymous, with…

  • Let’s Rate all of the Tales of series Opening Songs!

    Let’s Rate all of the Tales of series Opening Songs!

    BANDAI NAMCO’s Tales of series, shrewdly identified as “the Final Fantasy of action RPGs”, isn’t quite as well known as the august franchise it’s oft compared to. However, Erin and I, along with our collaborator Eve, all have plenty of good memories playing through many of the series’ entries throughout the years. While the casts…

  • O!susume – Charisma.com

    O!susume – Charisma.com

    Broadcast 8: Welcome back to another O!susume broadcast. This time around we’re looking at a quirky duo who found a way to combine their disparate musical talents, creating a musical force that propelled them up the charts with a trajectory towards a national breakout. However, after six short years, they walked off the stage as…

  • Japanese Sign Language Makes Appearance in ANLY’s Newest Single

    Japanese Sign Language Makes Appearance in ANLY’s Newest Single

    Welcome to a special O!susume collab post from both Nagi and Erin! Aside from our usual biweekly music recommendation posts, we figured we’d use this space to talk about anything else that catches our eye/ear within the modern Japanese music scene. One of Nagi’s very first Broadcasts was for Anly, who back in 2018 was…

  • O!susume – GOOD ON THE REEL

    O!susume – GOOD ON THE REEL

    Broadcast 7: Welcome or welcome back to another O!susume RadioBeat Broadcast, our first for February 2022. Shake off the winter blues with Erin’s recommendation of the month, the five-member band GOOD ON THE REEL.

  • O!susume: Mrs. GREEN APPLE

    O!susume: Mrs. GREEN APPLE

    Broadcast 6: Welcome back to another O!susume broadcast. This time we’re gonna talk about Mrs. GREEN APPLE, a young five-member band that swings between Jpop and Jrock with grace and charm.

  • O!susume – Hikaru Utada

    O!susume – Hikaru Utada

    Broadcast 5: New Years is one of my favorite times of year because for me it’s filled with music countdowns and personal reflections of what I’ve listened to the most that year; what music I’ve been introduced to; and what songs and albums from already beloved artists have come out that year. This sense of…

  • O!susume – Kinoko Teikoku

    O!susume – Kinoko Teikoku

    Broadcast 4: Welcome to our 4th O!susume broadcast, and the first guest post! This one is dedicated to the band Kinoko Teikoku (きのこ帝国). Enjoy Erin’s take on this indie band from the late 00’s.

  • O!susume – Yorushika

    O!susume – Yorushika

    Broadcast 3: Welcome back to O!susume RadioBeat with our 3rd broadcast, after a bit of a hiatus! You’ll be happy to hear that a small-ish part of this haitus was spent perusing the rental aisles of Tsutaya and GEOS in Saitama, Japan, and Nagi (that’s me) has returned with a whole new haul of recommendations…