It's a straightforward as the topic title suggests, but if folks who know anything about the general subject matter want to discuss Japanese music in general, that's good too. So long as I can get one or two good suggestions, I have nothing to complain about.
Now, in short, I really want to get more in the Japanese music scene, but I know very little about it and have yet to find any good resources. Japanese bands I have listened to and enjoyed (and really, I've yet to hear one that I haven't enjoyed which shows you how a limited perspective can sometimes be a good thing I guess): Boris, The Blue Hearts, Dir En Grey, Midori, World's End Girlfriend, Ogre You Asshole and Tsushimamire. As you can see I'm willing to be liberal with the definition of 'band' and my tastes have some range. I've also heard isolated acoustic-ish rock songs that I was cool with but have no artists in that overall category. The only other thing I would point out is that Boris is probably the least representative of what I'm looking for since I'm not that into metal overall, but anything that's good enough I'll consider.
On other terms love, love, love Midori and what little exposure I have to it makes the Japanese punk scene look pretty cool as well. So, suggestions and general discussion are all welcomed and whatnot. Thanks.
