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

[Zunu]

Malaysian ACG cover band Mangekyo Band performs K-ON! classic "Don't Say 'Lazy'"

Spoiler: show

For comparison, "original" live in concert

One of the comments:
ナイス　エアギター、エアベース、
エアドラム。エアキーボード️
trans:
"Nice air guitar, air bass, air drums, air keyboard"

[Zunu]

The oddest things keep showing up on my YouTube homepage. Like this music video just released today by an obscure 33 year old singer named Machi Akari who performs Showa-era style songs of her own composition. This one is called "Daishitsuren Hasshou no Ji" which means "Birthplace of A Great Heartbreak," and is meant to be "new folk" genre. The MV is shot like a VHS home video on a Ferris wheel.



She sings:

"The amusement park where we were supposed to go together, until the call this morning.
You didn't even tell me why.
I can't go home like this just to be alone in my room.
Kids are having a good time.
The amusement park where we were supposed to go together is from now on the birthplace of great heartbreak."

Her account has less than 700 subscribers. Yet she has a couple of songs with hundreds of thousands of views, such as this one from a few months ago called "Joban Disco Minatomachi." Again it's kind of kitschy and looks/sounds like something from the 1970s or 1980s.



But digging further it seems that this is her second YouTube account, her previous one being from about 9 years ago where she sings some self-composed tunes and some covers, accompanied by her guitar and no real video or sound production. Here she is doing a lovely rendition of the 1976 enka classic by Niinuma Kenji called "Yome Ni Konai Ka." And here below she's performing her own composition "Usso Mitai." After she sings she talks adorably to her bunny doll.



Anyway she's been plugging away since 2013 and has a pretty extensive discography, despite only having only about 4,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Imo she's clearly talented; shows how hard it is to crack into the Japanese music scene without being pushed by a major agency.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3geYjyLElXQXs635IlQNts

https://music.apple.com/artist/machi-akari/712114035

[Shabranikuduu]

Thanks for sharing her music, I love this kind of music! I'm so glad she's on Spotify too!

[erilaz]

The rock 'n' roll awesomeness that is TsuShiMaMiRe will be returning to North America in September and October!

[Moh]

Otsuka Ai made her first appearance on THE FIRST TAKE, performing a special arrangement of Planetarium:

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[Zunu]

Nishino Kana is back after a 5-year hiatus with a song called "EYES ON YOU."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl4P3xy9pWs

The full MV for this was released. Close to 2M views in 2 days

[Moh]

chelmico - Sunburn


The more I listen to them is the more they fill that HALCALI-shaped hole in my heart.

IU - Shopper


If I already posted this when it came out, sorry! I saw her in concert on Friday and the post-concert "depression" is starting to really kick in.
She sounds just as good live as she does on a recording. She was sweet during the MC parts, and her mom(!) curated gifts for everyone in the audience.

[TotallyUncool]

[TotallyUncool]

[Idol Tenshoku Ondo]

Kawaii Lab announced another group this week, Cutie Street! With Sakuraba Haruka from PD101JP season 3.
https://asobisystem.com/en/talent/cutiestreet/

Im being phone posting trash and need to get ready for work soon so I can't post the image rn. I wasn't expecting a 4th group from them so fast, I just new Paru had joined Asobisystem.