Mysterious stories about natural creatures, guardian spirits, samurais, and love from Japanese folk brother duo Kicell.

Traditional soul music with elements of jazz, hip-hop and sometimes disco, and Yuga’s smoky voice riding on it.

Japanese singer-songwriter Yuta Orisaka looks deeply into himself on his new album “Jyumon”, where folk meets rock and soul.

Passion in calmness. Walking slower than usually, more relaxed than usually, yet somehow still tense. These are the words that describe GOFISH.

If you like indie pop and musicians like Faye Webster or psychedelic rock as represented by Mac DeMarco, xiexie is the band you should listen to next.

Folk, electronica, hip-hop and tribal sounds – these components make ONI’s music sound like natural alternative pop.

Co-produced by Takuro Okada, Satoko Shibata’s new effort “Your Favorite Things” shows influences of hip-hop, ambient music, and new jazz.

Coming back in time to the ’60s, betcover!! restores Japanese folk, garage rock, and psychedelic rock with the sensibility of modern indie rock, hip-hop, jazz and global music.

On his new album “Sakana＝Sakana” (“Fish=Fish”), singer-songwriter Tokutaro Hosoi plays stylish pop songs, noise, and improvisation at the same time!

miaou’s latest effort – along with the new album by Cornelius – are my favorite electronic albums of the year so far.