This week’s features include: EVO+, The Floor, 菅原圭 (sugawara kei),
POLKADOT STINGRAY, and School Food Punishment
Spotify J-Music Playlist Draft (S2, Week 9; May 4, 2024)
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Listening to Japanese Music: Monthly Recommendation Roundup (April 2024)
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J-Music Exchange/Rate ー Masterpiece by MISAMO (Album Review)
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Spotify J-Music Playlist Draft (S2, Week 8; April 20, 2024)
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This week’s features include: 帰りの会 (kaeri no kai), 熊川みゆ (kumagawa miyu),
植田真梨恵 (ueda marie), Hakubi, and みゆな (miyuna)
Spotify J-Music Playlist Draft (S2, Week 7; April 6, 2024)
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This week’s features include: 空白ごっこ (kuhakugokko), Gyoson, LELLE,
mol-74, and 笹川真生 (sasagawa mao)
Listening to Japanese Music: Monthly Recommendation Roundup (March 2024)
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J-Music Exchange/Rate ー Zenchi Zennou by POLKADOT STINGRAY (Album Review)
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Spotify J-Music Playlist Draft (S2, Week 6; March 23, 2024)
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This week’s features include: ゴホウビ (GOHOBI), Haku., WEAKEND WALKER,
アイラブミー (I LUV ME), and 女王蜂 (“Ziyoou-vachi”; “QUEEN BEE”)
Spotify J-Music Playlist Draft (S2, Week 5; March 9, 2024)
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This week’s features include: postman, ヨルシカ (yorushika), 植田真梨恵 (ueda marie),
ポップしなないで (pop shinanaide), and ZUTOMAYO
J-Music Exchange/Rate ー Sansan by Kaneko Ayano (Album Review)
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Listening to Japanese Music: Monthly Recommendation Roundup (February 2024)
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Spotify J-Music Playlist Draft (S2, Week 4; February 24, 2024)
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This week’s features include: 空白ごっこ (kuhakugokko), Harutya, whaledontsleep,
ラブリーサマーちゃん (lovely summer chan), sympathy, and クレナズム (culenasm)
Spotify J-Music Playlist Draft (S2, Week 3; February 10, 2024)
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This week’s features include: 藤川千愛 (fujikawa chiai), Hakubi,
山崎あおい (yamazaki aoi), MAISONdes, おおお (ooo), whaledontsleep,
and Organic Call
Listening to Japanese Music: Monthly Recommendation Roundup (January 2024)
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Spotify J-Music Playlist Draft (S2, Week 2; January 27, 2024)
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This week’s features include: 緑黄色社会 (ryokuoushokushakai),
秋山黄色 (akiyama kiro),
ずっと真夜中でいいのに (zutto mayonaka de ii no ni; ZUTOMAYO), whaledontsleep,
and 美的計画 (bitekikeikaku)
J-Music Exchange/Rate ー REFLEX by SANDAL TELEPHONE (Album Review)
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Spotify J-Music Playlist Draft (S2, Week 1; January 13, 2024)
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This week’s features include: School Food Punishment, アイラブミー (I LUV ME)
cadode, 青虫 (aomushi), and ヨルシカ (yorushika)
Listening to Japanese Music — 2023 Recommendation Roundup Awards
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J-Music Exchange/Rate ー This Too Shall Pass by Wez Atlas (Album Review)
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Spotify J-Music Playlist Draft (Week 26; December 23, 2023)
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This week’s features include: Yuinishio, Hakubi,
サヨナラの最終回 (sayonara no saishuukai), Rhythmic Toy World, and yourness
Spotify J-Music Playlist Draft (Week 25; December 9, 2023)
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This week’s features include: にしな (nishina), the peggies, なみだ藍 (namida ai),
植田真理恵 (ueda marie), and Litone of us
Listening to Japanese Music: Monthly Recommendation Roundup (November 2023)
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Spotify J-Music Playlist Draft (Week 24; November 25, 2023)
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This week’s features include: 三浦透子 (miura touko), Ezoshika Gourmet Club,
a子 (A-ko), POP ART TOWN, and Maica_n
J-Music Exchange/Rate ー Yumemiru Wakusei by Sayonara Ponytail (Album Review)
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Spotify J-Music Playlist Draft (Week 23; November 11, 2023)
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This week’s features include: パスピエ (PASSEPIED), Ran, edda
塩入冬湖 (shioiri fuyuko), and 長靴をはいた猫 (nagagutsu wo haita neko).
That It May Be A Day Where We Can All Laugh Together; Like What The Raindrops Bathing In The Sunlight Yearn For (A Tribute To Yuki Setsuna And Kusunoki Tomori)
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ラブライブ！虹ヶ咲学園スクールアイドル同好会 UNIT LIVE! ～A・ZU・NA LAGOON～ (Image Source: CNET Japan)
Notes:
*that it may be day a where we can all laugh together; like what the raindrops bathing in the sunlight yearn for (warai aeru hidearu you ni negau amatsubu you no hikari o abite) is a reference to a line in the song “alive”
