Pick Up Artist! - 90609

I spend a lot of my time looking for new sounds to listen to. Music is a major part of of my life. Most people seem to be confused that Hello!Project is where all of my devotions lies, and that I don't listen to any American music, or even other Japanese music.

Well, that's quite a misconception. I'll be doing a bi-monthly post sharing the new artist I like and why I like them.


My first artist I want to talk about is a girlish band with some serious attitude. Its Stereopony. It seems they did quite a few Anime OP songs. But I discovered them from a blog that I've already forgotten. My introduction song was "泪のムコウ" (Namida no Moku) it really felt a lot like YUI to me. Now for me YUI is my favorite artist, I can talk about that another time. So to see this band of girls playing with the equivalent soul as YUI I was pretty impressed.

When I look at Aimi their Lead Vocal and Guitar I feel YUI, its really great. They both have such powerful Aura and it resonates within their music. I will definatley be buying their albums in the future and I'll be keeping a sharp eye on them.

Here is Stereopony performing "I do it" collaboration with YUI.








Second artist is fresh Korean sound f(x). The hangul is "에프엑스" or Effects. This group is so young! The oldest is 22 and the youngest is 14!! Yet the sound they produce is impressive! f(x)'s premier song "라차타" or LA ChA TA was released Septemeber 1st and they debut on Music Core the 5th (yesterday). So really its a new group to me and everyone. The lead vocalist, Krystal is actually Jessica's (from SNSD) sister. The group is really from a few different countries. Two members who are Korean, two from China, and one from my home state of California. I hope to see what they produce in the future.

Here is f(x) with their first live and their first song. LA ChA TA on Music!Core