2020 sure has been a year, huh? Luckily, despite… well, you know, everything, there was some pretty good music to come out of this one, and I actually think I ended up listening to more of it than I have for several years now. As a result, I managed to pull a solid list together for this annual blog series, containing a couple of already-strong contenders as well as a couple of pleasant surprises. Continue reading “Best J-Pop/J-Rock Albums of 2020”
Clearly there’s some kind of heathen magic at work here, because every year I listen to more albums than I did the previous one and every year I end up picking exactly six of them for this list regardless. Oh well, at least I have a male band on it this time. Continue reading “Best J-Pop/J-Rock Albums of 2015”
It’s only five months overdue, but better late than never right? Musically-speaking, I still have about as much respect for the likes of AKB48 and Arashi as I did when I first started really getting into Japanese music a few years back but despite the usual predictable chart-toppers, 2012 saw some excellent J-pop and J-rock albums released, so I’ll be going over a few of what I consider to be the best of them. For the sake of originality and fairness, I’ll be counting full studio albums only and excluding any best of and compilation albums. Continue reading “Best J-Pop/J-Rock Albums of 2012”
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