[OFFICIAL] SUGGESTIONS THREAD

[plottingeternal]

Name: Sergei Lazarev
Genre: Russian pop
Summary: Used to be in the Russian group Smash!!, but left to go solo.
songs: Lazerboy, it's one of his new songs and it's the best he's put out yet. Sergei can sing wonderful balads because of the pitch he can reach, but now he's started to colaborate with Timati and enter into a more hip-hop sound of pop. You should definately check out the mv for this song on youtube.

[xMiLKSHAKE]

I'm pretty sure that this band has already been Suggested, but i cant seem to find the thread sweatdrop


1. Artist/Group Name : Big Bang
2. Type of music/Genre: K-Pop
3. Summary of the band: G-Dragon (Kwon Jiyong) - Leader,Rapper,Composer
Tae Yang (Dong Young Bae) - started as a Rapper, now a vocalist
T.O.P/Tempo (Choi Seung Hyun) - Rapper, Beat boxer
Dae Sung/D-Lite (Kang Dae Sung) - vocalist, The funny guy
Seung Ri/Victory(Former) (Lee Seung Hyun) Vocalist, choreographer
4. Recommended songs: Wonderful - one of Big Bangs 2008 hits from the album "Remember"
Its one of my favorite songs, because it shows that your wonderful no matter who you are.

Lies is another one..winning them the best "Song of the Month Digital Music Award" from Cyworld( A Part Of LG, {Life's Good} ) yet again, beating strong competitors such as 원더걸스 Wonder Girls and "엡프티 아일랜드" F.T. Island.

[Iustitia Lux]

I'm not sure if this has been suggested or not, but I'm suggesting anyways~

1. Artist/Group Name: Kaya
2. Type of music/Genre: Visual Kei, Electronic
3. Summary of the band: Kaya is a solo artist, formerly belonging to Schwarz Stein and doing a few collaborations with HIZAKI of Versailles. He has already released 2 main albums, and 1 mini-album of French chanson style. It's quite pleasant to the ear.
4. Recommended songs: I will definitely reccommend Psycho Butterfly, it's a wonderful song with amazing sound, and is lovely to listen to. It can be found here. I also reccommend his song Chocolat, which is an amazing song in itself and with amazing lyrics, that definitely flow with the music. Chocolat can be found here.

[IkaruTiger]

Hikaru Utada - J-Pop
Kind of an R&B mix into the J-pop culture
I think my favorite songs by her are Heart Station, Prisoner of Love, and Be My Last

Within Temptation- England
Rock band with a saprano as the lead singer, giving a kind of classical meets rock feel.
I suggest Stand My Ground, The Howling, and All I need

Loitma? (I cant spell.)
They have the song with the spinning leak.... wootness
A polka/dance feel.

[-_Haru loves Waffles_-]

Not sure if they've been posted yet but...

1. Artist/Group Name: Home Made Kazoku
2. Type of music/Genre: Japanese hip-hop, their music gives an up-beat mood and (well, for me) it's music that just makes you feel good. In almost every song, bits of English are somehow included.
3. Summary of the band: Home Made Kazoku is:
MICRO - MC
KURO - MC
U-ICHI - DJ
4. Recommended songs: All of their songs usually concern love, family, peace, friends, or fun. I recommend:
NO RAIN, NO RAINBOW - Some may know it as the theme for "Bonds" the Naruto: Shippuden movie. It has a catchy, but slow beat. The lyrics are very heart-warming.
Everybody Needs Music - This song is very up-beat. It pretty much makes you want to get up and dance!
Aikotoba - Literally translating to Love Words, this song is all about peace. It's also up-beat like many of their songs.
There are so many more I would recommend, so if you do end up listening to them, listen to all(well maybe not all, but most of them) of their songs. They're all great.

[Art Payment]

@HARU -
Nujabes is a Japanese Rap artist I really like, try his Metaphorical Music cd.
Also Giant Panda is really good, I think they are Korean but still good rap music, get their Fly School Reunion cd.

@Ikaru -
You will more then likely enjoy the first 2-3 Lacuna Coil cds.

[Sweetkorea]

this is korean bands:

wondergirls

styke:korean pop,

members: ahn sohee, yubin,sumi,sunye, ye eun all
between ages: 15-25, music directed toward ages 13 up.all hav
twitter accounts biggrin sweatdrop

[Sweetkorea]

another

BoA

type: k-pop, rap, r&b

songs: i did it for love, eat you up, and more.

[I~kira~kira~I]

1. tae goon
2. Type of music/Genre: k-pop
3. Summary of the band: solo artist
4. Recommended songs: call me

seriously it doesn't seem like much but he really is cool. his mv call me has jae joong (hero) in it with him. and im not kidding about that.

[x Bidoof x]

The Band apart(Not to be confused with TheBandAparT, some death metal band from spain)
-J-Indie band
-Has some Jazzy and punk sounds to their songs.

Take a listen to led pv from them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryh8Weye-Y0

or

Still awake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo_Oc5TbHO0

[another kid here]

Dunno of anyone has already recommended it but anyways

1. Alice Nine
2. J-rock/J-pop, somewhere in between
3. They're a visual kei band, with five members. The lead singer's name is Shou, the guitarists' names are Hiroto and Tora, bass is Saga, and drums is Nao. (I suck at giving summaries. The singer's voice isn't to my tastes but you still should try them out!)
4. Recommended songs: Cosmic World: The drums in the beginning are awesome, watch the video/listen to the song to know why. The singer's voice isn't that good however. In the vid there are a bit of cheesiness and a lot of hotness!
Mirror Ball: Video isn't that good, though opinions may differ. Nice song.
Eraser: More of a relax song if you know what I mean? Lots of people like this, and so do I.

[Jissina]

Come on, seriously? Where's the enka love?
Two recommendations:

1. Artist: Jero (ジェロ)
2. Type of music/Genre: Enka is a Japanese genre composed of traditional ballads. Most of the lyrics have to do with love or loss, just like any other ballad.
3. Summary of the band: Though enka is traditionally for the older folks, interest in it is waning as the older generation is...waning, to put it politely. However, Jero is a fresh new face to the enka scene as Japan's first non-Japanese enka star AND first black enka singer. (In other words, he's like the Barack Obama of enka. Seriously.) As if that wasn't enough, his style of dress and dancing appeal to the younger generation; he breaks away from the somewhat stiff and formal decorum of traditional enka by dressing in urban attire and performing hip-hop dance moves in his music videos and on stage.
4. Recommended songs: Umiyuki (海雪) was his breakout single. He released an album of cover songs (aptly named COVERS), but I think my favorite is Eisa (えいさ) because it has that "wachika wachika" thing from every action movie made in the 70s. You know what I'm talking about? It's hard to explain.

Have I confused you enough yet? Just check him out:

Umiyuki
Eisa

1. Artist: Hikawa Kiyoshi (氷川きよし)
2. Type of music/Genre: Enka
3. Summary of the band: Japan's "Prince of Enka," 26-year-old Hikawa Kiyoshi has a massive fan following and the talent to keep it. Like Jero, he's popular with both young people and elderly, but I think his fanbase tends to lean more towards the older folks. I personally think he's pretty cute...
4. Recommended songs: Kiyoshi no Zundoko Bushi (きよしのズンドコ節) was passed onto me by a friend. At first I thought this was made in the 70s because of the excessive disco ball usage and charmingly comic side stories in the video, but it's much more recent than that. And catchy. Very catchy. I also like Kiyoshi no Soran Bushi (きよしのソーラン節). Something about it sounds more Chinese than Japanese. I think it's the instruments used in the song. The brass is definitely Japanese, but the deep drum in the chorus and the flute remind me more of China, like Peking opera-ish or something. I don't know...maybe I'm completely wrong and just going crazy. sweatdrop

Kiyoshi no Zundoko Bushi
Kiyoshi no Soran Bushi

[The Guvnah]

1. Artist/Group Name: TETRA FANG
2. Type of music/Genre: Rock
3. Summary of the band: Limited-talent band created for the Kamen Rider KIVA sound track. Incredible vocalist Seto Koji backed by incredible musicians.
4. Recommended songs: Individual System, Supernova

[Jamesvzfighter]

1. Dragon Ash
2. Type of music/Genre: JROCK
3. Summary of the band: Kenji Furuya
Ikuzo Baba
Makoto Sakurai
Bots
Hiroki
Atsushi
Dri-V
4. Recommended songs: Few Lights Till Night
its the best i have heard ever..