Monthly Listening: March 2020
A quick round-up of the month's best finds, featuring Foodman, Haru Nemuri, Kaela Kimura and more
Hi! This is the Monthly Listening portion of the This Side of Japan newsletter, where I run down some of my favorite Japanese albums I checked out every month. You can check out January and February’s here.
Hope everyone’s hanging in there. March went into an unpredictable direction week after week, but there’s thankfully music to get us over. Here are some albums that I enjoyed this past month, and I hope I can at least provide some nice tunes to pass the time during these weird times.
Here is also March’s playlist full of singles and choice album cuts that I culled from this month. Happy listening!
Kono Keshiki Mo Kohete by 5lack | rap / hip hop
► “Who Said It” ft. Senninshou
Matousic by Anna Takeuchi | pop / funk-lite
► “B.M.B.”
Mirrors by Ayami Muto | pop
► “Amane”
Rock by Bed In | idol / ‘80s rock
► “We Are BED IN”
Dokutsu EP by Foodman | techno
► “Oshiro”
Lovetheism by Haru Nemuri | rock / pop
► “Riot”
Sparkle by Iri | pop / R&B
► “Sparkle”
Teen Teen Teen by KALMA | indie rock
► “Kore De Iinda”
Jura by Kamisama Club | pop
► “Ordinary Love”
Zig Zag EP by Kaela Kimura | pop / rock / hip hop
► “Toki No Hari ~Aishitemo Anataga Tookunaruno~”
!magination by Lucky Kilimanjaro | pop / house
Read more about the album in issue #6
Tsuranatte Odoriva by Mashinomi | pop
30 by YeYe | pop
Surpriser by You’ll Melt More! | idol / pop
► “Surpriser!”
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