joshsolberg wrote:There's this band I saw called DMBQ. Don't know if they have recordings, or if any recordings that they have are any good, but they were pretty outstanding live.

I passed up a chance to see these guys unfortunately. They are very good and I know Aquarius Records has a bunch of stuff of theirs in stock.
http://www.aquariusrecords.org/

Korekyojin - an avant-hard power-trio featuring Yoshida of Ruins, Nasuno of Ground Zero and Kido of Bondage Fruit...

Boris - Thoroughly great psych/heavy rock, lots of album length songs and the like. Their output is really varied stylistically though, so it's probably wise to try before you buy. Aquarius carries most of their in print stuff, and has soundclips etc.

If you like Ruins, do a quick search for 'Magaibitsu' - it's a label run by Tetsuya Yoshida and covers all of his Ruins work and a multitude of other projects.

Ditto most of the other stuff mentioned in previous posts - especially the mighty Boredoms.

However, my personal faves are Pop-Off Tuesday. Very psychedelic, off kilter, cut-up based stuff with woozy japan pop melodies. They release on Pickled Egg records in the UK but may have other deals in other countries.

Two Words:
Bathtub Shitter.

There's a band called 54-71, that Bob Weston recorded, I believe; has played the Empty Bottle a few times over the years. I also recommend, NumberGirl, who has played the Fireside a few times and records with Dave Fridmann of Mercury Rev, but has since broken up..and then Zazen Boys who is fronted by the same guy that used to front NumberGirl. Bloodthirsty Butchers is another pretty good band..and then the mellow bands like Clammbon, Polaris, Kicell are great too!!

on the same label as my band ( http://www.cuneiformrecords.com
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there is a japan band that is really exellent : happy familly
for the zeuhl fan

In addition to the stuff that's already been mentioned, there's a band called Missile Girl Scoot that are just preposterous. They kinda sound like the Japanese version of nu-metal, but funnier, and with two girl vocalists.

Anyone heard UFO or Die, one of the Bordeoms, Eye's other bands?

cprlcoffee wrote:Two Words:
Bathtub Shitter.

for real

NP: "Lifetime Shitlist"