Good indie music in Asia✨
We often hear about the rise of indie rock in Asia, such as Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, but what about India🇮🇳? The F16s is based in Chennai, India, and is an admirer of The Voidz, led by Julian Casablancas, frontman of The Strokes. So there is a strange but good indie rock band in India! […]
What is “A-indie”?✨ A-indie ～Good indie music in Asia✨(ええインディー、アジアにあるで！)～ is a sister site of BELONG, a Japan-based music media. A(Asian)-indie is dedicated to presenting indie music from Japan and other Asian countries to the world. ～ええインディー、アジアにあるで！～ means in Japanese that there are good indie artists in Asia. About Asia🌏 Asia refers to 26 countries, including […]
A rock band from Brooklyn’s art scene that’s capturing attention not only in music but also in fashion: Sunflower Bean. What exactly is the 『Human Ceremony』that Sunflower Bean performs? And what kind of flower will bloom from the sunflower seeds planted while chanting the “abracadabra” spell? This article is a republication in English of the […]
One day, a demo arrived by email from an Okinawa-based unit calling themselves Hakubungou. The first question that came to mind was: who exactly is Hakubungou? A quick search turned up nothing at all. In an age when virtually everyone has at least one social media account, the complete absence of any online presence is […]
🌐 Hakubungou, whom we interviewed before, will have their 『Kousaten EP』 released on the BELONG Media and A-indie YouTube channel to mark its 10th anniversary ✨ This EP, originally released in September 2015, had been unavailable to listen to online for a long time due to various circumstances. Now, at the artist’s own request, it’s […]
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