J-Pop Artist of the Week #76 [Alternative Rock/Experimental Rock] - Nico Touches the Walls (Oct. 28th - Nov. 3rd)

[Mandilinn]

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This Week's Artist:

Nico Touches the Walls

 

 

Nico Touches the Walls is a rock band signed to Ki/oon Records under Sony Music Entertainment. They were formed in 2004 and won the Lotte Prize at the Yamaha Teen Music Festival later in the same year. The band's success picked up and they made their indie debut in 2006 with two mini albums. In 2007 they signed a deal with Sony and Ki/oon Records, releasing their major debut mini albums "Eden" and "How Are You?". They performed at the famous Nippon Bukodan for the first time in 2010 and again in 2011 during a split tour with the band Flumpool.

 

 

Music

 

(My Sweet) Eden (Indies)

THE BUNGY

Broken Youth

Hologram

Kakera -Subete no Omoi-tachi e-

Diver

Te wo Tatake

Yume Ichi Gou

Mr. ECHO

Niwaka Ame ni mo Makezu

Rawhide

Tenchi Gaeshi

 

Recent Releases

 

 [single] TOKYO Dreamer

Release Date: August 20th, 2014

Editions: CD+DVD, CD-Only

 

 

http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/NICO-Touches-the-Walls---TOKYO-Dreamer/e40c180aefa2f58f04d7602636284c4f

 

<Tracklist> 

 

1. TOKYO Dreamer

2. Bakemono

3. Kimi wa Boku no Mono

 

Websites and Social Media

 

Official Website

Official Sony Website

Official Blog

Official Twitter

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[Ryusenkai]

Overall great band that has some surprisingly solid songs in their back catalog given that they tend to be used as an 'anime band' a lot.  Always worth keeping an eye on.

[Mr. Taxi]

Yes, my other suggestion. My favorite band.

[MomoMoon115]

omg yes! Mandi i love you ~

[grey-kun]

I'm a huge fan of them.

Great band indeed.

I hope the'll be able to rise as a band even more.

[Darkumbra]

I've been getting into them more recently. Pretty cool band~ 

[eplizo]

loveeeee them

[Get The Job Done]

I really like these guys. The lead singer can really sing

[pk@fire]

Pretty cool stuff!