Jpop: Czecho No Republic - Dream Beach Sunset

The return of Czecho No Republic this year is playful and joyous electronic, best represented with their "Dream Beach Sunset". All the big and small sounds are just great, it's like a pokemon hunt trying to find them all. ;-)

• Czecho No Republic - Dream Beach Sunset
• Czecho No Republic - Forever Dreaming
• Czecho No Republic - Electric Girl

Jpop: Top ten of the 4th quarter of 2014

A little more rock and indie music than usual these last three months of 2014, and maybe because of that, all the more interesting.

10. Who the bitch - Tokio. I liked the sound of this rock/pop track.

9. Crossfaith - Madness. The popular heavy metal band didn't create a new hit with Madness, but is still interesting.

8. Czecho No Republic - Oh Yeah!!!!!!!. Somehow a very likable trio that makes me happy.

7. Oresama - Ookami Heart. Very pleasing video and a retro sound to match.

6. Sakanaction - Lotus flower. The weaker of the two new releases (due to a getting a bit repetitive) from Sakanaction is still a great song.

5. World Order - Information Empire. Love their dance performance antics as usual.

4. Sakay Yu - Headphone Girl. A refrain that sticks, and Sakai really managed to follow up on his Summer Again.

3. D-Lite - Naruba Gwisun. Daesun from kpop stars Big Bang makes a really, really remake of one of his catchy trot songs for the japanese market.

2. One Ok Rock - Mighty Long Fall. This is one of those few japanese songs that actually could be played outside Japan without it being extraordinary, as the song is in english and the sound is international rock.

1. Sakanaction - Sayonara wa Emotion. Sober and still gentle, melancolic and yet hopeful, this song is the epitome and essence of what Sakanaction is.

Jpop: Czecho No Republic - Oh Yeah!!!!!!!

Nerdy trio Czecho No Republic gives us swingy up-tempopop in "Oh Yeah!!!!!!!", making me happy happy.

• Czecho No Republic - Oh Yeah!!!!!!!

Jpop: Czecho No Republic - No Way

From their new album Mantle, Czecho No Republic releases the video No Way, which has an even more well-polished soft sound than before, maybe even bordering on to romantic somehow. But it is quite summery anyway and who cares if it is a predictable indie sound, when it is as nice as this. ;-)

• Czecho No Republic - No Way

Jpop: Czecho No Republic(チェコ・ノー・リパブリック)

The group started of in 2010 with good reviews from the start, and with the new singer Mai Takahashi (starting with "Fine Day") they got even better I think. They got all the signs of a "real" indie band with all the inherent nerdiness and happy-ironic stances that comes with it. (^_^)

• Czecho No Republic - Music
• Czecho No Republic - No Way
• Czecho No Republic - Oh Yeah!!!!!!
• Czecho No Republic - Dream Beach Sunset
• Czecho No Republic - Fine Day (ファインデイ)
• Czecho No Republic - Rainbow (レインボー)
• Czecho No Republic - Neverland (ネバーランド)
• Czecho No Republic - Festival
• Czecho No Republic - Massachusetts(マサチューセッツ)