LINKS

MUSIC COMMUNITY

• SOUND OF JAPAN – News of every japanese music category.
• TOKYO COOLEST SOUND – The good, Japanese music news, directly from Tokyo.
• Tokyo Gig Guide – User-contributed list of upcoming shows in Tokyo. A must for those in town!
• NIPPOP – Tons of information about hundreds of Japanese artists.
• JAPAAN – Artistic agency presenting Japanese contemporary creativity (music, dance, media arts, performance).
• last.fm – Wanna dig into music category deeply? This is the answer.
• AllMusic – Another choice for digging the artist.
• 8tracks – Very great application and website for discovering new good music.
• Japan Indie String (Thai FB Page) – Japanese Indie Music for Thai Listener.
• Rutube – A place to find some mv.

BLOG

• NEOJAPONISME – Very deeply contemporary Japanese culture.
• Mangakissa – Thai blogger who knows things about Japanese culture.
• Steelberry clones – Electronic music lab.
• SYNC MUSIC JAPAN – All category of Japanese music information.

OTHER

• KOKOROMOI (JPN) – Graphic Designer who design CD packaging for Escalator Record JPN.
• VOID SPACE (Thai FB Page) – A shop that sell many good stuffs like Sunglasses. The owner is Thai indie music artist.
• Shibuya246 – Japan : People, Places and Products.

 LABELS

JAPAN

• Readymade Records by Konishi Yasuharu , the leader of Pizzicato Five.
• Readymade International
• Columbia Records
• Columbia-Readymade
• Biglove Records A.K.A. Escalator Records on the past.
• Matador Records

USA (NEW YORK)

• Matador Records

THAI

• Smallroom – The most well-known Thai indie music label.
• Kitshcat – Group of artists who make electronic pop music. (Cyndi Seui, Yuri’s Nominee)
• Panda Records – Indie label which have many interesting various genre. (Stylish Nonsense)
• SO ON Dryflower – Indie label that focus on Post Rock & Ambient music.
• Believe Records – Indie pop label.
• LOVEiS – This is the rebirth of Bakery Music ( ’90-’00 Thai indies)
• DOJOCITY – A legendary of Thai indie idol pop music label.
• GMM GRAMMY – Thai mainstream music label.
• RS Promotion – Another Thai mainstream music label. Focusing on idol music than Grammy.
• Kamikaze – Rebirth of DOJOCITY in mainstream version.

HONG KONG

• Harbour Records – Very great indies from Hong Kong (My Little Airport)