Kimi no Na wa. (Your Name.) RADWIMPS | en

Radwimps is a Japanese rock band that formed in their first year of highschool in 2001 in Kanagawa, Japan. They play an eccentric mix of rock, punk, funk and jazz. The band achieved great commercial success in 2006 with their album Radwimps 4: Okazu no Gohan, and are best known for their later singles "Order Made" (2008) and "Dada" (2011), both of which hit number one on Oricon's single charts. The five original members had been friends since middle school. Vocalist Yojiro Noda first became interested in music after hearing Oasis in middle school, when he would try to remember...

Kimika (or "k i m ika") from Montreal, Canada plays epic post-rock / shoegaze. http://www.myspace.com/kimikaband .

From the artist: The story of Kimito Lopez begins in Oslo, Norway. His early interests were nothing along the lines of smoke-filled inner-city dance floors, but rather on the football pitch or on the ice, firing pucks. His defining passion however, surfaced when Kimito found his love for electronic music, brought to life by the now classic, late 90s trance compilations such as Magik and Forbidden Paradise. Ice-skates and football jerseys were put in the closet, and melodic trance was blasting from his bedroom speakers. After loving the music and its captivating soundsphere for years, turntables were brought into the...