Music Recommendation

November 17th, 2025

I plan to update this list every year. It contains the (subset of) music I listened intensively to that year.

2025

Artists

• Downt

Albums

• Underlight & Aftertime – Downt (2024)
• 渦になる (Uzi ni naru) – きのこ帝国 (Kinoko Teitoku) (2012)
• 結束バンド (Kessoku band) – 結束バンド (Kessoku band) (2022)
• Osm – 水中スピカ (Suichu Spica) (2022)

Songs

• 花 (Flower) (A nursery rhyme)
  • This page explains its references to The Tale of Genji, The Pillow Book, and Su Shi
• 転がる岩、君に朝が降る (Rockn’ Roll, Morning Light Falls on You) – ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
  • Kessoku band’s cover in D Major instead of B Major for female vocal
• 八月、某、月明かり (August, A Certain Place, Moonlight) – Yorushika
• Goalkeeper – Chinese Football
• Peace Piece – Bill Evans
• Fujiyama – Dave Brubeck

2024

Artists

• Zutomayo

Albums

• ぐされ (Gusare) – Zutomayo (2021)
• ISLAND – Toconoma (2024)
• 迷跡波 (Meisekiha) – MyGO!!!!!
• Spectre – Blu-Swing (2023)

Songs

• Dear. Mr 「F」 – Zutomayo
• 朧月夜 (Hazy Moonlit Light) (A nursery rhyme)
• Symbol IV: Earth – Ave Mujica
• SONNY BOY RHAPSODY – toe

Songs Not Subject to Years (Incomplete List)

• Collection of Japanese nursery rhymes (covered by Koreans!)
• 春日影 (MyGO!!!!! Ver.) (Spring Sunglight) – MyGO!!!!!
• One more time, one more chance – Masayoshi Yamazaki
• 丸の内サディスティック (Marunouchi Sadistic) – Ringo Sheena
• 卒業 (Graduation) – Yuki Saito
• 詩歌舞街 (Sycamore Street) – My Little Airport
• 苦瓜 (Bitter Gourd) – Eason Chan
• Payphone – Maroon 5
• Hello Seattle – Owl City