Music Recommendation 2025

November 17th, 2025

The (subset of) music I listened intensively to in 2025.

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)
• From Left to Right – Bill Evans (1971)

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
• “Thank You, My Twilight” – The Pillows
• “Goalkeeper” – Chinese Football
• “Peace Piece” – Bill Evans
• “Fujiyama” – Dave Brubeck
• “椰子の実 (Coconut)” (A nursery rhyme)