With the summer fill days of 2022 behind us and the cool fall winds upon us that means a brand new Ongaku Go is also with us. We at OTY would like our readers to know what was filling our ears for the past month. Each track is available across all digital music streaming platforms with Apple Music featured on this site.

“Kimi To Dokomademo” by Shin Aoyama

I'm sad that I didn’t find out about Aoyama sooner as I had absolutely loved his style and cadence and is a worthy successor to the young Enka name. While I'm somewhat new to the male Enka artist pool as Midori Oka had originally turned me on to the genre beforehand, Aoyama has this grip that really left an impression on me that no older male artist had before. The way he holds notes entices me to listen to more of his work. Although he has no traditional albums yet in his young career, I can't wait to see what the future has in store for him.

Be sure to check out the lyric video below along with the track here!

“Low Pressure” by Natsu Summer and ryosenkei

I had missed my time with Natsu Summer, especially throughout this year of releases, but I soon rectified that with the SUN KISSED LADY collaboration album done by her and the band ryusenkei. While this is the first time I had listened to work done by the band, they really had brought out the full range of Summer and really made me fall in love with her all over again. Low Pressure Boy was one of the tracks that really had stood out to me the most out of the whole album as it has this child like delight of its outlook of summer beats and just took me on a ride that i can never forget. The keyboard on this piece in particular is absolutely fantastic and should be noted upon. While this is a collaborative effort on both parties, Low Pressure Boy made me love Natsu Summer even more and turned me into a fan of ryusenkei as well.

Check out the extended trailer for SUN KISSED LADY below along with track here!

“HAVE A NICE DAY” by TENDRE

While 2022 has been a slow year for one of my favorite artist, TENDRE's latest release of “HAVE A NICE DAY” had really reconfirmed why I ended up becoming a fan of him in the first place. Out of this world composition with honestly the best use of sax done by him since “LIFE” back in 2020. The way that TENDRE is able to implement his vocals in this piece is also something of note as it just blends at all the right moments and gives the listeners the ability to just drift away in his work. Overall, if we don't get too much released by TENDRE for the rest of 2022, I'll be happy to just plug “HAVE A NICE DAY” into my Top 5 for the year easily.

Be sure to check out the music video for “HAVE A NICE DAY” below, along with the song here!

“Shower” by chilldspot

Speaking of tracks that listeners are able to get lost too, chilldspot is just one of those rare bands that I just keep finding that scratches that itch for me. Vocalist Hiyune is an absolute amazing vocalist and I honestly can't wait to see what this band has in store for the future. The composition is one that I'll never forget and I just had to put into my rotations because of it. The 80's style of guitar pedal that they were using was fantastic and would love to hear this in a lot more tracks.

Check out the music video for “Shower” below, along with the track here!

“Whiskey” by AVOCADO BOYS

This band is something of an enigma to me as they really bring that old style funk with a Japanese flair. A majority of their songs are done in English, and has that uniqueness of just being like a large swing/funk band. While purist might think they are not doing anything new per-say, the building blocks to other artists in that similar genre is there, and that’s one of thing that I absolutely love that you can be able from them to branch into new and amazing things that some listeners might not be able to before. “Whiskey” really brings that zest that you hear in songs similar in the genre and makes it more appealing to the broader audience which is a good thing overall. While I do hope to do a full blown Music Corner about them soon enough, this little taste is all I need to be high on them.

Check out the lyric video below along with the track here!

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