Nagoya is the biggest city in Aichi Prefecture and has a population of well over 2 million, so there is no way an article like this can hope to capture the full depth of its musical talent. However, here are a few bands that are well worth checking out.
While Budo Grape has tended to gain most of the plaudits as Nagoya's premier purveyor of synthetic pop sounds, technopop duo Tika-Tika (pronounced "chika-chika") is arguably the city's finest exponent, with its strictly electronic arrangements, immaculately presented, emotionless yet candy-sweet vocals, and captivating assortment of blips, bleeps and lo-fi, retro-futurist synth buzz.
Fans of loud, chaotic, hardcore/jazz hybrid junk noise might want to check out The Act We Act. Actually hailing from nearby Toyota, the group's music combines frantic guitar feedback and squalls of jittery sax with thundering, pounding drums, making the industrial clank and grind of the nearby car factories seem positively pastoral in comparison.