While the Oricon charts tend to look more or less the same (perhaps a little worse) year in year out, the indie scene remains a haven of small delights, with new discoveries constantly cropping up to brighten your day. Here are five discoveries from 2013 that would be well worth keeping an eye out for next year:
DYGL
Jangly guitar pop proliferated the indie scene in 2013, with excellent releases from Osaka's Wallflower, Fukuoka's Hearsays (see below) and Kyoto's Homecomings. Tokyo's finest proponents of the form were DYGL (pronounced "Day-Glo"), whose passionate, energetic, raw performances blew minds and broke hearts wherever they played.
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