The pillows are an awesome band..
There are 2 FLCL soundtracks full of their music, but i've had a hard time tracking down their other stuff.. did you have any CD's or anything
kod?
Anime soundtracks are a good way to start listening to japanese music if you like ballads, compositions and guitar rock. They aren't that hard to track down, and you are already interested in the anime and are familiar with some of the songs..
A good yahoo group i belong too is here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soundl...guid=117206829
it's a community all about japanese music, from folk, to jpop..