Powered by Max Banner Ads  On September 3rd, popular band Arashi held a concert at the National Stadium in Tokyo amidst violent rain and strong winds. For the opening performance, the members had planned to fly on wires approximately 50 meters high. However, this was inevitably cancelled out of consideration for the members’ safety. Consequently, the boys appeared from underneath ...

Eel is back again with an all-new genre shattering DIY electro album to kick off 2011! For Common People is the brand new, full-length album from the eclectic, unpredictable and always loveable Eel. For over ten years the group has been releasing their own brand of whispering techno-pop, energetic bossa grooves and stylish background music. Gradually they’ve evolved into a more up-front experime...

HearJapan is teaming up with glitch label PROGRESSIVE FOrM to bring Japan’s finest micro music makers to the rest of the world. PROGRESSIVE FOrM is a label that specializes in minimal, atmospheric glitch music. While that might make it sound cold and brooding, there is actually a lot of life in the work created by its impressive roster of artists. Their sounds are crafted with a level of det...

That’s right! There is another bunch of Japanese bands heading over to Canada this fall. In just three months you will have an opportunity to see four of the best bands in Tokyo’s underground scene. 1st off there is the HearJapan favorite, sgt., a post rock band with elegant violins. Listen to their samples and check out a Live Report from last year. Next up is MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS. Th...

I just got this press release today. It looks promising. HearJapan remix contest with Denkitribe Yokohama, Japan – August 9th, 2010 – HearJapan is teaming up with one of YouTube’s biggest stars to give you the tools to be the next big sensation! M4TC: Derived is the debut album from Denkitribe, the 30th most subscribed Japanese musician on YouTube. A master of electronic music making...

It’s been 10 years since Koda Kumi’s debut and on her new single “Gossip Candy”, which will be released on July 7th two very special songs are recorded. “Inside Fishbowl” and “Outside Fishbowl” are two songs with the same melody, yet the musical intervals and the lyrics are very different. At first the song was meant to be the title track, yet, befor...

R&B sensation JASMINE has released the PV for her new power ballad,Dreamin’. Shedding her usually colorful concept, JASMINE went for a more angelic, softer look. It’s great to hear this songbird showing off her vocals. [vsw id="pRRqPXvjcUs&" source="youtube" width="425" height="344" autoplay="no"] ...

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Just like the Japanese Pop Diva always does, she is set to release her 11th studio album with style! She continues to suprise the senses and tease our ears with her flowing voice and rythmic pulsating electro-pop beats. Hamasaki Ayumi is dropping both her ARENA TOUR 2009 A – NEXT LEVEL – concert DVD and her brand-new album Rock’n'Roll Circus on the same day! Continuing the diva&#...

AKB48 Just when you think that you have seen it all… you haven’t… This is not new news… but it is still something to make you wonder at the ideas that some people come up with… Japan has a 48 member girl Jpop girl group on the market. They have a millitary feel to them and has a type of Janet Jackson Rythem Nation feel to it. You can buy the DVD of thier performance b...