Powered by Max Banner Ads 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 u...

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...

This December will mark the 10 year anniversary of singer Kumi Koda (27). To celebrate the occasion she will release her first Best Live DVD on 7/20. The DVD will be “KODA KUMI 10th Anniversary BEST LIVE DVD BOX.” The anniversary box will include 15 songs cut from different lives that she’s done since 2005 to now. Also included will be a 40 minute history document and Kumi with no mak...

PUFFY are heading out on their “PUFFY TOUR 2010 Gekidan Asesu Hataage Kouen ‘Kani to Tomoni Sarinu’”, starting at SHIBUYA-AX and as an addition to this, two performances in Hong Kong and Taiwan have also been scheduled! Their last performance in Hong Kong has been about eleven years ago in 1999, and their last performance in Taiwan was already in 1998 when they held a live...

This January actress Eikura Nana (22) starred in “Naka nai to Kimeta Hi”, Fuji TV’s drama series centered around bullying among office workers, and today it was announced that the story will continue in a special called “Zettai Naka nai to Kimeta Hi ~Kinkyuu Special~” this summer. Eikura plays a new employee who tries her best not to lose against all the bullying she...

The collaboration group “TTL”, combined by South Korean 6-man dance&vocal unit “Choshinsei” and 6-girl unit “T-ara” held a live concert in Yokohama BLITZ on June 3rd. 1000 audience, who were chosen by lottery, were intoxicated by their performance. It was the first live in Japan of TTL, who have been talked about with their appearance in the CM of chain res...

It has been announced that the GazettE made a sudden move into Sony Music Records, where as their first act will be the release of their single “SHIVER”, scheduled for July 21st. Moreover, the song will be used as the opening theme song for the sequel of popular anime “Kuroshitsuji II” also going on air from July. Right after the release of the new single, the GazettE will...

Last week, AKB48 released their 16th major label single, “Ponytail to Chouchou.” They proved their popularity once again, taking #1 with 513,000 copies sold. This is the first single by a female group to break half a million in opening week sales since Morning Musume’s “Renai Revolution 21″ in 2000 (515,000 copies), and the first by a female artist since Hikaru Utada...

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...

On June 30th Ueno Juri will be releasing her 3rd single “Egao no Hana” whereas she challenged the song writing and lyrics herself this time. “It is a song where I wanted to write about my own bad sides and the splendid sides of everyone.”, she said, while the experience from her work will be represented by a “flower” metaphorically. “Even as there might b...