F4 is flying high once more. Jerry Yan, Vanness Wu, Ken Chu, and Vic Chou finally released their brand new album Waiting For You to the delight of their fans in December 2007. The foursome's sounds rise once more in the soundtrack to the Taiwanese TV drama Wish to See You Again. In this drama, Vic Chou stars as a young author whose strange behavior is mistaken as a suicide attempt by a new ...

Three girls with one sound, Perfume returns with their second album. The trio finished 2007 with a blast, sending their fifth single Polyrhythm to Oricon's No. 7 spot. Now they are ready to continue the magic in 2008 with their second full-length release. Game features more works that came to life in collaboration with capsule's DJ Nakata Yasukata. This time the album contains 14 tracks...

After a quiet 2007, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION brings back the music for their fourth full-length album World World World. This time the popular band takes as inspiration the musing theme of "e;the world"e;, which is quite appropriate since AKG's pop rock sound is about as universally appealing as J-rock gets. Their new album comes with 13 tracks, kicking off with the title number Worl...

Taiwanese singer-songwriter duo Awaking emerges from their two-year slumber with a brand new album of pop rock sounds. After signing with new label EMI, Wesley and Jay trucked off to the States for a month to work on their album, and they came back with No Money Still Be Happy. The album's songs reflect the duo's youthful energy and their hardships over the last two years, floating arou...

J-pop's latest NEWS. It's been almost 2 years since the Johnny's group NEWS released their debut album touch, which went all the way to the no. 1 spot on the Oricon charts. Now the stellar six-member group led by Yamashita Tomohisa is back to present their follow-up album, pacific, featuring 13 songs including the previous no. 1 singles TEPPEN and Hoshi wo Mezashite. Fans lo...

Epik High reached the peak of their career in 2007 with #1 hits like Fan and Love, Love, sweeping the 2007 Mnet Km Music Festival by taking home the Best Album and Best Hip Hop Album of the Year awards. Behind the success of Epik High stands multi-talented singer-songwriter Tablo. He pairs up with Pe2ny, an established producer in his own rights, to form the project team Eternal Morning and roll...

Gazette keeps their beat alive on the J-rock scene. Guren ("e;Red Lotus"e;) is the visual rock band's CM song contribution for jewelry brand Gem Cerey. By the way, the members of Gazette can also be seen in the said commercial. Published by Yes Asia USA Read more about Guren -Auditory Impression- (Japan Version) ...

Xiah, Micky, Hero, Max and U-Know, a.k.a. Dong Bang Shin Ki, are back with their third anticipated J-pop album. T their follow-up to March 2007's Five in the Black comes in the form of a double CD plus double DVD combo. CD 1 features the hits Summer Dream, Lovin' you, Together, and Purple Line plus the boys' version of last year's smash collaboration Last Angel with Koda Kumi....

Dong Bang Shin Ki has come a long way since their debut appearance during a 2003 Christmas showcase featuring Britney Spears and BoA. Now at the peak of their career, TVXQ's journey from humble beginnings to current international super stardom required years of hard work and perserverance. With impeccable harmony and exuberant stage personalities, the five boys ventured out of their comfor...

The boys from NEWS are back to treat fans to their follow-up to Hoshi wo Mezashite, which brought them another Oricon no. 1 hit. weeeek was penned and composed by the much-talked-about pop quartet GreeeeN and is also the CM song for Crymson/RUSS-K, a popular brand of stylish Western clothes in Japan. The boys' up-tempo rock sound instills listeners with upbeat cheer, bringing them the promis...