Just two weeks prior to their Canadian tour (Next Music From Tokyo Vol. 3), NATSUMEN has announced they’ll release a new album. Fracture will be their fifth album after almost three years of silence after releasing Endless Summer Record. The new album will be out on September 28. A tracklist hasn’t been made official yet.
What a busy month. Almost had no time to listen to new music thoroughly, but yet I received a shitload of new albums this week. For some releases I anticipated, I had no time to listen to it, yet others completely took me by surprise. For example, I didn’t have any chance to really listen [...]
Finally a new milestone on my queeste in Japanese music. Today I reached the magic number of 500 official release in my possession. With my latest Jet Set-order, which had eight discs instead of the seven I ordered (I received one omnibus for free from kore records ) I reached a total of 502 releases, [...]
Alternative rock-band SuiseiNoboAz has announced they’re currently working a new album. THE (OVERUSED) END OF THE WORLD and I MISS YOU MUH-FUH (yeah, that’s the title) will be released on 6 July, and contains 11 tracks. One of those tracks, shoegazer, already has been featured on the 36.5℃ compilation album. A cover hasn’t been made [...]
THEラブ人間 (THE LOVE NINGEN) is one of those bands that is gaining more and more fans by the minute. I discovered them about a year ago when I purchased the split-tape they did with ひらくドア (HE LUCK DOOR), and loved their tracks more than the ones by ひらくドア. So I soon after ordered their 2nd [...]
Sad news from Japan today. Kulu Kulu Garden has decided to break up. The band originally formed in 2006, and after a long debate, the band has decided to hold their last live next Sunday, on May 15. It’s hard to put the band in specific genre as they mix multiple genres intoo one mix, [...]
I don’t know if it just went completely passed me, or it is just a recent trend. I know the Japanese music-scene is large but I keep on seeing the same names everywhere. Hisayo for example. I first heard of her when I listened to tokyo pinsalocks. Not long after that she also became the [...]
Garage rockband PONTIACS have released the promotional videoclip for their upcoming single Cold Finger Girl. The single, that will go on sale on May 25 contains 4 brand new songs and is their first single after their debut album Galaxy Head Meeting from June 2010.
