It’s already halfway past 2011, and since I started it last year, I need to continue it. This time it’s my third sampler, and the first one for this year. In this sampler I provide you with 20 songs of various indie releases I enjoyed that were released in the last 6 months. A wide [...]
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.
ナオミーポコ (naomi-poco), the solo-project of pezite’s vocalist ナオミ (naomi), has finally opened her MySpace-page. It’s been an empty link for a long time on her official homepage, but now it finally links to a page on which we can listen to three samples of her upcoming album アダムとロビィ which will be released on March 16. [...]
As if seven members weren’t enough already, NATSUMEN has announced they added another member to their line-up. 野村卓史 (Nomura Takashi) of グッドラックヘイワ (Good Luck Heiwa) has been officially added to the ranks of NATSUMEN. The keyboard-player already played with the band during their shows in December. Fans of NATSUMEN living in Canada, keep an eye [...]
Jazz-rock band 8-eit has announced they will be releasing 3 new maxi-singles between April and June. The first one will be released on April 13 and will be called My Bullet. The other two, which aren’t yet named, will be available starting May 11 and June 22. They have become rather busy since releasing their [...]
pezite’s vocalist ナオミ (naomi) has announced she will release her first solo-album. As ナオミーポコ (naomi-poco) she will release アダムとロビィ on March 16 which will go on sale for 2100 yen. Further details or samples aren’t provided yet but judging her background, this release will certainly have jazz-influences. According to her homepage she will be releasing [...]
Jazz-rock band 甲殻類 (koukakurui) has announced they will be releasing a new album on February 25, 2011. So far only the title of the album has been made official. 明日を will be the bands third release, after their debut album 美しき赤 in March 2010, and the live-only single 天下布武 in June this year.
グッドラックヘイワ (goodluckheiwa) has announced that they’re going on a hiatus. The reason for this pause is that they are out of ideas for new songs. They just want to take their time and explore before making some new works again.
カゲロウ (kagero) has announced they will release a new album called SCREEN on September 8. The album will consist of 19 (!) tracks, which we all already might know, since they will be jazz-covers of famous movie-soundtracks. Some movies that will be featured are Austin Powers, Star Wars, James Bond, Rocky and Jaws to name [...]
After touring Europe in March this year, the jazz/post-rock trio Mouse on the Keys will come again to France and Germany, but will also visit the Czech Republic and will cross the North Sea to the United Kingdom. A total of 10 shows are confirmed to date between September 30 and October 13.
