Indie pop-rock band riddim saunter has announced that they will end all activities. They will hold their last live-show on September 3 in Nakano Sunplaza, of which the tickets will go on sale starting August 14. They have one more live on thursday 11 August, together with lo-fi pop-act HARVARD.
Jeepta has announced they are releasing their second album by the end of this year. リードオフマン (Lead-off Man) will be released on 5 October, but further details haven’t been announced yet. This will be their second major album, the first one being 革命エントランス (Kakumei Entrance), released in September last year.
The Japanese post-rock band toe has made public that their van, which was stuffed with equipment, was stolen last night. They’ve loaded the silver Toyota at 8 PM local time yesterday, and when they went back this morning, they’ve noticed that everything was gone. The total value of the missing equipment, including a Mac Pro [...]
平出規人 (Norihito Hiraide, on the far left) has announced he’ll be leaving OGRE YOU ASSHOLE. The bass-player has decided so because of musical differences. His last performance with the band will be during the ROCK IN JAPAN 2011-festival next month. The band will continue, and the nation-wide tour, which starts later this year, will go [...]
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.
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 [...]
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.
