R&B vocalist Shimizu Shota has announced the release of his third album, “COLORS,” on March 9th.
The album will include his hit singles such as “GOODBYE,” “Kimi ga Kurasu Machi,” and “YOU&I.” It will also include covers such as the Ozaki Yutaka song “Forget-me-not” and his track from the “m-flo TRIBUTE ~maison de m-flo~” album, “let go.” It will even feature …
For the past few months, rock group UVERworld has been taking a well deserved break, but the band has just announced their first release of 2011; a currently untitled single due out on March 9th.
Although no track information has been revealed yet, the single will mark an important step in the band’s career. Not only is it the first single …
Actress-turned-singer Kitano Kii has announced that she will be releasing her first album, as of now untitled, on March 23rd.
Her debut album will compile all the singles she has released to this point, including “Sakura Saku,” “Hanataba,” and “Kizuna.” The album will be available in limited edition first print versions as well as CD regular. The limited editions will come …
Rock group GOING UNDER GROUND has announced that they will be releasing their new album “Inagawa-kun” on April 6th.
Around two years have passed since the release of their last album, “LUCKY STAR.” “Inagawa-kun” will collect their singles since that release, including “LISTEN TO THE STEREO!!” and “LONG WAY TO GO” for a total of ten tracks. The album also marks …
The guest lineup for the February 6th episode of NHK’s “MUSIC JAPAN” have been announced. This time around the performers will be jealkb, SCANDAL, s/mileage, Tohoshinki, and Yuzu, for a total of five artists.
Tohoshinki fans will be happy to see Changmin and Yunho return to the show after a long absence. There will also be a studio live talk corner …
Hip-hop duo HALCALI will be dropping their new mini album “TOKYO CONNECTION” on February 9th and recently they’ve announced that they will be holding a special in-store event at the Shibuya Tower Records for the album on February 13th.
The event will take place the day before Valentine’s Day. HALCALI will focus on performing their newly recorded songs from the mini …
Punk band DOPING PANDA recently announced their return to the music scene with a new album, “YELLOW FUNK.” Now the band has revealed that they will also be starting a nationwide tour, called “YELLOW FUNK TOUR 2011“, in April to help promote the release.
This tour will be the first nationwide tour in about two years for the band. …
Pop duo DREAMS COME TRUE have announced that they will be holding a special summer tour called, “Shijyou Saikyou no Idou Yuenchi DREAMS COME TRUE WONDERLAND 2011.”
The tour will kick off in Hokkaido at the Sapporo Dome on July 24th, and from there it will move on to Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, and Okinawa. They have scheduled a total of 11 …
Hip-hop duo Hilcrhyme has announced that they will be releasing their first ever video clip collection, “Hilcrhyme Theater vol. 1“, on February 23rd.
The DVD will feature the PVs for such songs as “Shunkashuutou” and “Daijoubu“, as well as other videos for their singles. Also included will be the previously unreleased video for “Shampoo” from their new album, “MESSAGE“, …
On February 23rd, dance / rock band BOOM BOOM SATELLITES will release their live CD + DVD collection “EXPERIENCED,” and recently they’ve revealed the full track list for the compilation.
The live audio and video was taken from the nationwide tour BOOM BOOM SATELLITES conducted last fall, “JAPAN TOUR 2010 2nd STAGE.” For the release, the band recorded their tour stop …
Popular rock band Spitz has announced their nationwide concert tour, “SPITZ JAMBOREE TOUR ‘Togemaru 2011′,” will kick off in March. To make the announcement even better, they have also revealed that they will feature as special guests at their April 28th BAY5SQUARE show; Chatmonchy!
They will be a special guest on the tour for just the Kouchi . The …
As we announced previously, rock band the GazettE will have a very exciting release day on March 23rd when they simultaneously drop their concert DVD, “TOUR 10 NAMELESS LIBERTY SIX BULLETS FINAL THE NAMELESS LIBERTY“, as well as their upcoming best album, “TRACES BEST OF 2005-2009.” After teasing for a month, the group has finally revealed more …
We previously mentioned that rapper KREVA would be releasing his new single, “Idome,” on February 16th. Now the MC has revealed that his previous group of KICK THE CAN CREW will be reuniting for one of the coupling tracks on the single.
KICK THE CAN CREW was a popular hip-hop unit that consisted of KREVA, MCU, and LITTLE, but they …
Yesterday on January 25th, Avex idol group SUPER☆GiRLS members Yasaka Saori, Shimura Rika, Kanou Kaede, Arai Reira, Tanaka Mirei, and Maeshima Ami attended the “Toy Forum 2011” to present a special collaboration project with the Tomy Fashion Doll “Jenny.”
This year was the 25th anniversary for the “Jenny” doll and Tomy decided that 2011 would host the new fashion theme of …
Hip-hop group RIP SLYME teased the possibility of a new album when they were finishing their tour back in 2010, but now that possibility has turned into reality as they’ve officially announced that the album, “STAR,” will hit store shelves on March 2nd.
Although the group has been active for the past two years they have mostly been releasing best …
