Galileo Galilei announces first full album, “Parade”

Rock band Galileo Galilei has finally announced the release of their first full album, “Parade,” for February 16th.

The album comes almost a year after their major label debut, and they have been assembling tracks since then.  “Parade” will include songs such as their au “LISMO!” CM song, “Hamanasu no Hana,” their TV anime “Ookiku Furikabutte ~Natsu no Taikai-hen~” …


SEAMO announces new tour and single

SEAMO has announced his first single in 2011, “Yakusoku,” which will come out on March 23rd.  To top it all off, he will also be launching a nationwide tour in June.

The title of the single comes from a man’s thoughts on his friends and acquaintances and the chances of getting married, making this a wedding song.  The coupling …


serial TV drama announces official release for Wink cover

We previously announced that the rock group serial TV drama was working on a cover version of Wink’s 80’s classic, “Ai ga Tomaranai – Turn It Into Love-.”  The band has finally announced that their cover will get an official single release on March 2nd.

The song is a cover of the Wink Japanese adaptation of …


DOPING PANDA announces new album “YELLOW FUNK”

Punk band DOPING PANDA has announced that they will be releasing their new album “YELLOW FUNK” on March 16th.

This is the first album they put out since “decadence” almost two years ago.  The album will contain previously released tracks such as “anthem” and “MIRACLE,” but they will be rearranged.  “YELLOW FUNK” will have nine tracks on it, …


aiko reveals details and covers for her first “best compilation albums”

As previously announced, pop singer aiko will be releasing her first set of best compilation albums on February 23rd.  They will be titled “Matome I” and “Matome II,” and she has also revealed the contents and art from the album jacket.

The album will be available in a special first press edition, or “Shokai Gentei  Special BOX” version.  This version …


Amuro Namie announces new stadium tour

Hip-pop queen Amuro Namie has recently announced that she’ll hold a nationwide tour titled “namie amuro ARENA TOUR 2011,” for this summer and fall.

Last year Namie did a record breaking 80 tour stops on her “namie amuro PAST < FUTURE tour 2010.”  This year the tour will kick off on May 21st and 22nd at the Makuhari Messe Event Hall …


Unicorn creates official twitter account

Earlier today on January 21st, rock band Unicorn announced the creation of their own official twitter account.

The account is official and was listed on the Unicorn official website.  Unicorn even displayed their unique sense of humor in the slogan listed in their profile saying that in 2011 they would “somehow make it work.”  The account (@USAcorn) uses a …


mihimaru GT’s HIROKO announces second solo single, “Saigo no Koi”

HIROKO, the vocalist from hip-hop duo mihimaru GT, has just come off the release of her first solo single “GIRLZ UP ~stand up for yourself~“, but she’s already announced that she’ll be releasing another single on March 9th.

Titled “Saigo no Koi“, the single’s producer is none other than Jeff Miyahara, who is well-known for his R&B work with artists like Spontania, Kato Miliyah, …


Koda Kumi announces dates for “Koda Kumi Live Tour 2011 ~Dejavu~”

Koda Kumi will be dropping her new album “Deja Vu” on March 2nd and to help promote and celebrate the release, she has announced a nationwide hall tour that will take her all across Japan.

The tour, named ” Koda Kumi Live Tour 2011 ~Dejavu~” for the new album, will be her first nationwide hall tour in about …


Artists unite for second m-flo tribute album

It has been announced that a second m-flo tribute album, “m-flo TRIBUTE ~stitch the future and past~,” will be released on March 23rd.

The first tribute album, “m-flo TRIBUTE ~maison de m-flo~,”  was released back in September of 2009 and featured such artists as Aoyama Thelma, COMA-CHI, Nishino Kana, and Shimizu Shota.  This time around the album will feature AILI, Angelababy, …


AAA announce 5th anniversary DVD

AAA has revealed that they will be releasing a special two disc DVD titled “AAA 5th Anniversary LIVE 20100912 at Yokohama Arena” on March 16th.

The concert was held in Yokohama in September of last year.  It was a special live in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the idol group and a record breaking 12,000 fans attended …


Chatmonchy reveals details on their new album, “YOU MORE”

Female rock group Chatmonchy recently revealed that their new album “YOU MORE” will be released on March 23rd. In addition, the group has finally revealed some details on the track list.

The group revealed the title of the release on January 18th while being guests on the TOKYO FM program “SCHOOL OF LOCK!” in the corner “Chabobe LOCKS!“  “YOU MORE” …


Tokyo Idol Festival concerts to be released on DVD

It’s been announced that last year’s popular girl idol music festival, “Tokyo Idol Festival 2010,” will be getting a live compilation DVD release on February 9th.

The festival was held last August 7th through 8th at Shinagawa and hosted some of the top female idol groups.  Idoling, Vanilla Beans, Momoiro Clover, TOKYO GIRLS’ STYLE, Fudanjuku all performed and the festival …


TOKYO GIRLS’ STYLE reveals info and covers for “Love like candy floss”

Avex idols TOKYO GIRLS’ STYLE will be releasing their 5th single “Love like candy floss” on February 9th and earlier today they revealed the various cover art for the single.

The single is actually a cover of older vocal unit SweetS classic song from 2004.  So far, the idol group has been performing the number live and alao released a music …


MUCC kicks off European tour in Moscow

Rock band MUCC recently kicked off their European tour, “MUCC Tour 2011 ‘Chemical Parade’ in EURO,” on January 15th in Moscow, Russia.

The tour will traverse Europe and bring them to countries Russia, Finland, Hungary, Germany and France for a total of six performances in five different countries.  They held their opening night of the tour in Moscow, where they played …


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