Hilcrhyme announces first single of 2011, “Okubyouna Ookami”

Hilcrhyme recently released their second hit album, “ANSWER“, and this will be their first single since the album dropped.

The song is described as having a pop essence, but MC TOC will still show off his rap skills to put emphasis on the song’s message. Overall, it will be a new style for the duo.

The single will be …


DA PUMP’s ISSA and SoulJa team up for another single

DA PUMP member ISSA and R&B singer SoulJa have announced that they will be teaming up for another collaboration single, due out on March 9th.

So far the single is still untitled, but it will be available in CD+DVD  and regular versions.  This will be the second time the duo has worked together on a collaboration single, the first …


OGRE YOU ASSHOLE announced as opening act for MGMT Japan Tour

American rock band MGMT will be jetting off to Japan to start their Japanese tour this February, and they have announced that the opening act for their Nagoya and Tokyo performances will be the Japanese rock group, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE.

The tour kicks off on February 22nd at Zepp Nagoya, and has two performances with OGRE YOU ASSHOLE in Tokyo …


EMI MARIA reveals details on second album

R&B singer EMI MARIA will be releasing her second full length album, as of now untitled, on March 9th this year.

Back in November, EMI MARIA released a concept mini album called “cross over” that had the theme of “Good Music” throughout.  It focused on an urban feel and pure R&B.  Her new album is expected to follow this …


m-flo’s ☆Taku Takahashi announces a solo album

m-flo member and DJ, ☆Taku Takahashi, has finally announced a full solo album that will come out on March 30th.

Taku has already earned a position of one of the top producers in Japan with his work as a part of m-flo.  Over the past few years he has been working with the club scene as a DJ, and now …


MIYAVI reveals support bassists for re-cut “WHAT’S MY NAME? e.p.”

On February 2nd, MIYAVI will be releasing his new single, a re-cut version of “WHAT’S MY NAME?“, and he has finally revealed the names of his supporting bassist lineup.

The “WHAT’S MY NAME? e.p.” will be a re-release of the track from his new “WHAT’S MY NAME?” album.  It will have the standard lineup of MIYAVI on guitar and BOBO …


HALCALI’s YUCALI tweets additional info on upcoming “TOKYO CONNECTION”

We reported earlier that HALCALI was preparing to release their new mini album, “TOKYO CONNECTION“, on February 9th and already had their track “Marching March (80KIDZ Remix)” picked up as the Nissan March CM song.  Now thanks to YUCALI’s tweets, the hip-hop duo has released even more information about the album and CM.

YUCALI recently …


PUFFY to release new album and single for 15th anniversary

This year, pop duo PUFFY will be celebrating their 15th anniversary with the release of a new single: “Happy Birthday” on February 9th, along with a new album: “Thank You!,” on March 9th.

The duo originally debuted with the Okuda Tamio producing the joint single: “Asia no Jyunshin” on May 13th 1996.  Their new single album “Happy Birthday” will be in …


HALCALI’s “Marching March” becomes Nissan CM song

Nissan has just announced that the new CM song for their “MARCH” car line will be HALCALI’s “Marching March (80KIDZ Remix).”

The remix is a new version of HALCALI’s 5th single, “Marching March“, remixed by the popular DJ unit, 80KIDZ.  It has already been announced as a track on the upcoming mini album from the duo, called “TOKYO CONNECTION,” which …


NHK to broadcast UVERworld documentary

Rock band UVERworld will be airing their documentary program, “Rock Band UVERworld no Mita Yume~5 Hito kara Tokyo Dome 40,000 hito he~“, on NHK network on January 9th.

The program focuses on their recent achievement of their first Tokyo Dome live show, and through their song lyrics and their live MC sessions, it will show the evolution of the band.  It …


KREVA and GIRL NEXT DOOR team up for “TOYOTA BIG AIR” snowboarding event

On February 26th, TOYOTA will be sponsoring the “TOYOTA BIG AIR” snowboarding event at the Sapporo Makomanai Open Stadium, and they have selected rapper KREVA and group GIRL NEXT DOOR as the performing artists.

This year is the 15th anniversary of the “TOYOTA BIG AIR” event, making this quite the special occasion.  The event proceedings always feature a large number of …


ROCK’A'TRENCH reveals plans for 2011

After the tremendous popularity of their new single, “Music is my Soul,” the rock group ROCK’A’TRENCH has revealed their upcoming plans for 2011.

Band frontman Yamamori Daisuke (Vo, G) announced that there will be two new singles coming up in 2011, and also revealed that there will soon be a new album as well.  The two upcoming singles will …


NHK to air documentary program on AKB48

Idol superpower AKB48 will be releasing their documentary film, “DOCUMENTARY of AKB48 to be continued 10nengo, Shoujotachi wa Ima no Jibun ni Nani wo Omounodarou?“, on January 22nd, and to get fans excited for the movie’s release, NHK network will be airing a short documentary program, called “1 Mili Saki no Mirai ~AKB48 Documentary~”, on January 8th at …


Will Kikkawa Yuu become Hello! Project’s second soloist?

We announced previously that Hello!Project Egg Kikkawa Yuu had graduated from the training program, and on January 2nd, she made her official debut at the “WINTER ~Kangei Shinsen Matsuri~” Hello! Project concert.

For her performance at the label concert event, she sang the song “Sayonara Namida” for an excited crowd.  The song has never been released previously …


MUSIC JAPAN announces January 31st lineup for live recording

NHK music program “MUSIC JAPAN” has announced the lineup for the recording at the NHK Hall on January 31st.

The featured artists is a collection of current stars, including the likes of AKB48, Koda Kumi, S/mileage, AAA, Nishino Kana, and Yuzu, and additional guests may be added in the future.

The NHK official site is still accepting applications to view the …


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