As we reported earlier, Arashi will be releasing a new single titled, “Hatenai Sora” on November 10th, and the track list has been revealed. There will be limited edition and regular edition. The single will also be used as the theme song for upcoming drama, “Freeter, Ie wo Kau”, in which one of the members, Ninomiya Kazunari will star in (starting October 19th).
Check out the tracklist after the cut!
Oricon has announced the results from the monthly charts for September. Check out the results below!
The internationally active jazz band SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS have finally announced a new release, this time for a jazz cover album titled “SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS presents Stoned Pirates Radio.”
The band wants to give the cover album the feel of a pirated radio show mix tape, quite a unique concept for a jazz release. The entire album won’t be …
On October 20th, Shoujo Jidai’s (SNSD / Girls’ Generation) is scheduled to unleash the Japanese version of ‘Gee’ but today you get to watch the full music video with SHINee’s Minho included once again.
1. A Regular Edition costing around 1100￥ (around $13) which includes the CD with 3 tracks: 1. Gee (日本語 Ver./Japanese Ver.), 2. Gee (韓国語 Ver./Korean …
We announced previously that the Avex idol unit AAA had a new single coming out on November 17th. The single’s title track is still undecided, but they did revealed the name of the coupling track, “Endless Fighters,” which was chosen as a theme to “Pokemon Smash!”
The new Pokemon themed show will take over for “Pokemon Sunday“, …
We mentioned earlier that SID would be releasing a new single, called, “Ranbu no Melody“, and to add even more hype to the single release, the visual kei group has announced that the title track will be the new opening theme to the popular anime series, “BLEACH.”
The “Ranbu no Melody” single will come out in stores on …
Model and talent, Kinoshita Yukina, will star in the PV for HOME MADE Kazoku’s upcoming single “Nukumori”, set to release on October 27th. Yukina will also be featured on the jacket cover.
This is the 2nd time for Yukina to make an appearance on their PV after “YOU~ Anata ga Soba ni iru Shiawase~”, which was released originally in March 2009.
Yukina just married comedian…
Nishino Kana’s newest single, ‘Kimitte’, is a ballad song, and just like any other single released in Japan, it naturally comes in two versions: limited edition (CD+DVD) comes with a special feature/bonus, and regular edition (CD Only) just comes with the CD with three tracks.
Check out the track list and covers below!
KAT-TUN’s song “CHANGE UR WORLD” has been chosen as a new theme song for TV program “Going! Sports＆News“. Member Kamenashi Kazuya makes weekly appearances as a ‘baseball special supporter’ for the show, and he revealed on the program, “This is a new song that tells you ‘Let’s look forward, and change your future’!”
Although there haven’t been any official announcements yet, …
Ayumi Hamasaki’s latest maxi single “L” seized the #1 spot on the Oricon weekly chart, becoming the 25th consecutive #1 single since “Free&Easy” in 2002. Ayu now holds the female artist’s record for the most #1 singles sold, in both the solo and group categories.
Previously, Ayu tied with singer Matsuda Seiko, who reigned over the Oricon chart with 24 singles in a …
To the disappointment of music fans everywhere, Osaka’s Shinsaibashi live house CLUB QUATTRO, will be closing its doors in September of 2011.
The decision to close the live house came from the condition of the buildings in the area. The main building of the Shinsaibashi district, Shinsaibashi PARCO, was built back in 1972 and has been slowly aging and …
World reknowned guitarist Stevie Salas will be releasing a new album, “JAM POWER,” on October 20th, and he has picked B’z member Koshi Inaba to help out with guest vocals.
“JAM POWER” will be a cover album that challenges various classic songs. It will have Stevie Salas on guitar with guest appearances from many of his close friends including Slash, …
Ex-KAT-TUN member, Akanihsi Jin, held “The U.S tour fan club send-off party, We’ll be together with you!” at Zepp Tokyo on October 3rd, where he announced that he will be holding a Japan tour, as well as release a new single, “Eternal“, in 2011. Jin said, “I can’t tell you the date yet, but the new single will be released in …
Halloween is just around the corner and that means it is time for another Saw movie to hit theaters, and Japanese rock fans might find this year’s release particularly interesting. The soundtrack track listing have been announced and it will feature three Japanese rock groups; DIR EN GREY, WAGDUG, and BOOM BOOM SATELLITES.
The Saw franchise has quite the cult following …
Pop singer Nana Tanimura will be releasing a new single called “TOXIC” on November 24th.
The last solo release from the singer was her “FAR AWAY/Believe You” single back in March, making it almost eight months since she worked on her solo career. The new single will contain songs “TOXIC” and “CIRCUS WORLD,” both with lyrics written by Tanimura herself. Tanimura …
