Music News

UNLIMITS New Single
UNLIMITS release "Cascade" featuring an outro theme of the TV anime series "NARUTO Shippuden."

Read More - Posted 5-16-2012

FLiP Release "XX emotion"
The all girls band are back with their second full-length album featuring the intro theme to the anime series "Gintama".

Read More - Posted 5-15-2012

Demon Kakka's Mythology
The always in character "Demon Kakka" releases a new album "Mythology" on May 16, 2012.

Read More - Posted 5-14-2012

Puffy's Yumi Yoshimura Announces Pregnancy
Puffy AmiYumi's younger member is expecting a baby this summer.

Read More - Posted 5-11-2012

Yukie Dong Coming to AM2
The popular otaku-themed performer will highlight at the Anime, Music, Manga Convention in Anaheim on June 15-17.

Read More - Posted 5-10-2012

THE SOUND BEE HD
The Japanese goth band's new album "SOU" will be released on July 11th, 2012.

Read More - Posted 5-9-2012

Yuzu release Yuzu You
Yuzu celebrate their 15th anniversary with a compilation album released on April 25, 2012.

Read More - Posted 5-8-2012

Lix Album "SICKS PAIN"
Lix will release a second press of "SICKS PAIN" on June 13, 2012 and tour starting May 18 at Otafest and Anime North (Toronto).

Read More - Posted 5-7-2012

May'n Albums On iTunes
"HEAT" and "If you..." will be available on iTunes on May 16th in conjunction with the singer's upcoming American tour.

Read More - Posted 5-4-2012

Joker Release Self-titled Album
The unit of singer/actor Kazuki Kato and singer/songwriter Koji Date released "Joker" on May 2.

Read More - Posted 5-3-2012

Best Collection of Tokami
Starwave Records to release a best of Tokami album on June 6, 2012.

Read More - Posted 5-2-2012

Calmando Qual Album "BLACK SHEEP"
The goth band will release their third album on June 27, 2012.

Read More - Posted 5-1-2012

Salia Album "TRUST IN ME"
Salia, of Unicorn Table fame, will be releasing her bi-lingual debut pop album on June 15, 2012 at Anime Mid-Atlantic.

Read More - Posted 4-30-2012

Shonen Knife New Album "Pop Tune" and Tour Announced
Shonen Knife will tour the US in July and August in support of their June 6th album relase.

Read More - Posted 4-20-2012

Kalafina's "to the beginning"
Kalafina has released a new two track single, featuring the intro theme to the anime series "Fate/Zero (2nd Season)" and a second song called "Manten".

Read More - Posted 4-19-2012

Latest Interviews

"I was forced into playing the piano... I disliked music at first. But after seeing Michael Jackson and Duran Duran, I became a prisoner of music." - tezya

Bad boys come and bad boys go... and sometimes they become rock stars. For one troublemaking kid growing up Japan music offered a more constructive outlet for his energies. With a musical style he describes as "my version of what I call Future Glamour Rock'n'Roll" and a dramatic visual style that's hard to ignore, we think tezya is an artist worth taking a closer look at.

With his debut album "Life My Babylon" now available and an insatiable desire to spread his music around the world, what better time to hear the story of the man who says in song: "The first thing these eyes saw must have been your smile..."

"After Naho joined, the calm atmosphere, the soft, funny feeling has moved to the background, and now the tight, sharp, solid feel has come out to the front." - Nagai

Fans of Budo Grape began falling in love with their upbeat, fun sound ever since their debut back in 2001 amidst the Japanese underground scene. They're only gripe has been the several years waiting for a new album. That wait came to an end on April 25 with the release of "Kare no Namae wo Omoidasenai" and we expect that their fans will be as thrilled with the results as we were.

Now joined by Naho (and her official band member name of "74 Grape") this new version of Budo Grape shows every sign of playing on happily into the future.

"I think life is endless R&R. Music is what I do." - Nonlee

When three Japanese punk gals take to the stage throughout New York and jump into their high spirited songs you know you're in for a night of fun. Inspired by name and attitude from 80's rebel teen movies, High Teen Boogie have the look and feel of a hard driving rock and roll group. With a new album LOVE MAGICK now available, what better time to hear the story of the group who proclaim: "Stop your complain, feeling boogie tonight."

"Last year was a difficult time for everyone in Japan and many countries helped us get back on our feet. So, as a representative of the Japanese people, we said "Thank you" so many times from the bottom of our hearts." - Kazuya

One of our favorite old school rock groups of 2008 was the three man group The Emeralds. Four years later the new reincarnation of the group, now called The Rubies, is still reviving the sounds of classic rock and roll. With Kazuya and Osuke leading the way and new band mates Daisuke and Taro adding their style, the ever colorful band is hard at work on a new album.

So re-summon that ghost of Elvis that resides in all our hearts and find out what's new in the rocking Japanese world of The Rubies.

"There's something magical about it. That kind of moment creates its own melody. Maybe CANTOY's music can bring good feelings to everybody." - Catherine

In that old game of "One of these things is not like the other" you might at first think that the colorful vocal talents of miri-pow might be a bit of a mismatch for the group CANTOY. That is, until you see them start to jump up and down together and play in front of a live audience.

"One day I might aim for a PhD with the goal of finding the magic behind a great melody... Probably I will spend five years realizing that there is no magic trick. Just put some notes together that are easily hummable, and you're done." - David Myhr

From the land of ABBA to the streets of Japan, David Myhr has seen his share of the world's music industry. Formerly of the group The Merrymakers (see our August 3, 2009 interview), David has finally parted company with his longtime music collaborator, Anders Hellgren, to launch his own solo effort. Beginning with the release of two new singles and an all new album, "Soundshine", David has managed to create that foot tapping sound we came to love in his "Boom Boom Beat" music for Puffy AmiYumi.