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GANGA ZUMBA’s 2nd album out on 8/20
Kazufumi Miyazawa’s (THE BOOM) latest project, GANGA ZUMBA, will be releasing their 2nd, self-titled album, on 8/20/08. The album will feature 13 tracks including the clip above, “Ashiato no nai michi.” The project commemorates the 100th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Brazil. Kazufumi’s (think “Shima Uta“) world-inspired pop rock for GANGA ZUMBA features Argentine-born singer…
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Ready to FLiP out?
Okinawa has a pretty good record of turning up some pretty popular punk bands like MONGOL800, INDIAN-HI and Bleach. Of particular note is that like Bleach, FLiP is an all-girl punk band comprised of Sachiko (vocals/guitar), Yuko (guitar/chorus), Sayaka (bass) and Yuumi (drums/chours). The band just released their first mini-album called “Haha kara Umareta Hinekure…
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Emi Tawata to release her 2nd mini-album – bounce.com
Emi Tawata, the Pop/Soul/R&B singer, will be releasing her second mini-album on the 23rd of this month titled “LOVE&PEACE.” The album follows her debut album “∞infinity∞” (also a mini-album) which was released on April 23rd of this year. Emi’s music can be listened to on her MySpace page. (Link: bounce.com [ニュース].)
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Desktop: ORANGE RANGE’s “PANIC FANCY”
With the upcoming release of their fifth original major label album, “PANIC FANCY,” due out on 7/9, ORANGE RANGE’s label (Sony Records) has special commemorative wallpapers up on the site. Better grab them fast because they go bye-bye on the 9th. (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Yu Yamada riding high
With confirmation of the relationship coming from the man himself, it’s official that Yu Yamada (23) and Shun Oguri (25) are a couple. Both recently starred in the J-drama “Binbo Danshi” and were in relationships that ended “around last summer.” As a result, Yu’s blog shot up to the top spot of Ameba’s ranking unseating…
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Monpachi to release best album – Tokyograph
Popular rock band MONGOL800 (also known as ‘Monpachi’) is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a best hits album, titled ‘etc works.’ The collection features not only their own songs, but also collaborations with other artists (such as RYUKYUDISKO and RIP SLYME) and covers they performed for the tribute albums of Unicorn and Husking Bee. ‘etc…
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Update on BEGIN
I received information from CDJapan on an upcoming — yet-to-be-named — single by BEGIN and noticed that quite some time has passed since I last posted an entry on our favorite O-pop band. The new single is set to be released on June 25 and will be the band’s first new release of 2008. Prior…
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TRIPLE-P’s 1st full-album to be released on 4/23!
Okinawan indies hip-hop duo, TRIPLE-P, will be releasing their first full-album, “TRIPLE-P in Wonderland,” on April 23. Prior to the full-album, they released two mini-albums and several singles and this time around they’ll be releasing the new album in a CD+DVD version as well as a CD-only version — both CDs will contain 15 tracks.…
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melody. blogs release of her new album, “Lei Aloha”
melody.’s latest album, “Lei Aloha,” was just released today and she shares a photo of herself with the CD on her official blog. “Lei Aloha” has a total of 14 tracks and includes an album version of her hit single “Haruka.” This is melody.’s fourth album — following 2007’s “READY TO GO!” — and I…
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Found while browsing the iTunes Store
While browsing the iTunes Store (waiting patiently for Hikaru Utada’s [a J-pop artist with no ties that I know of to Okinawan pop culture but thought I’d share this information with you anyway 😛 ] latest album to pop-up there) I stumbled on two indies artists — one an utasaa, the other an O-pop duo…
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