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HandMC announces new double A-side single for 2008
Striking while the andagi’s still hot, our favorite J-rock band, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR (HandMC, Haikara), announced a new double A-side single for 2008: “Flashback/Komorebi no Uta.” The single, which will be released on February 27, will be the band’s 12th with “Flashback” being an uptempo rocker and “Komorebi no Uta” a slow ballad featuring…
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Cocco’s ‘Jugon no Mieru Oka’ links to Okinawa
Being a big fan of Cocco’s art and music, I was pleasantly surprised to hear the tun-tun-ten of a sanshin in her latest single “Jugon no Mieru Oka.” Although that alone is pretty cool in itself, Cocco goes on to sing (at 4:51) lyrics from “Ittaa Anmaa Maakaiga”, an Okinawan warabi uta (children’s song). While…
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Music: FUZZY Quartet Row, J-rock
Always on the lookout for new music from Okinawa, bounce.com has a write-up on an upcoming band called FUZZY Quartet Row (or ‘FQR’) who are signed to the HIGHWAVE — the same label of popular rock band MONGOL800. A single of FQR’s, “Mahiru no Hoshizora”, is being streamed on the band’s MySpace page. FQR have…
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Music: Gackt’s catalog available at iTunes Store
Whoa. 39 listings of albums, EPs and singles from one of J-rock’s top musicians, Gackt is available at the iTunes Store. Personally, I’d recommend checking out “The Seventh Night – Unplugged” and his singles “Returner” and “Redemption.” Learn more about Gackt at gekka_no_nekko’s wonderful blog over here.
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Music: Kariyushi58 to release their 1st full album
Mark your calendars, Kariyushi58, a three-piece band from Okinawa, will release their first full album “Soro soro, kariyushi” on October 23, 2007. The 13-track album, featuring the hit singles “Anmaa” and “Te to Te”, will be an indie music release from LD&K Records. Check out the group’s PVs on YouTube. [Via bounce.com.]
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SPEED MASTER
This song rocks! The song “SPEED MASTER” is a collaboration between J-pop group m.o.v.e and Okinawan J-rock group 8-BALL and is the theme song for a movie (think “Initial D”) of the same name starring Shunsuke Nakamura. I think the song as a collaboration is what really makes it much more powerful than if either…
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