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BEGIN to release their first single in 11 months!
Well, it’s not like they weren’t busy but the guys from Ishigaki will be releasing their first single in 11 months on June 25. Other than the release date and title of the single, “Bokura no kono Subarashiki Sekai,” we don’t have much other information as to whether it’ll be shimauta-inspired or their bluesy J-pop.…
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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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DOUBLE, Namie Amuro collaborate – Tokyograph
Popular R&B artists DOUBLE and Namie Amuro have completed their first collaboration, a song titled ‘BLACK DIAMOND.’ Described as a dance number, the music video features choreography by JONTE and RAMON, who are known for their work with Beyonce. ‘BLACK DIAMOND’ is being included on DOUBLE’s ‘THE BEST COLLABORATIONS’ album, on sale May 28. The…
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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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D-51’s upcoming single: “Travelers Of Life”
Having put out a best-of album, February 2008’s “BEST OF D-51,” J-R&B duo D-51‘s next release for the year won’t be on store shelves until July 2nd. The single, “Travelers Of Life,” follows “Sepia” (released on 2008/2/6) and is currently featured in the Calpis Water CM starring popular actress Masami Nagasawa. Prior to “Travelers Of…
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Chitose Hajime sings “Climber’s High” image song – Tokyograph
Chitose Hajime’s next single ‘Hotaruboshi’ will be the image song for Masato Harada’s movie ‘Climber’s High,’ which is based on Hideo Yokoyama’s novel about the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123. ‘Hotaruboshi’ was written, composed, and arranged by Sukima Switch’s Shintaro Tokita. The single will be released on July 2, three days before ‘Climber’s High’…
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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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Orange Range does “Code Geass” opening, ending – Tokyograph
ORANGE RANGE will release its new single ‘O2 ~Oo Tsuu~’ on May 28. This will mark the first time ORANGE RANGE member YAMATO takes the lead vocal for a song. ‘O2’ will be the opening theme to the TBS anime series ‘Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2‘ that starts on April 6. In addition,…
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Yasuo Yoshida’s ‘Jakai’ hits stores on March 23rd
Veteran utasaa (Okinawan folk musician) Yasuo Yoshida has a new album out today titled “Jakai.” Yasuo-sensei is one of the most I’m-happy-to-be-in-the-background-kind of musicians I’ve ever met so I’m quite eager to listen to the album. Many of you who follow shimauta and O-pop (Okinawan pop music) will probably be familiar with his wife, Yasuko…
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