Archive for June, 2010

High and Mighty Color break up with one last single

Friday, June 18th, 2010


High and Mighty Color

A sad day for fans of High and Mighty Color as they’ve announce their intention to break up. They will be releasing a farewell single “Re: ache” on August 11 featuring the songs Re:ache, night light parade, day dreaming and a live version of RED. Here’s hoping the band members have many more successful projects in their future.

Be sure to check out our 2009 interview with the band: High and Mighty Color Interview

Re: ache (8-11-2010)

Label/Distributor BM.3

1. Re:ache
2. night light parade
3. day dreaming
4. RED (LIVE Ver.)

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New SCANDAL Album: Temptation Box

Friday, June 18th, 2010


Temptation Box regular album cover

Everyone’s favorite high school uniform wearing band is back with their second album, featuring 13 songs including Shunkan Sentimental, Taiyo to Kimi ga Egaku STORY and Namida no Regret.

Be sure to check out our 2009 interview with the girls: SCANDAL Interview

Temptation Box (8-11-2010)

Label/Distributor Sony Music Entertainment

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Kazha Interview Comments

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Post your comments about our Kazha Interview and let us know what you thought of them.

“Hideki is just really good at interplaying with my melodies. I was very impressed and actually cried when I listened to his work on Another Day.” – Kazuha Oda

When the vocals of one artist flow perfectly with the sounds of the guitar, bass and drums of a band you have found something that no amount of corporate backing can create — magic. We’ve heard a lot of that magic in songs like Close To You, I Still Remember and Another Day from the group Kazha. Composed of Kazuha Oda on vocals, Hideki Matsushige on guitar, Yota Sato on bass and Rui Aranai on drums, this new group released their first album “Overture” in 2010 and are currently touring the US.

With music that is both elegant and emotional, we think this new band may well be making some major waves in the near future.

On June 3, 2010 the members of Kazha were kind enough to give an interview to J-Pop World. Kazha Interview.

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WEZ Interview Comments

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

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“The mental conflict and passion of life are transformed into a song… and then the melody and music is made.” – WEZ

Welcome to world of Emo & Screamo as the Kobe-based band WEZ plays it. Recently formed in 2008, they’ve landed their first song God knows on the Kobe compilation album “COMIN’KOBE’10″ with hopes of promoting their own album “Cross their eyes” later this year.

Composed of Mutt on guitar and vocals, DON on bass and “w9d” on drums and screams this punk rock band rocks to the motto “I’m just screaming!!”

On May 24, 2010 the members of WEZ were kind enough to give an interview to J-Pop World. WEZ Interview

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J-Pop Ghost Story Contest

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Got ghost stories? Here’s your chance to get them out there as part of the promotional tie-in with the upcoming release of “Kai-Ki: Tales of Terror from Tokyo.” Judges will include J-Pop idol and actress Erina Mano. Contest entry deadline: 6/21/10.

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