Violet UK, trip-hop/experimental project of YOSHIKI, has released a new song “ROSA” available on iTunes until May 12th (May 11th in the US).
Unfortunately it is only available through the Japan iTunes, which requires the use of a Japanese address with your account. A service I would recommend is JPopMp3s.com to buy Japanese iTunes giftcard codes, [...]
Suicide Ali will be releasing their first full length album, “Daishi no waltz” or “The Fourth Waltz”, September 2, 2009. In the meantime, please check out Suicide Ali’s newly updated official homepage: http://www.suicideali.com
The website is still under construction, but over the next few weeks will be updated with new information about the band!
Check out their [...]
Indie visual kei band as.milk are now available on US iTunes!
You can buy their releases in the iTunes store HERE .
Two song single Orange/Zantou is available for $1.98 and four song single ATO is available for $3.96.
We can look forward to hearing their new single NINJA PORNO ~Naked NINJA Twins~ on May 25th, hopefully also [...]
Have you chacked out Miyavi’s new site yet? You probably should!
http://www.myv382tokyo.com/
Thus is the end of O-re-sa-ma.com. Perhaps he’s been humbled a bit, but I’m sure we can all hope for a continued energetic, even boisterous presence.
SHOXX will be releasing a Miyavi File collecting all articles and photos of Miyavi featured in SHOXX for the last [...]
On February 21, 2009, the prominent Japanese taiko group, Kodo, held a performance in Madison, Wisconsin. Upon receiving the news that the show would be in town only the day before, I decided that I couldn’t pass up this unique cultural performance. From short sections of my musicology classes, I had background knowledge of the [...]
MYPROOF are a quartet that began their activities in 2004. Despite their short lifetime as a band they have already toured throughout Asia although their influences seem to lie further afield than their native continent. Pupil of Astraea is their fourth full release and begins with “Stop This Moment”, a piano and synth led short [...]
JapanFiles announced the official US releases of Morning Musume CDs, and Morning Musume will be attending AnimeExpo 2009 who will be using their new song “3,2,1 – BREAKIN’ OUT!” as their promotional campaign theme song.
In connection with the MORNING MUSUME performance at Anime Expo® 2009, JapanFiles.com will produce physical and digital USA CD releases of [...]
In recent years Kagrra, seemed to release an album every year, leaving a slight sense of scepticism whether they could bring something new to the table. They are a band that have consistently claimed, and delivered, to have the essence of the neo-japaneseque sound. Shu is certainly no exception in possessing the beautiful and raw [...]
April 11th, 2009 , An Cafe’s mini-tour through California began. The concert was held at the historic Avalon venue in Hollywood, right across the street from the Capitol Records building, which is a venue that‘s familiar to those following Jrock in southern California. The crowd of fans quickly stretched down the block and around the [...]
International stars Hangry&Angry release their new digital-only single today on JapanFiles.com, titled “SadisticDance.”
The single is available at the same time as Hangry&Angry’s appearance at Sakura-Con in Seattle, WA. The artists make their North American performance debut this weekend at the yearly Japanese cultural event, held April 10-12, 2009, at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in downtown [...]
