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  1. Crazy Ken Band "Sekai"
    Crazy Ken Band has just released this month a 23rd album, titled "Sekai" (which means "world"). This is the follow-up to "Jyuei" (2022). "Sekai" is the first album featuring the band's new funky drummer Shirakawa Genta, who had been appearing...
    Posted on September 21, 2023 at 23:08. | Released on September 6, 2023
  2. lyrical school "New World e.p."
    lyrical school released this month a brand new EP, their first as the latest line-up of 8 members of 5 girls and 3 boys. Of the current line-up, the only previous member remaining is minan (who had joined the group...
    Posted on July 25, 2023 at 22:19. | Released on July 19, 2023
  3. Record Store Day 2023
    Record Store Day will be held worldwide on Saturday April 22! Below is a list of recommended releases coming from Japan. The full list of Record Store Day Japan can be found here. As always, there are no online pre-orders,...
    Posted on April 15, 2023 at 23:40. | Released on April 22, 2023
  4. Record Day 2022 Day 2
    It's still time to check out Record Day held a month ago on December 3, which had many great releases and therefore took me some time to write it up. It was the 2nd of two days, following November 3....
    Posted on January 3, 2023 at 20:16. | Released on December 3, 2022
  5. "Readymade mirai no ongaku Series - CD Book hen 10 'Blanket no shita de'" (CD+Book)
    This is the 10th of the CD+Book series of "Readymade mirai no ongaku", a series that's wholely supervised by Konishi Yasuharu. This time the CD is of songs best listened in winter, selected by Juri Tominaga who is a music...
    Posted on December 9, 2022 at 23:55. | Released on November 25, 2022
  6. (((sssurrounddd))) "After Hours" (Download)
    (((sssurrounddd))), which came back last year as the duo unit of Jun Kamoda (Facebook) (aka Illreme) and XTAL with the digital EP release "Soap Opera", has now released a new album titled "After Hours" digitally! Unlike previous works, the songs...
    Posted on September 3, 2022 at 12:37. | Released on August 10, 2022
  7. Crazy Ken Band "Jyuei"
    Crazy Ken Band has just released this month a brand new album, their 22nd it seems! This follows cover album "I Like It" (2021) and previous original album "Now" (2020). Check out the music videos and sampler clip at the...
    Posted on August 16, 2022 at 00:31. | Released on August 3, 2022
  8. Emiland / Way Wave "kemuri c/w kakkoii Boogaloo" (7")
    This is a 7" split-single of soulful sisters Way Wave and funky soul band Emiland, each covering a song of Crazy Ken Band. Way Wave's track is a cover of "kakkoii Boogaloo" (originally a collaboration of CKB with Nagisa...
    Posted on April 20, 2022 at 13:38. | Released on April 20, 2022
  9. Maki Nomiya "onaidoshi" (Download)
    Maki Nomiya has just released this week a brand new song digitally, a collaboration with Yokoyama Ken (Crazy Ken Band) titled "onaidoshi". The title means "the same age" as the two really are of the same age. This is...
    Posted on April 15, 2022 at 22:01. | Released on April 13, 2022
  10. Maki Nomiya "New Beautiful"
    Maki Nomiya (ex-Pizzicato Five) has been celebrating the 40th anniversary since her debut (with album "Pink no kokoro" released in 1981), and here comes a brand new album to mark the milestone. "New Beautiful" comes as a combination of three...
    Posted on March 26, 2022 at 11:51. | Released on April 20, 2022
  11. Maki Nomiya "Sweet Soul Revue (duet with Rainych, feat. evening cinema)" (Download)
    Here's the 3rd of three "World Tour Mix" tracks in which Maki Nomiya collaborated with artists from abroad. This time she invited Indonesia's Rainych to sing along on "Sweet Soul Revue"! The music was arranged and performed by Japanese...
    Posted on March 2, 2022 at 21:33. | Released on March 2, 2022
  12. Way Wave "Venus Step"
    Funky soulful sisters Way Wave has released today their 3rd album, titled "Venus Step". Included are "Wavy Girl" and "Dance Party" (both songs from their new 7" single), a cover of "kakkoii Boogaloo" (originally by Crazy Ken band & Nagisa...
    Posted on December 22, 2021 at 12:13. | Released on December 22, 2021
  13. Record Day 2021 Day 2
    Record Day, previously happening only on November 3 for "Culture Day" (a public holiday), has being held once more this November, on Saturday November 27. Also check out the post about day 1! Items can be ordered online. Below is...
    Posted on December 4, 2021 at 00:54. | Released on November 27, 2021
  14. Way Wave "Wavy Girl" (7")
    Way Wave's latest two songs, "Wavy Girl" and "Dance Party" released digitally earlier this year, are now being released on 7"! Both of the songs were produced by soul & funk band EMILAND. "Wavy Girl" was written by EMILAND's...
    Posted on November 16, 2021 at 23:04. | Released on November 17, 2021
  15. Crazy Ken Band "I Like It"
    Crazy Ken Band is releasing a cover album for the first time ever, including many songs that are part of band's and most precisely leader Yokoyama Ken's musical roots. The selection spans from the 70s to the early 90s. Check...
    Posted on September 6, 2021 at 21:17. | Released on September 8, 2021
  16. Crazy Ken / Nomura Sachiyo "Kuroneko no Funk / Such A Beautiful Lady" (7")
    Two songs from the P-Vine 2010 compilation "Rap kayō" (Amazon, HMV) are being released on 7". The A-side is one by Crazy Ken aka Yokoyama Ken (Crazy Ken Band), a song which first appeared on his 1995 solo album...
    Posted on September 3, 2021 at 00:21. | Released on September 2, 2021
  17. Shibata Satoko / Jintana & Emeralds "GT / Japanese Night" (7")
    Two covers of Crazy Ken Band are being released on 7"! On the A-side is a cover of "GT - Gran Turismo -" by Shibata Satoko, and on the B-side one of "Japanese Night" performed by Jintana & Emeralds....
    Posted on August 17, 2021 at 21:48. | Released on August 18, 2021
  18. Crazy Ken Band "okiki kudasai minasama yo / wakasa de munmun" (7")
    Crazy Ken Band is releasing this week a 7" of two songs that first appeared on a compilation titled "Showa Residence>>RED" released on CD in 2002. The A-side is a cover of Tsuda Kōji's 1963 song "okiki kudasai minasama...
    Posted on July 12, 2021 at 22:11. | Released on July 14, 2021
  19. Crazy Ken Band "Diggin' Crazy Ken Band ep04 selected by Muro", "Diggin' Crazy Ken Band ep05 selected by Muro" (7")
    Two more records of the series of Crazy Ken Band 7"'s have been released this month. These two are selected by Muro, from the compilation album "Diggin' Crazy Ken Band mixed by Muro" (2012). Find out about the previous...
    Posted on July 9, 2021 at 00:12. | Released on July 3, 2021
  20. RSD Drops 2021 Day 1
    Record Store Day is happening this year, as two "RSD Drops" on June 12 and July 17! It seems in good shape looking at the impressive list of releases, with many good ones. Online sales will start at 13:00 (JST)...
    Posted on June 10, 2021 at 00:16. | Released on June 12, 2021
  21. Crazy Ken Band "World Standard Crazy Ken Band ep01 selected by Tatsuo Sunaga" (7"), "Diggin' Crazy Ken Band ep03 selected by Muro" (7")
    A series of Crazy Ken Band 7"'s is being released since last month. Based on 2012 mix CDs "World Standard Crazy Ken Band ~A Tatsuo Sunaga Live Mix~" and "Diggin' Crazy Ken Band mixed by Muro", the songs are selected...
    Posted on June 7, 2021 at 21:13. | Released on June 5, 2021
  22. Fairy Brenda "izure wa Sunshine" (Download)
    Fairy Brenda is a rock band formed of guitarist and main vocalist Ryuji Sawa (Kuroneko Chelsea), bassist Tatsurou Nishiyama (Crazy West Mountain) and drummer Pen Ohhtani (The Radio Cassettes). The group has just released a brand new song titled...
    Posted on March 28, 2021 at 23:59. | Released on March 31, 2021
  23. Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.11
    This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
    Posted on November 25, 2020 at 23:58.
  24. Record Day 2020
    Record Day 2020, ran by Japan's long-running record factory Tōyōkasei, is just about to happen this November 3rd. Being on the same day as Japan's "Culture Day", it's a day off well spent doing record shopping. Record Day items are...
    Posted on November 3, 2020 at 01:59. | Released on November 3, 2020
  25. Interview: Izumi "Mimi" Kobayashi
    Original interview text by Takashi Ikegami Translated from Japanese by Patrick Benny (Tokyo's Coolest Sound) Izumi "Mimi" Kobayashi (below "Mimi") is an interesting artist from actually many perspectives. First, there is the one where she expresses original works as the...
    Posted on November 2, 2020 at 00:25.
  26. Crazy Ken Band "Now"
    Crazy Ken Band has just released a brand new album titled "NOW"! I believe it's their 20th album! Included are a great bunch of brand new songs, as well as renewed versions of songs from the recent "Ivory ep". CDJapan...
    Posted on October 21, 2020 at 00:19. | Released on October 21, 2020
  27. Live streaming info: Crazy Ken Band * Now at Nippon Budokan

    Posted on October 16, 2020 at 21:07. | Event held on Friday October 30, 2020 at 19:00 (JST)
  28. VIDEOTAPEMUSIC "The Secret Life of VIDEOTAPEMUSIC" (12"+Download code)
    VIDEOTAPEMUSIC is releasing a vinyl edition of his 4th album "The Secret Life of VIDEOTAPEMUSIC" (2019) (Spotify, ), but not without a twist. Several of the songs were re-mixed, the order changed, and the jacket also renewed for 2020. Also...
    Posted on September 15, 2020 at 20:10. | Released on September 18, 2020
  29. RSD Drops Day 1
    This year Record Store Day has been hit hard by the pandemic, and after one postponement that didn't work out, it ended up finding shape as "RSD Drops Day". Three "RSD Drops" days will be held: on August 29, September...
    Posted on August 29, 2020 at 17:18. | Released on August 29, 2020
  30. Crazy Ken Band "Ivory ep"
    Crazy Ken Band has just released a new EP which consists mainly of brand new songs "Ivory" and "dakara itta desho"! Also included are the previously digitally released "Kadomatsu" (theme song of movie "uso 800 Kyōmachi Royale") and "yume no...
    Posted on June 26, 2020 at 23:45. | Released on June 24, 2020
  31. Suzuki Masayuki "All Time Rock'n'Roll"
    Singer Suzuki Masayuki (aka Martin) is celebrating this year his 40th anniversary since his debut in February 1980 part of chorus group Chanels (later to become Rats & Star). This new album celebrates that with self-covers of Chanels and Rats...
    Posted on April 11, 2020 at 15:24. | Released on April 15, 2020
  32. The Ventures / The 4 Instants "what now my love / bogattini" (7")
    We're already halfway through this great monthly 7" series of Konishi Yasuharu's all-time DJ classics. Here comes the 6th installment of "Readymade mirai no ongaku" (aka "Readymade Oldays"). (Find all details in the first post.) This time we get...
    Posted on March 1, 2020 at 01:13. | Released on February 29, 2020
  33. Crazy Ken Band "Kadomatsu" (Download)
    Crazy Ken Band has a new song out now digitally on iTunes, Spotify, etc. "Kadomatsu" is the theme song of movie "uso 800 Kyōmachi Royale" that will premiere on January 31. Listen to the song via YouTube Music below!...
    Posted on January 29, 2020 at 23:13. | Released on January 29, 2020
  34. SOLEIL "SOLEIL in STEREO"
    SOLEIL's first two albums ("My Name is SOLEIL" and "SOLEIL is Alright") are being reissued as a two-in-one album, and that remixed in stereo for the first time! SOLEIL having always recorded and released in mono only, this time they...
    Posted on December 15, 2019 at 12:06. | Released on December 18, 2019
  35. Record Day 2019
    Record Day 2019, an initiative of Japan's long-running record factory Tōyōkasei, is being held this Sunday November 3rd (the same day as Japan's "Culture Day" national holiday). Items are available in stores and online from that date. Below is a...
    Posted on November 3, 2019 at 01:12. | Released on November 3, 2019
  36. Crazy Ken Band "Pacific"
    Crazy Ken Band has a brand new album being released next week, their 19th original album! This comes just a year after "Going To A Go-Go". A remix by VIDEOTAPEMUSIC is included. The album's limited edition comes with a bonus...
    Posted on August 1, 2019 at 23:40. | Released on August 7, 2019
  37. VIDEOTAPEMUSIC "The Secret Life Of VIDEOTAPEMUSIC"
    VIDEOTAPEMUSIC has a new 4th album coming this week, most of which is vocal! A large number of collaborators are featured including vocalists Yokoyama Ken (Crazy Ken Band), Takagi Shōhei (cero), Robochū, mmm, etc., and musicians such as Emerson Kitamura,...
    Posted on July 22, 2019 at 23:04. | Released on July 24, 2019
  38. Nakano Aya to Central "Reverse"
    Singer Nakano Aya teams up with 9-piece street style latin sound band Central for this collaboration album. Included is brand new original song "Tropical Dandy" written by Yokoyama Ken (Crazy Ken Band), "rakuen no Moon Bar" written by Sugi Masamichi,...
    Posted on July 8, 2019 at 23:21. | Released on July 3, 2019
  39. Popuri "Popuri to fuwafuwa monogatari"
    Popuri (also spelt Pot-Pourri) is a unit formed of Reina and Sasaki Atsushi (SoundCloud) (also of Melting Holidays). Both compose and perform the music, with Reina singing lead vocals. While their visuals consist of cute illustrations of a girl and...
    Posted on April 29, 2019 at 22:39. | Released on April 24, 2019
  40. SOLEIL "SOLEIL is Alright" (12")
    SOLEIL's 2nd album "SOLEIL is Alright" is being released on vinyl! As it has been with all their recordings and releases so far, this vinyl edition will also be in mono. All of the 12 songs from the album are...
    Posted on February 21, 2019 at 22:41. | Released on March 20, 2019
  41. Nomiya Maki "miss maki nomiya sings (Re-issue)"
    Nomiya Maki's solo album "Miss Maki Nomiya Sings" was released in July 2000 (back when Pizzicato Five was still active) and it is finally being re-issued! The album had a theme of Maki being a jetsetter and travelling across the...
    Posted on February 21, 2019 at 22:13. | Released on March 20, 2019
  42. Nagisa Yoko "Nagisa no Zundoko bushi" (7")
    Kayōkyoku singer Nagisa Yōko suddenly passed away in September just days after performing part of a Crazy Ken Band concert, ahead of her annual recital which was to be held in November. R.I.P. to a great singer and entertainer....
    Posted on November 3, 2018 at 11:19. | Released on October 24, 2018
  43. Record Day 2018
    Record Day is this Saturday November 3, always held on the same day as national holiday "Culture Day". Led by Japan's long-running record factory Tōyōkasei, many labels and artists coordinate their releases in the favorite physical format of many to...
    Posted on November 2, 2018 at 23:22. | Released on November 3, 2018
  44. Nomiya Maki "Shibuya-kei Songbook" (2 CDs), "Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji c/w Happy Sad" (7")
    This new album by Nomiya Maki comes with 2 discs. The first is a collection of songs from her recent albums of the "Shibuya-kei Standards" series (released from 2014 through 2017), and the 2nd is of a previously unreleased entire...
    Posted on October 20, 2018 at 21:26. | Released on October 31, 2018
  45. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Japamyu"
    Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has a 4th album about to be released! "Japamyu" comes over 4 years after "Pika Pika Fantajin" (2014). Included are the previously released songs "Harajuku Iyahoi", "Kimi No Mikata" and "Todoke Punch", as well as a new...
    Posted on September 21, 2018 at 23:52. | Released on September 26, 2018
  46. SOLEIL "SOLEIL is Alright"
    SOLEIL, the band fronted by now 15-year-old singer Soleil, has a 2nd album being released very soon! Following the excellent "My Name is SOLEIL" released last March, the new full-length also consists of all original songs with the exception of...
    Posted on September 16, 2018 at 23:03. | Released on September 19, 2018
  47. Crazy Ken Band "Going To A Go-Go"
    Crazy Ken Band, which has been celebrating its 20th anniversary, has a brand new album out now! In terms of original albums, this is the follow-up to "mō sukkari are nandayone" (2015). Included are four recent tie-up songs: "Soul Train"...
    Posted on August 6, 2018 at 23:28. | Released on August 1, 2018
  48. "'Be My Baby' Shindo Mitsuo Retrospective" (Book)
    Shindō Mitsuo has been active as a prolific art director since the 80's, creating countless CD, record and poster artworks for Japanese artists of all kinds including many of the Shibuya-kei scene such as Pizzicato Five, Flipper's Guitar, Cornelius,...
    Posted on July 22, 2018 at 20:10. | Released on July 24, 2018
  49. Crazy Ken Band "Going To A Go-Go" (Download)
    A third consecutive new song by Crazy Ken Band has just been released digitally. Check out the video below! "Soul Train", "yamabato Waltz" and "Going To A Go-Go" lead the way to a brand new album (also titled "Going...
    Posted on July 4, 2018 at 22:57. | Released on July 4, 2018
  50. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "The Spooky Obakeyashiki ~Pumpkins Strike Back~" (Blu-ray/DVD)
    With a Halloween concept and a haunted mansion ("obakeyashiki")-themed stage, this special Kyary Pamyu Pamyu show was held on October 28 and 29, 2017 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Don't miss this Blu-ray/DVD of the musical-like show. The first pressing...
    Posted on June 26, 2018 at 21:57. | Released on June 27, 2018
  51. Crazy Ken Band "yamabato Waltz" (Download)
    Crazy Ken Band has released a new digital single. "yamabato Waltz" is being featured on NHK's "minna no uta" from June to July. A bit of it can be seen here. A new album by Crazy Ken Band titled...
    Posted on June 10, 2018 at 12:16. | Released on June 6, 2018
  52. Various Artists "Brilliant Ideas Works Of Yasuharu Konishi 1986-2018" (5CD)
    Here comes a massive boxed set compilation of works by Konishi Yasuharu (Pizzicato One, ex-Pizzicato Five) spanning his whole career from 1986 to now! Included are many of the hits and wonderful songs he wrote music or lyrics for, produced,...
    Posted on June 3, 2018 at 23:09. | Released on June 6, 2018
  53. Crazy Ken Band "Soul Train" (Download)
    Crazy Ken Band has a new track out now digitally in Japan. "Soul Train" is the ending theme of train-themed TV show "burari tōchu gesha" (Nippon TV) aired every Saturday morning from 9:25. I believe it had been almost...
    Posted on May 2, 2018 at 23:40. | Released on May 2, 2018
  54. Yoichiro Ito "makimodoshitai hodo no shiawase / ao no sekai feat. Crazy Ken" (7")
    Itō Yōichirō (aka Akakage) has a new 7" single being released! Both songs feature singer Yokoyama Ken (Crazy Ken Band), with the horn section from Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra on the A-side and a swinging jazz band on the B-side....
    Posted on April 7, 2018 at 00:05. | Released on April 11, 2018
  55. Yasutaka Nakata "Digital Native"
    Nakata Yasutaka (CAPSULE) is releasing a first solo album! Included are some brand new songs, including collaborations with banvox and MAMIKO (chelmico), along with some previously released tracks including "Crazy Crazy" (a collaboration with Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Charli XCX)...
    Posted on January 31, 2018 at 22:37. | Released on February 7, 2018
  56. Tajima Takao & Nagaoka Ryosuke "Sessions"
    This is a live album from a series of shows featuring Tajima Takao (Original Love) and Nagaoka Ryōsuke (Petrolz), which were held in October and November 2017. Included is a new song by Original Love titled "Happy Birthday Song", and...
    Posted on January 30, 2018 at 22:31. | Released on January 31, 2018
  57. "'The Legend of the Stardust Brothers' / 'The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers' Original Soundtrack"
    In the 80's, based on the Chikada Haruo album of the same name, director Tezka Macoto (son of Tezuka Osamu) created cult musical movie "The Legend of the Stardust Brothers" (1985, Japanese title "hoshikuzu kyōdai no densetsu") featuring Takagi Kan,...
    Posted on January 2, 2018 at 19:00. | Released on January 10, 2018
  58. Nomiya Maki "Nomiya Maki, Holiday Shibuya-kei o utau." (2x7")
    4 songs from Nomiya Maki's recent winter song cover album are being released on vinyl in the form of a set of two 7"'s. The exclusive artwork was designed and photographed by Shindō Mitsuo in Shibuya's Nonbei Yokochō. Valentine's Day-themed...
    Posted on December 24, 2017 at 10:48. | Released on December 27, 2017
  59. Nomiya Maki "Nomiya Maki, Holiday Shibuya-kei o utau."
    Nomiya Maki's new album is coming this month, and this time she sings Shibuya-kei standards that share a winter theme. Included are duets with Yokoyama Ken (Crazy Ken Band), Watanabe Marina, Takano Hiroshi and Suzuki Masayuki, with also chorus by...
    Posted on October 8, 2017 at 21:11. | Released on October 18, 2017
  60. "'Zen and Bones' Original Soundtrack"
    "Zen and Bones" is a documentary film directed by Nakamura Takayuki ("Yokohama Mary") about Japanese-American Buddhist priest Henry Mittwer. This soundtrack features music by many artists including Nomiya Maki, Comoesta Yaegashi, Yokoyama Ken (Crazy Ken Band), Kishino You-ichi (La veuve...
    Posted on September 17, 2017 at 23:51. | Released on September 20, 2017
  61. Crazy Ken Band "20/20 Video Attack! Live at Kobe Crazy Ken Band Tour Hong Kong Taxi 2016" (DVD)
    Crazy Ken Band has a new live DVD on the way! This is the last show of the tour for 2016 album "Hong Kong Taxi". It was held on November 26, 2016 at the Kobe International House. The whole show...
    Posted on August 27, 2017 at 21:37. | Released on August 30, 2017
  62. Crazy Ken Band "Crazy Ken Band All Time Best Album ai no sekai"
    Crazy Ken Band has an all-time greatest hits album out now! The three CDs hold 60 of their best tracks covering their whole career so far, for a total of almost 4 hours! Plus, the limited edition gets you...
    Posted on August 12, 2017 at 23:44. | Released on August 2, 2017
  63. Various Artists "Japanese Sounds -produced by Muro-"
    "King of Diggin'" Muro produced this album of covers of Japanese songs, featuring various female vocalists. Also check out the mix CDs by Sunaga Tatsuo and Muro previously released on the same Tokyo Records label. Tokyo Records will hold an...
    Posted on May 26, 2017 at 20:48. | Released on May 24, 2017
  64. Nomiya Maki "Nomiya Maki, Vacances Shibuya-kei o utau. ~Wonderful Summer~"
    Of her "Shibuya-kei standards" series, Nomiya Maki brings us a new album of summer & vacation-themed covers of Shibuya-kei songs, or ones that inspired the scene's artists. Included are songs originally by Watanabe Marina (written by Ozawa Kenji & Oyamada...
    Posted on April 20, 2017 at 21:46. | Released on May 3, 2017
  65. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Easta", "KPP 5iVE YEARS MONSTER WORLD TOUR 2016 in Nippon Budokan" (Blu-ray/DVD)
    Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has a brand new single coming in time for Easter, and it's called "Easta"! Both new songs were produced by Nakata Yasutaka, and are used respectively in commercials for Aeon's Easter campaign and Glico's "Ice no mi"....
    Posted on April 2, 2017 at 19:19. | Released on April 5, 2017
  66. Nomiya Maki "otoko to onna 'Un Homme et Une Femme' ~ Nomiya Maki, French Shibuya-kei o utau." (2x7")
    A set of two 7"'s of songs from Nomiya Maki's latest album "otoko to onna 'Un homme et une femme'" is being released! The songs are covers of Pierre Barouh (from the movie "Un homme et une femme"), Michel Legrand...
    Posted on February 16, 2017 at 23:54. | Released on February 22, 2017
  67. Nakata Yasutaka / Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Crazy Crazy (feat. Charli XCX & Kyary Pamyu Pamyu) / Harajuku iyahoi"
    Happy New Year 2017! This January will be released a split single by Nakata Yasutaka (CAPSULE) and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Nakata Yasutaka's new song features vocals by Charli XCX (from London, UK) and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Of course, Kyary's new...
    Posted on January 1, 2017 at 14:55. | Released on January 18, 2017
  68. Nakano Aya "Mambo Alc.0.00% feat. Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys" (CD+7")
    Nakano Aya's new single is a song featuring Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys! The song was written by Comoesta Yaegashi and Fukuhara Mari with lyrics by Paradise Yamamoto. The B-side is a cover of Etta James' "Seven Day Fool", and features...
    Posted on December 10, 2016 at 16:51. | Released on December 14, 2016
  69. Various Artists "Japanese Sounds - A Tatsuo Sunaga Live Mix", "Japanese Sounds mixed by Muro"
    Here are two mix CDs of "Japanese sounds", selected and mixed by DJs Sunaga Tatsuo (Sunaga t Experience) and Muro. Check out the sampler clips below for details. Shindō Mitsuo does the art direction for this new label called Tokyo...
    Posted on November 17, 2016 at 00:05. | Released on November 16, 2016
  70. Nomiya Maki "otoko to onna 'Un Homme et Une Femme' ~ Nomiya Maki, French Shibuya-kei o utau."
    Nomiya Maki has a brand new album just about to be released! This album has a theme of "French Shibuya-kei", highlighting bits of the French culture that influenced the Shibuya-kei scene. This is a 2-CD release of both a studio...
    Posted on August 29, 2016 at 23:22. | Released on August 31, 2016
  71. Crazy Ken Band "Hong Kong Taxi"
    Crazy Ken Band's new album "Hong Kong Taxi" consists mainly of self-covers of songs first written for other artists. Included are songs first sung by Nagisa Yōko, Wada Akiko, SMAP, and many others. Also included are a few rare songs...
    Posted on August 3, 2016 at 00:01. | Released on August 3, 2016
  72. Nomiya Maki "Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji (bon odori Version) / Sweet Soul Revue (bon odori Version)" (Download)
    Nomiya Maki has just released two songs on iTunes Japan! These are newly recorded versions of Pizzicato Five hits "Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji" and "Sweet Soul Revue", in refreshing "bon odori" or "ondō" versions, a traditional Japanese musical...
    Posted on June 29, 2016 at 00:40. | Released on June 29, 2016
  73. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "KPP Best"
    Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has a greatest hits album coming this month! The album consists of 2 CDs full of KPP's best songs so far. Also included are previously unreleased songs "5iVE YEARS MONSTER", "kanzen keitai" and "KPP ON STAGE". You...
    Posted on May 2, 2016 at 00:31. | Released on May 25, 2016
  74. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Sai & Co"
    Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has a new single out this week! "Sai & Co" is a song that's being used in a Coca Cola commercial in which she appears. The theme song of her original ride at Universal Studio Japan, "Cosmetic...
    Posted on April 19, 2016 at 23:30. | Released on April 20, 2016
  75. FPM "Motions (Best Killer Remixes & Produce works by FPM)" (3CD)
    FPM is still celebrating his 20th anniversary, and following greatest hits album "Moments" here comes a 3-CD set of tracks he has produced or remixed for other artists. Some rare and previously unreleased tracks are also included. The album's first...
    Posted on March 12, 2016 at 00:56. | Released on March 16, 2016
  76. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "KPP MV01" (Blu-ray/DVD)
    Here's Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's first collection of video clips! All of her videos since her debut in 2011 are included, plus 24 minutes of previously unreleased bonus footage. The limited edition comes in a special package with a deluxe booklet...
    Posted on September 27, 2015 at 18:23. | Released on September 30, 2015
  77. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Crazy Party Night ~Pumpkin no gyakushū~"
    Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has a brand new single out today! "Crazy Party Night" is a Halloween-themed dance track. Included are also 3 more new songs of which bits have been heard in TV commercials recently. As always, all are written...
    Posted on September 2, 2015 at 22:21. | Released on September 2, 2015
  78. Original Love "Lover Man"
    Original Love (aka Tajima Takao) has a brand new album coming this month! Tajima has said that after contributing "Sunshine Nihonkai" to Negicco he's been feeling like making more pop music again, and this can be felt throughout this album....
    Posted on June 3, 2015 at 23:20. | Released on June 10, 2015
  79. Original Love "Lover Man" (Download)
    Original Love has a brand new single out now on iTunes worldwide! The groovy title track "Lover Man" is wonderful, and Tajima Takao said it's a song he's very proud of. The single also includes 2 B-sides, one of...
    Posted on March 7, 2015 at 12:21. | Released on March 4, 2015
  80. Crazy Ken Band "Crazy Ken Band no iyoru Jazz Compiled by Tatsuo Sunaga"
    Let's start 2015 with this compilation of Crazy Ken Band's grooviest jazzy tracks, as compiled by Sunaga Tatsuo (Sunaga t Experience). This takes part of his long-going "yoru jazz" (Jazz Allnighters) series which started almost 10 years ago. Released on...
    Posted on January 1, 2015 at 23:59. | Released on January 1, 2015
  81. Gig report: Miss Maki Nomiya sings "Shibuya-kei Standards" 2014
    Text and photos by Patrick Benny for Tokyo's Coolest Sound On November 7 was a show by Nomiya Maki (ex-Pizzicato Five) at Billboard Live Tokyo. With the title "Miss Maki Nomiya Sings Shibuya-kei Standards", it was the 2nd of the...
    Posted on December 31, 2014 at 15:43.
  82. Josei "I See You While Playing The Piano"
    Jōsei, pianist of jazz band Soil & "Pimp" Sessions has a 1st solo album out now, on which he plays a Fazioli concert grand piano. Included are covers such as jazz standard "Blue in Green" and Japanese traditional children's song...
    Posted on October 26, 2014 at 22:14. | Released on October 8, 2014
  83. Nakano Aya "warui kuse"
    Singer Nakano Aya has a new album out now, again produced by DJ Hase Hajimu. This includes a duet with Yokoyama Ken (Crazy Ken Band) ("wakarete mo suki na hito"), and collaborations with Kawakami Tsuyoshi & His Moodmakers ("Whiskey ga,...
    Posted on September 4, 2014 at 22:18. | Released on September 3, 2014
  84. Crazy Ken Band "Spark Plug"
    Crazy Ken Band has a brand new album coming, the follow-up to last year's "Flying Saucer" (Amazon). This includes latest single "Spark da!", a song used on NHK's "minna no uta". The limited edition comes with a bonus DVD of...
    Posted on September 1, 2014 at 21:54. | Released on September 3, 2014
  85. BTB "Back To Basic ~ore to omae hen~"
    Yokohama talkbox musician BTB (of the Pan Pacific Playa collective, and previously of Luvraw & BTB which Luvraw quit earlier this year) has a new solo album out now. Featured are summer-oriented mellow covers of various songs originally by artists...
    Posted on August 20, 2014 at 21:57. | Released on August 20, 2014
  86. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra "Ska Me Forever"
    Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra have a new original album out now, marking their 25th anniversary. Included is a collaboration with FPM, and also ones with bands Asian Kung-Fu Generation, 10-Feet and Mongol800. FPM had previously collaborated with the band on...
    Posted on August 17, 2014 at 13:49. | Released on August 13, 2014
  87. Crazy Ken Band "Spark da!", "Free Soul Crazy Ken Band", "Crazy Ken Band Tour Flying Saucer 2013" (DVD)
    Here's a wave of releases from Crazy Ken Band! First, new single "Spark da!" which is being used as NHK's "minna no uta" for June and July. Included are 3 B-sides of new songs used in TV and radio commercials....
    Posted on July 13, 2014 at 11:50. | Released on July 16, 2014
  88. Charan-Po-Rantan "wasurekaketeta monogatari"
    Charan-Po-Rantan is a unit formed of two sisters, singer Momo and accordionist/songwriter Koharu. Together they create a circus-like world from another time and place. They have been around since 2009 and released several albums already, though this mini-album is their...
    Posted on July 6, 2014 at 10:13. | Released on July 9, 2014
  89. Various Artists "World Standard.09 -A Tatsuo Sunaga Live Mix-"
    Here's a new live mix by Sunaga Tatsuo (Sunaga t Experience), of his popular "World Standard" series that reaches a 9th installment. It's been almost 5 years since the previous. This time he offers a 76-minute sound journey of his...
    Posted on June 9, 2014 at 23:16. | Released on June 11, 2014
  90. Tokyo No.1 Soul Set "try∴angle"
    Tokyo No.1 Soul Set has a new album that was released this month! This includes song "One Day" that's being featured as the theme song of game-themed TV series "No-Con Kid". The limited edition contains a bonus DVD with the...
    Posted on December 28, 2013 at 23:10. | Released on December 4, 2013
  91. Nagisa Yoko "jitsuroku Shinjuku gebageba Recital ~ Nagisa Yoko Shinjuku koma gekijo"
    This is a DVD of a full recital by Shōwa-style singer Nagisa Yōko. The show was held on October 4, 2008 at Shinjuku Koma Theater, shortly before the 1956-built gorgeous venue closed. Featured guests included Comoesta Yaegashi, Crazy Ken Band's...
    Posted on November 23, 2013 at 19:52. | Released on November 20, 2013
  92. Sheena Ringo "ukina", "mitsugetsushō"
    Sheena Ringo has two new albums out now. "ukina" consists of collaborations with other artists, including a new one with Nakata Yasutaka (CAPSULE), and the previously unreleased "It Was You" written by Burt Bacharach. "mitsugetsushō" is a collection of her...
    Posted on November 23, 2013 at 11:28. | Released on November 13, 2013
  93. Kimura Kaela "Rock"
    Kimura Kaela (official Facebook page) has a new cover album focused on 80's popular tunes (and some older ones). Various producers and collaborators are featured, including Ishino Takkyu (Denki Groove), Hosono Haruomi (YMO), Okamura Yasuyuki, Chara, Predawn, Kishida Shigeru (Quruli),...
    Posted on November 13, 2013 at 23:45. | Released on October 30, 2013
  94. Nakatsuka Takeshi "Lyrics"
    Nakatsuka Takeshi (Qypthone), who this year celebrates 10 years of solo activity, has a new album coming. While several of the songs here have been previously released in demo form for free on the "Takeshi Lab" section of his web...
    Posted on January 30, 2013 at 21:45. | Released on February 6, 2013
  95. Crazy Ken Band "ma, iiya"
    Crazy Ken Band has a new single out now! Title song "ma, iiya" (translates to "oh well") is the theme song for movie "Tsuya no yoru" to start in theaters on January 26. Crazy Ken Band "ma, iiya" クレイジーケンバンド 「ま、いいや」...
    Posted on January 24, 2013 at 22:45. | Released on January 23, 2013
  96. Various Artists "Shibuya-kei Respect" series
    October saw the release of a series of 3 Shibuya-kei tribute cover compilations! All of these are full of famous Shibuya-kei songs covered by younger artists and bands who have been influenced by the movement. Included are songs originally by...
    Posted on November 1, 2012 at 22:46. | Released on October 10, 2012
  97. quasimode "Soul Cookin'"
    Jazz quartet quasimode has a 6th original album coming. Featured are guests including Yokoyama Ken (Crazy Ken Band) and Toki Asako (ex-Cymbals). The limited edition comes as a high fidelity HQCD (plays in normal CD players), and a bonus DVD...
    Posted on October 1, 2012 at 23:25. | Released on October 3, 2012
  98. Crazy Ken Band "World Standard Crazy Ken Band ~A Tatsuo Sunaga Live Mix~", "Diggin' Crazy Ken Band mixed by Muro", "Nakayoshi 2011" (DVD)
    3 releases coming at the same time from Crazy Ken Band! This time we get 2 mix albums, respectively by Sunaga Tatsuo and Muro, and also a live DVD. The DVD has 2 discs, mainly from a show held at...
    Posted on September 11, 2012 at 23:40. | Released on September 12, 2012
  99. SMAP "GIFT of SMAP"
    SMAP has a new album out now, and as usual they manage to have a bit of good connections and taste in terms of producers. This time again Konishi Yasuharu produces one song, a cover "karajishi botan", the theme from...
    Posted on August 12, 2012 at 11:15. | Released on August 8, 2012
  100. Nona Reeves "Choice II"
    Nona Reeves have a 2nd cover album out now on Billboard Records, this time featuring songs by Madonna, Blur, Pet Shop Boys, Michael Jackson, Elvis, Earth Wind & Fire, New Kids On The Block (...), and more. The first of...
    Posted on June 9, 2012 at 16:25. | Released on June 6, 2012

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