Tokyo's Coolest Sound

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 pages. Tune in at the times below at https://lafaceb.live.

"Tokyo's Coolest Sound" (vol.74) was aired at https://lafaceb.live on Fri. November 13, 2026 from 14:30 and 20:30 (EST = Montréal/New York).
* Japan time: Sat. November 14, 2026 from 4:30 and 10:30

This episode is not archived as-is. Some replays are expected to be aired in the following weeks.

Listen to the Spotify playlist of some of the songs played (according to Spotify availability), or scroll down this page to find music videos and individual songs, and also listen to the narration.

Below is the full tracklist with liner notes, and narration parts you can listen to.

1. courtesea "Otome Tarumono Ikanarutokimo" (2026)
(Japanese title: courtesea 「乙女たるもの、如何なる時も」)

courtesea (Instagram, 𝕏) is an idol group from Niigata formed in 2022, following an audition held jointly by the two agencies behind Negicco and RYUTist. The song "Otome Tarumono Ikanarutokimo", which was written and produced by Yasuhiro Hase (Yume To Cosme), appeared on their recent 2nd album "Sea Of Light".

The album can be found on CD (Amazon, HMV, Tower Records) and digitally (Spotify, , YouTube Music).

A live performance of "Otome Tarumono Ikanarutokimo" can be found in this recent show viewable in full on YouTube.

🎙️ Listen to Narration I
Presenting: courtesea, ayU tokiO

2. ayU tokiO "amber" (2026)

This is the latest digital release of singer-songwriter ayU tokiO, a song titled "amber", released digitally at the end of October (Spotify, , YouTube Music).

ayU tokiO runs the label COMPLEX which releases works of many great artists. This month, a 2nd event of the "SYNCASET" series was held. These events features several artists and at the same time releases a limited cassette tape of previously unreleased recordings by each of them. ayU tokiO also performed there and released the cassette tape "NEW DAYLIGHT 2".

3. Dai Nakamura "Blue" (2026)

Dai Nakamura (a.k.a. NUBACK, also of Blank Music, BANK and Vacation Three, ex-Arch) has released a new EP of his "Small Room" series: "Small Room 3" (Bandcamp). While the EP is also available digitally on other download/streaming platforms (Spotify, , YouTube Music), the song "Blue" is exclusive to the Bandcamp release.

Also check out previous releases from this year: "Nozomu Mono", "Small Room 2" and "Kon Ya".

4. Chie Horiguchi "Where Is The Hummingbird?" (2026)

Guitarist and singer-songwriter Chie Horiguchi (Instagram, 𝕏) (Learners) has released in October a brand new single, titled "Where Is The Hummingbird?". She is accompanied by her backband The Desperado Gentlemen: Kōsuke Miyashita on pedal steel guitar (of Phono Tones), Hiroyuki Kitajima on double bass, and Kosuke Wakiyama on drums.

The title song is available digitally on Bandcamp and other download/streaming platforms: Spotify, , YouTube Music.

The 7" is available at Bandcamp, HMV, Tower Records, Disk Union, etc.

🎙️ Listen to Narration II
Presenting: Dai Nakamura, Chie Horiguchi, Jenny Jenny

5. Jenny Jenny "I walked with a zombie" (2026)
(Japanese title: ジェニ・ジェニ 「I walked with a zombie」)

Girl beat band Jenny Jenny (Instagram, 𝕏) has released for Halloween a new track digitally, a cover of Roky Erickson's "I Walked With a Zombie" (Spotify, , YouTube Music). This is the first song that's sung by the band's bassist Yuzuha. This follows their latest 7" EP "Jenny Jenny" released in February also on Koga Records.

Jenny Jenny can often be seen performing live in Tokyo, such as for upcoming event "March of the Mods" to be held on Saturday, November 28 at Hatagaya Heavy Sick. Find details here.

6. Hideki Kaji "Our Love Remains The Same ~ Old Blue Suspenders" (2026)
(Japanese title: カジヒデキ 「Our Love Remains The Same ~ Old Blue Suspenders」)

Hideki Kaji, who this year celebrated the 30th anniversary of his solo debut, has released in October a new 3-song EP titled "Smashing Time", which includes the song "Our Love Remains The Same ~Old Blue Suspenders" played this time. The new songs take inspiration from the "neo-acoustic" genre (a.k.a. "neo-aco", Japanese name that was used to describe bands such as Aztec Camera, The Smiths, The Pastels, Prefab Sprout, etc.) and shoegaze, and are all sung in English.

Featured musicians are Hirohisa Horie (Neil and Iraiza, The Cornelius Group) on keyboards (who also co-produced the EP), Hideki "Gen" Hara on drums, and Matsue Jun on guitar.

The EP is available digitally (Spotify, , YouTube Music), and also on CD from Hideki Kaji's online shop (shipping within Japan only). An article with photos and more information about the release (in Japanese) can be found here.

On December 13, Hideki Kaji and Mayumi Ikemizu (Three Berry Icecream) (who both were members of the band Bridge before Kaji's solo career) will perform together as "Futari Bridge" (which roughly translates to "two people Bridge"), along with back musicians. There will be two sets, from 12:30 and 18:00, which which tickets are sold separately (details). A 7" of Futari Bridge (of two Bridge self-covers) has also be released for Record Day on November 3.

🎙️ Listen to Narration III
Presenting: Hideki Kaji, Saigenji

7. Saigenji "Hakuchumu" (2026)
(Japanese title: Saigenji 「白昼夢」)

Last is a song from the recently released compilation "Circle Arts Compilation Vol.1", on the new label Circle Arts Records. This is the latest song by singer-songwriter and guitarist Saigenji, titled "Hakuchumu".

The compilation is available digitally (Bandcamp, Spotify, , YouTube Music) and also on a specially packaged limited edition CD which can be ordered via Bandcamp, at Circle Arts Records' online shop powered by Base and online shop powered by Shopify (all three of these shipping internationally).

Saigenji's next show in Tokyo is planned for December 12 at Kichijoji Baobab (details). He will also do an unplugged show on November 21 at umi cafe in Kamakura (details). Find his full schedule here.

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