Cornelius "Change and Vanish feat. mei ehara" (Download)
Cornelius suddenly released a new song digitally, titled "Change and Vanish" and featuring singer mei ehara. The lyrics were written by Shintaro Sakamoto. Check out the music video below! Cornelius announced in May that he is resuming his musical...
Posted on July 23, 2022 at 01:03. | Released on July 22, 2022
Yuri Kirihara with Tetsuro Yafune Trio "kimi wa tenneniro / kimi wa niji Girl" (7")
A new 7" single of Yuri Kirihara (nickname: Manbō) with Tetsurō Yafune Trio has just been released! The A-side is a cover of Eiichi Ohtaki's "kimi wa tenneniro", and the B-side is of a song that was previously distributed...
Posted on July 21, 2022 at 09:46. | Released on July 20, 2022
Hideki Kaji "Summer Sunday Smile"
Hideki Kaji has just released a new song, titled "Summer Sunday Smile"! This follows the song "April Fool" released last April, a fun summer song with a touch of funka latina. It's co-produced by Hirohisa Horie (Neil & Iraiza)....
Posted on July 20, 2022 at 23:11. | Released on July 20, 2022
SAKA-SAMA "Maiwai"
Lo-fi dream pop idol group SAKA-SAMA released last month a new album titled "Maiwai". It's the last album with the line-up which consisted of original member Suzuki Kokone and support member Asakura Mizuho. This follows album "kimi ga ichiban kakkoii...
Posted on July 19, 2022 at 23:51. | Released on June 17, 2022
Kidder Friendly Club "Kidder Friendly Airways"
4-piece lo-fi garage pop band Kidder Friendly Club (Instagram, Twitter, YouTube) has just released their first album, a concept album titled "Kidder Friendly Airways" full of fun songs that revolve around an imaginary trip to the UK. The song "Missing...
Posted on July 18, 2022 at 00:42. | Released on July 6, 2022
COUNTJOKE "One" (CD)
COUNTJOKE (Facebook page), the unit of Maezono Naoki and Arai Toshiya (SoundCloud, Mixcloud), released last year their first album "ONE" as an LP for Record Store Day which had since sold out. Here it is back as a CD, and...
Posted on July 17, 2022 at 22:36. | Released on July 13, 2022
°C-want you! "Don't Poy Me!" (Download)
℃-want you! (also a member of Magic, Drums & Love) has released at the beginning of the month a brand new song titled "Don't Poy Me!". "poy" (or "poi") is a word meaning "throw away carelessly" (often used for...
Posted on July 17, 2022 at 22:04. | Released on July 1, 2022
The Pen Friend Club "The Sun Is Up" (Download)
The Pen Friend Club has just released a brand new original song digitally, in advance of their upcoming 8th album "The Pen Friend Club". "The Sun Is Up" has music written by bassist Rie Nishioka. Check out the music...
Posted on July 17, 2022 at 00:30. | Released on July 13, 2022
Natsu Summer & Ryusenkei "Sun Kissed Lady"
Reggae-touch city pop singer Natsu Summer released a brand new album titled "Sun Kissed Lady", this time fully backed by band Ryusenkei which is led by Cunimondo Takiguchi. A cover of "nagisa no Unlucky Boys" is included, a song originally...
Posted on July 16, 2022 at 22:38. | Released on July 6, 2022
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.29
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 July 15, 2022 at 13:15.
The Pen Friend Club "Auld Lang Syne (A Cappella On The Beach)" (Download)
The Pen Friend Club has released digitally an a cappella cover of "Auld Lang Syne" (in Japanese called "hotaru no hikari"), sung in Japanese and then English. It's sung by members Megumi, Soy, Ricca and leader Yūichi Hirakawa. This...
Posted on July 9, 2022 at 00:12. | Released on June 29, 2022
Ryoma Maeda "Live At Pudokan" (Download)
Ryoma Maeda (of Ryoma Maeda & Romantic Suiciders, and also known as milch of source and milky-chu) has released a concept mini-album of a condensed show of an imaginary progressive rock band. Titled "Live at Pudokan", this takes place in...
Posted on July 9, 2022 at 00:10. | Released on June 19, 2022
Machi Akari "Colorful! Exciting! Pop Music!"
Singer-songwriter Machi Akari has just released a brand new album of all original songs. Of the great line-up of songs, all written by herself, four were arranged by Sally Kubota & Yumi Okada ("A Wonderful Time", "Making Up for Eye...
Posted on July 6, 2022 at 21:27. | Released on June 29, 2022
MANON, Panpan Yeeyee, HNC "Lazy Bandits" (Download)
A collaboration song of MANON and PANPAN YEEYEE (Thailand), with music written and produced by HNC, has just been released digitally as July arrived. Check out the both cute and freaky music video of "Lazy Bandits" below, directed by...
Posted on July 4, 2022 at 23:48. | Released on July 1, 2022
Various Artists "Nu Psychic Teen Sounds!" (12"+Download code)
The label BOOTREC was started in 2016 as a sub-label of KiliKiliVilla and led by Nemoto De Chôbeaullet (Childish Tones) and Hitoshi "Kink" Suzuki (designer & DJ), and here comes a first label compilation under the new slogan "Nu Psychic...
Posted on July 3, 2022 at 20:46. | Released on July 29, 2022
Kinoco Hotel "Pavilion" (Download)
Kinoco Hotel announced this month that all members except leader ("hotel manager") Marianne Shinonome are leaving the group, making it go on hiatus. This new song "Pavilion" is the last recorded by the latest line-up: guitarist Isabelle-Keme Kamogawa, bassist...
Posted on June 20, 2022 at 00:21. | Released on June 19, 2022
Haruko Tajima & Bailefunk Kakeko "5000 Trillion Per Hour" (Download)
Rapper/lyricist Haruko Tajima (Twitter, Instagram) and trackmaker Bailefunk Kakeko (a.k.a. DJ nonono) (SoundCloud Instagram) have just released a collaboration EP of four tracks, out now digitally. It can also be heard on SoundCloud. The two had previously collaborated on the...
Posted on June 19, 2022 at 00:18. | Released on June 15, 2022
Maika Loubté "Lucid Dreaming: The Remixes" (Download)
A remix album of "Lucid Dreaming", Maika Loubté's latest album from last year, has just been released digitally! Included are 15 remixes by 14 remixers. Check the tracklist below, and go listen on your favorite download/streaming platform. A new music...
Posted on June 15, 2022 at 22:22. | Released on June 15, 2022
Hazy Sour Cherry "Strange World"
Here comes a brand new album by Hazy Sour Cherry (Instagram, Facebook, Bandcamp), a cool and catchy band from Tokyo formed in 2018. "Strange World", the follow-up to 1st album "Tour De Tokyo" (2019), is now available digitally and pre-orders...
Posted on June 15, 2022 at 21:55. | Released on June 15, 2022
CHiLi GiRL "Mebae" (Download)
CHiLi GiRL is the new project of singer-songwriter and shamisen (Wikipedia) player Shinobu Kawashima. As CHiLi GiRL, guided by the keywords "spicy" and "charming", she creates genreless music with a touch of city pop and a special presence of her...
Posted on June 12, 2022 at 22:31. | Released on June 10, 2022
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.28
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 June 10, 2022 at 08:54.
nicely nice "The Adventures of Nicely Nice"
The 1st full-length album of nicely nice, solo unit of Seiki Satō (microstar), which was released on vinyl for "Record Day 2021", has just been released as a CD edition. The jacket features the same illustration by Hisashi Eguchi, slightly...
Posted on June 9, 2022 at 13:17. | Released on June 8, 2022
Yasushi Ide feat. UA "LAVA" (7")
A new song by Yasushi Ide (Grand Gallery) has just been released on 7" and digitally. The song "LAVA" is sung by UA. Check out the animated music video below. The B-side is an instrumental dub mix by Steven...
Posted on June 7, 2022 at 21:42. | Released on June 1, 2022
The Courettes "Back In Mono (B-sides & Outtakes)" (10"/CD)
Following last year's excellent album "Back In Mono", here comes from The Couretttes a collection of B-sides and outtakes from those recording sessions. With three previously unreleased songs ("Daydream", "Tough Like That" and "Talking About My Baby"), it appears also...
Posted on June 7, 2022 at 20:50. | Released on May 27, 2022
Shintaro Sakamoto "Like A Fable"
Shintarō Sakamoto (ex-Yura Yura Teikoku) has just released a brand new album, his 4th, titled "Like A Fable". It had been 6 years since his previous, "Love If Possible". The new album was recorded with a band featuring Yūta Suganuma...
Posted on June 5, 2022 at 00:13. | Released on June 3, 2022
chelmico "gokigen"
chelmico have just released a brand new album titled "gokigen". Included are collaborations with tofubeats ("Meidaimae"), DJ Fumiya (Rip Slyme) ("O·La"), Tomggg ("ISOGA♡PEACH"), Tsubame (Tokyo Health Club) ("moderation"), and LA-based NVDES ("Roller Coaster"), in addition to chelmico's regular trackmakers Esme...
Posted on June 4, 2022 at 01:19. | Released on June 1, 2022
valknee "BET ME!" (Download)
Rapper valknee has just released a new song titled "Bet Me!", a techno track made by Pianootoko aka pianoid (SoundCloud) (a member of ryoko2000). The artwork is by Aoi Itoh like previous releases "Devil In My Head" and "SPRING2022..u_u..vV"....
Posted on June 3, 2022 at 23:43. | Released on June 1, 2022
Jintana & Emeralds "Emerald City Guide" (12"), "Destiny" (12")
Neo doo-wop group Jintana & Emeralds's first two albums, "Destiny" (2014, , Spotify) and "Emerald City Guide" (2021, , Spotify), have just been released on vinyl! "Destiny" had been pressed on vinyl once in 2014 but quickly sold out, this...
Posted on June 2, 2022 at 22:43. | Released on June 2, 2022
Momoko Motion and Quilts "Fake Food (Quilts version)" (Download)
Singer-songwriter Momoko Motion's new project, Momoko Motion and Quilts, has just released a 5th song digitally! This one is a self-cover of her solo song "Fake Food" (find the original jazzy piano version here), but this time performed with...
Posted on June 1, 2022 at 23:51. | Released on May 25, 2022
Ayane Yamazaki "The Highway of Truth"
Singer-songwriter Ayane Yamazaki has just released a brand new album titled "The Highway of Truth". Like for her previous, "Ribbon" (2021), the music was arranged and sound-produced by Kei Maruyama. Listen to it on your favorite download/streaming platform. The artist...
Posted on June 1, 2022 at 23:30. | Released on May 20, 2022
KiQ "FuU"
KiQ (Instagram, Twitter) (pronounced "ki-Q") is a band that was formed last year around singer & guitarist Yamanoha (ex-Yomei Hyakunen), also with bassist Isobe Satoshi (also of Puné Loi), drummer Terunuma Kōsei (seen playing with jan and naomi, etc.), and...
Posted on June 1, 2022 at 22:23. | Released on May 18, 2022
Reina Nosa "Life Is Sportsman" (Download)
Reina Nosa just suddenly released a new song digitally, from her upcoming album "Sports and Distractions" (Japanese title "Sports to kibarashi"). The song "Life Is Sportsman" has music written by Hajime Nakajima and lyrics by Reina. Singing backing vocals...
Posted on May 27, 2022 at 21:37. | Released on May 22, 2022
tofubeats "Reflection"
tofubeats released a brand new 6th album titled "REFLECTION"! It had been over 3 years since his previous, "RUN" (2018) (, Spotify, YouTube Music). Among a bunch of brand new tracks are also included the singles "SMILE" and "CITY2CITY" from...
Posted on May 26, 2022 at 23:59. | Released on May 18, 2022
Wednesday Campanella "Neon" (Download)
After having released 5 songs as digital singles, here comes a longer release from Wednesday Campanella (aka suiyōbi no Campanella)! Although it has 8 songs, "Neon" is officially referred to as an EP. Included are the 5 previously released songs...
Posted on May 26, 2022 at 22:35. | Released on May 25, 2022
kimriri "cry baby" (Download)
Teenage singer-songwriter kimriri (Instagram, Twitter) has just released a 2nd digital single, titled "cry baby". This follows her debut song "crush on you" which was released in February. kimriri emerged from an audition held last year by Makimura Kenichi...
Posted on May 26, 2022 at 22:13. | Released on May 18, 2022
Portable Rock "Past & Future ~ My Favorite Portable Rock"
Portable Rock, the new wave band fronted by Maki Nomiya since the 80s together with Tomofumi "Chibun" Suzuki and Nobuo Nakahara, has just released an album of favorite songs, all newly remastered. Also included are brand new songs "Lonely Girl,...
Posted on May 26, 2022 at 21:18. | Released on May 25, 2022
Haruna Yusa "Another Story Of Dystopia Romance"
Haruna Yusa (Twitter, Instagram) (also a member of bands Kowarekake no Tape Recorders and Have a Nice Day!) has released a solo album which consists of covers of Have a Nice Day!, band in which she plays keyboards. The album...
Posted on May 22, 2022 at 12:46. | Released on April 20, 2022
Maika Loubté "Mist (TiMT Remix)" (Download)
Maika Loubté has just released a new remix of the song "Mist", remixed by TiMT (Twitter) (PEARL CENTER, Mime, Pistachio Studio). It can be found on download/streaming services linked below. The original version of "Mist" appeared on album "Lucid...
Posted on May 21, 2022 at 01:22. | Released on May 18, 2022
DÉ DÉ MOUSE & SASUKE "PreRomance" (Download)
DÉ DÉ MOUSE is joined by SASUKE for a brand new song titled "PreRomance". Check out the video below! This follows other collaboration tracks released in the previous months: "Midnight Dew" (with punipunidenki) and "Step in Step in" (with...
Posted on May 20, 2022 at 23:48. | Released on May 18, 2022
TSUBAME "shopaholic feat. MANON, JUBEE" (Download)
Trackmaker TSUBAME (Twitter) has just released a brand new song, which features MANON (Instagram, Twitter) and JUBEE (Instagram, Twitter). MANON has previously collaborated on BUGS & TSUBAME's album "HELLO NEW WORLD" (, Spotify, , YouTube Music), which was released...
Posted on May 20, 2022 at 22:19. | Released on May 18, 2022
KM "Everything Inside" (2LP)
Trackmaker KM (Twitter)'s 2nd album "Everything Inside", released digitally in June 2021, has just been released as a double-LP! The album featured may guest rappers and singers such as MANON & HNC, LEX, JJJ & Campanella, Taeyoung Boy, (sic)boy, Dengaryu...
Posted on May 20, 2022 at 21:29. | Released on May 18, 2022
Tablet Jun "Sarusuberi"
Mood kayō singer Tablet Jun has just released a brand single, titled "Sarusuberi", celebrating the 20th anniversary of his debut. Both of the songs use music that was written by the famous late composer Nakagawa Hiroyuki, with lyrics added...
Posted on May 17, 2022 at 22:58. | Released on May 11, 2022
valknee "Devil In My Head" (Download)
Rapper valknee dropped a new track titled "Devil In My Head", with trancy beats by hirihiri who had also made "Lip Lacquer" last year. The artwork is by Aoi Itoh, who had also done the artwork (and an Instagram...
Posted on May 17, 2022 at 22:06. | Released on May 11, 2022
Coastlines "Coastlines 2"
Coastlines, the instrumental unit of DJ/producer Masanori Ikeda and keyboardist Takumi Kaneko (of cro-magnon), has just released a brand new 2nd album titled "Coastlines 2"! Included are many new originals plus covers of Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett's "Mile High...
Posted on May 16, 2022 at 00:36. | Released on May 11, 2022
Mom "Zoku - Seishun" (Download)
Singer-songwriter/trackmaker Mom has released a new song digitally, titled "Zoku - Seishun". It's the follow-up to his album "Owari No Caricature" released last year. Mom wrote and arranged a song on Momoiro Clover Z's new album "Shukuten" out today...
Posted on May 15, 2022 at 21:55. | Released on May 11, 2022
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.27
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 May 13, 2022 at 12:49.
Portable Rock "Lonely Girl, Dreaming Girl" (Download)
Portable Rock, the new wave band fronted by Maki Nomiya since the 80s together with Tomofumi "Chibun" Suzuki and Nobuo Nakahara, is coming back this year! An album titled "PAST & FUTURE ~ My Favorite Portable Rock" consisting of...
Posted on May 11, 2022 at 21:47. | Released on May 11, 2022
Hoshikuzu Scat "Bad Paradise"
Hoshikuzu Scat has just released digitally a new song title "Bad Paradise", which was written and produced by Nishidera Gōta (Nona Reeves). While the original version is already available digitally (, Spotify, YouTube Music, OTOTOY), a CD single will follow...
Posted on May 8, 2022 at 00:02. | Released on May 4, 2022
CHAI "Surprise" (Download)
CHAI has just released a new song titled "Surprise", along with a new music video! Its music video below was shot in L.A. in March, and recalls their trailer car of costumes and merchandise that was stolen in February...
Posted on May 7, 2022 at 23:37. | Released on May 3, 2022
six impala x MANON "Troll Me" (Download)
MANON (Instagram, Twitter) has a new song out now digitally in collaboration with six impala (SoundCloud), a collective apparently based in Toronto (Canada) but with members elsewhere in the world. Check out the lyric video below! For MANON, this...
Posted on May 7, 2022 at 22:45. | Released on May 6, 2022
lyrical school "L.S."
lyrical school has a brand new album that has just been released! Included are songs with contributors including MURO/grooveman Spot/KASHIF/ZEN-LA-ROCK, Rachel (chelmico), KM, valknee, Bailefunk Kakeko, among others. It has been announced that lyrical school's current line-up will end with...
Posted on May 3, 2022 at 10:52. | Released on April 20, 2022
Ryusenkei "melody feat. Yasuyuki Horigome" (Download)
Ryusenkei, the project of Cunimondo Takiguchi, is continuing to drop digital releases of brand new songs. "melody" is the 3rd featuring Yasuyuki Horigome (ex-Kirinji) who had also appeared on the "Talio" soundtrack. This follows "two silhouette" (, Spotify, YouTube...
Posted on May 2, 2022 at 23:28. | Released on April 29, 2022
Momoko Motion and Quilts "Department store" (Download)
Here's a 4th song by singer-songwriter Momoko Motion's new project, Momoko Motion and Quilts. The song "Department store" is a new original written by Momoko, actually taking inspiration from a department store. The music is performed by Kazuaki Koyama...
Posted on May 1, 2022 at 23:07. | Released on April 27, 2022
Elektel "Dent in The Universe" (Download)
Lounge music unit Elektel has just released a brand new song titled "Dent in The Universe"! It's accompanied by a music video that you can watch below. The song can then be found on your favorite download platform. This...
Posted on May 1, 2022 at 22:35. | Released on April 30, 2022
Wednesday Campanella "Orihime" (Download)
Wednesday Campanella (aka suiyōbi no Campanella) has just released digitally a brand new song titled "Orihime". Watch the music video below! This is the 5th song featuring new vocalist Utaha (Instagram) (also listen to "Alice / Buckingam" and "Maneki...
Posted on April 29, 2022 at 23:57. | Released on April 27, 2022
The Bassons "Through The Woods" (Download)
The Bassons ("bass" pronounced as in "bass guitar") is a funky band with a sound based around bass and drums, formed of rapper Darthreider (a.k.a. Rei Wordup), bassist Katsuhara Daisaku, drummer Ōta Kōji, Tomohiko Gondō on flugelhorn, with the whole...
Posted on April 29, 2022 at 23:29. | Released on April 23, 2022
DÉ DÉ MOUSE x YonYon "Step in Step in" (Download)
This is a new collaboration of DÉ DÉ MOUSE and DJ/producer/singer YonYon. The music of "Step in Step in" was co-written by the two, while the lyrics are by YonYon. Check out the music video below, which features dancer...
Posted on April 29, 2022 at 21:33. | Released on April 20, 2022
Record Store Day 2022
It's time for Record Store Day! This weekend on Saturday April 23 is the worldwide Record Store Day, and like always there are many releases happening in Japan too! Below is a list of recommended picks. Many releases in Japan...
Posted on April 23, 2022 at 01:33. | Released on April 23, 2022
moonriders "It's the moooonriders"
moonriders, who have celebrated the 45th anniversary of their debut, have just released a brand new original album! It had been 10 years since their previous, "Ciao!" (2011), after which they had gone on hiatus. The album is available on...
Posted on April 22, 2022 at 09:33. | Released on April 20, 2022
Shingo Katori "Tokyo SNG"
Shingo Katori (Twitter, Instagram) (ex-SMAP) has just released a new album, the follow-up to "20200101". The album's concept is "tuxedo jazz". Featured guests are Takao Tajima (Original Love), Atarashii Gakko!, H ZETTRIO, Gentle Forest Jazz Band, Higuchi Ai and...
Posted on April 17, 2022 at 11:14. | Released on April 13, 2022
Beni Usakura "Passion"
Beni Usakura (Twitter, Instagram), who is active in idol group Apokalippps (also ex-Frun Frin Friends and avandoned) and the featured vocalist of Childish Tones (Twittter, Instagram), has just released a first solo single! Both of these songs have music...
Posted on April 17, 2022 at 10:05. | Released on April 17, 2022
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
Hideki Kaji "April Fool" (Download)
Hideki Kaji has just released a new song digitally, a pop song titled "April Fool". Featured musicians are Hara "Gen" Hideki on drums, and Usiho Kenta (of band Otogivanashi) on electric guitar. Check out the music video below, and...
Posted on April 15, 2022 at 21:29. | Released on April 13, 2022
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.26
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 April 14, 2022 at 23:51.
Night Tempo "Ladies In The City" (12"/Cassette)
South Korean producer and DJ Night Tempo's latest album "Ladies In The City" (, Spotify, YouTube Music), which featured various female singers, has just been released on vinyl and cassette! The singers include Maki Nomiya, Bonnie Pink, and many more....
Posted on April 7, 2022 at 23:52. | Released on April 6, 2022
Kaede "Leave It To Shining a Light"
Kaede (Negicco) has just released a new single titled "Leave It To Shining a Light" (Japanese title "hikari no sasu mama ni"). The title song was sound produced by Gusokumuzu, and a music video of it can be watched...
Posted on March 29, 2022 at 21:53. | Released on March 29, 2022
DYGL "Waves" (Download)
Rock band DYGL (read Day Glo) has just released a new single titled "Waves" digitally. This follows album "A Daze In A Haze" (CDJapan, , Spotify, YouTube Music) released in July 2021. A vinyl edition of "A Daze In...
Posted on March 28, 2022 at 20:45. | Released on March 23, 2022
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
Ryusenkei "two silhouette feat. Horigome Yasuyuki" (Download)
Ryusenkei, the project of Cunimondo Takiguchi, is doing a series of digital releases of brand new songs. Following last month's "route no.3 shibuya" (, Spotify, YouTube Music) (a Ryusenkei self-cover), here comes a 2nd song titled "two silhouette" (in...
Posted on March 26, 2022 at 10:25. | Released on March 25, 2022
Kinoco Hotel "Akeiro" (Download)
Kinoco Hotel has just released a new song titled "Akeiro", now available digitally on download/streaming platforms. This song is the first recording featuring new bassist Sophia Kinosaki, who joined the band in August 2021. This new song follows album...
Posted on March 25, 2022 at 21:38. | Released on March 25, 2022
Kokyu "Prayer / And Then" (Download)
Kokyu (Soundcloud) is a duo formed of Miki Hirose (h-shallows, ex-Smokebees) and guitarist Shingo Takano. Formed in summer 2021, here comes their very first EP of two songs, "Prayer" and "And Then", which were recorded at studio tsuchi no...
Posted on March 22, 2022 at 23:14. | Released on March 22, 2022
Je et Georges "hyakunen no kodoku c/w Dashiell Hammett & Popcorn" (7")
Je et Georges (or in Japanese boku to Georges) is back as a unit formed of Himeno Tama and Satō Yūsuke (caméra-stylo). Ahead of a 3rd album (titled "III") to be released in June, which is announced as being...
Posted on March 20, 2022 at 22:56. | Released on March 23, 2022
chelmico "Meidaimae" (Download)
A new song by chelmico has just been released today! This one is a first collaboration with tofubeats. "Maedaimae" is the name of a train station in Setagaya, Tokyo. This new song follows the digital EP "COZY" (, Spotify,...
Posted on March 18, 2022 at 23:05. | Released on March 18, 2022
Cypress Ueno & Roberto Yoshino "Shuttle Loop"
Rapper duo Cypress Ueno & Roberto Yoshino, who have been active for 20 years, have just released a 7th original full-length album titled "Shuttle Loop". Included are songs featuring Chinza Dopeness, Kan a.k.a. GAMI, and TARO SOUL & KEN THE...
Posted on March 18, 2022 at 19:16. | Released on March 16, 2022
Momoko Motion and Quilts "Triangles and the relationship" (Download)
Singer-songwriter Momoko Motion's latest project, Momoko Motion and Quilts, has released today a 3rd song digitally. Watch the music video below, and hear it on your favorite streaming/download platform. The song is also available in hi-res audio from OTOTOY....
Posted on March 17, 2022 at 20:39. | Released on March 16, 2022
Rie Aono "Rain or Shine"
Singer Rie Aono is releasing a 2nd solo album, the follow-up to "Pastoral" (2017) (Bandcamp, , Spotify, YouTube). With lyrics written by herself, the music was written, arranged and produced by Seki Yoshihiko in an AOR/city-pop sound. Check out the...
Posted on March 15, 2022 at 20:59. | Released on March 16, 2022
O'CHAWANZ "Episode X"
Hip-hop unit O'CHAWANZ has just released a new mini-album titled "Episode X" (read "Episode Ten"), said to be the last of their "1st generation" with this current line-up. In this one, members Sugar Shu Lala and Ichico Nico are joined...
Posted on March 13, 2022 at 12:36. | Released on March 9, 2022
Perfume "Flow"
Perfume has just released a new single titled "Flow". The title song is the theme of TV drama series "Fight Song". Check out the music video below! Also included is a live performance of another new song, titled "mawaru...
Posted on March 11, 2022 at 22:53. | Released on March 9, 2022
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.25
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 March 11, 2022 at 01:26.
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
valknee "SPRING2022..u_u..vV" (Download)
Rapper valknee has released a surprise 3-song EP titled "SPRING2022..u_u..vV", which can be found on digital platforms! All three tracks are by Shampoo, including a remix of "Lip Lacquer" released last summer. The artwork is by Aoi Itoh, who...
Posted on March 2, 2022 at 21:24. | Released on March 2, 2022
YORUWAKOREKARA "Night Tempo (Blackstone Village Remix)" (Download)
Future soul idol group YORUWAKOREKARA ended its activities just recently on February 13, with the release of last single "what do u think?" (, Spotify, OTOTOY) and also a last show held on the same day. Then, just ten...
Posted on February 26, 2022 at 23:39. | Released on February 23, 2022
DÉ DÉ MOUSE x punipunidenki "Midnight Dew (Dance Mix)" (Download)
A new remix of the collaboration song of DÉ DÉ MOUSE and singer-songwriter/producer punipunidenki has been released! The original "Midnight Dew" was released in December, along with a bar scene lyric video that starred DÉ DÉ MOUSE as the...
Posted on February 26, 2022 at 22:00. | Released on February 25, 2022
Ryusenkei "route no.3 shibuya feat. Yasuyuki Horigome" (Download)
Ryusenkei, the project of Cunimondo Takiguchi, is starting a series of digital releases of brand new songs. "Route No.3" (in Japanese "3gōsen") is a self-cover of a song that first appeared on Ryūsenkei's 2003 album "City Music" (, Spotify),...
Posted on February 26, 2022 at 21:13. | Released on February 25, 2022
Wednesday Campanella "Maneki Neko / Edison" (Download)
Wednesday Campanella (aka suiyōbi no Campanella) has just released today two brand new songs, "Maneki Neko" and "Edison"! Both have music videos that you can watch below. As usual the songs are produced by Kenmochi Hidefumi. This is the...
Posted on February 25, 2022 at 20:22. | Released on February 25, 2022
Reina Nosa "The Closet Music" (Download)
Reina Nosa has built a studio in her closet, from which she has been regularly delivering countless fun ukulele covers via her YouTube channel and Instagram. Meanwhile, she has found the time to make this charming and beautiful mini-album of...
Posted on February 24, 2022 at 23:56. | Released on December 20, 2021
MIDORINOMARU "Mellow"
MIDORINOMARU is an instrumental piano & drums duo that was formed in 2010, featuring pianist NiKA and drummer Akihiro Mitsuboshi (both also members of The ZOOT16). "Mellow" is their 6th album, and here it is now available digitally! The album...
Posted on February 24, 2022 at 22:45. | Released on February 23, 2022
Machi Akari "Dead In A Hundred Years (Another Ver.)" (Download)
Following the release of her first song in English last month, "Dead In A Hundred Years" (, Spotify, YouTube Music), Machi Akari has just released an alternate version of that same song. It has different lyrics, and a music...
Posted on February 24, 2022 at 21:59. | Released on February 23, 2022
kimriri "crush on you" (Download)
18-year-old singer-songwriter kimriri's (Instagram) single "crush on you" has been released today on digital platforms! Her music can be described as indie electro-pop with a cool minimal lo-fi sound, onto which she sings with her cute voice. Having been...
Posted on February 23, 2022 at 23:59. | Released on February 23, 2022
dip in the pool "What about this love" (12")
A 12" pressing of dip in the pool's latest single "What about this love" has just been released! It's a cover of Larry Heart (a.k.a. Mr. Fingers) that also appeared on their new album "8 red noW". Included is...
Posted on February 20, 2022 at 00:00. | Released on February 6, 2022
Shuta Hasunuma & U-zhaan "Good News"
Shūta Hasunuma and tabla musician U-zhaan are releasing a 3rd collaboration album, titled "Good News", the follow-up to "2 Tone" (2017) (, Spotify). This new album is entirely instrumental, and is a mixture of genres such as Indian music, ambient,...
Posted on February 16, 2022 at 20:54. | Released on February 16, 2022
The Courettes "Back In Mono" (Japanese edition CD)
Released last October on Damaged Goods Records (UK), which was followed by a wave of word-of-mouth in Japan, here comes the Japanese edition CD release of The Courettes' 3rd album "Back In Mono" (, Spotify, YouTube Music)! Two bonus tracks...
Posted on February 15, 2022 at 19:19. | Released on February 16, 2022
Nakama Sounds feat. Odoru Mie "gutto,, gaman shite!!" (Download)
Nakama Sounds (Instagram) is a recent project that's based in San Francisco, and so far features singers from Japan. This new song released recently is "gutto,, gaman shite!!", a cover of Rumi Koyama (song originally released in 1970) presented...
Posted on February 13, 2022 at 23:53. | Released on December 3, 2021
YORUWAKOREKARA "what do u think?" (Download)
Future soul idol group YORUWAKOREKARA (Twitter) has just released a new and last single of two songs. It had been announced that the group will end its activities with the release of this single. The reason is that the...
Posted on February 13, 2022 at 00:42. | Released on February 13, 2022
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.24
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 February 11, 2022 at 00:14.
Mondo Grosso "Big World"
Mondo Grosso, the solo project of Shinichi Ōsawa (lately also active with RHYME SO), is back with a brand new album! Each song is a collaboration with different singers, Takao Tajima (Original Love), Yoshie Nakano (Ego-Wrappin')), CHAI, RHYME, DONGURIZU, and...
Posted on February 9, 2022 at 23:26. | Released on February 9, 2022
Maki Nomiya "On the sunny side of the street (feat. Phum Viphurit)" (Download)
2nd installment of her "World Tour Mix" series, here comes a collaboration of Maki Nomiya with Thai singer-songwriter and producer Phum Viphurit (Facebook page, Instagram)! This song is a self-cover of Pizzicato Five's "On the sunny side of the...
Posted on February 9, 2022 at 20:27. | Released on February 9, 2022
CHAI "Wink Together" (Download)
CHAI has just released a digital mini-album of remixes and collaborations, of songs that appeared on their latest album "WINK" (2021). Included are remixes by STUTS, Busy P, Confidence Man, and Scoobert Doobert, as well as collaborations with Zazen...
Posted on February 6, 2022 at 20:53. | Released on February 2, 2022
Ayane Yamazaki "Ribbon" (12")
Singer-songwriter Ayane Yamazaki's latest album "Ribbon" (, Spotify, YouTube Music), released digitally in June last year, has just been released on vinyl! Included is a bonus alternative version of title song "Ribbon", which had also been released digitally in December...
Posted on February 6, 2022 at 20:38. | Released on February 2, 2022
Various Artists "TOYRO MUSIC Compilation vol.1: Colors"
Founded in 2020, Toyro Music is a collective of many songwriters (most if not all previously of Manual of Errors Artists) who mainly work making soundtracks, commercials, game music, etc. This is a first compilation featuring an original song...
Posted on February 6, 2022 at 19:58. | Released on January 31, 2022
