Wack Wack Rhythm Band "at the Friday Club"
Wack Wack Rhythm Band has just released a brand new album, which is actually their first cover album! "at the Friday Club" contains covers of Marvin Gaye, The Friday Club, Cold Blood, The Supremes, Essence Of Capricorn, Frankie Valli, Georgie...
Posted on April 4, 2023 at 21:13. | Released on April 4, 2023
Wack Wack Rhythm Band "The 'Now' Sounds"
Funky instrumental party band Wack Wack Rhythm Band has a brand new album about to be released! All songs from their three latest 7"'s are included: "Easy Riding / I'll Close My Eyes", "Madras Express / Stay-Pressed" and "Finish feat....
Posted on April 1, 2020 at 00:05. | Released on April 4, 2020
Wack Wack Rhythm Band "Finish feat. Lemon c/w Everyday Shuffle" (7")
Wack Wack Rhythm Band has a new 7" about to be released! This follows "Easy Riding / I'll Close My Eyes" and "Madras Express / Stay-Pressed", and comes in advance of a new album being prepared for release in...
Posted on November 7, 2019 at 21:59. | Released on November 11, 2019
RYUTist "Sensitive Sign"
Niigata idol group RYUTist has a new single out now! Title song "Sensitive Sign" was written by Shin Rizumu, "suteki ni akogarete" by Satō Nozomu (aka M. Lemon, of Orangeade, Fujin Club, caméra-stylo) and features Kurosawa Yōsuke (Orangeade), and...
Posted on April 29, 2019 at 21:29. | Released on April 23, 2019
International Playboys "Twenty Twenty / Dry Run" (7")
Members of Inokashira Rangers (on drums, bass, guitar, organ and piano), Wack Wack Rhythm Band (on trumpet and tenor sax), Your Song Is Good (on trombone) and Omoide yarō A team (OYAT) (on trumpet and tenor sax) join forces...
Posted on February 11, 2019 at 15:39. | Released on February 22, 2019
Wack Wack Rhythm Band "Weekend Jack (+1 disc)"
This gem of a party album, the first full-length by Wack Wack Rhythm Band released on Trattoria in 1998, has just been re-released in a newly remastered edition! A bonus disc has been added, containing rarities such as 5 live...
Posted on November 22, 2018 at 22:30. | Released on November 21, 2018
Wack Wack Rhythm Band "Madras Express / Stay-Pressed" (7")
Wack Wack Rhythm Band has another new 7" single out now! This time the band brings us two new groovy original instrumentals. A-sider "Madras Express" has over 5 minutes and spotlights the brass section in an afro-funk tune, while...
Posted on November 11, 2018 at 10:38. | Released on November 11, 2018
Wack Wack Rhythm Band "Easy Riding / I'll Close My Eyes" (7")
Wack Wack Rhythm Band (official Facebook page) has a brand new 7" single out now! A-side "Easy Riding" is a brand new happy-sounding soft rock instrumental, while B-side is a vocal cover of jazz standard "I'll Close My Eyes"....
Posted on October 15, 2018 at 22:34. | Released on October 10, 2018
Hoshino Michiru "My Favorite Songs"
Hoshino Michiru has a cover album coming! Selected by herself and producer Hase Hajimu, this includes many new recordings and a few songs from recent singles, such as "koi suru Fortune Cookie feat. The Scooters" that is sold at live...
Posted on September 4, 2016 at 12:30. | Released on September 7, 2016
Hoshino Michiru "A/W Collection ~anata to watashi no Collection~"
Singer-songwriter idol Hoshino Michiru has a new mini-album out now! This includes both songs from the recently released "Planetarium de mattete ne" 7", one of which features Wack Wack Rhythm Band, and also non-album track "mo ichido déjà vu" (from...
Posted on November 16, 2014 at 13:37. | Released on November 12, 2014
Hoshino Michiru "Planetarium de mattete ne" (CD+7")
Hoshino Michiru has a new 7" out now. The title track, which translates to "Wait for me at the planetarium", has music written by Michiru herself. B-side "Peaberry o mitsuketara" (a song previously heard in a different version as the...
Posted on November 2, 2014 at 16:15. | Released on October 22, 2014
Wack Wack Rhythm Band "XX Classics"
Wack Wack Rhythm Band is now celebrating its 20th anniversary! Time flies! This first greatest hits album contains favorites from their whole career, as well as the 2 new recordings from their latest 7" single. A total of 20 tracks....
Posted on November 3, 2012 at 21:21. | Released on November 7, 2012
Wack Wack Rhythm Band "Long Island Margarita / Ain't Got No, I Got Life" (7")
Party big band Wack Wack Rhythm Band has a new 7" single out now! The A-side is a new version of their hit song "Wack Wack Rhythm Island" now featuring vocals by their newest member Lemon. The B-side is a...
Posted on October 28, 2012 at 22:19. | Released on October 24, 2012
Various Artists "Mellow Back 2011 Mixed by DJ Souljah"
Here's what looks like a pretty good mix CD on the Shibuya-kei perspective, mixed by DJ Souljah. Various Artists "Mellow Back 2011 Mixed by DJ Souljah" 1. WISE × underslowjams / City Lights 2. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra / utsukushiku...
Posted on June 19, 2011 at 14:32. | Released on June 22, 2011
Gig report: It's a Sunny Day
Text and photos by Patrick Benny for Tokyo's Coolest Sound Last weekend, on Sunday September 12, I had the chance to go to this very special event. Wack Wack Rhythm Band recently lost one of their important members 6 months...
Posted on September 18, 2010 at 13:29.
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Joe Nakamura & Eastwoods "Hello City Lights" (12"/Download)
Joe Nakamura & Eastwoods, of which the leader Joe Nakamura is formerly of 90s band The Happies, has just released a first album titled "Hello City Lights". Taking inspiration from music of the 60s to 80s, such as soul, funk...
Posted on December 4, 2023 at 00:04. | Released on December 1, 2023
Francis "sabakaruru Emiri feat. Emiri Kanou / Sessomatto" (7")
The new single of Francis, the solo project of bassist and singer-songwriter Makoto Ori, is a brand new song with lyrics written by Konishi Yasuharu and sung by Emiri Kanou. The B-side is "Sessomatto" from Francis' latest album "Bolero"....
Posted on May 22, 2023 at 22:46. | Released on May 24, 2023
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.38
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 21, 2023 at 12:33.
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.37
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 16, 2023 at 23:56.
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.
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.21
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 12, 2021 at 07:50.
Francis "Bolero"
Francis is the solo project of bassist and singer-songwriter Makoto Ori (who previously played in bands Picky Picnic, Original Love and The Collectors), and after a long wait here comes finally a brand new album titled "Bolero"! Included are several...
Posted on September 27, 2021 at 00:48. | Released on September 27, 2021
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.13
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 January 28, 2021 at 01:13.
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.
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.10
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 October 28, 2020 at 21:52.
Sloppy Joe "Waiting For The Night Begins", "With Kisses Four" (12")
Indie pop band Sloppy Joe (Facebook page) has a brand new 2nd album about to be released! Included are a bunch of new songs, as well as two previously released on 7" in 2013, "Once And For All" and "That...
Posted on June 30, 2020 at 22:28. | Released on July 2, 2020
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.6
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 25, 2020 at 01:32.
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.1
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's first official episode of its own radio show (following a Christmas special)! The show is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada), it brings you some...
Posted on December 26, 2019 at 01:31.
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Noël Nippon"
Tokyo's Coolest Sound is starting its own radio show! Part of La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada), the show will bring you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in...
Posted on December 14, 2019 at 01:04.
Record Store Day 2019
Record Store Day 2019 is just around the corner! This year it's to be held on April 13, a week earlier than usual. This year again there are many great releases happening in Japan. Below are Tokyo's Coolest Sound's picks!...
Posted on April 11, 2019 at 22:33. | Released on April 13, 2019
nimit & co. / BANK split cassette single
nimit & co. is the solo unit of Kunimi Tomoko (Twitter), trumpeter of Wack Wack Rhythm Band, and this is her very first release! This comes as a split cassette tape with band BANK whose two latest songs (released...
Posted on January 7, 2019 at 21:45. | Released on December 15, 2018
Bank "Vivre / Number 3" (Download)
New wave band BANK has a new single out now digitally! Lovers rock song "Vivre" features vocals by Kunimi Tomoko (Wack Wack Rhythm Band, nimit & co.) and additional guitars by Ōhashi Nobuyuki (aka Pate, ex-Bridge, an ex-member of...
Posted on November 28, 2018 at 22:54. | Released on November 28, 2018
Vacation Three "One"
Vacation Three is the band of Nakamura Dai (BANK, NUBACK, ex-Arch), saxophonist Nakamoto Kōichiro (Wack Wack Rhythm Band) and percussionist Okyon. After having performed many shows since they got together about 2 years ago, here comes a first album of...
Posted on November 7, 2018 at 23:15. | Released on November 7, 2018
Sally Soul Stew "Joy To The World / Black Coffee" (7"+CD)
Sally Soul Stew, the band led by Sally Kubota (ex-The Phantom Gift, ex-Les 5-4-3-2-1), has a brand new single out this week! A-side "Joy To The World" is a new song with music written by Takanami K-taro (ex-Pizzicato Five)...
Posted on June 29, 2015 at 21:58. | Released on July 1, 2015
Count Joke "itsuka dokoka de c/w yūrei no Ballad" (7"+CD)
This release completes Count Joke's "Air-Replay Series" trilogy of 7" singles. These two songs were being released on CD last December. This packaging includes both 7" and CD (with instrumentals). "itsuka dokokade" features Smooth Ace, and was written in memory...
Posted on March 21, 2015 at 20:19. | Released on March 25, 2015
Hoshino Michiru "E-I-E-N Voyage"
After 7" singles being released every month, here finally comes a full-length album from Hoshino Michiru. The whole is again produced by Hase Hajimu and Satō Seiki (Microstar), which promises a groovy pop journey with touches of spacey synths. Four...
Posted on July 10, 2014 at 21:29. | Released on July 16, 2014
Taketatsu Ayana "shūmatsu Cinderella"
Voice actress Taketatsu Ayana has a new single out now, of which title track "shūmatsu Cinderella" (translates as "Weekend Cinderella") is a ska song written by TMGX (Frontier Backyard). Musicians include members of Frontier Backyard, Wack Wack Rhythm Band, etc....
Posted on December 8, 2013 at 22:40. | Released on December 4, 2013
Sloppy Joe "Once And For All / That Day" (7"+CD)
From White Lily Records comes a 7" by guitar-pop band Sloppy Joe. The 7" itself contains 2 new songs, and the bonus CD contains a cover of Housemartins' "Me And The Farmer" (original on YouTube), an acoustic version of "That...
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 17:33. | Released on March 15, 2013
Shūnosuke Ishikawa "shumusic EP" (Download)
Here's a new series of monthly digital releases under the name "Delicatessen LAB", brought by Nakatsuka Takeshi. The first is of Ishikawa Shūnosuke, a sax and flute player who is a regular member of Nakatsuka's live band and who also...
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 21:35. | Released on May 2, 2012
Gig report: Sally Soul Stew and The Fave Raves
Text and photos by Patrick Benny for Tokyo's Coolest Sound The last show I went to in 2011, on December 28, was one organized by Sally Soul Stew, band of bassist Sally Kubota (Les 5-4-3-2-1, The Phantom Gift). I had...
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 23:30.
Gig report: mōretsu kara Beautiful Concert 2011: Sally Soul Stew and Keme
Text and photos by Patrick Benny for Tokyo's Coolest Sound On Sunday May 8 was a show of Sally Soul Stew, the band of bassist Sally Kubota (Les 5-4-3-2-1, The Phantom Gift), held at Shinjuku rock venue Red Cloth. Sally...
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 11:55.
Various Artists "Peace Island"
This funky/party hip-hop compilation features only previously unreleased/new/analog-only tracks. Included is "Peace Island", actually a cover of Wack Wack Rhythm Band's great "Wack Wack Rhythm Island", as well as a Wack Wack cover of Ugly Duckling's "Dumb It Down". (These...
Posted on March 5, 2007 at 10:34. | Released on March 14, 2007
Second Royal presents Freaky!: Halfby "Green Hours" Release Party
November will see the release of Halfby's first full-length album "Green Hours", and excellent Kyoto label Second Royal will be hosting a release party in Tokyo on October 1st! The album will be on sale at the event, a few...
Posted on September 12, 2005 at 14:22. | Released on October 1, 2005
Quattro Meeting Autumn '05: Wack Wack Rhythm Band live
Wack Wack Rhythm Band, in my book by far Japan's (if not the World's) coolest club-brass band, is giving a rare evening concert (they usually play mostly all-night events) at Shibuya Quattro to celebrate their recent album release. Quattro Meeting...
Posted on August 31, 2005 at 11:35. | Released on October 1, 2005
Wack Wack Rhythm Band "Sounds of Far East"
10-member party brass band Wack Wack Rhythm Band has a new album coming this summer! A definite buy! Wack Wack Rhythm Band "Sounds of Far East" 1. Bermuda Blowback 2. The dax 3. Spin Me Right on 45 4. Casa...
Posted on June 30, 2005 at 13:17. | Released on August 25, 2005
Various Artists "Mods Mayday 25th Anniversary Compilation"
Compilation to contain new songs by Hair (aka Les Hair, The Hair), The Collectors and The High Lows, and also previously released songs by The Scooters, Wack Wack Rhythm Band, Neil and Iraiza, Cymbals, The Freedom Suite, Scoobie Do, Tokyo...
Posted on June 15, 2005 at 11:51. | Released on July 20, 2005
Wack Wack Rhythm Band mini-live
Wack Wack Rhythm Band will perform a free mini-live in front of LaForet Harajuku! LaForet Harajuku Summer Live & Act Featuring Wack Wack Rhythm Band In front of LaForet Harajuku Sunday 8/8, starts at 17:00 FREE! Wack Wack Rhythm Band...
Posted on July 20, 2004 at 22:08. | Released on August 8, 2004