Yun*chi "Wonderful Wonder World*"
Here's a new single by Yun*chi, follow-up to mini-album "Starlight*" released earlier this year. This includes tracks produced by Missile Chewbacca ("Fairy*") and London artist bo en ("Dancing*"). The title track is being used as the ending theme of TV...
Posted on October 27, 2014 at 22:12. | Released on October 22, 2014
Yun*chi "Starlight*"
This is a new mini-album by singer Yun*chi, from the same agency as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Title track "Starlight*" is produced by Jazzin'park, while other producers include TeddyLoid, Aoki Taka (metro trip) and more. Also included is a remix by...
Posted on July 3, 2014 at 21:56. | Released on July 2, 2014
Yun*chi "Asterisk*"
Yun*chi is from agency Asobisystem (the same as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu), and this is her first full-length album. Half of the songs are brand new ones, while the rest have been previously released on mini-albums "Yun*chi" and "Shake you*", as...
Posted on February 6, 2014 at 23:03. | Released on February 5, 2014
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Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.73
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 10, 2026 at 10:09.
Konishi Yasuharu "ongaku ni wa kansha shiteiru", "anata ni wa kansha shiteiru"
Konishi Yasuharu (ex-Pizzicato Five) has a pair of solo albums coming up! These two consist of just him singing and playing his guitar, performing many songs of Pizzicato Five's repertory, as well as ones that he wrote for other artists...
Posted on October 8, 2026 at 21:23. | Expected to be released on October 28, 2026
Yuma Koda "Amid Kinos" (Download)
Tokyo-based artist Yuma Koda has just released a brand new album titled "Amid Kinos". It's out now digitally on the Tokyo-based label Newhere Records which has also released works by Jim O'Rourke and Eiko Ishibashi. The album features appearances by...
Posted on October 5, 2026 at 21:55. | Released on October 2, 2026
Posted on October 4, 2026 at 09:37. | Event held on Saturday October 10, 2026 at 19:00 (JST)
Chie Horiguchi "Where Is The Hummingbird?" (7"+Download)
Guitarist and singer-songwriter Chie Horiguchi (Instagram, 𝕏) (Learners) has just released a brand new single, titled "Where Is The Hummingbird?". Like for her previous, "Cosmic Highway", she is accompanied by her backband The Desperado Gentlemen. Both the title song...
Posted on October 3, 2026 at 00:19. | Released on October 2, 2026
Posted on September 27, 2026 at 13:24. | Event held on Saturday October 10, 2026 at 09:30 (JST)
courtesea "Sea Of Light"
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 group has just released their 2nd album, titled "Sea Of Light". It contains six...
Posted on September 22, 2026 at 11:40. | Released on September 16, 2026
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.72
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 September 12, 2026 at 10:00.
Haruomi Hosono "Yours Sincerely" (CD/LP/Cassette/Download)
Haruomi Hosono (Instagram, 𝕏) has released a brand new album today, said to be his 23rd. Titled "Yours Sincerely", it's an international release that you may find in your country (via Ghostly International), but below you'll find the information on...
Posted on September 12, 2026 at 01:09. | Released on September 11, 2026
Halcali "Guin Guin Guin" (Download)
Halcali (Instagram, 𝕏, YouTube), who have always been a regular on Tokyo's Coolest Sound since the site's very start, are officially back after a 14-year hiatus! Today a brand new earworm song titled "Guin Guin Guin" was released digitally,...
Posted on September 3, 2026 at 01:13. | Released on September 2, 2026
Shima Hitachi "Mental Health Taion" (CD/Download)
Hokkaido singer-songwriter Shima Hitachi (Instagram, 𝕏) has just released this week a new EP titled "Mental Health - Taion", on the label COMPLEX (ran by ayU tokiO). Shima Hitachi sings and plays guitar and also several other instruments (drums, bass,...
Posted on August 30, 2026 at 00:11. | Released on August 26, 2026
Posted on August 27, 2026 at 00:51. | Event held on Saturday September 12, 2026 at 09:30 (JST)
Veg "Circle 1"
Veg (Bandcamp, Instagram, 𝕏), a 3-piece rock band formed in 2021 in Tokyo, has released a brand new EP last month. Included is the song "Here Again" of which there's a studio live session video that can be watched below....
Posted on August 22, 2026 at 23:48. | Released on July 8, 2026
Towa Tei "Zambient" (12"), "The Source" (7")
Towa Tei has a brand new album, titled "ZAMBIENT", coming on vinyl this month! It's his 14th album, and the follow-up to "AH!!" (2025). Featured musicians include Bose (Scha Dara Parr), Yumiko Ohno (Buffalo Daughter), Hiroshi Takano, Yūta Hosono and...
Posted on August 17, 2026 at 00:03. | Released on August 21, 2026
Various Artists "Paraiso, no ongaku - Coffee House mona records no Hosono Haruomi-san Tribute Album" (12")
First released on CD last December, this tribute album to Haruomi Hosono supervised by Konishi Yasuharu (ex-Pizzicato Five) is finally being released on vinyl. Included are covers of Hosono's works, mainly performed in the spontaneous style of a musician playing...
Posted on August 12, 2026 at 00:08. | Released on August 19, 2026
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.71
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 August 8, 2026 at 10:00.
Loupx garoux "Haunt"
Loupx garoux (𝕏) has recently released a brand new 2nd album titled "Haunt". It's the follow-up to album "Anya" (2024) (Bandcamp, OTOTOY, , Spotify). The album is available digitally on Bandcamp and other download/streaming platforms, and also on CD. Loupx...
Posted on August 2, 2026 at 00:14. | Released on June 24, 2026
Tanzaku CD (8cm CD) Day 2026
For the 4th year, Tanzaku CD Day was held on July 7 (same day as the Tanabata festival), following the 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions that revived the nostalgic 8cm CD format (3" CD/mini CD). This year again has many...
Posted on July 29, 2026 at 23:57. | Released on July 7, 2026
Posted on July 26, 2026 at 12:06. | Event held on Saturday August 8, 2026 at 09:30 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.70
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 5, 2026 at 10:57.
Posted on June 26, 2026 at 11:36. | Event held on Saturday July 4, 2026 at 09:30 (JST)
MANON "BUBBLEBEAM" (Download)
MANON (Instagram, 𝕏, YouTube) has released a brand new song digitally, titled "BUBBLEBEAM", her second in collaboration with six impala (SoundCloud). Find it on your favorite download/streaming platform. MANON has previously collaborated with six impala four years ago for...
Posted on June 13, 2026 at 00:21. | Released on June 12, 2026
Various Artists "Café Après-midi meets Studio Ghibli"
This is a compilation of covers of songs that appeared in Ghibli movies. Selected and supervised by Toru Hashimoto (𝕏) (Café Après-midi, Suburbia), it features all new recordings by many Shibuya-kei related artists and more: Konishi Yasuharu, Keiichi Sokabe, Tetsurō...
Posted on June 10, 2026 at 13:26. | Released on June 3, 2026
Posted on June 6, 2026 at 18:57. | Event held on Sunday June 7, 2026 at 19:00 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.69
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 6, 2026 at 10:26.
Wink Music Service "Tout Va Bien" (Download/7")
Wink Music Service, the group formed of Keitarō Takanami (Playtime Rock, ex-Pizzicato Five) and Sally Kubota (The Scooters, She's a Rainbow, ex-The Phantom Gift/Les 5-4-3-2-1/SOLEIL), has released a new single, this one sung in duet by Keitarō and first-time...
Posted on May 29, 2026 at 00:03. | Released on May 27, 2026
Posted on May 27, 2026 at 00:36. | Event held on Saturday June 6, 2026 at 09:30 (JST)
Machi Akari "iu koto kikan! Iwashika-chan"
Singer-songwriter Machi Akari (Instagram, 𝕏) has released a rocking new EP, and it's produced and also designed by Sally Kubota (Wink Music Service, She's a Rainbow, The Scooters). The release is a collaboration with "Iwashita New Ginger" (in Japanese Iwashita...
Posted on May 14, 2026 at 00:20. | Released on May 13, 2026
AIR-CON BOOM BOOM ONESAN "AIR-CON BOOM BOOM ONESAN UNIVERSE" (Download)
Air-Con Boom Boom Onesan (𝕏, Instagram, YouTube), a.k.a. Konneki, has a brand new 2nd album out now digitally, titled "Air-Con Boom Boom Onesan Universe"! Like her previous, the whole was produced by CMJK (Cutemen, ex-Denki Groove). All of the music...
Posted on May 13, 2026 at 23:49. | Released on May 13, 2026
Machiko Machikado "Simoon on the Theremin (feat. Kuchu Camera)" (Download)
Theremin player Machiko Machikado (Instagram) — of unit MACHIKADO (Instagram), a spin-off unit of The Puh (previously known as the putins) — has released a cover of Yellow Magic Orchestra's "Simoon", backed by the band Kuchu Camera (Instagram). Check...
Posted on May 3, 2026 at 12:22. | Released on April 23, 2026
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.68
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 2, 2026 at 10:00.
Posted on April 27, 2026 at 21:31. | Event held on Saturday May 2, 2026 at 09:30 (JST)
Various Artists "Adventures in Modern Recording by TOHRU OKADA"
A tribute album for the late Tohru Okada (Moonriders, CTO LAB., Hachimitsu Pie), who passed away on February 14, 2023, has been released. Featuring all-female singers, it consists of all newly recorded covers of songs that he wrote. The singers...
Posted on April 26, 2026 at 00:39. | Released on April 23, 2026
Record Store Day 2026
Record Store Day 2026 will be held worldwide on Saturday, April 18. Below is a list of recommended releases coming from Japan. The full list of Record Store Day Japan can be found here. Online sales in Japan should start...
Posted on April 16, 2026 at 23:58. | Released on April 18, 2026
Air-Con Boom Boom Onesan "Inumatian c/w The Walk" (Download)
Air-Con Boom Boom Onesan (𝕏, Instagram), a.k.a. Konneki, has released a new single digitally! "Inumatian" is a new original with music written and produced by CMJK (Cutemen, ex-Denki Groove), with words written by Konneki. The B-side "The Walk" is...
Posted on April 16, 2026 at 00:22. | Released on April 15, 2026
MEWCATUNE "My Stories Slipping Away / Kitto Seikai"
MEWCATUNE (Instagram, 𝕏), an idol group formed in 2021 in Niigata, has a new double-A-side single out now of which the song "My Stories Slipping Away" was written and arranged by Frenesi (Instagram, 𝕏), of which she explains that...
Posted on April 5, 2026 at 10:34. | Released on April 1, 2026
Omodaka "Tinsagu Nu Hana"
Omodaka, the solo project of Sōichi Terada that blends techno and Japanese traditional minyō, has released a new full-length album of 19 songs! Along with some new material, included are also latest mixes of many favorites. Find it on download/streaming...
Posted on April 1, 2026 at 23:19. | Released on March 25, 2026
Maika Loubté "House of Holy Banana" (Download)
Maika Loubté (Instagram, 𝕏) has released a brand new album, titled "House of Holy Banana". Included are many brand new songs, plus the previously released "Shinsho-volcano", as well as other singles released in advanced such as the title song "House...
Posted on April 1, 2026 at 22:39. | Released on April 1, 2026
usabeni "Not Your Idol (A-bug Remix)" (Download)
The song "Not Your Idol" by solo idol usabeni (a.k.a. Beni Usakura), from her latest album "Because my Idol" (, Spotify, YouTube Music), has been remixed by Brazilian trackmaker A-bug (Instagram, 𝕏). Respectful of the original pop tune, the...
Posted on March 30, 2026 at 13:57. | Released on March 27, 2026
Posted on March 18, 2026 at 21:26. | Event held on Saturday April 25, 2026 at 12:00 (JST)
MANON "Pink Noise" (Download)
Singer and model MANON (Instagram, 𝕏, YouTube) has released a first digital EP titled "Pink Noise". Included is the brand new song "Monotarinai", as well as recent singles "Nisemono Smilin" and "fading", as well as "Nobody Like Kyun", "Baby Driver"...
Posted on March 18, 2026 at 20:56. | Released on March 6, 2026
Frenesi "Undo-Onchi" (Download)
Frenesi (Instagram, 𝕏) has released a brand new song digitally. Titled "Undo-Onchi", it was written by the Otomesha label owner Itaru Kawashima, who previously wrote the music & lyrics of "watashi no Yes Man" and "Sky Bus Tokyo" (from...
Posted on March 15, 2026 at 00:51. | Released on March 13, 2026
Posted on March 14, 2026 at 16:07. | Event held on Friday March 13, 2026 at 19:30 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.67
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 7, 2026 at 12:00.
Machi Akari "Tokyo Rhapsody" (Download)
Singer-songwriter Machi Akari (Instagram, 𝕏) has released a new song digitally. "Tokyo Rhapsody" is a cover of a song originally sung by Ichirō Fujiyama, first released in 1936. The music was performed and mixed by Catherine (Instagram, 𝕏). This...
Posted on February 23, 2026 at 22:24. | Released on February 18, 2026
Posted on February 16, 2026 at 13:11. | Event held on Saturday March 7, 2026 at 10:30 (JST)
The Let's Go's "Dream Catcher / Time After Time" (Download/7")
THE LET'S GO's (𝕏, Facebook) have released a new single, of two new songs titled "Dream Catcher" and "Time After Time". The 7" was first sold at shows of a 3-city tour for the release, which was followed by...
Posted on February 10, 2026 at 22:47. | Released on January 24, 2026
Jenny Jenny "Jenny Jenny" (7")
Girl beat band Jenny Jenny (Instagram, 𝕏) has a new EP coming on Koga Records. Including 3 songs, the 7" EP is titled "Jenny Jenny" and contains three new recordings, two of which are originals ("cake!" and "Good ska...
Posted on February 9, 2026 at 22:16. | Released on February 18, 2026
Posted on February 8, 2026 at 01:57. | Event held on Wednesday February 18, 2026 at 19:45 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.66
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 2, 2026 at 13:39.
Michiru Hoshino "No Music, Yes Music" (7"), "20 Colors - The Best of Michiru Hoshino 2005-2025" (2CD)
Singer-songwriter Michiru Hoshino (Instagram, 𝕏) came back last year from a hiatus, performing on stage several times, and also releasing the 2-CD greatest hits album "20 Colors" (release details below). Celebrating the 20th anniversary since Michiru's debut part of...
Posted on February 1, 2026 at 22:36. | Released on January 28, 2026
Tokyo Kakehiki Club "Sayonara Kakurenbo"
Tokyo Kakehiki Club (Instagram, 𝕏) has released a 2nd album, titled "Sayonara Kakurenbo". This comes two years after their first album "Encore" (2023) in which the duo — Shirō Saginomiya and Ranko Suichūka (aka Mayutan (Masakosan)) — sang about various...
Posted on January 28, 2026 at 21:38. | Released on January 28, 2026
Posted on January 27, 2026 at 23:33. | Event held on Monday February 2, 2026 at 10:30 (JST)
Shintaro Sakamoto "Yoo-hoo"
Shintarō Sakamoto (ex-Yura Yura Teikoku) has just released a brand new 5th album, titled "Yoo-hoo" (with a Japanese title that's read "yahhō"). Like on the previous album "Like A Fable" (2022), band members are Yūta Suganuma on drums, AYA on...
Posted on January 25, 2026 at 12:22. | Released on January 23, 2026
World Standard "Komorevia" (CD/12"/Download)
World Standard, the solo unit of Sōichirō Suzuki, has released a new album titled "Komorevia" which marks the 40th anniversary of World Standard's debut. The new album features various collaborators, about which all information can be found on the official...
Posted on December 27, 2025 at 23:27. | Released on December 26, 2025
Keitaro Takanami "Drifting Clouds Rag" (7")
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of his debut—in 1985 as a member of Pizzicato Five—Keitarō Takanami has released a new single of two new original songs. The A-side "Drifting Clouds Rag" is a rag time tune dedicated to Elvis...
Posted on December 25, 2025 at 00:48. | Released on December 10, 2025
Wink Music Service "Little China Girl / Katakoto No Koi" (Download/7")
Wink Music Service, the group formed of Keitarō Takanami (Playtime Rock, ex-Pizzicato Five) and Sally Kubota (The Scooters, She's a Rainbow, ex-The Phantom Gift/Les 5-4-3-2-1/SOLEIL), has released a new single, this time sung in duet by Keitarō and 14-year-old...
Posted on December 24, 2025 at 22:41. | Released on December 24, 2025
Various Artists "Paraiso, no ongaku - Coffee House mona records no Hosono Haruomi-san Tribute Album"
For three years, Konishi Yasuharu (ex-Pizzicato Five) has been holding a regular event series titled "Coffee House mona records", always featuring himself and a guest, each performing a song in turn. This year Haruomi Hosono once appeared as a secret...
Posted on December 22, 2025 at 22:23. | Released on December 17, 2025
Childish Tones "Chick Habit feat. Beni Usakura / My Brain Is Happy Sad" (7"+3D glasses)
Childish Tones (Instagram, 𝕏), the band led by Nemoto De Chôbeaullet (of labels Deckrec/Bootrec) that plays rock'n'roll using only toy musical instruments, has released a brand new 7" single. The A-side is a cover of April March's "Chick Habit"...
Posted on December 20, 2025 at 10:42. | Released on October 19, 2025
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.65
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 December 6, 2025 at 11:39.
Yuyakeshiwasu & Swlabrs "Psychedelic Christmas" (Book+CD)
Despite latest album "Shonan Psyche" still being all fresh from mid-summer, Yuyakeshiwasu & Swlabrs (Instagram, 𝕏) has just released another brand new album, titled "Psychedelic Christmas". Not only it's a rock opera concept album, it also comes with a picture...
Posted on December 6, 2025 at 01:18. | Released on December 5, 2025
Various Artists "Koga Records 2025 Winter Collection"
Koga Records is releasing a Christmas/winter-themed compilation for its 30th anniversary. Included are new songs by Jenny Jenny (with a cover of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" sung in Japanese), Rocket K, liquid people, and Jam to Highball. The...
Posted on November 30, 2025 at 02:13. | Released on December 3, 2025
DJ event announcement: "Shibuya quoi? Shibuya-kei!!" Dec. 7, 2025
DJ 810 of Tokyo's Coolest Sound is organizing the event below, focused on Shibuya-kei and any music that can remind of it. Featured will be six DJs who may have very different interpretations of Shibuya-kei, so there should be in...
Posted on November 30, 2025 at 01:33. | Released on December 7, 2025
Posted on November 27, 2025 at 00:28. | Event held on Saturday December 6, 2025 at 10:30 (JST)
Various Artists "REV.02" (Cassette/Download)
COMPLEX, the label of ayU tokiO, has released a new label compilation. Follow-up to "REV.01" (2020), this one is titled "REV.02" and also comes as a cassette tape. This time the whole compilation was recorded on a cassette tape multitracker....
Posted on November 26, 2025 at 22:34. | Released on November 26, 2025
Record Day 2025 Day 1
This year again, Record Day has been held. Previously coinciding with the public holiday Culture Day (November 3), this year it came a few days early on November 1st to start the long weekend on a good foot. Below are...
Posted on November 26, 2025 at 00:07. | Released on November 1, 2025
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.64
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 3, 2025 at 11:41.
Posted on October 29, 2025 at 21:35. | Event held on Monday November 3, 2025 at 10:30 (JST)
Seikatsu no Sekkei "For the Long Curve" (Download)
Seikatsu no Sekkei (Twitter, Instagram), a band now formed of brothers Shintarō Ōtsuka (guitar & vocals) and Kumpei Ōtsuka (drums & chorus), has released a 2nd album titled "For the Long Curve". Included is the song "Isakai nai Sekai" produced...
Posted on October 28, 2025 at 22:32. | Released on October 15, 2025
ayU tokiO "Star Call" (Download)
ayU tokiO has released this month a new single titled "Star Call". Watch the music video below! His previous original song was apparently "Family Contents" (2022). ayU tokiO's label COMPLEX will be releasing a cassette tape compilation titled "REV.02"...
Posted on October 22, 2025 at 00:20. | Released on October 7, 2025
usabeni "Because my Idol"
Solo idol usabeni (a.k.a. Beni Usakura) has just released her first full-length album, titled "Because my Idol". Having been active solo since 2022 (after being in groups avandoned and Apokalippps), creating her musical world in lyrics, dance, design and video,...
Posted on October 18, 2025 at 10:14. | Released on October 17, 2025
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.63
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 13, 2025 at 10:10.
°C-want you! "Baby a Liar" (7")
Singer-songwriter °C-want you! (Instagram, 𝕏) (member of Magic, Drums & Love) has released a brand new solo single. The title song is a new Beatlesque song titled "Baby a Liar" (Japanese title "Last Night was odorasete") which was produced...
Posted on October 2, 2025 at 22:51. | Released on September 24, 2025
Posted on September 27, 2025 at 00:52. | Event held on Monday October 13, 2025 at 09:30 (JST)
Crazy Ken Band "Karei"
Crazy Ken Band has released a brand new album this month, titled "Karei". It's their 25th album, and is the follow-up to last year's "Kasei" (2024). The album is available on CD in regular and limited editions —the latter which...
Posted on September 13, 2025 at 14:04. | Released on September 3, 2025
AIR-CON BOOM BOOM ONESAN "Koyou" (Download)
Air-Con Boom Boom Onesan (𝕏, Instagram), a.k.a. Konneki, known both as a comedian and musical artist, has just released a new single digitally. This includes a new original song "Koyou" and also a cover of Björk's "Hyper Ballad". Check...
Posted on September 10, 2025 at 22:17. | Released on September 10, 2025
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.62
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 September 8, 2025 at 13:06.
Posted on August 29, 2025 at 00:17. | Event held on Monday September 8, 2025 at 09:30 (JST)
Yuyakeshiwasu & Swlabrs "Shonan Psyche" (LP/Download), "Runnin' Away" (7")
Yuyakeshiwasu (Instagram, 𝕏), previously a band but now the solo unit of songwriter Yūsuke Hayashi, has been teaming up with the talentful trio Swlabrs for a while, and here comes a full-length album of the collaboration. The new album "Shonan...
Posted on August 28, 2025 at 00:07. | Released on July 31, 2025
Packman a.k.a Dokuro Shiki "Patchworks by Packman" (Download)
Packman (𝕏, Discogs), lately known as Dokuro Shiki, is an artist who is best known for being part of early-90s hip-hop band Space Invaders, and also for his solo unit The Robots. Having been recently diagnosed with stage 4 lung...
Posted on August 18, 2025 at 21:56. | Released on August 13, 2025
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.61
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 August 11, 2025 at 10:00.
The Let's Go's "Refrain / Time Machine"
THE LET'S GO's (𝕏, Facebook) have released a brand new single, their first recordings with new drummer Ame-chan a.k.a. Amechi Sparkle (ex-The Tomboys). Check out the sampler clip below full of recent pictures, and find the songs in full...
Posted on August 4, 2025 at 22:40. | Released on July 30, 2025
City Pop on Vinyl 2025
Saturday, August 2, 2025, was City Pop on Vinyl, held for the 6th consecutive year. Below are just a few recommendations that shouldn't be missed by Tokyo's Coolest Sound's readers. Also check out the full list where there's much more...
Posted on August 4, 2025 at 21:43. | Released on August 2, 2025
U-zhaan "Tabla Dhi, Tabla Dha"
Tabla musician U-zhaan has released a brand new solo album titled "Tabla Dhi, Tabla Dha". Full of new songs and collaborations, it features Cornelius, Chinza Dopeness, Ichiko Aoba, Sasuke Haraguchi (previously known as SASUKE), Hanaregumi, Kolkota rapper Cizzy, famous sitar...
Posted on July 29, 2025 at 21:45. | Released on July 23, 2025
Posted on July 27, 2025 at 13:39. | Event held on Monday August 11, 2025 at 09:30 (JST)
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.60
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 18, 2025 at 00:20.
Tanzaku CD (8cm CD) Day 2025
For the 3rd year, Tanzaku CD Day is being held on July 7 (same day as the Tanabata festival), following the 2023 and 2024 editions that revived the nostalgic 8cm CD format (3" CD/mini CD). This year again has many...
Posted on July 9, 2025 at 00:17. | Released on July 7, 2025
Machi Akari "Yokohama Dilemma / boku no umare wa Koriyama"
Machi Akari has released a new single of two songs, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of her major debut. "Yokohama Dilemma" and "boku no umare wa Kōriyama" (this one named after a town of Fukushima prefecture where her mom is...
Posted on July 4, 2025 at 23:16. | Released on June 25, 2025
Posted on June 26, 2025 at 13:12. | Event held on Thursday July 17, 2025 at 19:30 (JST)
Quincampoix "Holic" (Download)
Indie 4-girl rock band QUINCAMPOIX (Instagram, 𝕏) has just released a new song titled "Holic". Check out the music video below. This follows EP "Go!Go!QUINCAMPOIX" (2024) (, Spotify, YouTube Music). Upcoming shows of Quincampoix include "Quincampoix x Passion Records...
Posted on June 14, 2025 at 18:29. | Released on June 11, 2025
MANON "chigau type" (Download)
Singer and model MANON (Instagram, 𝕏) has released a brand new rocking song titled "chigau type". This song was written and produced by Linna Figg (𝕏). It's the follow-up to solo song "Nobody Like Kyun". MANON will appear in...
Posted on June 10, 2025 at 21:36. | Released on May 31, 2025
Konishi Yasuharu "Love, Lost And Found" (12")
The recent album by Konishi Yasuharu (Pizzicato One, ex-Pizzicato Five), "Love, Lost And Found", released on CD and digitally last October, is being released on vinyl! The jacket photo has been renewed for this LP edition. His first studio album...
Posted on May 19, 2025 at 00:39. | Released on May 30, 2025
Cat Trooper "The World Is Beautiful" (Download)
Cat Trooper (Instagram, Facebook, 𝕏) is a brand new electro duo formed of Michiyo Honda (Instagram) (ex-Overrocket) and actor Mansaku Ikeuchi, and they have just released a first digital EP titled "The World Is Beautiful". Nostalgic rave-y sounds are...
Posted on May 13, 2025 at 23:31. | Released on May 2, 2025
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.59
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, 2025 at 14:04.
Scha Dara Parr "B Men feat. Dengaryu" (Download)
Just a few days after the release of "Beat Michi feat. Robochu", Scha Dara Parr have dropped another brand new track! This one is titled "B Men" and features rapper Dengaryū. It has been announced that a vinyl re-issue...
Posted on May 12, 2025 at 21:11. | Released on May 9, 2025
Scha Dara Parr "Beat Michi feat. Robochu" (Download)
Scha Dara Parr has released a new song titled "Beat Michi", featuring rapper Robochū (Instagram, 𝕏) who often appears in their shows. The song coincides with their 35th anniversary for which they have just held shows in Osaka and...
Posted on May 8, 2025 at 22:26. | Released on May 5, 2025
usabeni "City Girl Velocity"
usabeni (a.k.a. Beni Usakura) has released a new solo single titled "City Girl Velocity". The music was written and produced by Q-Rabbit, and lyrics by usabeni herself. She also did the artwork, and directed the music video that can...
Posted on May 7, 2025 at 21:30. | Released on May 7, 2025
