mito "Dawns"
mito, bassist of band clammbon, has a solo album coming next week. Featured are many guests including electronic artist agraph, pianist kotringo, and members of bands toe and Rovo. Plus, the album is mastered by Sunahara Yoshinori! Released at the...
Posted on May 15, 2011 at 01:26. | Released on May 18, 2011
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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
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.54
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 18, 2024 at 14:19.
DJ event announcement: "POLY-810" Nov. 10, 2024
DJ 810 of Tokyo's Coolest Sound is organizing the event below with longtime friend polymoog (ELEKTEL/CTO LAB.). Come by for a late-afternoon/early-evening of good music (with lounge, electro, pop, Shibuya-kei, and beyond). Check out the details below in Japanese &...
Posted on October 12, 2024 at 22:50.
Machi Akari "Be Mosquitoes!" (Download)
Persuing her goal to reach more listeners outside of Japan, singer-songwriter Machi Akari has again released a new song in English, this time titled "Be Mosquitoes!". With music and lyrics written by herself, the tropical track was arranged by...
Posted on January 6, 2024 at 13:48. | Released on December 15, 2023
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Candy Candy (Moe Shop Remix)" (Download)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's early popular song "Candy Candy" has been remixed by France-born Tokyo-based future funk DJ/trackmaker Moe Shop — also an Asobisystem artist, who has been very influenced by Yasutaka Nakata. The track has been revamped with full...
Posted on May 3, 2023 at 22:33. | Released on April 21, 2023
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.34
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 16, 2022 at 21:03.
Dai Nakamura "About Hunger / Color Field" (Download)
Two songs by singer-songwriter Dai Nakamura (also known as NUBACK, also of BANK, Vacation Three, ex-Arch) have just been released in the form of a digital EP. These will be part of an upcoming album currently in the making,...
Posted on November 15, 2022 at 23:40. | Released on November 15, 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
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
The Aprils "Hyper Girl" (Download)
The Aprils always have a trick ready for April Fool's Day! This year is a surprise release of "Hyper Girl", now available on digital platforms. The song is a self-cover of one written for electro-pop idol my♪Rabbits. Find that...
Posted on April 2, 2021 at 13:48. | Released on April 1, 2021
Posted on February 28, 2021 at 00:11. | Event held on Monday March 1, 2021 at 21:00 (JST)
for instance "door that wind"
"door that wind" is the first album of for instance, the instrumental group led by Moonriders' guitarist Shirai Ryōmei. Taking the name from his previous solo album, "For Instance" (2017) (CDJapan, Amazon), the band features twin drums by Ōta Kōji...
Posted on January 24, 2021 at 11:49. | Released on January 27, 2021
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
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.9
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 24, 2020 at 00:19.
Posted on August 14, 2020 at 20:14. | Event held on Sunday August 23, 2020 at 18:00 (JST)
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
Mira Parameter "Phantasmagoria" (Download)
Here's one that slipped through from the end of 2019. Singer-songwriter Mira Parameter released a brand new song titled "Phantasmagoria". Song description (from Facebook): One spring day, there was an exceptionally awesome cherry blossom tree in the graveyard. I'm...
Posted on January 15, 2020 at 01:03. | Released on December 3, 2019
Various Artists "Sazanami Label 15th Anniversary Sampler Vol.1", "Vol.2"
Sazanami Label, an independant label known for introducing many bands of genres such as garage rock and neo-GS among lots more of variety. To celebrate its 15th anniversary, here are two new very nice priced compilations that cover respectively years...
Posted on April 13, 2019 at 01:05. | Released on April 24, 2019
TRI4TH "Hybrid Roots"
Danceable instrumental jazz band TRI4TH has released a new album that consists of covers of songs that make up their roots. Two self-covers are also included. A tour will be held starting on June 1st at Daikanyama Unit. Also, TRI4TH...
Posted on May 26, 2018 at 23:55. | Released on May 23, 2018
Moso Calibration "mōsō shōjo 00"
Mōsō Calibration is an idol group formed of 5 girls, and this is their first full-length album including 6 songs written by Dr.Usui ((M)otocompo). Moso Calibration "mōsō shōjo 00" 妄想キャリブレーション 「妄想少女00」 1. jinsei wa ijiwaru nano... kana? 2. motto zutto...
Posted on September 4, 2014 at 23:21. | Released on August 19, 2014
Various Artists "Sauna Cool 1"
New label Sauna Cool starts things off with this 51-track compilation, with a rule of "no more than 30 seconds per track". Featured are mainly artists from the Tokyo indies scene, including Chabe, HNC, Miila and the Geeks, VIDEOTAPEMUSIC, Mitsume,...
Posted on January 3, 2014 at 23:24. | Released on December 25, 2013
Hosono Haruomi "Heavenly Music"
Hosono Haruomi (YMO) has a new solo vocal album out now! The album consists mainly of covers, including ones of Kraftwerk's "Radio Activity", The Carpenters' "Close to You" and Bob Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece". The album's main recording...
Posted on June 16, 2013 at 01:26. | Released on May 22, 2013
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
Chūjyō Takanori "Plastic Jewelries"
Brand new from Orange Records is a first solo album by Chūjyō Takanori (MySpace). The Nara-born singer-songwriter used to be in a GS band around year 2000, and now brings an album mixing sounds of GS, new wave, 90's J-pop...
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 21:35. | Released on October 12, 2011
Sunahara Yoshinori "No Boys No Cry Original Soundtrack"
A whole 8 years since the amazing album "Lovebeat", Sunahara Yoshinori (ex-Denki Groove) brings us this new original release in the form of his first ever movie soundtrack. The movie is "No Boys, No Cry", a Japan/Korea collaboration directed by...
Posted on July 27, 2009 at 23:21. | Released on July 29, 2009
Suzuki Ami "Supreme Show"
Suzuki Ami's new full-length album is entirely produced by Nakata Yasutaka (capsule)! This contains the two recent singles "can't stop the DISCO" and "One". The limited edition contains a DVD with 3 video clips. Suzuki Ami "Supreme Show" 鈴木亜美 「Supreme...
Posted on November 9, 2008 at 01:55. | Released on November 12, 2008
Halcali "Look"
Halcali finally have a new release coming up, not yet an album but rather a single. The title track is to be the theme song for the Japan-produced Powerpuff Girls Z anime series from October 7. There will be a...
Posted on September 29, 2006 at 12:16. | Released on December 13, 2006
"otoko wa sore o gaman dekinai -Un homme ne peut endurer ça-"
There's a new film by Shindō Mitsuo (C.T.P.P.) coming out this year, titled 「男はソレを我慢できない -Un homme ne peut endurer ça-」 ("otoko wa sore o gaman dekinai"). The film is shot in Shimokitazawa and one of its goals is to archive...
Posted on May 7, 2006 at 12:06. | Released on July 29, 2006
Shinohara Tomoe "★asoFever 2005★ ~'kiniro no Gashbell' Ending theme"
Shinohara Tomoe is back with a first music release since (I think) the ZuTTO single in January 2004. The single is an ending theme for the anime series kiniro no Gashbell, and is arranged by Kagami. Thanks to Nick for...
Posted on September 11, 2005 at 12:12. | Released on October 19, 2005
