Youtube Japan is launching tomorrow the Youtube Music Week to keep people home during the Golden Week, featuring 49 artists such as Gesu no Kiwami Otome, Genie High, THE ORAL CIGARETTES, Aimer, 04 Limited Sazabys, Quruli, UVERworld, iri, Hentai Shinshi Club, Ieiri Leo, Nulbarich...
Looks like it'll be a mix of old concerts and other kinds of program.
Here's the schedule
Looks like it'll be a mix of old concerts and other kinds of program.
Here's the schedule
Age Factory uploaded all their songs from their newest album (it's sick as hell) on Youtube, they all have a neat little video loop to fit the mood as well
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Already posted Age Factory's new album, so here are the other noteworthy releases of the week (Hentai Shinshi Club releasing their EP tomorrow, and Gesu no Kiwami Otome releasing their album friday)
THE ORAL CIGARETTES with their 5th full album. It's just fantastic. A few "classic" tracks to please old fans, but overall it's clear that they're moving to the next step, and I'm all for it. They've got what it takes to diversify their repertory with a lot of different influences, without being stuck into the rock field.
Awesome City Club bring their first album since their move from Victor to Avex, and it's another A+ release. One of the best pop bands around, it pains me that they're still not bigger.
The charismatic rapper KOHH is done with music, at least under his current alias. This meaty last album allows him to go out with a bang. Hopefully we'll see him doing other projects.
Somehow, Da-iCE are still flying under the radar (and I was guilty of not listening to them for a while) despite being one of the most talented boy band out there.
New material from BALLOND'OR and Paledusk are also worth checking out.
THE ORAL CIGARETTES with their 5th full album. It's just fantastic. A few "classic" tracks to please old fans, but overall it's clear that they're moving to the next step, and I'm all for it. They've got what it takes to diversify their repertory with a lot of different influences, without being stuck into the rock field.
Awesome City Club bring their first album since their move from Victor to Avex, and it's another A+ release. One of the best pop bands around, it pains me that they're still not bigger.
The charismatic rapper KOHH is done with music, at least under his current alias. This meaty last album allows him to go out with a bang. Hopefully we'll see him doing other projects.
Somehow, Da-iCE are still flying under the radar (and I was guilty of not listening to them for a while) despite being one of the most talented boy band out there.
New material from BALLOND'OR and Paledusk are also worth checking out.
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Sounds wonderful, and I'm happy Chan-mari is getting more singing parts! Her solo mini-album was great stuff.
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Don't think he said why. But as I mentioned, it's described as his last album "as KOHH", so maybe it means he'll be doing something new at some point.
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New betcover!! is cool. New album coming in july as well.
LOL the physical release of Gesu's album will have a special edition that has a baumkuchen cake instead of the CD (you still get the lyrics booklet tho lmao). Touted as the first CD with an expiration date!
I'll stick with the vinyl record version haha
I'll stick with the vinyl record version haha
Only have Dos Monos's Dos City, and Kotori's Revival (my brother also got me Ghost in The Shell's OST if that counts)
I want to get more stuff going forward so if an artist releases both a CD version and a record version, I'll try to get the latter if I can. I don't even care that much about the sound itself, but I do like having a big cover art.
Not always easy with limited pressings/store exclusives etc... tho. Dos Monos' was released by their American label so it wasn't a hassle. Had to ask a Japanese friend for Kotori's album since she was also buying it.
HMV's been my go-to for Japanese vinyl releases, though I'm not sure how their shipping is these days (I know EMS/SAL is now shut down to the U.S. but Amazon's DHL shipping still works for Canada; I think HMV uses EMS but not totally sure). They have a convenient upcoming vinyl releases page that serves as my Japanese equivalent of r/VinylReleases, though not everything makes it there. I think the recent Nujabes repress of Modal Soul was on the Dance/R&B page instead, for example. Still, HMV tends to put stuff on the site faster than Amazon.co.jp, and sometimes Amazon doesn't bother putting anything up at all.
Jet Set's another good place for vinyl that ships overseas, but you'll have to do some on-the-fly translation of their site if you don't understand Japanese. I've ordered a few things from there, though, mostly limited pressings and Record Store Day stuff.
Jet Set's another good place for vinyl that ships overseas, but you'll have to do some on-the-fly translation of their site if you don't understand Japanese. I've ordered a few things from there, though, mostly limited pressings and Record Store Day stuff.
Thanks, the HMV list is pretty useful!
I used to buy my CDs on HMV Japan until like 2015-ish, but always getting customs fees made me switch to Amazon Japan where you already pay an extra for customs clearance when you order (it's still waaaaaay less than what I used to get with my HMV orders, like 1/3).
That being said... huh.. I wanted to pre-order Gesu's record on Amazon Japan, but it's showing me insane shipping fees for France (8000+ yens) even though it's usually around 2000 yens for packages of that size/weight (looking at other 2LP Japanese records for reference). What the hell. Maybe it's a mistake... ? lol
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For those of you who are unaware there a bunch of artists releasing concerts throughout this week on youtube for free.
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Nogizaka46 will be streaming their 3 Tokyo Dome shows from their 2017 tour starting from today.
Shiraishi was supposed to graduate from the group this week, and 3 Tokyo Dome concerts were scheduled as her send-off. Unfortunately they're postponed due to corona, so this is a way to give fans a little something.
Shiraishi was supposed to graduate from the group this week, and 3 Tokyo Dome concerts were scheduled as her send-off. Unfortunately they're postponed due to corona, so this is a way to give fans a little something.
Yeah, I've been trying to wean myself off all things Amazon myself, but two-day shipping to Canada plus pre-paid import duties are a really big deal. I've been pretty lucky with HMV packages so far, knock on wood, but the peace of mind of pre-paying is really nice.
Re: Gesu, I also get a ridiculously high shipping rate. I've heard from a record label in Hong Kong (Neoncity Records) that they're having an especially tough time shipping out vinyl, but Amazon uses DHL so I don't think that's affected in the same way. I tried to check shipping costs on HMV but they've completely suspended international shipping for the time being. A quick survey of upcoming releases shows mostly normal shipping rates but a few other releases have ridiculous costs--this Satoko Shibata 7-inch costs more than twice the list price to ship to Canada, for example. Maybe it'll fix itself in time?
You'll be delighted to learn that they've uploaded a full show on Youtube (available for a limited time, but they haven't said until when)
Got an ad for this. *shrug*
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4s4ki - NEXUS feat.rinahamu（Official Music Video）
4s4ki - NEXUS feat.rinahamuDownload/Streamig https://lnk.to/HyperAngryCatMusic,Lyric : 4s4ki Sound produce：KOTONOHOUSEMV Director：マザーファッ子///////////////////...
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Her latest album is cool stuff👍🏻👍🏻Got an ad for this. *shrug*
4s4ki - NEXUS feat.rinahamu（Official Music Video）
4s4ki - NEXUS feat.rinahamuDownload/Streamig https://lnk.to/HyperAngryCatMusic,Lyric : 4s4ki Sound produce：KOTONOHOUSEMV Director：マザーファッ子///////////////////...
Discovered her last year with that great collab on Denpa Girl's album
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Found this Shoegaze band in a weird way. The guitarist started following me on twitter, and I'm pretty sure it's because I posted this tweet where I taught one of my Animal Crossing villagers about Shoegaze hahaha.
Recently got into Ryu Matsuyama (both the name of the frontman and the band, like Bon Jovi lol) and this is some good stuff. Sweet piano pop with hints of alternative rock. Their latest album features Hitsujibungaku's vocalist, as well as mabanua.
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Man I've been trying to get into yonawo for a couple of months (a friend is always raving about them, as well as Kawatani Enon) but they just lack a je ne sais quoi to completely grab me. I think it's due to the vocalist, his voice needs that extra oomph.
I knew I'd regret switching my Spotify region from Japan at some point :|
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Good news : Rekishi and Hanaregumi are now available on streaming platforms. Rekishi is fantastic, catchy as hell and full of references to Japanese history that are guaranteed to fly over my head. Had a lot of fun when I saw him at Countdown Japan in 2016.
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King Gnu will stream 15 live songs tomorrow. They're taken from their Studio Coast show, and their Hibiya Yaon show that took place last year. The quality of their live performances is pretty mindblowing, so definitely check it out.
The archive will be available until may 31st.
The archive will be available until may 31st.