Last year, Band-Maid started what seems to be becoming an April Fools’ Day tradition, where they don traditional Japanese Maiko attire and turn into Band-Maiko. They released a new music video for the song “Gion Machi”, which features Band-Maid’s signature style of rock blended with the more traditional Maiko style. But the festivities don’t stop…
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Band-Maid Start Over Single Pre-Order
The girls of Band-Maid may just be one of the hardest working bands out there. Not too long ago they released their album “World Domination” (get yourself a copy ASAP if you haven’t), play live shows consistently, and are already releasing a new single: Start Over. At this point, we don’t even have cover art,…
Band-Maid Becomes Band-Maiko for Special Music Video “Secret Maiko”
Band-Maid has become Band-Maiko for this very cool crossover of the Japanese tradition of Maiko and the band’s awesome style of rock music. The song is a new version of “Secret My Lips,” now called “Secret MAIKO Lips” with some new instrumentals in the traditional Japanese style added in, and a beautifully filmed video featuring all…
Band-Maid – World Domination
The ladies of Band-Maid have been very busy with touring, releasing an album earlier this year, and a single over the summer, and they already have a 2nd full album on the way! The details are slim so far, but “World Domination” is the title of the album and accompanying tour. There will be three…
Ena Fujita – Bikini Riot & Tsuyome no Shinzo
Up and coming singer song writing gravure idol Ena Fujita released her first major label album in Japan on August 9th of 2017, titled Tsuyome no Shinzo. There are two versions available for sale, the standard edition titled “Chakui Edition” and the special edition which features a DVD with two music videos titled the “Datsui…
Band-Maid Daydreaming/Choose Me Amazon Pre-order!
Great news for Band-Maid fans! It appears that once again Amazon in the U.S. is taking pre-orders for the latest Band-Maid release. The first time I noticed them doing this was with Just Bring It, so I’m glad to see the trend continuing. If you haven’t seen my previous write-ups then check out my announcement…
Band-Maid Daydreaming Music Video
Today marks the release of Band-Maid’s music video for their newest song: Daydreaming! The music video is really well-produced with a lot of beautiful imagery and great shots of the girls solo and together as a group. It seems like they really focused on giving everyone a decent amount of screen time. As for the…
Band-Maid Daydreaming/Choose me
Band-Maid quickly became one of my favorite bands since I discovered them. It seems they’ve been very busy lately between touring and releasing their first full-length album Just Bring It earlier this year. If you haven’t heard it yet, definitely check it out because it’s amazing! Their entire discography thus far is quite good,…
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