Band-Maid has been on a roll these past few years with consistently awesome singles and albums and Conqueror is sure to be another hit for one of the hardest working bands in the world. Conqueror features 15 tracks including Endless Story (outro theme for “Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS” anime) and Bubble (main theme for TV drama “Perfect…
Tag: Japanese rock
BAND-MAIKO [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]
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…
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] – RE/MEMBER [w/ Blu-ray, Limited Edition]
RE/MEMBER is SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]’s third full length album featuring a variety of artists with compositions by the ever talented Hiroyuki Sawano. RE/MEMBER features the Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative theme “Narrative” featuring LiSA. RE/MEMBER includes other great artists like SUGIZO, Akihito Okano, Sukima Switch, Aimer, Takanori Nishikawa, Uru, Sayuri, ASCA, and Tielle. The limited edition release includes…
Sayuri x MY FIRST STORY – Reimi
Sayuri and My First Story team up for the track “Reimi” which is used as the opening theme for the second season of the anime Golden Kamui. Both great musical acts in their own right, Sayuri’s unique vocals compliment My First Story’s rock-driven style perfectly. The single for Reimi is being released in three different…
SECONDWALL – Beautiful Lie
SECONDWALL’s first full-length album “Beautiful Lie,” will be released on June 6th, 2018. It features ten tracks of infectiously catchy J-Pop/Rock songs that will have you going back for more. The album has a good mixture of upbeat and mid-paced tracks. You can listen to a preview for the entire album below, and also watch…
Ena Fujita – Ienai Koto wa Uta no Naka Single
“Ienai Koto wa Uta no Naka” is the latest single from Ena Fujita. If you are unfamiliar with her work, you may check out my previous post on her here. She’s a skilled J-rock/pop artist! Coming on June 20th, Ienai Koto wa Uta no Naka contains four tracks, two of which are brand new songs,…
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…
Do As Infinity Alive/Iron Hornet Single
After about a year since their last release, Do As Infinity returns today with their latest single “Alive,” produced by none other than Sawano Hiroyuki. Alive is an upbeat rock song that showcases the band’s incredible talent with a hint of Sawano’s touch to it. There are three different versions of this release! The Limited…
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…
Hobby Scratch 