AKB48 - Anime Expo

Anime Expo 2010 (Los Angeles Convention Center) calls AKB48.
Calendar 2010 - AKB48 - Anime Expo
http://www.zbsatozofjmusic.com/2010/04/calendar-2010-akb48-anime-expo.html

Japanese Musical Group AKB48 will be Official Guests of Honor
at Anime Expo 2010
http://www.anime-expo.org/2010/04/27/akb48-as-ax2010-goh/

Anaheim, CA – April 27, 2010 – Anime Expo® is pleased to announce today that Japanese musical supergroup, AKB48, will be official Guests of Honor at its July convention. Anime Expo, the United States’ largest anime and manga convention, is scheduled for July 1 – 4, 2010, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. AKB48 will perform live in Nokia Theater on Thursday, July 1, 2010, at 4:30 p.m. The members will also participate in attendee panels, meet-and-greets and autograph sessions.

AKB48 dance cover




Anime Expo 2010
http://www.anime-expo.org/
http://www.twitter.com/AnimeExpo

Anime Expo is located in Los Angeles and is the nation’s largest anime and manga convention. The Expo serves to foster trade, commerce and the interests of the general public and animation industry. This event serves as a key meeting place for the general public to express their interest and explore various aspects of both anime and manga, as well as for members of the industry to conduct business. AX 2010 will be held July 1 – July 4, 2010, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Southern California. More information can be found at www.anime-expo.org.

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Perfume, Golden JPOP *Japanese Music Dream #1

Perfume
http://www.perfume-web.jp/

Perfume is a three person j-pop group from Hiroshima who debuted locally
in 2001 and nationally in 2005. Perfume sing and dance with electro
futurism music.
Members are:
Omoto Ayano (Nocchi) - September 20 1988
Kashino Yuka (Kashiyuka) - December 23, 1988
Nishiwaki Ayaka (A~chan) - February 15, 1989






Perfume - Polyrhythm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebWsTKtTHzs
Perfume - ONE ROOM DISCO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThmUt7fXX6U
Perfume - Chocolate Disco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JjV71fWq_s
Perfume - Computer City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmGUKaQA-Vw
Perfume - Natural ni Koishite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edyARJq9sgM




#Events


FM802 / ROCK KIDS 802 / SPECIAL LIVE - REQUESTAGE 8
http://funky802.com/requestage8/
2010/4/29 Osaka - Osaka Casle Hall
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, Motohiro Hata
Miliyah Kato, Perfume, Shonan no Kaze



KDDI presents Music Lovers Live 2010
http://www.ntv.co.jp/mlovers/live2010/
2010/6/5, 6 Yokohama - Yokohama Arena
AI, SUKIMASWITCH, Perfume, Becky
HY, Ai Ohtsuka, FUNKY MONKEY BABYS




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Zebra Queen

The japanese action movie, Zebraman 2 - Zebra City no Gyakushu that is directed by Takashi Miike will be released by Toei in Japan on May 1, 2010.

Zebraman 2
http://www.zeb2.jp/



In the year 2025, Tokyo has been transformed into Zebra City and completely covered in black and white. Every morning at 5:00am, the sensational singing voice of a woman called Zebra Queen (Riisa Naka) can be heard resounding throughout the city. Zebra Queen sings like this. like Lady GAGA.

Zebra Queen - NAMIDA / Kokoro Abaite






Kawaii 20 year old girl, Riisa Naka changed into Zebra Queen the Evil.






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Golden JPOP, Golden Week

The end of April through around May 5th (from 29th April to 9th MAY?)is called "Golden Week" here in Japan since there are many Japanese national holidays during this period. Many Japanese offices close for about a week to 10 days, depending on the calender. During Japanese Golden Week, this blog introduce Golden JPOPs. ARIGATOGOZAIMASU. and more Jpoplover would tweet Golden JPOP songs....:)

Golden JPOP *Japanese Music Dream, during Golden Week

Kuchikoro - GOLDEN WEEK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KATgsR9PVi8



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Between Two Waves compilation

This month, a member of MAP - music alliance pact, Music blog Eardrums (Norway) released Between Two Waves - 3 indie delicious compilation of 38 songs on 3 volumes from his netlabel; EardrumsPOP. And have posted 3 albums for free download to music lovers.
http://www.eardrumspop.com/

The main idea behind the Between Two Waves compilation is co-operation & collaboration. Every single track, every illustration is a collaboration between two artists. 4 japanese groups participated in "Between Two Waves – Vol. B" and you can listen to 2 collaboration songs.(track #10 and #11)

You can download it from here. (free)
http://eardrumsmusic.com/2010/04/20/b2wrelease/

TRACKLIST:
1. Oláfachada (Ola Innset(My Little Pony) + bFachada))- There Is Another Sky 3:16
2. Joel & Julia (Butcher The Bar + Julia Guther)- Pope Pius X 2:37
3. Horse Opera (Meeting of Important People + Woody(Triggers))- Horse Opera 2:50
4. Swim Lessons (Boca Chica + Lohio)- Afternoon Tea 3:48
5. Pix & Hollie (Tiny Ruins + Matthew Pickering)- Venn 5:00
6. Sharon Van Etten and Marie-Claire Balabanian (S.V.E.+ M-C.B.(Speck Mountain))- Keep Trying 2:56
7. Faller Falling (The Holy Roman Army + Kaplin)- I Remember Evening 3:39
8. Loud Off & Ant – Crying No Tears 3:48
9. The Ordinary Hit and Misses (Skatan + The Kernel)- Life In Cycles 5:08
10. Seasel (Wool Strings + Table Music Meeting)- Water, Bubble, Moon and Star 4:43
11. Vapour Trail & Meso Meso – marsbit 4:10
12. The Alfred Barthlows People (Le Days + Andreas Grundel)- Knives and Needles 5:09



Seasel (Wool Strings + Table Music Meeting) - Water, Bubble, Moon and Star

Seasel
http://www.myspace.com/seaselseasel
Wool Strings
http://www.myspace.com/woolstrings
Table Music Meeting
http://www.myspace.com/tablemusicmeeting

Vapour Trail & Meso Meso - marsbit

Vapour Trail
http://www.myspace.com/vapourtrail
Meso Meso
http://www.myspace.com/mesomeso



 
 


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Tim & Puma Mimi

Tim & Puma Mimi
http://www.myspace.com/timandpumamimi


Tim & Puma Mimi is indie erectro-pop group that consists of Switzerland Zurich Tim (aka Christian Fischer) and Japanese Tokyo Mimi (aka Michiko Hanawa). They met in the Netherlands at a Saint Nikolaus party in end 2003. They are far from each othe but are conecting with via internet. Tim & Puma Mimi uses Skype for recording the tracks. it Seems very strange and interesting. Music groups who has gloval style such like Tim & Puma Mimi are increasing...!?

Tim & Puma Mimi - Aquarium

Imagine there's a little japanese woman, in a small appartement in Tokyo, singing into her laptop, getting live transmitted via skype to new york, video-projected to a wall and amplified to the music produced and performed by Tim. It's not a dream! It's the f**ing virtual-reality.

on May, Tim comes to Tokyo and Tim & Puma Mimi live shows will be held in Tokyo.
May 7 @KOENJI HIGH
May 16 “Saiko vol. 6 Rock Chick Returns” @Shinjuku Marz
May 18 @Shinjuku Motion, Tokyo
May 20 @Tsukimiru Kimi Omou, Aoyama Tokyo



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#musicmonday JPOP MUSIC CHART 2010/4/25

FM802 Osaka MUSIC CHART 2010/4/25
http://funky802.com/hot100/index.php



No.20 ORIANTHI - ACCORDING TO YOU
No.19 JUJU - Sakuraame
No.18 USHER - OMG FEAT.WILL.I.AM

No.17 Kana Nishino - Best Friend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XndDBku1ls

No.16 SohtaiseiRiron - miss. Parallel World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2nTZrPQFFc

No.15 Perfume - NaturalniKoishite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edyARJq9sgM



No.14 Bump of Chicken - Mahou no ryori (kimi kara kimi e)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVVQynaCOYg
Buy Bump of Chicken songs at iTunes

No.13 Angela Aki - Kagayakuhito
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYvtyHBR9s8

No.12 Maika - NEVER CRY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxA5BE9erU



No.11 INSPECTOR CLUZO - FRENCH BASTARDS

No.10 THE BAWDIES - HOT DOG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOqNlnPuWEU

No.9 Kazuyoshi Saito - Zutto Sukidatta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvFrFTIFDFA

No.8 KE$HA - TIK TOK
No.7 JUSTIN BIEBER FEAT.LUDACRIS - BABY
No.6 LADY GAGA - BAD ROMANCE
No.5 AIKO - BEAT
No.4 AVRIL LAVIGNE - ALICE

No.3 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - Solanin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1t9JjJ0G_U

No.2 J.K.RADIOFISH - kaikasengen
No.1 LADY GAGA FEAT.BEYONCE - TELEPHONE






SPACE SHOWER MUSIC CHART 2010/4/25
http://www.spaceshowertv.com/chart/



No.10 Ai - FAKE feat. Namie Amuro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKW45udMME0

No.9 Aiko - modorenaiashita



No.8 Sakanaction - MegaAkuAiiro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOqvFHwh3rk
Buy Sakanaction songs at iTunes


No.7 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - Solanin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1t9JjJ0G_U

No.6 Kazuyoshi Saito - Zutto Sukidatta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvFrFTIFDFA

No.5 SekainoOwari - maboroshinoinochi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H51Xj5aEgkA

No.4 SohtaiseiRiron - miss. Parallel World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2nTZrPQFFc

No.3 THE BAWDIES - KEEP YOU HAPPY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ0bpOGqi4M



No.2 Bump of Chicken - Mahou no ryori (kimi kara kimi e)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVVQynaCOYg
Buy Bump of Chicken songs at iTunes

No.1 9mm Parabellum Bullet - The Revolutionary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzxW2te2woM









 
 


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Soutaisei Riron

Soutaisei Riron
Soutaisei Riron is a revolutionary "all-weather J-Pop unit", formed
in September 2006, and active since 2007. Self-produced album Chiffon
Shugi was released on CD from Mirai Records in May 2008 after overwhelming
requests from fans, and is still selling steadily.




SohtaiseiRiron - miss. Parallel World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2nTZrPQFFc

Soutaisei Riron has that typical whispery female vocal sound so common in J-pop, but there’s something about them that feels different. Most of their lyrics seem to be about the kinds of things that an especially conscious and sensitive high school girl in Japan would think about. A lot of the comments on YouTube describe the vocalist and the lyrics as being "setsunai", which is a kind of sad and wistful emotion. "setsunai" is one of those words that I’m glad never shows up in my translation work ? very Japanese.　japannewbie.com

SohtaiseiRiron - Jigoku Sensei





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The Musique

The Musique
http://www.myspace.com/themusique1990

Young indies rock band of 18 years old from Kobe, The Musiqu appears to
uptodate music scene. their alternative music are influenced by Quluri,
Number Girl, Oasis, RadioHead, Nirvana, Bob Dylan. they releases the
new EP; Butterfly Syndrome this month.

The Musique - Yukusue


Butterfly Syndrome
1.Maetel
2.Hikohki Gumo
3.kawanomawarino himawari
4.Glider
http://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/butterfly-syndrome-ep/id367595020

Hurt, lost, at a loss,
But we are struggling hard to fly For.
From chrysalis to butterfly, to begin to find their own buzz





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Recochoku - JPOP weekly chart 4/22

Jpop "chaku uta fullsize" weekly chart (21st April)
on Recochoku, the biggest mobile JPOP music shop
http://recochoku.jp/
http://recochoku.jp/recochoku_ranking/weekly_full.html


BUMP OF CHICKEN - HAPPY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwCl11tyWP0
Buy Bump of Chicken songs at iTunes


Mahou no ryori - kimi kara kimi e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVVQynaCOYg
Buy Bump of Chicken songs at iTunes





No.10 Ketsumeishi - Tomodachi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp0UE5WfpXk

No.9 Kana Nishino - Best Friend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XndDBku1ls

No.8 Ketsumeishi - namida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NGZWKYWfkI

No.7 Koh Shibazaki - Hontodayo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu4iSxhdLYM

No.6 Lady GAGA - telephone feat. Beyonce

No.5 Perfume - Natural ni Koishite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edyARJq9sgM

No.4 Fuyumi Sakamoto - mata kimini koishiteru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_xOqmbjWhY

No.3 Kazuyoshi Saito - Zutto Sukidatta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvFrFTIFDFA

No.2 INFINITY 16 welcomez Wakadanna - Aishiteru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_nHSV-DAvc

No.1 Hilcrhyme - DAIJYOBU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbt7O5IiMZA




2010 Shanghai Expo PR Song
Mayo Okamoto - sonomamanokimideite








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Tenniscoats

Tenniscoats are Psychedelic folk popsters from Tokyo, Japan featuring Saya and Takashi Ueno, often helped by other musicians and non-musicians. They, in turn, have performed in, or collaborated with a large number of underground bands and musicians like Maher Shalal Hash Baz (with Tori and Reiko Kudo), Cacoy (with DJ Klock of Clockwise Records), Puka Puka Brians and other artists on Tenniscoats very own Majikick label.
http://www.myspace.com/tenniscoats


Yesterday, LaBlogotheque, French music video blog uploaded the Rare and Raw music video; Tenniscoats - Baibaba Bimba. it was shot near Ebisu Garden place along JR Yamanote Line in Ebisu Tokyo in February 24th 2010.
http://www.blogotheque.net/

Tenniscoats - Baibaba Bimba - A Take Away Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2rtqVma_Ww




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the day of happy release #musicwednesday

Today 21th April is the day when Bump of Chicken releases new single, Mahou no ryori. it is a nostalgic song and is currently getting air-play in NHK's program "Minna no uta" during April and May.

Mahou no ryori - kimi kara kimi e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVVQynaCOYg

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#other happy releases for jpop

COMA-CHI - STEP UP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1qg7pUmQg4

MiChi - All about the Girls / iijanka Party People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e5z4l8yEv0

SPEED - Himawari -Growing Sunflower-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgmj4RmmG-E

mihimaru GT - omedetou
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PofBkCeO8N0

Kazuyoshi Saito - Zutto Sukidatta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvFrFTIFDFA



Sambomaster - SekaiwoKaesaseteOkureyo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVfmzmE1iyI

Sambomaster - Love Song from new album; Kimi no Tame ni Tsuyoku naritai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBPA_emlm14



#other happy releases for indies music

cutman-booche - tachiagare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjX4tn2qk0M
#event April 24th Osaka Apple store

Curly Giraffe - 123 4 U from the album; Idiots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu-BeGi8iGo

Spangle call Lilli line - eye from the album; VIEW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X0NQplwrLE








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