Arakawa Kentauros rocks the boat with new album!

​Popular five-member rock band Arakawa Kentauros announced that they will be releasing a brand new album, 情熱の船 (Jonetsu no Fune), July 17. With the release of Jonetsu no Fune this will be the latest release from the band since their digital single “Ring a bell” back in 2017.

The album will include not only “Ring a bell” but “ハートビートからKnockしてるBaby” (“Heart Beat Kara Knock Shiteru Baby”) and “Don’t let me down”, which will feature guest vocals by Nanase Gumi from idol group Band Janai Mon! MAXX NAKAYOSHI which you can see here. Including all of the above tracks, Jonetsu no Fune will drop with eleven songs.

Unfortunately no pre-order links are available right now but we’ll update you guys when they are. In the meantime check out the track listing along with the audio video for “Ring a bell” below!

Arakawa Kentauros「Jonetsu no Fune」

01. かぎろい
02. 手紙
03. Don't let me down の僕たちを feat. ななせぐみ
04. ハートビートからKnockしてるBaby（Album Version）
05. 映画
06. レインマン
07. Ring a bell（Album Version）
08. シロモノ
09. メトロポリス、2つの月
10. 暁（Album Version）
11. マリー・ミー

Daichi Miura gives fans a peek around the Corner with latest music video!

Vocalist Daichi Miura dropped a small preview of his upcoming song “片隅” (“Katasumi”) on Avex’s official YouTube channel. Dropping June 12, “Katasumi” is set to be the insert song for medical drama 白衣の戦士! (Hakui no Senshi).

As previously reported, “Katasumi” is written by popular Japanese model Koki. Koki stated that she wrote the song for “someone who has high vocals” and was happy to find out that Miura would be the one performing the song. The preview shows off Miura’s gentle yet powerful vocals in an extremely beautiful arrangement.

“Katasumi”, which will be released as a double A-side single alongside his track “Corner”, will be released in two editions: a CD + DVD edition and a CD + Blu-ray edition, both of which will include the music video for “Katasumi”.

Check out the music video along with pre-order links for “Katasumi/Corner” at the links below.

CD + DVD Edition

CD + Blu-ray Edition

Track listing:

Daichi Miura「片隅/Corner」

01. 片隅 (Katasumi)

02. Corner

03. 片隅 Instrumental

04. Corner Instrumental

DVD/Blu-ray

・片隅 -Music Video-

The Wisely Brothers show us to be En Grade with brand new album!

Three-member rock band The Wisely Brothers announced that they will be releasing a brand new album titled Captain Sad July 17. Captain Sad will be the latest album release from the band since YAK back in February of last year and will be their second album overall. 

Captain Sad will drop with eleven tracks and include hits such as “気球” (“Kikyu”) and “柔らかな” (“Yawarakana”)- which was used as the main theme song for popular romance drama movie 青のハスより (Aoi no Bus Yori). Currently, the track “つばめ” (“Tsubame”) will be made available for fans who pre-order the album via iTunes or check out the album via Apple Music. This will give fans a taste of the type of vibe The Wisely Brothers will rock for this album.

The Wisely Brothers「Captain Notes day 1 with DRAWING AND MANUAL」

2019年7月21日 Tokyo’s Harajuku Strobe Cafe

The Wisely Brothers「Captain Notes day 2 with Cow and Mouse」

2019年8月10日 Hyugo’s Kobe City

The Wisely Brothers also announced that they will hold two release events simply titled Captain Notes which will take place in Tokyo (July 21) and Kobe (August 10). You can check out more info here.

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Check out the music video for “Yawarakana” along with the pre-order link for Captain Sad below!

Standard edition 

Track listing:

The Wisely Brothers「Captain Sad」

01. 気球

02. テーブル

03. つばめ

04. はなればなれピーポーズ

05. イルカの背中

06. 柔らかな

07. Hobby

08. いつかのライフ

09. ナイトホーク

10. River

11. Horses/馬たち

Kenshi Yonezu shows us the spirit of the ocean with latest music video!

Popular vocalist Kenshi Yonezu dropped the music video for his upcoming song “海の幽霊” (“Umi no Yurei”) on his official YouTube channel. Dropping June 3 and being used as the theme song for the upcoming animated film 海獣の子供 (Kaiju no Kodomo), “Umi no Yurei” includes several stunning scenes from the film.

As previously reported, both author of Kaiju no Kodomo Daisuke Igarashi and Yonezu composed the song, and to Igarashi’s word, it shows off Yonezu’s calm yet powerful vocals that will resonate chills to any listener.

Check out “Umi no Yurei” below!

Wizard's Masumi passes on

It is with great sadness that we report that the guitarist for the Visual Kei band, Masumi, passed away from lung cancer May 18.

Back in 2013 Wizard went on indefinite hiatus, after which Masumi retired from the music industry and only made occasional tweets online. In April Masumi tweeted out two very important updates about his life. Below are Masumi’s two tweets in which he reveals the fact he has lung cancer.

“There are good news and bad news. Let me tell you the good news first: During these past 6 years I became a nurse, married, bought a house and was blessed with a child. Every day was so fulfilling.”

“And this is the bad news: Last month my bad condition continued, so I went to see a doctor. The result of it is that I was diagnosed with lung cancer. It already spread to other parts of my body and is stage IV now. As result of genetic check-ups it’s the plan to undergo chemotherapy. I wanted to hold a live just once again. It’s a pity.”

Not long after Masumi published these tweets fans started sending him folded paper cranes. In Japan a thousand folded paper cranes can symbolize good luck and good health. In Masumi’s last few tweets he thanked his fans for their support and provided updates on his condition. On April 29 he expressed that he was happy that he would live the see the first day of the brand new Reiwa era, which was May 1. Still, he was really hoping to live to see his birthday in August—but sadly, this wish wasn’t able to come to pass.

On May 8 Masumi sent out his final tweet in which he thanked Brand X’s Yada and Like, along with Edison’s Rami, for helping to organize the paper cranes and for their general support. The final tweet from Masumi’s account itself, the announcement of his passing, came May 25.

We here at Ongaku To You send out our thoughts and prayers to the friends and family Masumi left behind.