FORMRE shows they are FORCE to be reckoned with in teaser of first album!

Three-member rock band FOMARE dropped a small teaser trailer for their first full album FORCE on JMS’s official YouTube channel. Dropping June 12, FORCE will be the latest release done by the group since their mini-album Snowdrop back in December. 

FORCE will be available in a CD-only standard edition with ten tracks includiing fan favorite songs “Frozen” and “Continue”. The teaser includes small clips of tracks featured on the album played alongside clips from various lives FOMARE performed.

However, the excitement of the album dropping will be short-lived as drummer Takuya Kinoshita will be leaving soon after. The sudden news came from their official site with Kinoshita commenting that he’s leaving due to personal reasons. His last performance with FOMARE will be during this week’s show in Tokyo’s LIQUIDROOM  live house.

Check out the teaser in question and pre-order FORCE at the link below!

Standard edition

Track listing:

FOMARE「FORCE」

01. Continue

02. Frozen

03. 生まれ変わっても (Umare Karwattemo)

04. 5cm

05. One Day

06. 君が都会へと帰ってく (Kimi ga Tokai het Kaetteku)

07. 赤と青 (Aka to Ao)

08. lonely

09. LINK

10. 秋の夜 (Aki no Yoru)

Music Corner Week 10: Kishidan

For this week’s Music Corner we cover the ever-cool rock band Kishidan. Kishidan started back in 1997 as a four-member group; Show Ayanocozey is the group’s frontman and the main vocalist for the group, who also happens to be DJ Ozma. Hikaru Saotome provides the dance moves for the group along with his screaming talents when needed. Hitomi Saionji and Hoshi Grandmarnier—the latter who joined the group in 1999—serve as guitarists while the last member to join—also in 1999—was Shouchikubai Shiratori, the bass guitarist.

Kishidan is a well-oiled machine full of personality led by the dragon-like vocals of Show Ayanocozey whose ability to match his tone to the music is unparalleled. Both guitarists write fun riffs that are a blast to listen to. Their music videos are fun to watch as well; each video is full of energy and usually features a crazy scenario like in their music video for “The Weekend Bancho” in which they wind up fighting a robot that’s gone crazy. Each member of Kishidan sports a huge pompadour and wear old styled school uniforms. Everything that Kishidan does is done with a touch of humor and a fondness of the gangs and values of yesterday. They tend to have appeal toward the younger generations because their songs are mostly about motorcycles, being with one’s gang, conflicts with school, and adolescent love.

Kishidan is under Avex Trax for their record label and are managed under Sony Music Artists. Since Kishidan’s formation they have released fourteen albums, their latest 万謡集 (Manyoshu), which was out August 9 of 2017. They have also released twenty singles, many of which featured in anime and dramas. Kishidan’s last single was “Running Man” which dropped August 30 of 2017. You can follow Kishidan on Twitter and give their official site a look.

Kis-My-Ft2 wants fans to put their HANDS UP for new single!

After the release of their very successful album Free Hugs!, popular  seven-member male idol group Kis-My-Ft2 announced a brand new single tiled “HANDS UP” July 10.

Being the group’s twenty-fourth single overall, “HANDS UP” received a more dance-centric feel to it. With this, Kis-My-Ft2 hopes to inspire fans to push forward and unleash their inner selves in order to achieve their goals and transform into their ‘new selves’.

Releasing with two tracks, “HANDS UP” will drop in three different editions: a standard CD-only edition and two CD + DVD limited editions simply titled Type A and Type B. The difference between the two limited editions is that not only will both feature a different B-side track but they will also include either the music video of “HANDS UP” or several campaign videos that were used for their Free Hugs! album on the DVD. Not to be outdone by the limited editions, the standard edition will include one of the B-side tracks from the limited editions along with two new unannounced tracks, rounding its total out to four tracks.

Pre-order all three editions of “HANDS UP” along with a CD JAPAN  exclusive Bundled Edition for fans who want the full experience.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition Type A

Limited Edition Type B

Bundled Set

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Track listing:

Kis-My-Ft2「HANDS UP」

Limited Edition Type A

CD

01. HANDS UP

02. OpaPiPo

DVD

・HANDS UP（Music Video）

With More.

Limited Edition Type B

CD

01. HANDS UP

02. 永遠結び

DVD

・永遠結び〈Lip ver.〉

・ルラルララ〈Hug movie〉

ほか

Standard Edition 

01. HANDS UP

02. 真夏と太陽

03. 永遠結び

04. New Track A

Exile Jr.s go to war

The world is on the brink of collapse.

All the multiverses are about to collide.

The only things that can save us all… are the magical dancing skills of the junior Exile tribe groups.

In all seriousness, Avex dropped two music videos to promote their next big project in which all of the Exile Jr. groups release a versus album. The groups in question are GENERATIONS from Exile Tribe, The RAMPAGE from Exile Tribe, FANTASTICS from Exile Tribe, and BALLISTIK BOYZ from Exile Tribe. The new album will be titled Battle Of Tokyo - Enter The Jr.exile. You better look forward to its release July 3.

Battle Of Tokyo - Enter The Jr.exile will be released in five editions. While the standard edition will be CD-only there will also be a CD + DVD standard edition along with a CD + Blu-ray standard edition. The two limited editions will be CD + DVD and CD + Blu-ray versions and both will include a photo book. You can pre-order your copy of Battle Of Tokyo - Enter The Jr.exile here.

Standard Edition

CD plus DVD Edition

CD plus Blu-ray Edition

Limited Edition with DVD

Limited Edition with Blu-Ray

At the bottom of this page be sure to check out the track listing along with the super cool music videos for “Shoot it Out” and “Shock the World”. Both videos feature a dramatic English voice-over and show a world on the brink of collapse.

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GENERATIONS, THE RAMPAGE, FANTASTICS, BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE「BATTLE OF TOKYO ～ENTER THE Jr.EXILE～」

CD

01. SHOOT IT OUT / GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE vs THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE

02. Dead or Alive / THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE vs BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE

03. Supersonic / GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE vs FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE

04. SHOCK THE WORLD / FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE vs BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE

05. MIX IT UP / THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE vs FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE

06. BREAK DOWN YA WALLS / GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE vs BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE

07. 24WORLD / GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE, THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE, FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE, BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE

DVD & Blu-ray

01. SHOOT IT OUT / GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE vs THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE

02. Dead or Alive / THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE vs BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE

03. Supersonic / GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE vs FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE

04. SHOCK THE WORLD / FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE vs BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE

05. MIX IT UP / THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE vs FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE

06. BREAK DOWN YA WALLS / GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE vs BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE

MONSTA X looking to SWISH more into Japanese Market!

Popular seven-member Korean hip-hop group MONSTA X announced that they will be releasing a brand new single, “Alligator”, June 12. “Alligator” will be the sixth single released in the the Japanese market by the Korean super group. To prove that MONSTA X isn’t stopping anytime soon, the single will also include an original Japanese song titled “SWISH”, which they previewed on Universal Music Japan’s official YouTube channel. 

“Alligator” will drop with three editions: a CD-only standard edition and two CD + DVD limited editions simply titled Type A and Type B. The only difference between the two is that Type A will include only the music and Making Of for “Alligator”, with Type B including a live performance of “Alligator” along with a “Special Clip” of “SWISH”and a behind-the-scenes Making Of of the single cover shoot. 

MONSTA X「Alligator」Release High Five Event

2019年6月14日 Shizuoka Act City Hamamotsu Event Hall

2019年6月15日 Hiroshima Exhibition and Trade Center

2019年6月16日 Chiba’s Makuharimesse Hall 7

2019 MONSTA X WORLD TOUR 'WE ARE HERE' IN JAPAN

2019年8月21日 Chiba’s Makuharimesse Hall 7

2019年8月22日 Chiba’s Makuharimesse Hall 7

2019年9月3日 Osaka’s Osaka Castle Hall

2019年9月4日 Osaka’s Osaka Castle Hall

To commentate the release of the single, MONSTA X will be having an “Alligator High Five” event starting June 14-16. The group also announced the dates for the Japan portion of their 2019 World Tour simply titled「2019 MONSTA X WORLD TOUR 'WE ARE HERE' IN JAPAN」(more details for both events at right)

Check out the “Special Clip” for “SWISH” and pre-order “Alligator” below!

Standard Edition 

Limited Edition Type A

Limited Edition Type B

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Track listing:

MONSTA X「Alligator」

CD

01. Alligator

02. SWISH

DVD（Limited Edition Type A）

・Alligator -Japanese ver.-（Music Video）

・Alligator -Japanese ver.-（Music Video Making）

DVD（Limited Edition Type B）

・Alligator -Japanese ver.-（Performance Music Video）

・SWISH（Special Clip）

・Alligator -Japanese ver.-（Jacket Shoot Making）