sumika surprises fans with release of two music videos!

On the same day as the official single release, four-member rock band sumika dropped the music videos for both “Equal” and “Traveling” on their official YouTube Channel. “Equal” embodies the theme of dreams and reality; the music video is played alongside footage of their latest concert. On the opposite end of the spectrum, “Traveling” features a more focused story between a couple and has Junnosuke taking a more vocals-heavy approach than in “Equal”.

As previously reported, “Equal/ Traveling” will drop with two editions: a CD-only standard edition and a two-disc CD limited edition. The second CD included in the limited edition will feature a live sound rip of their “Fanfare/ Syunkasyutou” release tour event which took place at Tokyo’s Zepp Tokyo back in November of last year.

Check out the music videos for both tracks below and if you love the tracks, purchase the single at the links!

Standard edition

Limited edition

Necry Talkie shows fans tease of latest track!

Indie Corner darling Necry Talkie not only revealed the CD jacket cover for their upcoming mini-album MEMORIES, but they released a live performance of the lead song for the mini-album “夕暮れ先生”  (“Yugure Sensei”) on their official YouTube channel.

Dropping July 24, MEMORIES will be the latest release by the band since their album ONE! back in December of last year and it will be released with a CD-only standard edition. As previously reported, lead guitarist Asahi remarked that the group experimented with several different sounds and styles for MEMORIES and hopes that fans are just as excited as they are. As with ONE!, MEMORIES’ cover will be illustrated by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Mossa.

The live performance footage of Yugure Sensei was taken back in March during Necry Talkie’s one-band live at Tokyo’s WWW live house. Give it a watch below.

Pre-order the MEMORIES at the link below!

 Standard edition

 Track listing:

Necry Talkie「MEMORIES」

01. 音楽が嫌いな女の子 (Ongaku ga Kiraina Onnano Ko)

02. ジャックポットなら踊らにゃソンソン (Jackpot Nara Odoranya Sonson)

03. 夕暮れ先生 (Yugure Sensei)

04. あの子は竜に逢う (Ano ko wa Ryu ni Chigau)

05. 浮かれた大学生は死ね (Yukareta Daigakusei ha Shine)

06. きらいな人 (Kirena Hito)

07. ゆるふわ樹海ガール (Yurefuwa Jukai Girl)

08. ティーンエイジ・ネクラポップ (Teenage Necry Pop)

Tokyo Performance Doll turns 5

Standard Edition

Female idol group Tokyo Performance Doll turned five years old June 11 and celebrated by releasing a brand new single the very next day. The brand new single, “Super Duper”, is being used as the commercial song for Yukata and Swimsuit 2019 at Youme Town Mall, which is located in Hiroshima.

“Super Duper” was released with a crazy nine editions. The standard edition will be CD-only while six of the limited editions will also be CD only, but these limited editions will each feature a unique member of the group on the cover; one for each member. The last two editions will include limited edition Type A, which will include a CD and Blu-ray, and limited edition Type B, which will include a CD and DVD. You can order your preferred edition right below, and at the bottom of this page you can check out the complete track listing for all of the editions.

Standard Edition

Limited Nana Takashima Edition

Limited Seira Jonishi Edition

Limited Saki Sakurai Edition

Limited Kaho Hamasaki Edition

Limited Akari Waki Edition

Limited Futaba Tachibana Edition

Limited Edition Type A

Limited Edition Type B

Unfortunately, at the time of posting this article, “Super Duper” is not available on YouTube but you can check out their song “Junai Chaos” below.

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Limited Edition Type A

Tokyo Performance Doll 「SUPER DUPER」

Limited Edition Type A, & B

CD

01. SUPER DUPER

02. Starship Flight

03. Into The Night ～夜に落ちて～ / 赤の流星 (Into The Night ～Yoru ni ochite～/Aka no ryūsei)

04. SUPER DUPER (KARAOKE)

05. Starship Flight (KARAOKE)

Limited Edition Type B

Blu-ray and DVD

01. SUPER DUPER -Music Video-

02. Hey, Girls! -Music Video-

03. Lovely Lovely -Music Video-

04. Collection feat. ☆Taku Takahashi（m-flo） -Music Video-

Standard, and Member Editions

01. SUPER DUPER

02. Starship Flight

03. SUPER DUPER（KARAOKE）

04. Starship Flight（KARAOKE）

BiS shakes things up with new generation!

After the success of their single “Are you ready?”, popular anti-establishment idol group BiS formally announced the third generation of the group and stated that it will be debuting on the group’s upcoming album Brand-new idol Society August 14. The announcement of the third generation came as a surprise during their Tokyo My Navi BILTZ event this past week. The group stated that they had over 2,000 girls come to audition—and narrowed down to but five. Those who placed bore the lovely code names Ito Musenshity Bu, Chant Monkey, Neo Trees, Doggy, and Manako Chi Manako. The third generation hopes to impress their former generation members and help to elevate BiS even more.

Brand-new idol Society, which holds the same name as the group’s debut album back from 2011, is meant to be a fresh restart of sorts and will be released with thirteen tracks. Currently not much else is known about the album except that it will feature a CD-only standard edition. We shall update you guys when more news is available.

In the meantime check out the music video for BiS’s latest single “Are you ready?” below!

Aimyon smells the night air in new single

Popular artist Aimyon, who was just announced as Billboard Japan’s number one artist for the first half  2019, announced she will be releasing a brand new single July 24 which will be titled “真夏の夜の匂いがする” (“Manatsu no Yoru no Nioigasuru”). It is to be used for upcoming drama 「Heaven？ ご苦楽レストラン」 (Heaven? Gokuraku Restaurant) , which is about a French restaurant that opens up in the middle of a cemetery. Back in January Aimyon made an appearance on 「MUSIC☆HERO」alongside popular actress Satomi Ishihara, who is also one of the stars in the series. Aimyon has remarked that, ever since her appearance on 「MUSIC☆HERO」, she has looked forward to working with Ishihara  again.

“Manatsu no Yoru no Nioigasuru” is only featuring a standard release which will consist of a mere three tracks total. You can pre-order your copy here and check out the full track listing for “Manatsu no Yoru no Nioigasuru” at the bottom of this page. Lastly, you can also check out Aimyon’s megahit “Marigold” in the video below.

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Aimyon「真夏の夜の匂いがする」(Manatsu no Yoru no Nioigasuru)

1 真夏の夜の匂いがする (Manatsu no Yoru no Nioigasuru)

2 テレパしい (Terepashi)

3 真夏の夜の匂いがする (Instrumental) (Manatsu no Yoru no Nioigasuru)