Ayumi Hamasaki powers up for twenty-first anniversary!

Japanese pop queen Ayumi Hamasaki powers up with her latest Blu-ray ayumi hamasaki 21st Anniversary ~Power of A^3~ which is slated to be unleashed September 4! Power of A^3 commemorates Ayumi Hamasaki’s twenty-first anniversary in the music industry and includes her concert held this past April 7 at the Saitama Super Arena. The Blu-ray boasts a strong set list of nineteen performances and will feature Sumapura compatibility (Sumapura is an application which can be used to download concerts to one’s phone to watch on-the-go). Pre-order your copy today!

21st Anniversary ~Power of A^3~ Blu-ray

21st Anniversary ~Power of A^3 Blu-ray

21st Anniversary ~Power of A^3 DVD

ayumi hamasaki 21st Anniversary ~Power of A^3~ set list

1 Opening

2 Duty

3 Microphone

4 Let’s Get Down

5 Startin’

6 STEP you

7 It’s Showtime

8 Sparkle ～ Summer Love ～ Movin’ on without you ～ NaNaNa ～ rollin’ ～ Ladies Night ～ Sparkle

9 walking proud

10 part of Me

11 KAGOME

12 BRILLANTE

13 FLOWER

14 HEAVEN

15 SURREAL ～ evolution ～ SURREAL

16 Bold & Delicious

17 Born To Be...

18 You & Me ～ AUDIENCE ～ Boys & Girls

19 Who...

Check out two trailers for Ayu’s 21st Anniversary tour blu-ray below!

KEYTALK talks four new back-to-back singles!

Four-member rock band KEYTALK announced they will be dropping four brand new singles four weeks in a row starting August 9. The first song being released is “「真夏の衝動」” (“Manatsu no shōdō”), a party tune that represents the impulses of summer love. This single will be unveiled at the Rock In Japan Festival 2019. The second song, “「旋律の迷宮」” (“Senritsu no meikyū”), will serve as the theme for the fourth season of police drama Keishicho Zero Gakari. The third song, “「Blue Hawaii」”, will be used as the theme for web series Hot Pepper Beauty. The fourth and final song will be “「Catch The Wave」”, which is a surfing song written with the prediction that surfing will be the first event of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. We will be sure to keep you up-to-date as we learn more info.

Do As Infinity announces new album

Pop rock band Do As Infinity announced they will be dropping a brand new studio album September 25. The album has yet to be named but it will be the band's thirteenth album overall. Seiji Kameda and Hiroyuki Sawano will serve as producers and there will be two songs on the album conjured by D A I (Dai Nagao). The release will manifest in three editions total: a CD-only edition, CD with DVD edition, and CD with Blu-ray edition. Currently there isn’t too much else known about this release but pre-orders are available. You can pick up your copy here.

CD-only Edition

CD with DVD Edition

CD with Blu-ray Edition

Lastly you can check out their song “Keshin no Kemono” in the video below.

Miyuki Hashimoto celebrates fifteen years with YOUnison!

Japanese pop singer Miyuki Hashimoto is commemorating her fifteenth anniversary in the music industry with a special best album, YOUnison 15, which will be available July 31! Hashimoto is most known for her iconic anime and video game theme songs such as “AI DO” (Samurai Bride), “innocence” (SHUFFLE!), “Dust Trail” (Soul Link), “HEAT: Moment” (Circlet Princess), “TRUE GATE” (Saki), and “Ai no Kakera” (School Days). YOUnison 15 will consist of carefully selected songs released after 2012, anime and game songs that have never been released on CD before, and one new song all included in a 2-CD set! Grab your copy today!

YOUnison 2CD

Disc 1

01 AI DO.

02 こころに響く恋ほたる

03 Blooming shiny days

04 Love Slave

05 BLOOM

06 さくらシンクロニシティ

07 アオイトリ5:25

08 Circle-Lets Friends! -Miyuki Hashimoto Ver.-

09 幻想楼閣4:49

10 季節を抱きしめて ～blooming white love～

11 SHINY MOON

12 UPDATE:SHINE

13 HEAT:Moment

14 TRUE GATE

Disc 2

01 トキメキ☆Emotion

02 UN-DELAYED

03 Merry?Merry?Merry!

04 i:\DRIVE

05 BREEZE

06 Blessing bloom

07 Dream Bridge

08 Happy Sensation

09 Dive into...

10 恋のパレード

11 5分前の恋心

12 初恋サンカイメ

13 New SPARKS!

14 YOUnison

Check out the music video for “YOUnison” along with promotion video from her latest album!

Drop's makes tiny ground

Four-member female rock band Drop’s announced they will be releasing a brand new album titled Tiny Ground which will drop September 20. Tiny Ground will be the first full album Drop’s has released in over three years and will be the band’s fifth album overall. Drop’s got started ten years ago and Tiny Ground will serve as a celebration of those ten years. The album is only to be released in a standard CD-only edition featuring a grand total of eleven tracks. You can pre-order your copy here.

To complement the new album there will also be a small tour that will be from October 23 to November 15 (full tour details below).

And before you go be sure to check out the band’s song “「毎日がラブソング」” (“Mainichi ga rabusongu”) in the video below.

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Drop's 10th Anniversary ONE MAN TOUR 2019「Tiny Ground」

10/23/2019 (Wed) Aichi Prefecture CLUB UPSET

10/25/2019 (Fri) Kagawa Prefecture Takamatsu TOONICE

10/26/2019 (Sat) Hiroshima Prefecture Hiroshima Second Clutch

10/28/2019 (Mon) Fukuoka Prefecture graf

11/01/2019 (Fri) Miyagi prefecture enn 3rd

11/04/2019 (Mon) Hokkaido Sapporo Kraps Hall

11/12/2019 (Tue) Osaka Prefecture Music Club JANUS

11/15/2019 (Fri) Tokyo Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO