SANABAGUN show just what they are made of with new album!

Popular eight-member jazz fusion band SANABAGUN announced they will be dropping a brand new album called BALLADS October 23. This will be the latest album by the group since OCTAVE back in April of 2018 and it will the their fourth overall. Gota Nishidera of pop band NONA REEVS, along with several guest producers, will oversee the album. While BALLADS will only drop with a CD-only standard edition it is set for release with twelve tracks total and will include their popular collaboration song “Sweet Dreams” and “浪漫飛行” (“Roman Hiko”) featuring vocalist Sakura Fujiwara and MC-duo Creepy Nuts, respectively. 

SANABAGUN. 「TOUR BALLADS」

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11/04/2019 Hokkaido’s Sound Lab mole

11/15/2019 Osaka’s Umeda CLUB QUATTRO

11/16/2019 Aichi’s  Nagoya CLUB QUATTRO

11/24/2019 Sendai’s MACANA

11/29/2019 Hiroshima’s Hiroshima CLUB QUATTRO

12/01/2019 Fukuoka’s BEAT STATION

12/13/2019 Tokyo’s MyNavi BLITZ Akabane

SANABAGUN also announced that they will be holding a small release tour for the album simply called 「TOUR BALLADS」which will be held from November 1 to December 13 (full tour list at right).

Check out their latest music video “FLASH” along with the pre-order links for BALLADS below!

Standard edition

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Track listing:

SANABAGUN. 「BALLADS」

01. Somebody

02. Sweet Dreams feat. 藤原さくら

03. 45

04. Taco

05. Fever

06. Punch Me Panda

07. C.＄.C

08. Mystery

09. ス・パ・パ・パ・イ・ス ～想い出のお母さんカレー編～

10. move on

11. Stay Strong

12. 浪漫飛行 feat. Creepy Nuts

Little Glee Monster breaks off and launches official YouTube channel!

Popular five-member girl group Little Glee Monster announced the launch of their official YouTube channel. Boasted with a small trailer, the channel will feature content fans will fall head over heels for such as behind-the-scenes material with interviews including all group members along with segments from their live radio show every week. The last piece of news to come from the trailer was that they will also hold a YouTube Live Radio broadcast to commemorate the start of the channel which will be held after the Kyoto’s ROHM Theater portion of 「Little Glee Monster 5th Celebration Tour 2019 ～MONSTER GROOVE PARTY～」this upcoming week.

Check out the group’s official trailer for the channel below and subscribe for more content from them!

Wasuta puts on free performance

Idol group Wasuta will be performing live in a free event at Yoyogi Park October 8. At the live event, Wasuta will be backed by rock band NEKONOTE BAND. Recently Wasuta dropped a studio live music video for their song “PLATONIC GIRL” which is on their third album Cat’ch The World which was dropped March 6. The event opens its doors at 5:00 pm and the music starts at 6:00 pm. If you are going to be in the area be sure to check it out and if you are unfamiliar with Wasuta be sure to check out the music video for “PLATONIC GIRL” in which you can also see NEKONOTE BAND performing the song.

COLOR CREATION puts out the call

Five-member vocal group COLOR CREATION announced on their Twitter that they will be dropping their fourth single November 20, titled “The Call”. This will be the group's first release since their first album First Palette which dropped May 22. In honor of the new single there will be two events where you can meet up with the group and ask them questions. These events will be held December 15 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and December 21 at the Kansai area venue.  COLOR CREATION is also holding a free live tour that will run from September 15 all the way to November 24. You can check out the full details posted here.

“The Call” is being released in three editions, two standard editions lovingly titled Type A and Type B, and a limited edition. At this time, details about Types A and B have not been revealed other than the fact that they will be CD-only. However, the limited edition will be CD + DVD, plus it will come with one of six Karakuri cards. Pre-orders are already up and will be posted below, and finally, if this is your first time hearing about COLOR CREATION you can check out their latest music video for “Moving On” in the video below.

Standard edition Type A

Standard edition Type B

Limited Edition

PASSCODE unveails its new atlas

Alt idol group PASSCODE revealed they will be dropping a brand new single titled “ATLAS” September 25. This will be the first single that PASSCODE has dropped in over a year with their last being “Tonight / Taking You Out” which debuted last September 12. The group, however, did drop a new album earlier this year April 3, titled CLARITY.

“ATLAS” will be released in two editions, a standard edition and a limited edition. The standard  edition will be CD-only but the limited edition will come with a bonus DVD that will feature a music video for the title song along with a making-of. For the standard edition the CD will include “ATLAS” and “Future's near by”. The CD for the limited edition will also only feature two songs and the first song will also be “ATLAS” but the second song will be “GOLDEN FIRE”. Pre-order links are currently up and will be posted below. Also, be sure to check out the full track listing below along with PASSCODE’s song “Taking you out”.

Standard edition

Limited edition

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PASSCODE [ATLAS]

Standard edition

1. ATLAS

2. Future’s near by

Limited edition

CD

1. ATLAS

2. GOLDEN FIRE

DVD

1. ATLAS (Music Video)

2. ATLAS (Making-of)