GANG PARADE shows off their Love Communication in sunny Hawaii!

Popular alt idol group GANG PARADE dropped the music video for their track “LOVE COMMUNICATION” on their official YouTube channel. “LOVE COMMUNICATION” is set to be one of the lead tracks for the group’s first major album LOVE PARADE set for release November 13. The music video showcases the summer love feeling and has the girls showing it off on the sunny beaches of Waikiki and among the spacious greenery of Kapiolani Park. Like the Korean idol group TWICE before them, the track and the music video itself are more of an advertisement of the summertime —all the time— feeling of Hawaii, stating that summertime never ends in Hawaii. “LOVE COMMUNICATION” is written and composed by Kenta Matsukuma with SCARAMBLES who has worked with the group in the past, handling the arrangement.

LOVE PARADE will drop with two editions, a CD-only standard edition and a two-CD + Blu-ray + Photo book limited edition. As previously reported, the second disc will feature excerpts from the concert held at Osaka-Jo Hall earlier in the year. 

Check out the music video in question and pre-order LOVE PARADE in the links below!

Standard edition

Limited edition

Johnny's West takes the spike with new single!

Popular boys group Johnny’s West announced that they will be releasing a brand new single, “Big Shot!!”, October 9. This will be the latest single from the up-and-coming Johnny’s group since their hit “Ama no Chihare” back in April of this year and it will be the group’s thirteenth single overall. The track “Big Shot!!” was chosen to become the official match theme song for Fuji Television coverage of this year’s FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup, which Japan is being the host nation of.

Per the norm of latest Johnny’s releases, “Big Shot!!” will drop with three releases, a CD-only standard edition and two CD + DVD limited editions lovingly called Type A and Type B. Each edition will be released with two tracks total, with each B-side track being different among the editions. The limited edition Type A will be released with the music clip of “Big Shot!” along with the making-of while Type B will include footage from their five year anniversary event「5周ねんやねん♪よろしゅうねん♪」(5 Years Nenyanen♪Yoroshunen♪). Not to be outdone by the limited editions, the standard edition will include an additional B-side track totaling that edition’s tracks to three.

Pre-order all three editions along with an exclusive CDJapan Bundle edition set in the links below!

Standard edition

Limited edition Type A

Limited edition Type B

Bundled Edition 

Johnny’s WEST「Big Shot!!」

Limited edition Type A

CD

01. Big Shot!!

02. Untitled Track A

03. Big Shot!!（Original Karaoke）

04. Untitled Track A（Original Karaoke）

DVD

・Big Shot!! Music Clip & Making

Limited edition Type B

CD

01. Big Shot!!

02. Untitled Track B

03. Big Shot!!（Original Karaoke）

04. Untitled Track B（Original Karaoke）

DVD

・2019.4.23 CD Debut 5 year anniversary「 5 Years Nenyanen♪Yoroshunen♪」

Standard edition 

CD

01. Big Shot!!

02. Untitled Track C

03. Untitled Track D

04. Big Shot!!（Original Karaoke）

05. Untitled Track C（Original Karaoke）

06. Untitled Track D（Original Karaoke）

Aldious finds new lead singer

Heavy metal band Aldious revealed they will be picking up a brand new vocalist for the band. The latest member goes by the moniker R!n and is to take the place of Re:No who left the group at the end of last year. R!n won her spot in the band through a singing contest and has done some touring with the group in April along with Saki, who had previously worked with the band Cyntia. In the end the group felt that R!n was the best fit for the group despite her lack of experience working with a metal band.

GARNiDELiA unveils new ablum

EDM fusion duo GRANiDELiA revealed they will be dropping a brand new album that will be a best-of album and released December 4. This will be GRANiDELiA’s third best-of album that they have released. Their first best-of, BiRTHiA, covered the group’s indie years and came out August 26, 2015. GRANiDELiA released their second best-of album, Kyouki Ranbu (響喜乱舞 Dancing Wildly with Joy), September 26, 2018. While a title for the new album has yet to be revealed we do know it is being released in three editions, a standard edition and two limited editions. The standard edition will be CD-only while the limited edition Type A will come with a bonus Blu-ray and the limited edition Type B will come with a photo book instead of a Blu-ray. Pre-orders are currently available and posted below. You can also check out GRANiDELiA’s song “Rebel Flag”.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition Type A

Limited Edition Type B

URBANGRADE reveals full line-up for 2019 festival

Japanese band URBANGARDE holds an annual music festival in Tsutaya O-East in Shibuya and 2019 is no exception. The festival for this year is titled UTSU Fes (Depression Festival) 2019. The final dates for the 2019 festival have not yet been revealed but we do know all of the acts that will be at the event. The full list consists of twelve acts in total. You can check out the list below as well as URBANGARDE’s song “Shōjo Gan'nen”.

Lineup:

URBANGARDE

Kenji Ohtsuki

R-Shitei

Zunou Keisatsu

SPANK HAPPY

Maison book girl

Chiaki Mayumura

JyuJyu

Atarashii Gakkou No Leaders

Eren-chan

GOMESS

Namichie