Just this past week, up-and-coming alternative rock band Ame no Parade released their latest mini-album “new place”. This release follows their previous mini-album “sense”, which hit shelves late in October last year, and consists of eight brand new songs written and composed by the band themselves.
In support of this new record, Ame no Parade have also chosen to make the music video for its title track available on their record label’s Youtube channel. The PV in question is a rather unorthodox production, consisting of a series of brightly-lit, viscous substances mixing together to create an almost spacy patchwork of colors and shapes. Strange, but also strangely mesmerizing.
You’ll find the mysterious music video for “new place”, along with the mini-album’s full track list right below the cut.
This week’s guests were Domoto Koichi and Tomomi Itano. There were also talk segments with NERVO and Ohara Sakurako.
Tomomi Itano – Gimme Gimme Luv
Domoto Koichi – INTERACTIONAL
Following the release of “Flowerwall” in January, popular singer/songwriter Yonezu Kenshi has announced that he will be releasing a new single on September 2nd of this year. Kenshi’s 4th maxi-single will be titled “Unbelievers” and is planned to include three songs in total, with the title track already confirmed to be one of the most electronic songs that he’s released to date.
“Unbelievers” will be issued in three versions: a CD+Special Package variant which will include a postcard related to the release’s cover and a set of 10 stickers in a plastic case, a CD+Live Photobook (40 pages) pairing which will consist of pictures taken from his concerts over the course of 2014 and 2015, and a regular CD-Only edition.
The complete details about what will be included in the packages, as well as the release’s artwork will be revealed at a later date.
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This week’s guests were Tomomi Itano, Ikimonogakari, Takamiy, DISH//, Rihwa, Kimaguren, KEMURI, and Domoto Koichi.
Tomomi Itano – Gimme Gimme Luv
Ikimonogakari – Anata
Takamiy – Yuwaku no Taiyou
DISH// – Yay!! Natsuyasumi
Rihwa – TO: Summer
Kimaguren – LIFE
KEMURI – O-zora / PMA (Positive Mental Attitude)
Domoto Koichi – INTERACTIONAL
This week’s guests were Every Little Thing and Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku.
Every Little Thing x Kanjani8 x Chris Hart – fragile
Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku x Kanjani8 – Houkago Getabako Rock ‘n’ Roll MX
On the single side, NEWS topped the chart with “Chumu Chumu”, with its CD+DVD Limited Edition A selling 58,472 copies. The 3 editions of this single took the top 3 spots on the chart. Between its 3 editions, “Chumu Chumu” sold 130,611 copies, making it the best selling single this week.
On the album side, Hey! Say! JUMP took the top spot with “JUMPing CAR”, with its CD+DVD Limited Edition 1 selling 74,339 copies. The 3 editions of this album took the top 3 spots on the chart. Between the 3 editions of this album, “JUMPing CAR” sold 187,773 copies, making it the best selling album this week.
We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback. This is where we look back on what topped Oricon this week 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.
BABYMETAL has recently been getting attention internationally due to their fusion of idol music and metal. In their wake, groups with similar concepts have arisen. For example, earlier this year, Kamen Joshi topped the Oricon singles chart with their idol / metal fusion song “GENKIDANE☆.” We now have another act to add to the list: LADYBABY. The trio is composed of crossdressing Australian tarento Ladybeard and junior idols Kaneko Rie and Kuromiya Rei. They were formed by costume company Clearstone to promote their products. Their debut single “Nippon Manju / ULTRA☆LUCKY” is set for release on July 29. Yesterday, the group released the English-subbed music video for the single’s first A-side. It features the trio running around Tokyo in cute costumes. Check it out after the jump along with some previously released background videos of the group!
