Singer Kaela Kimura will be celebrating her 15th anniversary this year, and in honor of that she will be releasing a brand new album!

Her new album will be called “Ichigo“, and is scheduled to be released on July 31st. For the album Kaela recruited a bit of girl power to help out with some of the songs, Chara and AIMYON!

Following a delay earlier in the year, Sakanaction will be releasing “834.194” – their first studio album in over six years – on June 19th. Yesterday on frontman Ichiro Yamaguchi’s radio show, “Sakana Locks!”, the group finally unveiled the record’s track list to the public.

“834.194” will consist of 2 nine-track discs, titled “35 38 52 9000 / 139 41 39 3000” and “43 03 18 9000 / 141 19 17 5000” respectively, and is set to include eight of the band’s previously released tracks from this era plus ten new songs for a total of 18. Also of note is the release’s cover art, which was designed by artistic unit Nerhol and features a number of overlapping photographic images.

Read on below to find both this cover and the track list for “834.194”.

Veteran rockers B’z will be releasing their latest studio album, titled “NEW LOVE“, next week on May 29th. As a final promotional push, the duo have now uploaded both the short PV for “WOLF” and the full-length PV for “Majestic” to their YouTube channel.

Both videos, similar to their MV for “Tsuwamono, Hashiru“, were shot in the pair’s recording studio, with the lighting altered to match each track. Bright and somewhat smoky for the jazzy, upbeat “WOLF”, and beneath a monochrome filter for rock ballad “Majestic”.

You’ll find these two music videos right after the cut.

This week alternative rock band Kami wa Saikoro wo Furanai released their latest mini-album “Lambda ni Taisuru Kenkai” on May 22nd. In conjunction with the record’s release, the quartet have also published the music video for its lead track “Anonymous” to their YouTube channel.

This PV, which was directed by Shuichi Bamba, pairs the group’s performance of the song with shots of a desolate cityscape. You can listen to the rest of the band’s mini-album on Spotify.

You’ll find both the music video for “Anonymous”, as well as the cover and track list for “Lambda ni Taisuru Kenkai” below.

It’s a new year, so that means Hello!Project group Morning Musume has a new name. Morning Musume ’19 is gearing up for their very first release of 2019, a double a-side single called “Jinsei Blues / Seishun Night“.

While it’s technically the 1st single for Morning Musume ’19, for the group as a whole it’s their 67th. The single will be available in 5 different versions, three CD+DVDs and two regular CD onlys.

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On May 24, tofubeats will release his new digital single, “Keep on Lovin’ You.” The song is part of Suntory Tennen Mizu GREEN TEA’s “Tsuredzure naru Tribute” project, which aims to create a new version of Yoshida Kenko‘s 13th century essay collection “Tsurezuregusa.” The video for the song has now been released can be seen below!

We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback! This is where we look back on what topped the charts this week 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.