Following nearly a year of silence, up-and-coming rock band Newspeak have announced that they will be releasing their first mini-album on October 3rd. Titled “Out Of The Shrinking Habitat”, this release will feature eight new songs from the band, including the pre-released single “Lake“.
Shortly after the record’s release, Newspeak will be embarking on a short release tour which will take them to several livehouses across Japan.
You’ll find the cover and complete track list for “Out Of The Shrinking Habitat” right after the cut.
Recently, WOWOW aired Shiina Ringo‘s latest tour ‘Shiina Ringo to Aitsura no Iru Shinkuu Chitai‘ finale, held at NHK Hall on 17th May. The broadcast featured the full set, minus the encore. Now, Ringo has announced that in November (October for the Limited Edition– read on for more info) that she will be releasing that show in full on Blu Ray and DVD. Read on below to see covers and setlist and edition info.
This week, Hey! Say! JUMP topped the Hot 100 single chart with their new single “COSMIC☆HUMAN.”
Southern All Stars topped the Hot Albums chart with their new best album “Umi no Oh, Yeah!!”
DA PUMP topped the Streaming Songs chart for the seventh non-consecutive week with their single “U.S.A.”
DA PUMP retook the top spot on the Download Songs chart, topping it for the third non-consecutive week, with their single “U.S.A.”
Utada Hikaru topped the Download Albums chart for the fifth non-consecutive week with her album “Hatsukoi.”
Today marks the release of Perfume’s brand new album, “Future Pop“.
Their 7th album overall, their last effort “COSMIC EXPLORER” was released two years ago. “Future Pop” contains 12 tracks in total including the hit singles “Tokyo Girl”, “If You Wanna”, and “Mugen Mirai”.
In support of the album the girls will be embarking on a nationwide Japanese tour beginning on September 21st, titled “Perfume 7th tour 2018 Future Pop”. 18 dates are scheduled, the tour will hold it’s finale on December 24th.
Girl group Keyakizaka46 has released their 7th single titled “Ambivalent“.
“Ambivalent” is a up-beat pop song, the members sing the lyrics quite fast and at some parts can even be considered pseudo rapping. In usual Keyakizaka46 fashion the very unique choreography is a highlight in both the MV and live performances.
It’s been a while since Avex has had a breakout star that mirrored the success of the label’s 90s and 00s stars. Avex hopes to change that with its new project, “NEW REVIAVAL.” This project consists of Avex’s new generation covering the hits of Avex’s old generation. The first release of this project, the digital album “90S & NEW REVIVAL”, is out August 15. This release sees lol, Kaji Hitomi, FEMM, Beverly, Yup’in, and FAKY covering the 90s hits of TRF, hitomi, globe, Aikawa Nanase, and DA PUMP. Both the new and original versions of the songs are included on the album.
In related news, FAKY will release a new digital single on August 29! It’s the English version of their 2017 song “Bad Things.” The music video for it was recently released and features the girls looking sexy and dancing.
Check out more information on both of these releases below!
This week’s guests were HY, Edoga-Sullivan, and the quiet room.
HY – 366 Nichi / AM11:00
Edoga-Sullivan – Sakebe Boiengaru
the quiet room – Tokyo
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.
