Up-and-coming pop-rock band Ryokuoushoku Shakai have announced that they will be releasing their second mini-album “ADORE” next month on August 2nd.  Coming just seven months after the release of their first mini-album, “ADORE” will include five new songs that are said to take full advantage of the band’s unique sound.

Well ahead of this release date, the quartet have made the music video for the mini-album’s opening track “Hajimari no Uta” available on their official Youtube channel.  The PV features the band performing the song in a stark white room while images of the outside world are projected on the walls around them.

You’ll find this endearing MV, as well as the cover and track list for “ADORE” right after the jump.

Back in June we reported that punk-rock band MONOEYES will be releasing a brand new studio album titled “Dim The Lights” on July 5th.  Now that this date is nearly upon us the group have chosen to publish the PV for the album’s lead track, “Free Throw”, to their Youtube channel.

This video finds the band performing the upbeat, pop-punk song in a warehouse-like locale while they are overlaid with fitting thematic images such as the morning sky or a film reel.

You’ll find the full version of this rather classic punk music video just after the cut.

A couple of months ago we reported that blues-influenced rock group GRAPEVINE would be starting their 20th year in the music industry with the release of a new single, titled “Arma”.  The band have now announced that they will be following up this release with that of a new album on September 6th.

This new studio record will be titled “ROADSIDE PROPHET” and comes just a year and a half after the release of their previous album “BABEL, BABEL”.  It will include both of the new songs from their previous single, “Arma” and “Shame”, and is currently planned to be issued in two versions, with the special 20th Anniversary Edition to come packaged in a picture frame-like case and include a DVD containing footage of a studio live which was streamed over LINE LIVE, the music video for “Arma”, and a documentary chronicling the recording process behind this release.

Read on below to find the complete track list for “ROADSIDE PROPHET”, as well as the short version of the music video for “Arma”.

This week’s guests were Kanjani8, chay, EXILE THE SECOND, and TETSUYA.

Kanjani8 – Ima

chay – Koi no Hajimari wa Itsumo Totsuzen ni

EXILE THE SECOND – Summer Love

TETSUYA – I Surrender

Can you fly? Tsuchiya Tao stars in the new love comedy film “Tori Girl!” (Bird Girl). She plays Toriyama Yukina, a science university student who joins the “human powered flight” club aiming to take part in the “Tori Ningen Contest.” She joined the club because she has fallen in love at first sight with senior student Kei played by Takasugi Mahiro. Yukina wants to partner with Kei to fly in the sky, but she is partnered with Sakaba played by Mamiya Shotaro who behaves like a delinquent.

The full trailer is out! Watch scenes of Yukina’s struggles and training in achieving her dream to fly. “Tori Girl” opens September 1.

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Held on June 28, “Tele Tokyo Music Fest 2017” provided nearly four hours of entertainment from a plethora of artists, but one specific segment has stood out to the public.

Members of the “Komuro Family” of artists, including the Testuya Komura-produced acts TRF, Tomomi Kahara and globe, gathered to perform their representative songs in a medley format.

In place of globe’s KEIKO, they tapped SPEED singer Hiroko Shimabukuro to sing in her place, as Keiko who has been unable to perform since she was hospitalized and diagnosed with a subarachnoid hemorrhage back in 2011 (though we know that it’s because she’s too busy tweeting “goodnight” every night on Twitter, but that’s a different story).

Overall, we bopped and we stanned, but the segment provided us with a career-defining performance from the legacy artist Kahara: a horseback production of her 1996 smash hit “save your dream“. Weaving in and out of cement columns on a red carpet stage, Kahara commanded the crowd of AKB48 and Nogizaka46 members with her equestrian skills and effortlessly hit the plethora of notes the song requires. I ask, when will your faves?

Kanjani8’s Shibutani Subaru and Ohkura Tadayoshi attended the world premiere of “Spider-Man: Homecoming” held at the Hollywood TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. Kanjani8 will be singing the theme song for the movie’s Japanese release titled “Never Say Never”. The song is included in their just released album “Jam”. The film will be released in Japan on August 11.

Subaru and Ohkura met the main cast at the red carpet. They met Robert Downey Jr and managed to tell him they are big fans during handshake. Downey responds with “I wanna hear the song!” They also met Tom Holland who says “You are the guys who are singing the theme song! It’s nice to meet you! Ohkura comments “I am very happy to represent Japan in such a big event.” Subaru adds “A lot of people are gathered.  The city is filled with Spiderman, it is amazing.”

They got to take pictures, meet with the cast and more! Check out videos of the premiere below.