All-female Math Rock outfit tricot – composed by Ikumi “Ikkyu” Nakajima, Motoko “Motifour” Kida and Hiromi “Hirohiro” Sagane – recently released a new music video for “TOKYO VAMPIRE HOTEL“, one of the tracks featured in their recently released record “3“.

“TOKYO VAMPIRE HOTEL” is a fast-paced, relentless Math Rock number where aggressive riffs and frantic drum patterns steal the spotlight, along with Ikkyu’s vocals and typical interpretation: it’s a short but striking track, and it exposes the outfit’s complex formula in an enjoyable and accessible way. The video features the three members playing in a hotel room, and despite being a pretty simple and straight-to-the-point MV, the way it’s been shot greatly captures the essence of the track.

This week on Recochoku, Che’Nelle topped the chart with “Destiny.”

On iTunes, WANIMA topped the chart with “Lullaby.”

Hey! Say! JUMP is back at it again in their tenth anniversary year with a double A-side single, “Precious Girl”/”Are You There?”, on July 05!  The single will be released in three editions: Limited Edition 1, Limited Edition 2, and Regular Edition.  This will be their second single of the year after the release of “OVER THE TOP” back in February.

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.

This week’s guests were Ulfuls, Dan Mitsu, and Kazureza. Ulfuls also performed with Kanjani8, as well as a song alone.

Ulfuls x Kanjani8 – Eenen

Ulfuls – Bakayaro

This week’s guests were Ulfuls, Kobukuro, and miwa.

Ulfuls – Bakayaro

Kobukuro – Kokoro

miwa – Shiny

This week’s performers were Kobukuro, Skoop On Somebody, miwa, and BiS. There was also an interview with Linkin Park.

Kobukuro – Kokoro

Skoop On Somebody – Every Kiss, Every Lies

miwa – Shiny

BiS – SOCiALiSM

This week, Kame to Yamapi topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Senaka Goshi no Chance”, selling 175,269 copies in its first week.

THE YELLOW MONKEY topped the Oricon album chart their new best album “THE YELLOW MONKEY IS HERE. NEW BEST”, selling 45,141 copies in its first week.

Mr.Children topped the Oricon digital album chart for the second week in a row with their digital-only best album “Mr.Children 1992-2002 Thanksgiving 25”, selling 14,953 copies in its second week.