THE NOVEMBERS’ new album goes worldwide on Spotify
2014/10/17
THE NOVEMBERS’ new album, “Rhapsody in beauty”, is being streamed worldwide on Spotify.
The band decided to use Spotify in order to increase their overseas presence after their performances with New York punk legends Television and Wild Nothing, and Japanese bands BORIS and BO NINGEN.
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/artist/06qEHODsluMWTP4MrQC9RF
Official Website: http://the-novembers.com/
Fa…… more
To the world. SEKAI NO OWARI and Owl City together on “TOKYO”
2014/10/16
SEKAI NO OWARI is featured on Owl City’s new song, “TOKYO feat. SEKAI NO OWARI”.
This collaboration came about when SEKAI NO OWARI, who are Owl City fans, reached out and requested a collaboration. Owl City was impressed with SEKAI NO OWARI’s work and agreed. They decided to collaborate on “TOKYO”, which Owl City already started production on. The song features the use of a Taisho harp that …… more
Overseas artists from Ariana Grande to NE-YO rave about MACO
2014/10/15
Singer/songwriter MACO is gaining a lot of attention from top overseas artists lately.
MACO’s major debut mini-album, “23”, features a Japanese version of Ariana Grande’s “Baby I”, titled “SUKINANO, HONTONI ~Baby I (Japanese Ver.)”. After hearing the song, Ariana Grande commented, “Her voice is very cute, and the arrangement is wonderful.” R&B singer Ne-Yo commented on MACO’s original track…… more
Revamped YouTube show, “A KAIGISHITSU”. A day with tofubeats
2014/10/15
“A KAIGISHITSU” is a YouTube music program brought to us by Warner Music Japan. Countless Warner Music Japan artists have been on the show. The show has gone through a revamping for this for this 111th episode.
The opening of the show has become more pop art with an American comic book style. Kobe-based DJ/beatmaker tofubeats was the first guest to be on the revamped show on October 2. He m…… more
Yuki Maeda, formerly of Whiteberry, goes to America to sing “NATSU MATSURI”
2014/10/13
Yuki Maeda, formerly of Whiteberry, will perform at a Japanese culture event called “Las Vegas AKI MATSURI” in Las Vegas from October 24 to 25 (local time).
Maeda is currently in the middle of a campaign called “ZENKOKU NI ‘NATSU MATSURI’ WO UTAINI IKIMASU!” This calls on her to sing her hit song, “NATSU MATSURI”, at summer festivals, opening ceremonies, and weddings all over the country. “L…… more