Mirror - Pass the Town and to the C
2008-09-01 08:16:00 Artist: Mirror Song: Pass the Town and to the C From album: On, Then, In [Buy CD][Website][MySpace] It’s like following a wild flowing river of guitar strings downstream. One encounters rocky banks and beautiful sandy shores in turn. The stream bubbles clear and gentle and breaks white ...
Journal Spy Effort - Simply
2008-07-29 09:18:00 Artist: Journal Spy Effort (Now Mirror) Song: Simply From album: Journal Spy Effort EP [Buy CD/Mp3s][Website] Journal Spy Effort was one of the first bands to catch my attention when I started searching for unique Japanese Indie music. This song in particular didn’t really seem to be a ...
Pochakaite Malko - Laya (Japan)
2008-04-24 08:26:00 Artist: Pochakaite Malko (?????? ???) Song: Laya From album: ?????? ??? (Pochakaite Malko) [Buy CD][Website] Here’s a band that I guess you would define as either progressive rock, avant garde, or Zeuhl depending on your level of music nerdiness. I find them interesting and quite theatrical. This ...
Galneryus - Beyond of the Ground
2008-03-31 09:24:00 Artist: Galneryus Song: Beyond of the Ground From album: The Flag Of Punishment Genre: Flag Metal [Buy CD][Website][Song Lyrics] Any band whose first 3 album titles include the word “Flag” clearly mean business, and Galneryus is no exception. They embody the spirit of heavy metal hyperbole, both in blazing ...
Far France - Addict
2008-02-28 04:14:00 9mm Parabellum Bullet, Ogre You Asshole, Nhhmbase, Toddle ? Japan?s indie rock resurgence continues with the likes of Far France, a quartet of twenty year olds from Tokyo who possess a level of talent far beyond their age. I was one of those people that broke ...
Takagi Masakatsu
2008-02-28 02:59:00 We’re big fans of multimedia artist Takagi Masakatsu here at Red Ruin. He recently performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. as part of the Japan! Culture + Hyperculture festival. For those of us who couldn’t make it, the entire performance can be seen online here. And for those of you ...
Bacon - Bye-Bye Little School Girl
2008-01-08 07:46:00 Artist: Bacon Song: Bye-Bye Little School Girl From album: Bacon (Self-titled) [Buy CD][Bacon’s Website] Why not make a resolution to help expand the musical horizons of those around you this year? For those of us with friends who are drawn to some of the extremely successful pop punk ...
World?s End Boyfriend - Planetarium Ghost Train
2008-01-04 07:10:00 Artist: World’s End Boyfriend Song: Planetarium Ghost Train From album: Christmas Song (Xmas Song)[?????????] [Buy CD][Discography] Here’s a slightly tardy and amorphously seasonal sounding song for the holidays from a record of decidedly seasonal title. It is the work of Katsuhiko Maeda, whose World’s End Girlfriend project we ...
Interview: Caroline Lufkin
2007-12-13 06:50:00 I remember coming home one night from a tough day at work, exhausted, hungry and wet from the rain. Murphy?s law seemed adamant in proving itself to me. ?Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong,? the law states. And so when ...
School Food Punishment - Close,Down,Back to
2007-11-20 23:44:00 Artist: School Food Punishment Song: Close,Down,Back to From album: School Food is Good Food [Buy CD][Website] School Food Punishment, besides being a name that conjures amusing memories, is a Japanese group that makes some pretty catchy pop. Most of the songs from their first full album School Food ...
Toddle - Colonnade
2007-11-19 14:06:00 Artist: Toddle Song: Colonnade From album: Dawn Praise the World [Buy CD| mp3s][Website] With Dawn Praise the World Toddle has taken a significant step forward as a band. While their first record I Dedicate D Chord was strongly regarded, to me there seemed to be a slightly distracting ...
Dir en Grey - Dozing Green (for Halloween)
2007-11-01 03:58:00 Artist: Dir en Grey Song: Dozing Green From album: Dozing Green [Buy CD][Website] I saw this video recently and found it appropriate for the Halloween season as apparently did they, choosing late October for the single’s release. This is one of the bands one finds everywhere when one first starts ...
Japanese Music Chart (26 Feb 2007)
2007-10-23 00:00:00 Oricon is a famous music chart company like billboard. Based on that chart many TV program is consisted and we(audience) know what is trend in Japan. So I will introduce weekly Japanese single CD chart! I don't know until when I could keep doing this... Anyway this week's music(single CD) chart is down here? ?Em = English meaning(I just guess it) No1 Michi (Em:Road) Artist:EXILE No2 K
Midori - Osaru
2007-10-21 03:31:00 Artist: ??? (Midori) Song: ?? (Osaru) From album: ????? (First) Genre: “Romantic Erotic Chaotic Sentimental Death” [Buy CD][Website] Midori is hard to write about. Their sound encompases jazz-noise chaos and sweet ballad. Frontwoman Mariko Gotou screams her guts out, and then squeaks cute little noises, sometimes while writhing ...
Japanese Music Chart (19 Mar 2007)
2007-03-20 00:00:00 It's been hard days for a week... Anyway this week's Japanese Top5 music chart is down there! ?Em = English meaning(I just guess it) () means last week's ranking. No1 (1) Flavor Of Life (
Japanese musician plucks sound from lasers
2007-03-18 00:00:00 Now we are really living in the future: Miya Masaoka is a composer, koto player and inventor of the Laser Koto -- a tripod-mounted laser array that she plays by passing her hands through the beams, triggering a variety of...
Korean Actress Cast for Japanese Musical
2007-03-16 19:11:00 Singer-turned-actress Shoo, a former member of the female trio S.E.S., has been cast for a supporting role in the Japanese musical ?High School Musical? produced by Fuji TV. According to her agency, Sedona Media, she attended a press conference held at a hotel in Tokyo on Monday to announce its production.Based on the Disney?s TV animation with the same title, the musical deals with high school students who work at an audition for a musical.Shoo is cast to play Deira, a friend of the female leading character Gabriel, to be played by Nami Damaki. Koyama Keiichiro, a member of the Japanese idol group NewS, will play the male leading role. It will be staged in Tokyo and Osaka from June 12.?I will put everything I have into the musical to show a great performance,? Shoo said.Shoo has been working as a musical actress in Japan since S.E.S was disbanded. She received a good review when she performed the leading character Shelley in the 2005 musical "Batboy" in Japan.linkTags: shoo, s.e.s,...
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Japanese Music Chart (12 Mar 2007)
2007-03-11 00:00:00 This week's Japanese Top5 music chart is down there! ?Em = English meaning(I just guess it) () means last week's ranking. No1 (New) Flavor Of Life (Em:Flavor Of Life) Artist:Hikaru Utada
Japanese Music Chart (5 Mar 2007)
2007-03-04 04:50:07 Today's Japanese Top5 music chart is down there! ?Em = English meaning(I just guess it) () means last week's ranking. No1 (New) Love so sweet (Em:Love so sweet) Artist:Arashi No2 (3) Sen no kaze ni natte (Em:Just like a thousand winds) Artist:Masafumi Akikawa No3 (New) CHU - LIP (Em:tulip) Artist:Ai Otsuka No4 (New) Mienai Hoshi (Em:Hidden Stars) Artist:Mika Nakashima No5 (New) Sakura Chirari (Em:Cherry blossoms are just coming out!) Artist:?-ute Arashi got a No1 with "Love so sweet" which is a sound track of "Hana Yori Dango". They belong to J's office like Tackey. No2 is "Sen no kaze ni natte". This song keeps to stay on Top5 chart. No3 is Ai Otsuka!!! Personally I like her song like "Sakuranbo". Her songs are popular for young girls. See you next week's chart! |
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