Thursday, July 4, 2013

Yeti Mini Album Release 10/9

Yeti has announced that they will release their second mini album on October 9. The new album will be titled "Sansei no Hantai," and it will include six songs.

Yeti OHP here

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Euclid Agency Creates International Youtube Channel

Euclid Agency has announced that it has created a new YouTube channel for international fans of its bands, including Golden Bomber, Anli Pollicino, and GUILD. In an effort to reach out to international fans, the company will begin posting videos subtitled in English. The newly subtitled videos will be posted in order of appearance on the other Euclid YouTube channel. Featured now are a variety of Junko's Room shows, hosted by Golden Bomber's Utahiroba Jun.

Euclid International Channel here

[ORICON RANKINGS] Visual Kei Bands

Here's how some visual kei bands are holding out on the charts this week.

CD SINGLE -Weekly Ranking- (July 8, 2013)
#10  Koi Abaki, Amazarashi/ D=OUT
#38  Preserved Roses/ T.M.Revolution x Nana Mizuki

CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (July 8, 2013)
#44  MIYAVI/ MIYAVI

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (July 1, 2013)
#4   MISSING/ DaizyStripper
#9   HONESTY/ BORN
#10 Memeshikute/ Golden Bomber
#11 Bee Myself Bee Yourself/ An Cafe
#12 Aien Kien/ Kiryu
#17 small world order/ UNiTE

CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (July 1, 2013)
#10   The Past Masters vol. 1/ Golden Bomber

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

FEST VAINQUEUR New Single Release 8/28

FEST VAINQUEUR has announced plans to release their fifth single on August 28. The new single will be titled "NANIWA SAMBA," and it will be released in two types. Get track list details on the band's OHP.

FEST VAINQUEUR OHP here
"NANIWA SAMBA" Limited Edition at CD Japan here
"NANIWA SAMBA" Regular Edition at CD Japan here

girugamesh Mysterious OHP Update

girugamesh has been silent since their release of "Zantetsuken" in September 2012, but they have recently updated their OHP with a mysterious new message. In a message labeled "WARNING," the band states that they have "re-examined girugamesh's music up to this point, to stretch and improve themselves, to a level of conflict and potentially violent collisions." The message further promises to reveal the result of this introspection soon. On a page labeled "FREE PREVIEW," the band offers an event advertisement for a free preview of girugamesh "absolute0decision" on July 22 at Shibuya WWW. Event details are available at the bottom of the page. Read the full mysterious message on the band's OHP.

girugamesh English OHP here

Monday, July 1, 2013

An Cafe Releases Short PV

After some technical difficulties, An Cafe has finally uploaded a short version PV of the song "ITAI Onna~NO PAIN, NO LOVE? JAPAIN GIRLS in LOVE" to their official YouTube channel. The 1:56 video features a clip of the song and an advertisement for the different versions. The single will be released on July 10.

The band's staff is also happy to announce the creation of an official YouTube channel for An Cafe.

An Cafe short PV on YouTube here
An Cafe Official YouTube channel here

MIYAVI "Secret" PV on YouTube

MIYAVI has uploaded a new PV to his official YouTube channel. The 2:56 minute video is for the new song, "Secret," included on the artist's international "MIYAVI" album.

"Secret" PV on YouTube here

Editor's Note:  The erotic nature of this song and video is generating a lot of fan buzz, both positive and negative.