Friday, March 29, 2024

DEMONDICE.  TeddyLoid. ACME.  You've probably heard of them before.  They're going to be in Los Angeles coming up really soon.  

Nightwish.  Yeah, that's definitely not a Japanese band.  Finnish, actually.

And I can sense the head editor staring at me right now wondering why this post is here.  It's anime-related, I swear.  I'll get to it.

Wednesday, 11 May 2022 07:19

Nemophila Debuts New Single "A Ray of Light"

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Nemophila just released their latest song, "A Ray of Light."  If this is any indicator of their upcoming songs, oh man, things are going to be good.

About a week ago, Beast in Black released their newest album, Dark Connection. This is the band's third album. It's a bit more cyberpunky as opposed to fantasy themes compared to their previous albums but still has its fair share of, you guessed it, Berserk songs.

 

I always love it when my hobbies collide. If you ask me what kind of music I listen to, I'll describe it as one of two things: metal, and Japanese. Well, this article has both. It's no secret that Beast in Black's founder Anton Kabanen is a big fan of the manga Berserk. You have something like a 20% to 30% chance of pointing to any one song on the band's three albums and it'll involve Berserk. Now, it might not be the most obvious thing to people at a glance, but if you look at the lyrics, it all clicks into place.

Out of nowhere, NEMOPHILA has just announced a new live concert date in the United States.  Los Angeles' storied Whisky A Go Go will now be the venue of their first American performance.

Now, you could file this one under K-Pop, but Korean girl group Dreamcatcher just announced their second world tour, and in particular for us, the dates for the United States leg.  The tour is called "Apocalypse: Save Us," which is also the name of their latest album.

Earlier today, the 88rising music label posted something big on Twitter.  Hikaru Utada will perform as part of their Coachella lineup.

So, it's Coachella again. Like many other things, it's been a couple of years since it's been held in person. People are feeling comfortable getting out there again, and that includes Japanese musicians. The legendary Kyary Pamyu Pamyu will be in America at Coachella, all the way in Indio, CA.

You'll notice that it's actually titled "SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2020 'Kiss from the darkness'," and that's not a joke. This was supposed to happen two years ago.  Fingers crossed, it'll actually happen this year.

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