JPOP Lover

Tokyo Rising

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:25:00 PDT

Tokyo Rising

Palladium Tokyo Rising Documentary With Pharrell Part 1

Music Alliance Pact – August 2011

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:54:00 PDT

Make Believe Melodies; Japanese Indies music blog is just be representing Japan
as part of the Music Alliance Pact (MAP) . WOW!

Make Believe Melodies
http://makebelievemelodies.wordpress.com/

Cloudy Busey

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:40:00 PDT

Cloudy Busey - broken by inertia
http://icecreamshout.bandcamp.com/

Ice Cream Shout

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:37:00 PDT

Newmusic from Osaka

Ice Cream Shout
http://icecreamshout.blogspot.com/

tofubeats & dj newtown

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:58:00 PDT

tofubeats - touch

dj newtown - sora wo kakenukete (mp3)

SUB urban (version for bandcamp) by tofubeats & dj newtown
http://tofubeats.bandcamp.com/album/s-u-b-urban-version-for-bandcamp

Japanese Cosplay Photobook

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:06:26 PDT

Web shop of costumes for cosplay lovers - Happy Costume announces that
http://www.facebook.com/pages/HappyCostume/102988843129505
Happy Costume just released Japanese Cosplay Photobook [Kindle Edition] on amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055009VU/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=shoppingdir08-20&camp=211189&creative=373489&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B0055009VU&adid=1GQ139Y2CV782FV4ZQQY&&link_code=as3

Cosplay is a Japanese culture. This is a photobook to introduce various Japanese cosplay clothes (costumes), maid, bunny, nurse, police, stewardess, Akiba idol, kimono and so on.

Bigfish Live vol.10 - Omodaka vs fizzy dino pop

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:00:49 PDT

Bigfish Live vol.10 - Omodaka vs fizzy dino pop
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=197766940269458
7th August, Sunday. 19:00 at Shinsekai - Roppongi
http://shinsekai9.jp/

fizzy dino pop - hello party! by yamamiya

smile

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:42:05 PDT

Bump of Chicken - smile

released to benefit red cross aid work in japan.
All money raised from the release are donated to the Red Cross's tsunami recovery efforts in Japan.

PRAY　FOR　JAPAN　‐3．11世界中が祈りはじめた日‐

Song For Japan

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:13:43 PDT

amazarashi (aomori) - konomachide ikiteiru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm3KKBl4WPc

BONNIE PINK - The Sun Will Rise Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjTgjiuz4gw

Natsu Kai - Aiwo Tsukuroh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX2J1eeVXe

ORANGE RANGE - one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puvthXfOWqE

MiChi - ONE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsRQ_GAaUKc

Japanese musicians have made a song to help the victims of Fukushima - Miyagi earthquake and tsunami.

Charity Songs on iTunes Japan

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:09:19 PDT

Here are lists for charity Songs on iTunes Japan

Yoko Kanno - Kokakukidotai STAND ALONE COMPLEX O.S.T.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JszVS7AlVE

Superfly - You & Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIRaGYZ1Xrw

Yuji Nakata - Hikari no Machi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kYwtiD0gZc

Kana Uemura - Toillet no Kamisama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2VoEN1iooE

THE BAWDIES - LOVE YOU NEED YOU feat. AI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAzxHmP9JSU

Send prayers to Tohoku. ARIGATO

KREVA - EGAO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVRbeq2x3X4

HOPE

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:11:36 PDT

Shirley's Angels - I L.O.V.E.YOU (Japanese)

After Japan earthquake and tsunami passed, the recovery and mourning have just begun.

The disaster could become the most expensive earthquake in history. The crisis could get even worse, depending on what happens next at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Now, more than ever, the Japanese people need your help and support.

‎"Ganbare Japan" (Zürich)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151352391595909
Location: Rote Fabrik
Sunday, April 10 by Tim & Puma Mimi

HearJapan | News
http://www.hearjapan.com/news/hearjapan_news/HearJapan%E2%80%99s_week_of_donation_to_Japan_

HearJapan, mp3 store has donated $750 to Japan Platform to aid in the Japanese earthquake relief effort.

the morning benders
http://themorningbenders.com/

the morning benders made a very special EP to help support Japan. It is all unreleased material.

Help Japan - FRAGMENTS DE LLUM
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200120186679374

Concert en benefici de les victimes del terratrèmol i el tsunami de Japó.
Mari Fukuhara, Pianist + Mari Ito, Illustrator have "help japan charity event" in Barcelona.

iTunes - Songs for Japan
http://facebook.itunes.com/JVV

As Japan recovers from the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck on March 11, the world’s top recording artists respond to the tragedy with this benefit album. Superstars such as Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Adele, and many others bring together their biggest hits on this benefit album. All proceeds go to the Japanese Red Cross.

In hope that this message reaches the hearts of all who are suffering from the earthquake.

Help Japan - FRAGMENTS DE LLUM

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:02:37 PDT

Help Japan - FRAGMENTS DE LLUM
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200120186679374

Concert en benefici de les victimes del terratrèmol i el tsunami de Japó.
Mari Fukuhara, Pianist + Mari Ito, Illustrator have "help japan charity event" in Barcelona.
http://pieta.viinyl.com/

SEBASTIAN X

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:23:01 PST

SEBASTIAN X - Hikarino Tategami
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sebastianx-tokyo/138206566213631

Jpop music alliance pact

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:03:00 PDT

Jpoplover has introduced the above songs for music alliance pact.

HRP-4C

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:49:46 PDT

Do you know the cybernetic human robot, HRP-4C?
it's surprising that idol Robot, HRP-4C can dance and
sing like jpop idol singer.
http://www.aist.go.jp/aist_j/press_release/pr2010/pr20101016/pr20101016.html
http://www.aist.go.jp/aist_j/press_release/pr2009/pr20090316/pr20090316.html

here is youtube for her performance at the Digital Content Expo 2010

CMJ 2010

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:06:53 PDT

JAPAN @ CMJ 2010 is on Wed, Oct. 20 at Bowery Poetry Club.
http://www.newyork-tokyo.com/
Featuring BOOM BOOM SATELLITES (BBS) and ZAMZA, this is a special night
that CMJ and New York – Tokyo have put together.
CMJ badge holders will enjoy the whole night for free and only $10 for
those without.

JAPAN @ CMJ 2010
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20th
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
NYC

CMJ 2010 http://cmj2010.com/

ZAMZA
http://www.zamza.us/

BOOM BOOM SATELLITES
http://www.bbs-net.com/
Download: Kick It Out from their latest album “OVER AND OVER”
Boom Boom Satellites - Kick It Out by buzzbands

Music Alliance Pact - October 2010

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:06:10 PDT

This is JPOP Lover's last post as Japan's representative
for Music Alliance Pact. thanks, ARIGATO

To download all 35 songs in one file click here

JAPAN: JPOP Lover
Hotel Mexico - Its Twinkle
Hotel Mexico are not from Mexico, but are a glo-fi and chill electro band hailing from Kyoto. Its Twinkle is taken from the recently released His Jewelled Letter Box EP and is full of radiant guitar melodies, ambient bells, airy synths and more reverb than any respectable song has the right to use.

Fader
http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/04/hotel-mexico-its-twinkle-mp3/
Pitchfork.com
http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/14708-its-twinkle/

ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
Hamacas Al Rio - Sin Decir
Hamacas Al Rio is a six-piece acoustic pop band led by singer Laura Ciuffo. Sin Decir is one of our favorite tracks from their latest release, Al Final, El Parque, an amazing album dominated by hypnotic chamber music sounds and fine string arrangements, along with more conventional synthesizers and electric guitars.

AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
Bleeding Knees Club - Bad Guys
Bleeding Knees Club only started in March and have already toured Australia's east coast a bunch of times, recorded an EP and secured a label and distribution. Admittedly, BKC trade in a certain brand of music that doesn't require/intentionally avoids precision, planning and cleanliness. Even though you can imagine these guys bashing out an EP within the amount of time it takes some bands to soundcheck, it still suggests potential radness in the near future.

BRAZIL: Meio Desligado
Baiana System - Jah Jah Revolta
Baiana System is a new group from Bahia, a Brazilian state famous for its ax music - a style marked by lyrics full of ambiguous sexual overtones and simple dance rhythms. Their trump card is to raise the Bahian guitar to a new level, combining a typically Brazilian musical manifestation to elements of dub, contemporary electronic, rock and other genres, as observed in Jah Jah Revolta.

CANADA: I(Heart)Music
The Wilderness Of Manitoba - Sea Song
To fully appreciate The Wilderness Of Manitoba, you need to be in a calm, relaxed mood. So sit back. Clear your mind. Forget your worries for a moment. Ignore the phone, the internet, your pets, everything. Now start Sea Song and just let the gorgeous vocal harmonies and beautiful folky melodies wash over you. Wasn't that pleasant? Now go and get a copy of their first full-length, When You Left The Fire, because it has 12 more tracks just like that one.

CHILE: Super 45
Dadal - Gracias
Dadals (Daniela Sald僘s) first steps in music were linked to the punk and hardcore scene. Later, she refined her ideas, got closer to hip-hop and took part in Colectivo Et駻eo, Iris and Julia Rose. However, her solo work is strongly influenced by Phil Spector and Mark Ronson's orchestrated pop. Gracias, the first single from her forthcoming debut album Per卲do, to be released by netlabels Ponk and Michita Rex, is the best proof that differences between punk, rap and pop are dwindling.

CHINA: Wooozy
Sun Ye - Strange Planet
With projects in rock, punk and post-rock bands under his belt, Shanghai-based Sun Ye is nowhere near finished with whatever he has planned for his music - fluid, dreamlike melodies that tinkle and slide smoothly in and out of your ears. His unpredictable yet continually enthralling tunes have landed him support slots for both ﾓlafur Arnalds and ﾉmilie Simon this year. His latest album, Trash Can, was released on the Miniless label.

DENMARK: All Scandinavian
The Malpractice - Boss Stallion
October 25 will see the release of The Malpractice aka Johannes Gammelby's (I Am Bones, Beta Satan) solo debut Tectonics on Crunchy Frog, an 11-song strong album of alternative rock aiming at minds, (pop) hearts and feet. Here's the great Boss Stallion and if you dig it, make sure to check out the other album single Oh, The Irony streaming on MySpace.

ENGLAND: The Guardian Music Blog
The Visitors - Hello Moon
Visitors frontman Karl Walsh used to head Factory Records folkies To Hell With Burgundy. The official bio says he has spent the time since the label's demise "writing novels in the French countryside". Hello Moon says different. It speaks of years spent orbiting Bowie's legacy, drifting on the dark side of the Duke before taking a quantum leap into Wayne Coyne's shoes. More years spent Waitin' For A Superman to spin earth backwards, to rewind to a time when we were still wide-eyed about space, glam rock and the power of a good, solid tune.

ESTONIA: Popop
Tallinn Daggers - Island Phi Ley
Tallinn Daggers is an electronic pop duo from Tallinn that consists of Ardo Kivi and Joosep Volk. Since they united in 2009 they have released one digital EP, The Last Escape, and a handful of singles. They are known for their very energetic live shows and listener-friendly habit of giving away their music.

FINLAND: Glue
Big Wave Riders - Big Sound
Formed just before the summer, Big Wave Riders aim to be the next big thing in Finnish indie music. While they ready their debut EP, we can enjoy a taste of their first recordings with Big Sound's fast tropical beat and early 80s garage vibe.

FRANCE: ZikNation
Hutchinson - Oh My Lover
Hutchinson is an electro-rock duo featuring Olivier Deniaud and Eric Tanguy, who make their music in the very creative city of Nantes. It's a hobby that doesn't stop them being rather good. You might have had a hard time guessing they were French.

GERMANY: Blogpartei
MIT - Pudong
German band of the moment is definitely MIT. With the advanced electronica of their second album Nanonotes, which was produced by Simian Mobile Disco member Jas Shaw, and especially with the video to Pudong, they have hit the spot in Germany's blogosphere. MIT may rightly be seen as a concept for taking Kraftwerk's legacy into the future.

GREECE: Mouxlaloulouda
go.quiet - Everyone I Ever Met
go.quiet is the project of Christina Kassesian and ?ousework. Everyone I Ever Met, the primary result of their collaboration, is soothing, compelling, heartbreaking, mysterious and gloomy. An enticing dip into melancholy that urges you to lean closer to the speakers to fully feel everything that is being played and sung. There's a beauty in the melody that conjures up a cinematic romanticism with the soft-spoken, whispered, gentle vocals to amplify this emotion.

ICELAND: I Love Icelandic Music
Captain Fufanu - Lava
Captain Fufanu are two youngsters and probably the brightest hope of the Icelandic electronic music scene. Hrafnkell Fli Einarsson and Guaugur Halld Einarsson (sons of a different Einar, so not brothers) aka Kaktus and Gulli played their first gig at the age of 16 in 2008. The duo mix dub, techno, house and experimental electronica. The song Lava is unreleased.

INDIA: Indiecision
Kaav - Daya
Kaav is an alt-prog trio from Kochi. The band's expansive, instrumental soundscapes are based in an understanding of local Carnatic music, with the trappings of a more alternative Oceansize - think a dosa-eating Explosions In The Sky. Daya is taken from a recently-released eponymous three-track EP, which we highly recommend you download here for free.

INDONESIA: Deathrockstar
Ghaust - Sleep And Release
With only two members, Ghaust, who hail from Jakarta, build an instrumental trip crossing through different genres, where post-rock/shoegaze influences and crushing sludge/doom tempo collide with hardcore punk and heavy rock. Sleep And Release explores a cumulative void, expressing emotions that can only be conveyed with music.

IRELAND: Nialler9
Sacred Animals - Chosen Seed
Sacred Animals is a solo project of Darragh Nolan. His debut release is the lush four-track EP Welcome Home and serves as a perfect introduction to his fanciful and feral, wild like nature ballads. The music recalls Radiohead, Bon Iver and Guillemots without ever really sounding too much like any of them.

ISRAEL: Metal Israel
ACE And The Deck - Mr. Grieves (Pixies cover)
ACE And The Deck take the Pixies' Mr. Grieves, stir it up with reggae, shake it up with psychobilly, throw in some surf punk and cut it with a generous helping of arak. Their debut album is a veritable musical arsenal taking the best from all genres, and hits the market on December 13.

ITALY: Polaroid
Havah - The Competition Dies
Michele Camorani was a member of La Quiete, one of the most important screamo hardcore bands of the past decade. This is his new solo project, and the sound is very different. Imagine a Blank Dogs song locked up in a dark basement all alone for 20 years - that's how obscure and cursed Havah's music can be. Sometimes, suddenly, pop melodies come to the surface, but soon they're buried into the noise once again. It's definitely worth downloading Havah's first album for free via his MySpace.

MEXICO: Red Bull PanameriKa
Hello Seahorse! - Un A Quebrado
Once a twee-pop band, Mexico City's Hello Seahorse! morphed into a gloomy sounding beast on their third album, Bestia. Now they've delved deeper into their tormented souls and came out with their fourth album in four years, Lejos. No Tan Lejos. Produced by the legendary Money Mark in Los Angeles and by local wizard Yamil Rezc, the 11 songs lay a rich forest of synths where Lo Blondo's banshee-like voice soars with operatic tropes. Say "Hola!" to this seamonster.

NETHERLANDS: Unfold Amsterdam
Space Siren - This Radar
Amsterdam quartet Space Siren have strong indie-rock pedigree behind them. Featuring members who previously made up the noisy, melancholic band Seesaw, who released a number of great albums on the reliable Transformed Dreams label early in the 2000s, Space Siren carry the torch on wonderfully. Thick layers of guitar distortion hark back to an era when Sonic Youth ruled the independent underground. The percussion drives every song. And, somehow, amidst the haze of overdrive, there's room for the strong, moody vocals of Gwendolien.

NEW ZEALAND: Counting The Beat
Secret Knives - The Northwest States
Secret Knives is the solo bedroom recording project of Ash Smith, who also plays in Over The Atlantic. The Northwest States begins with a pop melody and lyrics about lost love over programmed beats and a nice rumbling bass line. Then the layers of guitar start to build until the song soars into a shimmering shoegaze crescendo. The song is from Secret Knives' new album Affection, available for free download from here.

NORWAY: Eardrums
Dunderhonning - St
Dunderhonning is a young quartet from Harstad in the north of Norway. They have just released their debut full-length album on Guano Recordings, Sakte Ut Av Fokus, where they play warm, poetic, dreamy and powerful pop/rock. They sing in their native language and dialect, which suits the songs and their expression well. People who have heard and loved the music of Kr虧esv may find these two close to each other in style. Their album is high on my list of the best Norwegian albums this year. Highly recommended.

PERU: SoTB
LongPlayer - Chica A Go-Go
It's time to welcome the debut of LongPlayer, a powerful quartet that formed in Lima in 2009 and is led by experienced Pipe Villar疣. Their first single, Chica A Go-Go, carries a pleasant melancholy and is full of crunchy guitars and surprise trumpet appearances. Their self-titled debut album, which comes out on October 21, promises to deliver a classic rock lesson and will undoubtedly be one of the best of the year.

PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco?
Noiserv - 06:00am - Mr. Carousel
Since his first presence in MAP a year ago, Noiserv (aka David Santos) has played internationally, recently in Scotland and Slovenia, and has shared the stage with Bill Callahan, Camera Obscura, Damon & Naomi, Perry Blake and The Swell among others. In July, he released a new EP, A Day In The Day Of The Days - a musical diary of one fictional day.

ROMANIA: Babylon Noise
Minus - Haideu
Minus is Daniel Stanciu, a young man from Bucharest who combines massive mountains of bass with glitchy, twinkling Game Boy melodies and a healthy dose of synth funk. The EP from which Ha?deu was taken can be listen to and downloaded on Minus' page at Local Records.

SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop
Bear Bones - Oil & Lacquer
Islay-born singer Ben Harrison's thick brogue and some inspired bursts of accordion make eight-strong Bear Bones an unmistakably Scottish proposition and Oil & Lacquer a heavenly way to spend four minutes. Fans of Belle & Sebastian won't be disappointed. Since it's exactly two years since the Music Alliance Pact was launched, as a bonus you can also download a free anniversary compilation here which contains mostly exclusive and rare tracks contributed by 23 previous MAP artists from Scotland.

SINGAPORE: I'm Waking Up To...
Typewriter - Cry So Well (The Suntan Mix)
Ten years and three line-up changes later, Typewriter have finally released their labor of love, Indian Head Massage. Their debut album is chock full of well-crafted power-pop tunes and guitar riffs, whimsical lyrics and one of the most dynamic rhythm sections in the country. As a live four-piece, Typewriter shed all inhibitions to deliver a spine-tingling dose of forgotten melodies to awaken the senses, but on record they take the time to flesh out the minute details that make each song stand out.

SOUTH AFRICA: Musical Mover & Shaker!
Goldfish - Fort Knox
Hailing from Cape Town, Goldfish is made up of Dominic Peters and David Poole, who are one of the hottest jazz/electro duos this side of the equator. A mix of "funky riffs, acid jazz melodies and instantly catchy dance floor songs" is what they are about and Fort Knox is the epitome of their unique sound. This duo have made their mark in the dance scene and world domination is in sight.

SOUTH KOREA: Indieful ROK
Go-yo - The Blue Devil
Singer-songwriter Go-yo writes songs about cynical self-consolation. After debuting with a self-titled single offering lo-fi piano pieces last year, he has begun a venture into the realm of trip-hop and electronica with the recent release of first full-length album I Came Alone. While songs such as Let The Little Bird Fly maintains Go-yo's original, melancholic piano sound, The Blue Devil creates an atmosphere similar to that built by Air's score for The Virgin Suicides.

SWEDEN: Swedesplease
Mother Of The Forest - Br舅na Broar
This suddenly prolific artist has just released another EP, this time with guests such as Mattias Alkberg and Magnus Ekelund. Vocals are processed and distant in the mix, adding to both the spookiness of the tracks and the prominence of the staccato electronic bursts that punctuate and enliven each song.

SWITZERLAND: 78s
The Legendary Lightness - Airplane
The Legendary Lightness is the side-project of the two drummers from Swiss indie outfits Schnitzer and Gabardine. The singer-songwriter duo hail from Zurich and has just released a splendid single called Airplane. It's an airy piece of music, providing you with the musical layer for daydreaming. Airplane will be featured on an EP which will be sold at concerts and is limited to 100 copies. Their debut album is scheduled for release this winter.

UNITED STATES: I Guess I'm Floating
Twin Shadow - Yellow Balloon
The description for this artist should be short and sweet: spin the track, buy the album and become very happy. Twin Shadow, the one-man project of Brooklynite George Lewis Jr, is full of smooth synths, dark vocals and compositions operating under the influence of 1980s music but not cheaply ripping it off like loads of chillwave acts. Simplicity and melody merge seamlessly in Yellow Balloon, like many of the tracks on debut LP Forget.

VENEZUELA: Barquisimento
Los Mentas - El Kiosko
Los Mentas is a rockabilly band with a new and nostalgic proposal and a strong dose of punk-rock flavor. Other influences like tango and swing can also be found in their work. Richard "Chicha" Blanco, Carlos Aray, Hector "Lukas" Paredes and Juan Olmedillo are Los Mentas, and El Kiosko is included on their debut album.

EardrumsPop

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:55:12 PDT

a member of music alliance pact; EardrumsPop netlabel in Norway has released a new free single this week, with the dreamy Chicago duo Tiny Fireflies. It's Lisle and Kristine from the indiepop band Very Truly Yours new sideproject. 3 songs + great cover art from UK illustrator Minkee and a booklet designed by the German illustrator Julia Pax. A treat for eyes and ears. Next up will be a single by Finland's Paperfangs on Oct 20, England's Insect Guide on November 10 and Indonesia's Sometimes Always on November 10 (yes, two releases on the same day).

Tiny Fireflies - Holding Pattern by EardrumsPop

Download and info here:
http://www.eardrumspop.com/2010/10/10/epop005-tiny-fireflies/

music alliance pact
http://jpoplovernet.blogspot.com/search/label/Music%20Alliance%20Pact

Electric Love

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:55:31 PDT

802P feat. Hatsune Miku - Electric Love (MMD PV) by Wakamura P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGEIPNtzvxA

Plug::8
http://plug8.info/

Follow Jpoplover on Twitter
http://twitter.com/jpoplover

Live From Tokyo

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:25:00 PDT

Friday October 29, New York-Tokyo presents the world premiere of "Live From Tokyo" at the Asia Society Museum as part of the Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool exhibition event program.
http://www.newyork-tokyo.com/
http://asiasociety.org/events-calendar/live-tokyo

The film is about underground music in Tokyo and features performances and interviews by: Shugo Tokumaru, d.v.d, Nisennenmondai, Tenniscoats, PARA (ex-Boredoms), Sexy-Synthesizer, D.M.B.Q, Sajjanu, KIRIHITO , Optrum, Samm Bennett, W. David Marx, Tokyo Pinsalocks and many many more.

Live From Tokyo will also be having a screening and a simulcast performance from Tokyo in San Francisco on November 12th at New People World Cinema.

Live From Tokyo Trailer from Lewis Rapkin on Vimeo.

Live From Tokyo
http://livefromtokyo.net/
Tokyo's reputation as a media-saturated hub for global information and cutting-edge innovation makes it the perfect sample for addressing a new outlook on music culture. This documentary takes the viewer through the back streets in Shinjuku, the intersections in Shibuya, the alleys in Koenji, and all over Tokyo, as it highlights the innovative musicians who create this multi-faceted artistic culture. The film features performances by DMBQ, Tenniscoats, Shugo Tokumaru, Nisennenmondai, PARA (ex-Boredoms), Kirihito, d.v.d., and many more. Q&A with film director after the screening.

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Bigfish Live vol.9

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:03:00 PDT

Bigfish Live vol.9
http://www.facebook.com/bigfishlive

jpoplover (yamamiya) held Tokyo Showcase Live event; Bigfish Live vol.9
at Club440 Shimokitazawa in Tokyo last month. that featuring such few folky,
acoustic musicians of independent as TSUNTA, Hana Saito, Naoko Kinoshita
and Toshizo Enokizono (from puff noide) .

TSUNTA - Shu Shu
http://www1.odn.ne.jp/tsunta/

Hana Saito - Blue Mountains Cafe
http://saito-hana.com/

Naoko Kinoshita
http://kinoshitanaoko.com/

Toshizo Enokizono (from puff noide) - Border
http://puffnoide.com/top.html

Michael Saranga (France)
http://www.myspace.com/michaelsaranga

yamamiya on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/yamamiya

Next Music From Tokyo Vol 2 Free Sampler

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:58:00 PDT

Next Music From Tokyo Vol 2 Free Sampler
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/album_info/Next_Music_from_Tokyo_Vol_2_Free_Sampler

Digital music store for japanese indies in Yokohama; HearJapan is proud to once again partner with North America's premier Japanese music tour Next Music from Tokyo and bring you more free music!

It's only been six months since the first ground-breaking tour from Next Music from Tokyo and yet they are already back for a follow-up! NMFT is one of very very few tours dedicated to bringing the best modern music from Japan to North America in one massive package.

sgt. - Apollo Program

This time around the tour features indie rock, post-rock, cutting edge hip-hop and shoegaze from some of the biggest and best that Japan has to offer. The bands are also part of the HearJapan catalog. MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS, sgt., uhnellys and susquatch will be roving across Canada from October 14th to the 19th, hitting Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. This is great news not only for Japanese music fans, but for fans of intense new music all around the world!

HearJapan is excited to once again offer up a free and exclusive look into what audiences can expect when these bands hit the stage. Next Music from Tokyo Vol. 2 features 5 free tracks from the bands. Check out the album listing for all the tour details and, of course, to download all of the free tracks. You will not be disappointed!

Susquatch - Ghost

http://www.nextmusicfromtokyo.com/

HOTEL MEXICO

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:25:00 PDT

Hotel Mexico are not from Mexico, but are a rad glo-fi and chill electro band hailing from picturesque Kyoto, Japan. (Second Royal Records)
http://hotelmexico.blogspot.com/

Hotel Mexico are here to blow your earlobes.
Hotel Mexico - Its Twinkle by Second Royal Records
This track;Its Twinkle comes off the recently released His Jewelled Letter Box. It is literally the musical equivalent of descending into some sort of ridiculously awesome diamond cave. With it's radiant guitar melodies, ambient bells, airy synths and more reverb than any respectable song has the right to employ.

http://www.secondroyal.com/

#musicmonday JPOP MUSIC CHART 2010/9/27

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:37:00 PDT

CHAKUUTA - fullsize Weekly Chart (22nd September)
on Recochoku, the biggest mobile JPOP music shop
http://recochoku.jp/
http://recochoku.jp/recochoku_ranking/weekly_full.html

No.1 Kumi Koda - Sukide Sukide Sukide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdp8wSNn9C4

No.2 Exile - motto tsuyoku
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0TSrlig76c

No.3 KG - donnani hanaretemo duet with AZU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHx5lXLzH0k

No.4 UVERworld - Qualia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PunbjpY3xFs

No.5 Hilcrhyme - Traveling Machine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqZA9CanTfY

No.6 JUJU - First Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d18rOcR1AtE

No.7 Mika Nakashima - ichiban kireina watashiwo

No.8 Kana Nishino - if
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ogXfRvZ1Zo

No.9 ONE☆DRAFT - gonengo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7XW90rqNWI

No.10 AKB48 - Heavy Rotation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur8-Nc-cc_I

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I LOVE YOU by Yutaka Ozaki

jpoplovernet@gmail.com (jpoplover.net) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:40:00 PDT

you can find many japanese musicians cover Yutaka Ozaki's famous love song
"I LOVE YOU" that was published in 1991. Listen and Enjoy!!

I LOVE YOU by Yutaka Ozaki
http://youtu.be/ERWYegcKF8o

Ozaki Yutaka - I LOVE YOU
Translation by: Fantasiimaker

I love you
just for now, I don't want to hear sad songs
I love you
escaping and escaping, I finally got to this room

this isn't a love where I was forgiven for everything
the two of us are like abandoned cats
this room is like an empty box, covered in fallen leaves
so you, with a crying voice like a kitten's...

*on this creaking bed, instead of holding gentleness
if we can hold each other tightly
and then we'll close our eyes again
with a sad song, for this love not to fade

I love you
the two of us, who are too young
there's an untouchable secret in our love
I love you
I can't arrive at that, in my life right now

the love that piles up and lives on as one
we're only seeing a dream and being hurt
hearing "I love you" over and over,
you can't even go on living without this love

Ayaka - I LOVE YOU
http://youtu.be/ekgdgW9MLz8

Terma Aoyama - I LOVE YOU
http://youtu.be/R_rb-azsrGg

Kazumasa Oda - I LOVE YOU
http://youtu.be/VuImVrVaSTI

Kobukuro - I LOVE YOU
http://youtu.be/WAi2nOlDu6M

Hitomi Shimatani - I LOVE YOU
http://youtu.be/H7afNi2thMw

Mika Nakashima - I LOVE YOU
http://youtu.be/XUeEIUit9Ew

Shinichi Mori - I LOVE YOU
http://youtu.be/HTB11jEuhuo

sorry, i can not find out Utada's version on YouTube...;

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