Lucy is finally going to have their very first oneman on July 25th! There are no details available yet on their official site, but of course we will inform you when details are updated.
Source: Sakaki’s blog
Posted on March 31, 2009 in Random Fact
Ah yes, it’s time for the random fact of the day and we’re going to go back to one of my all-time favorite random fact subjects — likes and dislikes!
Today we’re going to talk about the likes and dislikes of Shiki from Ellseed, because he definitely has a specific list!
Likes: The shampoo smell of a girl who has just gotten out of the bath, “M” girls, people who like me, me, Ellseed, vampires, lycanthrope, miracles, “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There”, movies, cats, books, flowers, blue, coffee, black tea, cigarettes, sweet snacks
Dislikes: Irrationality, people who hate me, Ferris wheels (High places), injections, sports-minded moods, extremely opinionated tempers, people who don’t think
So my dear S-T readers, how do you feel about this list? Anything you particularly agree or disagree with?
ROMANESQUE A LIVE has announced they would be releasing a second single, a few months after they released RETURN FOR REVENGE / VIRGINITY VENUS (back in October) !
The new single is entitled 『きらめきの舞』 (Kirameki no Mai – Kirameki’s Dance) and will contain 2 tracks :
1. 「夕顔ドメスティック」 (Yuugao Domestic)
2. 「LOST WING」
The single goes on sale on April 3rd and will cost 1 000 yen.
Source : Visunavi
Posted on March 31, 2009 in New release, Revival
So finally we want more about cali≠gari’s mysterious ohp, we’ve mentioned a week ago or so. The site looks really professional and everything, with a very-detailed discography and biography section. As for now only one live is mentioned and I’m not sure whether there’ll be more. It’s going to take place on the 20th of June in Zepp Tokyo. The tickets’ cost is 5250 yen and the sale begins on the 4th of April via Misshitsu Neurose and I bet they’ll sell out really quickly.
There’s also a new picture of the band. I really like it and you? I have brightened it a bit though to see all the members more clearly.
What’s more though, they’re going to release a CD! It’s going to be called 「cali≠gariの世界」 (cali≠gari-no sekai) and it is going to be a 80 minutes long ‘catalogue’, so I believe it’s just a best-of collection. It goes on sale on the 20th of May. But, the first press has the DVD included! It’ll be 「実録！新宿コマし屋 〜2002〜師走」 previously released as the FC-only vhs! The regular press will cost 3,150 yen, the limited one 4,500.
Make sure to support the band and attend their concert if you can!!! (I wish I could too though…)
Source: OHP
Wonderful news for Wedday fans! Today it was announced that they will hold a one day revival of their popular 2006 lineup! It will take place on May 29th at Sendai Hook, and more specific details will be announced soon.
For those who aren’t familiar, the lineup is:
Vocal: Ayame Kokujuuji Mako
Idol: Tsubasa
Guitar: Sady
Bass: Pino
Drum: Maya (Popo)
Source: OHP
Posted on March 31, 2009 in New band
Lailesid (レイシールド; Reiishiirudo) is a new band based out of Nagoya that has just recently started their activities.
They’re currently a four member band, and have each set up their blogs on Ameba (click their names to visit the blogs):
Vocals – SEI
Guitar – シキト (Shikito)
Bass – Ⅶ－nana－
Drums – Hiroya
The band has announced that they will be releasing their first single, but the date has not yet been fixed. It’s a self-titled single that will cost 1000 yen for three tracks:
Ⅰ. -神々の黄昏- (Kamigami no Tasogare; Twilight of the Gods)
Ⅱ. 優しい雨 (Yasashii Ame; Gentle Rain)
Ⅲ. Endless sky
It looks like they’re going to be putting samples up on the OHP, but they’re not there quite yet (unless it’s just my computer).
Hopefully they’ll be a band to keep an eye on, so look forward to hearing some samples!
Source: vkdb, OHP
ドレミ團 (Doremidan) and heidi. are teaming up for a twoman live on June 4th at Shibuya O-WEST.
The show is called 「音会〜ONKAI〜其ノ一」 (Onkai / Shi no Ichi) and tickets go on sale starting April 5th at 3500 yen a piece.
heidi. have also announced the venues and dates for their 3rd anniversary tour, 「明日なき翼」 (Ashita naki Tsubasa):
June 03rd @ Nippon Seinenkan
June 07th @ Niiagata JUNKBOX
June 09th @ Kanazawa AZ
June 14th @ Sapporo Messe Hall
June 21st @ Nagoya E.L.L
June 22nd @ Shinsaibashi CLUB QUATTRO
June 24th @ Okayama CRAZY MAMA 2nd ROOM
June 25th @ Hiroshima Namiki Junction
June 27th @ Fukuoka DRUM Be-1
Tickets cost 3500 yen, except for the Tokyo show which is 3800 yen. Tickets go on sale starting April 9th.
Source: BMA, heidi. OHP
Posted on March 31, 2009 in Event
We’ve already posted about NOIZ coming to America for Animazement over here. The live is coming up in May so get your tickets soon! There are special VIP tickets available for people who want to be up close in the action at the live! You can also receive a special gift when you buy VIP! VIP is only about $25.00 and tickets go on sale April 6th. All other fans will be seated behind VIP. Get your tickets here.
Raffle tickets for backstage passes are also going on sale on the same day. 1 ticket is $5.00 or you could get 3 tickets for $10.00.
Not VK but maybe con fans would like to know. Seems like FAKE? is coming to AnimeNEXT for their first American live! AnimeNEXT is held at the East Coast at The Garden State Exhibit Center! Con happens on June 12th – 14th.
Sources: JrockHouse, Animazment, AnimeNEXT
Posted on March 31, 2009 in Cool
Tomozo actually models a few times each year for different designers/clothing lines. He already has a new shoot to show off the new designs and the new blog for Peace Now. He teased followers on his blog with shots of the clothes and some back stage shots of himself and now we can fully see the different outfits on his myspace! What do you think of the different looks of Black Peace Now and Tomozo?
Source: blog, myspace, peace now blog
Posted on March 30, 2009 in Random Fact
Thanks to the lovely D lj community, we caught a glimpse at young Ruiza when he was a Johnny’s Jr. THATS right people!! A JE Junior. I wonder how good his dance skills are…?
Not too surprising since a few other vk bandmen have claimed their dream was to be in a Johnny group. Even Mana once said he aspired to be in Johnny’s.
Me? I always wanted to be in Yanni’s. Okay so there isn’t a Yanni group called Yanni’s but if there was – I would be king of them all!
Source: D lj Comm
One more band I thought it would be interesting to introduce on ST ! カルト☆フィクション倶楽部 (Cult☆Fiction Club) has formed back in August 2008 in Tokyo and, although they remain kinda obscure so far, they are already getting quite popular in Japan. By they way, they just announced they would held their second sponsored event on July 7th !
Vo. Kaworu
Gu. Kai
Ba. Ken
Dr. Ryuzou
I think they do have that little something that makes them interesting, so you should definitly keep an eye on them (or both !).
And another good news to conclude, the band has recently announced they would release their very first mini-album on April 9th (you can also vote for the songs you want to have on that CD on their official website).
Posted on March 30, 2009 in New member
After the recent loss of the previous bassist, the girl band GoDeath just announced that a new bassist had replaced Junri. Her name is 唏紅屡 (Kiguru) and she joined the band on March 27th.
Source : OHP
Posted on March 29, 2009 in Event
Kaya and Ricky are teaming up on July 31st for a twoman live at Shibuya BOXX!
The show is called 「Rickyと愉快な音モダチ」 (Ricky to Yukai na Otomodachi). It will cost 3500 yen to attend, and further details will be available at a later date.
Source: BMA
Posted on March 29, 2009 in News
The members of ALiBi are going to become Like an Edison workers for a day on March 29th!
Like an Edison Shinjuku – 11am ~ 2pm
Like an Edison La Foret Harajuku – 3pm ~ 5pm
Like an Edison Shinjuku – 6pm ~ 8pm
Source: OHP
Posted on March 29, 2009 in Random Fact
Big Ern here bringing you today’s random fact!
Today’s fact is about Ryu from MoNoLith, and his embarrassing moment.
So far, what has made you feel the most embarrassed?
I got drunk, and was protected by newspaper gentleman
I’d share my embarrassing moment, but it’s far too embarrassing.
Posted on March 29, 2009 in Release
Hello my name is Ash, the second of the two new staff members to join ST. This is my first post so please be kind!! You may remember the post Tousaku made last week about Danger☆Gang’s new minialbum titled 「AmbitiouS」. Well the sale date, track listing, and cover art were all revealed this week! The minialbum goes on sale May 12th and will cost ￥2100 (roughly $23 US) with the cover art and track listing as follows:
01.「Cendrillon」
02.「Shiny drop」
03.「ForWarD」
04.「MAD VAIN」
05.「Fly away」
Danger☆Gang is one of my favorite bands and I’m very excited to see them releasing their third minialbum!!
Source: OHP
Posted on March 29, 2009 in New release
As Ichibayo previously posted, Gilitia will be releasing a new single entitled “CROWN” on April 5th, however, they will also be having 3 months consecutive releases! Their second single will be called “雪月花” (setsugekka/ snow, moon and flowers) and it’ll be released on May 16th, and their 3rd single will be entitled “Cold Room”, to be released some time in June.
This seems like a good step for these boys! Each single will be limited to 1000 copies and will cost 1700 yen, contain 2 tracks + a DVD.
source: brand-x
Posted on March 29, 2009 in Event, New release
heidi. will be releasing a new single entitled, 「翼」(tsubasa/wings) on May 20th. Not much more information has been announced as of yet.
source: heidi. comm, heidi. blog
Posted on March 29, 2009 in Disbanding
ブレア (Burea) has announced that at the end of June, they will be disbanding.
The band currently does not offer a reason behind their decision, but say that they will be able to talk about the details at a later date.
Source: Natsuki’s Blog, Kairi’s Blog
I thought this might interest Girugamesh fans in and around the Seattle area. Although, I myself do not like shopping in Hot Topic for Jrock/VK merchandise if I have a choice, some others might not mind it.
From bulletin:
Following their Friday night concert on April 10 at Sakura-Con in Seattle, Japanese rock band girugamesh will make a special in-store appearance at the Hot Topic store in Southcenter Mall on Saturday, April 11.
Hot Topic has been a major supporter of girugamesh’s USA CD releases, with over 3000 girugamesh CDs sold by the nationwide chain since October 2008. The albums “Girugamesh” and “MUSIC” are available at Hot Topic stores and at Hot Topic’s website, with the same artwork and booklet as the Japanese releases.
girugamesh’s appearance at Hot Topic is sponsored by JapanFiles.com and Sakura-Con.
From HOT TOPIC’s MySpace page:
girugamesh will be signing autographs at the Southcenter Mall Hot Topic located at 2676 Southcenter Mall, Tukwila, WA 98188 on Saturday, April 11th at 6:30 PM.
Beginning Friday, March 27th, purchase any girugamesh CD or T-shirt from the Southcenter Mall Hot Topic location ONLY and receive a wristband that guarantees the opportunity to meet the band on April 11th!* Need more info? Call the Southcenter Mall Hot Topic at 206.244.5021. We’ll see you there!
*Available while supplies last. Space is limited. Offer not valid online. Limit one wristband and one autograph per person. See associate for further details.
girugamesh on JapanFiles.com – http://www.japanfiles.com/girugamesh
Hot Topic MySpace page – http://myspace.com/ht
Sakura-Con website – http://www.sakuracon.org/
Source: JRock Events USA Myspace
