• Interview with L~Lotus~

    L~Lotus~ is a five-piece band comprising of three ex. as milk members – 蓮華 (Renka) on vocals, saki and Takayuki on guitars, masato on bass, and YUJI on drums. They officially began their activities on March 6th and have released three digital singles to date: 「worry」 on May 19th, 「snow」 on May 26th, and 「tree」 on June 2nd. The members of L~Lotus~ sat down with us to answer a couple of questions, so give it a read to get to know them better! We’d like to thank JapanFiles... Read→

  • Interview with -LEON-

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  • Interview with GLACIER

    GLACIER is a five-member group from Okinawa, comprising of Makoto on vocals, Nao on lead guitar, Koujirou on rhythm guitar, Aki on bass, and Yuuki on drums. The band formed in July 2007 and made their major debut a year later on July 23rd. They have released a full album and six singles to date with their seventh single, 「愛の降る街」 (Ai no Furu Machi) which is the third installment of a 7-month digital release project, coming out on June 30th through JapanFiles and on iTunes. The members... Read→

  • Interview with O-PARTS

    O-PARTS is a two-man unit that started in June of 2009, formed by vocalist sho-ka (ex. Vogus Image) and bassist Jun (GaGaaalinG, ex. WAIVE). On August 20th, they released their first maxi-single entitled 「向日葵」 (Himawari) which included four tracks, all of which made it into the top ten of the Oricon Indies ranking. On May 26th, their second maxi-single, 「煌[kou]」 was released and will be available through JapanFiles from June 6th. Both sho-ka and Jun took time out of their busy schedules... Read→

  • Interview with Kaya

    In 2002, Kaya made his vocal debut in the Mana produced two-man unit, Schwarz Stein. In 2004, Schwarz Stein disbanded, and departing from the label the band was signed to, Kaya became a free singer. Using “aesthetics” as his main theme, Kaya conducts his activities with the goals of “the revolution of the aesthetic senses” and the “liberation of sexuality” in mind, and manages his own lyrics, CD jacket designs, make-up and costume designs as well as the organization... Read→

  • Interview with born

    born is a five member band that began together under RENNY AMY, which was active from August 2005, until December 31st, 2006. Shortly after, the same five members created D&L, and eventually changed their name to ‘born’ on April 9th, 2008 with the sponsored event at Takadanobaba AREA called “born presents 「bug scremo vol.01」”. About a week later, they released their first demonstration single, entitled 「Dust pain」, which was followed by the tour, 「Abnormal skin’s」. Since... Read→

  • Interview with Satsuki

    砂月-Satsuki- began his solo career on February 14th, 2009, after spending seven years as the vocalist for RENTRER EN SOI. His first solo release, 「AWAKE」 came out via his online shop on May 9th, and that month he also started his 「AWAKENING TO MOONLIGHT」 tour, which even made a stop in Los Angeles, California. His next release, 「CRYSTAL」 was out on August 21st, which was followed by his 「PEER INTO YOUR CRYSTAL HEART」 tour, where he preformed in both Tokyo and Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Read→

Posted on June 19, 2010 in Event, New release, Tour

new-single-and-sponsored-events-for-buglug

Some amazing news for all BugLug’s fans! Not only is the band going to release a new single in August, but also planning to sponsor few events, mainly to commemorate that fact!

First of all, the new release is going to be put out on the 18th of August and the single itself will be entitled 「メイドインマイン。」. It will come in two types – limited one for 1890 yen and a regular one for 1260 yen.

Limited Type:

【CD】
01. メイドインマイン。(Maid in Mine.)
02. 論理パレード (Ronri Parade)

【DVD】
01. メイドインマイン。 PV (Maid in Mine.)

Regular Type:

【CD】
01. メイドインマイン。(Maid in Mine.)
02. 論理パレード (Ronri Parade)
03. Sleeping Forest

As mentioned above, the band is going to hold few events to celebrate the fact that they’re releasing the new single. The short tour is going to be entitled 「BUG’s Tricks Capture1〜規格外のスマイル〜」(BUG’s Tricks Capture1〜Kikakugai Smile〜). The dates and venues are as follows:

Date: August 20th @ Nagoya ell.FITS ALL
Performing: BugLug, Zip.er, DOGinTheパラレルワールドオーケストラ (DOG in The Parallel World Orchestra), Ap(r)il,「東京指定」(Tokyo Shitei) and xTRiPx

Date: August 21st @ Shinsaibashi RUIDO
Performing: BugLug, Zip.er, DOGinTheパラレルワールドオーケストラ (DOG in The Parallel World Orchestra), Ap(r)il,「東京指定」(Tokyo Shitei) and xTRiPx

Date: August 28th @ Harajuku ASTRO HALL
Performing: BugLug, Zip.er, DOGinTheパラレルワールドオーケストラ (DOG in The Parallel World Orchestra), Ap(r)il and 平成維新 (Heisei Ishin)

The tickets are going to cost 3500 yen a piece.

Source: OHP

Posted on May 30, 2010 in New release

new-single-for-april

Ap(r)il have announced that they’ll be releasing a new single on the 8th of September!

It will be entitled「JUST 4U」and will come in 2 types: Type A for 2100 yen, containing 3 songs + 1 PV and Type B – for 1575 yen and including 3 songs only. However, the 3rd song will be different on both types!

More details to follow.

Source: OHP

Posted on May 15, 2010 in Event, New member, New release

aprils-new-member-and-single

Back in February, Ap(r)il lost their drummer, Hisato.

However, at their two year anniversary event on May 14th at Takadanobaba AREA, the band announced that support drummer 優 (Yuu) became an official member of the band!

They haven’t updated the OHP with his information yet, but vocalist ひなた (Hinata) did post about it in his blog. Hinata wrote, “Honestly, I’ve known him since high school, and he’s a guy who I’ve always wanted to someday be on stage making music with, so I’m really happy!“.

In other Ap(r)il related news, the band announced at that same live that they will be releasing a PV single in September, followed by a series of events from September to December! More details as they are released.

The band also has some new costumes, and they ask fans to look forward to seeing the update on their OHP.

Source: vkdb, Hinata’s Blog, Ryo’s Blog, Show’s Blog

Posted on November 29, 2009 in Departure

april-loses-hisato

Ap(r)il have announced that after their oneman live on February 1st, their drummer ひさと (Hisato) will be leaving the band.

The members will be posting their comments regarding the news at a later date.

Source: vkdb, Hinata’s Blog

Posted on July 10, 2009 in Event, News, Release

shock-edge-2009

Fans of the Shock Edge Omnibus will be glad to know that you’re not forgotten this year either! The compilation is set to be released on Octorber 14th, and will cost 2940yen(tax-in).

The artists participating this year are as follows:

exist†trace
VanessA
Ap(r)il
キャンゼル (canzel)
己龍 (kiryu)
御主人様専用奇才楽団-Virgil- (Goshujin-sama Senyou Kisai Gakudan-Virgil-)
Jewel
SwallowtaiL-スワロウテイル-
SOMATIC GUARDIAN
DELUHI
Hi:BRiD
花少年バディーズ (hana shounen baddies)
MaitoreiA

The Shock Edge the Live event will take place on October 12th.

source: MaitoreiA mail magazine

Posted on June 22, 2009 in New release

more-details-on-aprils-new-releases

Last month, Lawren told you Ap(r)il would be having two months of consecutive releases. Well we finally have some more details about that.

They don’t say anything about the type of CD it will be, but I guess it’s going to be two maxi-singles, but don’t think it’s true until we know more about it. Anyway, the first CD is called 「PLEDGE」 and will be released on September 23rd. But it will have a pre-sale during their live on September 16th at Takadanobaba AREA.

The second one is entitled 「JUMPER」and will be released on October 28th. But once again, you can get it earlier if you go see them live on October 16th at Takadanobaba AREA.

Source : OHP

Posted on June 6, 2009 in Cool, Lives, News

april-accessories

The members from Ap(r)il have created original accessories which can be found and ordered right here.
The items are as follows:

290
Earring - 4000 yen (for one)
289
Bracelet - 12,000 yen
288
Pendant - 10,000 yen (No chain)
287
Ring - 15,000 yen

While the pendant doesn’t come with a chain, you can purchase one for 3000 yen.

Judging by their blogs, the ring seems to be the most popular within the member’s of the band. They also have said that they will be selling what’s not sold on the website at future lives.

Source: OHP

Posted on June 3, 2009 in News

new-look-for-april

Thanks to Hitsugi again for letting us know that Ap(r)il now has a brand new look.

aprilnn

source: speed disk ohp

Posted on May 28, 2009 in New release

aprils-new-releases

Ap(r)il has announced on their OHP that they will be having 2 months of consecutive releases. These 2 releases are set to be released in September and October of this year. No further details have been provided, but they will be known in the future.

source: ohp

Posted on January 27, 2009 in Event

bergerac-april-and-alibi

Bergerac, Ap(r)il and ALiBi are all teaming up for a threeman event to mark the release of Ap(r)il’s fourth single, 「WORLD IS MYSELF」.

The event takes place on April 1st at Shibuya O-Crest, and costs 2800 yen to attend. The “A tickets” (first sales, numbers 1 – 50) go on sale February 2nd at Ap(r)il’s performance at Takadanobaba AREA. “B tickets” will go on sale starting February 14th through Lawson (code yet to be determined).

Source: Bergerac OHP

Posted on January 14, 2009 in New release

aprils-new-single

Ap(r)il will be releasing a new single entitled “WORLD IS MYSELF” on April 8th, 2009. The single will contain 3 tracks and will cost 1575 yen.

track list:
1.WORLD IS MYSELF
2.Slide Speaker
3.rainy

source: speed disk

Posted on January 10, 2009 in New release

new-releases-from-speed-disk

Thanks to Maximilian for the heads up on this one. Ap(r)il will be releasing a new single on March 11th, 2009 entitled “NOT BEAUTIFUL WORLD” containing 3 tracks for 1575 yen.

Track list:
1.NOT BEAUTIFUL WORLD
2.illogical
3.R-A-T

source: speeddisk, ohp

Posted on December 20, 2008 in Costumes, New release

update-on-aprils-new-single

Ap(r)il just updated their site with more info on their upcoming single (r)everb. They have posted the album image as well as the tracklisting. For those who may not remember, their single is coming out December 24th, 2008 (Christmas Eve) and will cost 1575 yen.

sdr177_200
1. reliance
2. SiLK
3. Mixer

They also have a new look that they’ve updated on their SPEED DISK page:
n_april

source: speed disk, ap(r)il comm

Posted on December 19, 2008 in Random Fact

random-fact-of-the-day

Hey everyone, it’s time for your random fact of the day. Today’s fact comes from Ryou of the band Ap(r)il. One day he received a special something….

ryou's undies

A pair of boxers! He said he was quite embarrassed to take this photo of it, but he was quite curious about them.

I don’t know about you guys, but the Big Ern definitely loves it when the ladies sends him some new boxers.

Posted on October 11, 2008 in New release, Oneman

aprils-2nd-single-and-1st-oneman

Ap(r)il is on a roll and have announced that December 24th will be the release date for their second single, 「(re)verb」.

Along with their second single, on December 19th at Shinjuku RUIDO K4 the band will be holding their first oneman live! The live has the oh-so-cute title of, “HAVE a FUN!!!” and costs 2500 yen to attend. Their single will also be available for purchase at the show.

Source: OHP

Posted on October 9, 2008 in Blog

april-to-ameblo

Thanks to Tsukasa for pointing this out!

The boys of Ap(r)il have relocated their blogs and now can all be found at the following addresses:
Hinata: http://ameblo.jp/april-hinata
Hiro: http://ameblo.jp/april-hiro-164
Ryo: http://ameblo.jp/april-ryo
Show: http://ameblo.jp/april-show
Hisato: http://ameblo.jp/kinisinai0129

Posted on September 7, 2008 in News

signed-to-speed-disk

SPEED DISK has gained two new bands to their label!

Now both VanessA and Ap(r)il are signed to them and can be found on the SPEED DISK OHP.
Source: VKDB

Posted on August 20, 2008 in New release

binary

There’s a new omnibus album coming out on October 1st called Binary and it’s being put out by Visulive. It’s a six track album featuring six different artists for 2100 yen.

So far the artists participating and the tracklist is as follows:
・ダウナー (Downer) – マインドスイマー (Mind Swimmer)
・AP(r)il – DAYDREAM
・キス&ネイト (Kisnate) – 稀元素屋敷と野獣と美少女 (Mare Genso Yashiki to Yajuu to Bishoujo)
・gaudie – 稲妻 (Inazuma)
・ラッド (Lad) – 依存 (Izon)
・愛歌-LOVE SONG PROJECT- (Aika) – ユビキリゲンマン (Yubikiri Genman)

Source: Brand-x

Posted on August 19, 2008 in New release

update-on-aprils-release

Thanks to NinkeKun for pointing out that the setlist for the new single Ap(r)il is releasing which we talked about back here, is now available and is as follows:

・Drops
・Honey tune
・Day dream

Source: Brand-x

Posted on August 12, 2008 in Random Fact

random-fact-of-the-day

Today’s random fact comes from Hinata from Ap(r)il. When asked asked what his favorite animal was he answered the following:

My favorite animal is definitely a cat. (。・_・。)ノ Surprisingly, I love small animals in general. Reptiles too. (´ω`) Small snakes and such are cute, aren’t they? (●´∀`●)

Big Ern’s favorite animal is the Pen-tailed Treeshrew. The Pen-tailed Treeshrew is one of seven known wild mammals that chronically consume alcohol. What is our ST readers favorite animal?

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