The single will be available in 3 types.
Their title track [Shiny tale] will be used as the theme song of the TV anime series Danshi Kokosei no Nichijyo (Daily Lives of high school boys) while another song [Capsule] will be used as an insert song in the anime series.

The tracklists are as follows: (you can click on the links to pre-order a copy)
Shiny tale [w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type-A] @ 1800 yen
[CD]
1. Shiny tale
2. Pirates of Emerald
[DVD]
1. Shiny tale PV

Shiny tale [Regular Edition / Type-B] @ 1300 yen
[CD]
1. Shiny tale
2. Pirates of Emerald

Shiny tale [Limited Edition / Type-C (Anime Edition)] @ 1300 yen
[CD]
1. Shiny tale
2. Capsule
3. Shiny tale (TV Edit)
4. Shiny tale (instrumental)
5. Capsule (instrumental)

In addition. the band will also be celebrating their 5th anniversary!
To commemorate that, their guitarist Aya collaborated with Angelic Pretty, a Lolita Store in Harajuku, Tokyo (which will also be celebrating their store’s 10th anniversary) for a series of dress set and accessories. For more information about the collaboration, you can check out the store’s official site.

Source: CD Japan, OHP

Over the Edge

Venue: Shibuya Koukaikan (Shibuya Public Hall, Tokyo)

Date: 2011.12.31(Sat)

Open/Start: 1:00 pm / 1:30 pm

Tickets: ￥12,000

Acts:  AYABIE / DaizyStripper / DOGinTheパラレルワールドオーケストラ  / ドレミ團 (Doremidan) / ギルガメッシュ (girugamesh) / heidi. / JILS / lynch. / 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) / MERRY / Mix Speaker’s,Inc. / Moran / MUCC / Sadie / And more…

What bands would you guys want to see on New Year’s?

Source: e+

Here’s a summary of current listings! (All times, of course, are in Japan Standard Time.)

ダウト (D=OUT) The 1st and 3rd Monday every month, 9:00 pm – 9:30 pm

BORN The 1st and 3rd Monday every month, 9:30 pm – 10:00 pm

SCREW The 1st and 3rd Monday every month, 10:00 pm – 10:30 pm

花少年バディーズ (Hana Shonen Baddies) The 2nd and 4th Monday every month, 9:00 pm – 9:30 pm

SEEK (of Mix Speaker’s, Inc.) The 2nd and 4th Tuesday every month, 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm

BULL ZEICHEN 88 The 2nd Tuseday every month, 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Kaya The 3rd Tuesday every month, 9:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Sadie The 3rd Tuesday every month, 9:30 pm – 10:00 pm

ニンジャマンジャパン　(Ninjaman Japan) The 4th Tuesday every month, 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm

福助(ADAPTER。) (Fukusuke) The 2nd and 4th Wednesday every month, 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm

KIBA & RYO (of Gargoyle & test-No.) The 2nd Wednesday every month, 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm

えんそく (Ensoku) The 2nd and 4th Wednesday every month, 11:00 pm – 11:30 pm

KIBA & 吉野将兵 (Yoshino Shouhei) (of Gargoyle & CLUB PHASE) The 4th Wednesday every month, 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Kra The 1st and 3rd Saturday every month, 9:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Ensoku’s show, 「ししゃもアワー」 (“Shishamo Hour”) premiers tonight after Fukusuke, and KIBA & RYO!

Happy listening!

Source: LIVECAST

Visual kei band Mix Speaker’s,Inc., known for their unique costumes, will perform at the anime convention AnimeNEXT in June. The band already performed in Europe in 2009, and their performance at AnimeNEXT will mark their US debut.

AnimeNEXT takes place between June 10 and 12 in Somerset, New Jersey.

Source: Anna

2 for 1 for JAPAN!

Special sale from 25th of March 2011 until 4th of April 2011! Gan-Shin, Okami Records and Neo Tokyo have teamed up for a special CD and DVD sale! Order two Gan-Shin or Okami Records products at the Neo Tokyo website and receive the cheaper one for free! All profit will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross. FREE shipping to all countries part of the European Union!

If you order 4 products you will receive 2 for free, if you order 6 you will get 3 for free…

The following CDs and DVDs are part of the special:

Abingdon Boys School – Teaching Materials CD
An Cafe – BB Parallel World CD/DVD
An Cafe – Goku Tama Rock Cafe CD
An Cafe – Goku Tama Rock Cafe LTD CD/DVD
An Cafe – Harajuku Dance Rock CD/DVD
An Cafe – LIVE CAFE 2010 KING OF HARAJUKU DANCE ROCK DVD Box
An Cafe – Magnya Carta CD
An Cafe – NYAPPY GO AROUND THE WORLD DVD
Asian Kung Fu Generation – Fan Club CD
BALZAC – HATRED: Destruction=Construction CD
BALZAC – JUDGEMENT DAY CD
BALZAC – Paradox CD
BALZAC – Paranoid Dream of the Zodiac CD
Crossfaith – The Artificial Theory for The Dramatic Beauty CD
D’espairsRay – Coll:Set CD
D’espairsRay – IMMORTAL CD/DVD
D’espairsRay – Mirror CD
DIR EN GREY – UROBOROS CD
DIR EN GREY – UROBOROS Budokan CD/DVD
DIR EN GREY – A KNOT OF DVD
DIR EN GREY – AVERAGE BLASPHEMY DVD
DIR EN GREY – THE MARROW OF A BONE CD
DIR EN GREY – TOUR05 THE ROSE TRIMS AGAIN DVD
DIR EN GREY – TOUR08 THE ROSE TRIMS AGAIN DVD
DIR EN GREY – VULGAR CD
DIR EN GREY – Withering to death. CD
Duel Jewel – We will melt you CD
Gackt – Diabolos CD
GaGaaling – Royal Stranger CD
girugämesh – NOW CD
girugämesh – MUSIC CD
girugämesh – GO CD
girugämesh – CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY DVD
girugämesh – girugämesh CD
GUITAR WOLF – DEAD ROCK CD
HANGRY&ANGRY – Sadistic Dance CD
heidi. – Panorama CD
HYDE – FAITH CD
HYDE – Best of CD
L’Arc~en~Ciel – KISS CD
LM.C – Wonderful Wonderholic CD/DVD
Merry – M.E.R.R.Y. CD
Merry – nu Chemical Rhetoric CD
Merry – Peep Show CD
Merry – under-world CD
Mix Speaker’s,Inc. – BIG BANG MUSIC! CD
Mix Speaker’s,Inc. – MONSTERS ~JUNK STORY in my pocket~ CD/DVD
MUCC – Karma CD/DVD
MUCC – 6 CD
MUCC – Gokusai CD
MUCC – Homurauta CD
MUCC – Kuchiki no Tou CD
MUCC – KYUTAI -Sphere- CD/DVD
Nightmare – Anima CD
Nightmare – the WORLD Ruler CD
Onmyo-za – Inyo-Shugyoku CD
POLYSICS – We ate the machine CD
RENTRER EN SOI – THE BOTTOM OF CHAOS CD
The Back Horn – Taiyo No Naka No Seikatsu CD
the studs – and hate CD
the studs – studs CD
VAMPS – BEAST CD
VAMPS – VAMPS CD
Vidoll – Bastard CD
XodiacK – Shinra Bansho-Setsuri CD
Zoro – Core CD

Pretty cool, hu?

Source: Neo Tokyo Facebook

According to Mix Speaker’s homepage they band will release a new single called [Circus] which will be on sale next year on March 9th.

So far there isn’t any information, except of the tracklist.

Tracklist:

01 – CIRCUS
02 – MY CIRCUS

We’ll keep you informed.

Source: OHP

You can preorder it here !
Who’s going to buy this CD?

Source: CDJapan

The album will be entitled「CRUSH! -90′s V-Rock best hit cover songs-」. It will go on sale on January 26th for 3000 yen. The tracklist is going to be as follows:

・12012 – Winter, again || GLAY
・アンド (AND) – ロマンス (Romance) || PENICILLIN
・ドレミ團 (Doremidan) – 街 (Machi) || SOPHIA
・摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) – 紅 (Kurenai) || X JAPAN
・少女-ロリヰタ-23区 (Lolita 23q) – STORM || LUNA SEA
・BugLug – Melty Love || SHAZNA
・D – 月下の夜想曲 (Gekka no Yasoukyoku)|| MALICE MIZER
・DaizyStripper – With-you || La’cryma Christi
・DOG inTheパラレルワールドオーケストラ (DOG in The PWO) – 夢より素敵な (Yume yori Suteki na) || Raphael
・DuelJewel – JUPITER || BUCK-TICK
・heidi. – ピンク スパイダー (Pink Spider) || hide with Spread Beaver
・LOST ASH – ENDLESS LOVE || D-SHADE
・Mix Speaker’s, Inc. – S.O.Sロマンティック (S.O.S Romantic) || CASCADE
・MERRY – Schweinの椅子 (Schwein no Isu) || DIR EN GREY
・NoGoD – 1/3の純情な感情 (1/3 no Junjou na Kanjou) || SIAM SHADE

What do you think about the tracklist? Personally I’m really curious about Matenrou Opera’s version of ‘Kurenai’!

Source: barks.jp

Bands playing at the event include:

December 30th Event Line Up:
LM.C / kαin / Cuckoo / Girugamesh / sadie / boogieman / heidi. / Mix Speaker’s Inc. / MUCC / lynch.

December 31th Event Line Up:
AYABIE / Awoi / GOLDEN BOMBER / DaizyStripper / DOG in THE Parallel World Orchestra / the bullet(+Ryouki (ex.KuRt) + Teruki (Antic Cafe) / Doremidan / Matenrou Opera / Moran and more…

So are you excited? Do you think the singer will do well at fitting in with the weird coolness of boogieman?

Source: boogieman twitter, vkdb

C4′s Toki

cocklobin’s nigu

Danger Gang’s Waka
Danger Gang’s Hiko

EAT YOU ALIVE

Fenrir’s minazukishin

heidi’s Kohsuke

Irokui.’s Yuuri

Mix Speakers Inc’s Yuki
Mix Speakers Inc’s S
Mix Speakers Inc’s seek

Nikolaschka’s Kihiro

ex-Neon’s Akane
ex-Neon’s Shika

PANIC☆ch’s Kiri

ex-Plastic Tree bucchi

SADS’ Kiyoharu
SADS’ K-A-Z
SADS’ Kubota
SADS’ GO

SERIAL⇔NUMBER’s Jin

Somatic Guardian’s Saki

ex-VanessA’s Toki

Versailles’s Kamijo

Let’s start with a single. It will be released on September 29th and will cost 1,260 yen. Among the title song, it will include a song entitled「Lie Lie Lie」.

Afterwards starts their Autumn Tour 「Midnight Pumpkin」. Tickets for concerts will cost 3,800 yen each.

October 3rd Takasaki FLEEZ
open 17:00 / start 17:30

October 9th HR Saitama Shintoshin
open 17:00 / start 17:30

October 11th Yokohama BAYSIS
open 16:00 / start 16:30

October 16th Sendai darwin
open 17:00 / start 17:30

October 30th Hakata Be-1
open 17:00 / start 17:30

November 1st Okayama IMAGE
open 18:30 / start 19:00

November 3rd Kyoto MUSE
open 17:00 / start 17:30

November 4th Shiga U☆STONE
open 18:30 / start 19:00

November 6th Umeda AkASOO
open 17:00 / start 17:30

November 7th Nagiya ELL
open 17:00 / start 17:30

November 20th Tokyo Cinema Club
open 17:15 / start 18:00

November 21st Tokyo Cinema Club
open 16:15 / start 17:00

And lastly, seek’s 「凡人水族園」 (Bonjin Suizokuen) will be re-released and is followed by 「続・凡人水族園」(Zoku – Bonjin Suizokuen). Both will be out on September 8th and cost 1,890 yen. 「凡人水族園」 (Bonjin Suizokuen) re-release contains SHOXX articles No.110〜No.161 and 「続・凡人水族園」(Zoku – Bonjin Suizokuen) SHOXX articles No.162〜No.211.

Source: Brand-x, OHP

That night, they will hold a live at Shibuya O-EAST entitled「THE LIVE」, and they will perform as 重大発表-ロリヰタ-23区@セッション (Juudai happyou – Lolita23q @ session), with the line-up as the same, just that Ryosuke will be on vocals and that they have a support bassist named コゴエ (Kogoe) (ex-キナルラ (kenllre), ex-GHOST as Shuon).

Reservation tickets have closed, however, you can still purchase for 3800 yen from May 8th or at the door for 4300 yen.

Doors will open at 16:30 and the the show will begin at 17:00.

Other bands that will be performing at「THE LIVE」will be アンド (AND), Mix Speaker’s,Inc., ViViD, ダウト (D=OUT) and SuG.

So, what do you think the announcement is?

Source: OHP

The album itself contains 15 tracks. The first press edition costs 4500 yen and comes with the album plus a t-shirt. The regular edition (album only) is 2800 yen.

Tracklist
01. YOU♪愛♪メッセージ (YOU♪Ai♪Message)
02. Friday Night Busters
03. GREEN
04. ロミオのメロディー (Romeo no Melody)
05. PINKY ADVENTURE
06. 僕。三日月 (Boku. Mikazuki)
07. BIG BANG MUSIC! 〜青春ウォーカー〜 (~Seishun Walker~)
08. 「いつもの帰り道」（新曲） (Itsumo no Kaerimichi) [New Song]
09. 誘ワク星リズム (Yuuwakusei Rhythm)
10. “MONSTART”Family
11. Pandora
12. MONSTIME
13. little star
14. JUNK STORY
15. If

Source: Brand-x

The mini-album will be entitled 「ANIMAL ZOMBIES」 and go on sale on the 7th of April for 2625 yen. It will include 6 songs:

01. ANIMAL ZOMBIE ZOO
02. HAPPyyy!!LAND
03. Woody Nightmare
04. Mix Theater~ANIMAL ver.~
05.「SOS」Toy’s Factory
06. 春。恋しい人 (Haru. Itoshii Hito)

What is more, on the same day the band will start selling their new DVD entitled 「[BIG BANG MUSIC!]~線路は続くよどこまでも~」 ([BIG BANG MUSIC!]~Senro wa Tsuzuku Yodoko made mo~). It will cost 4980 yen and contain footage from their live, held on the 23rd of December at SHIBUYA C.C.Lemon Hall. However, it will be limited only to mail-order and lives.

Source: OHP, Brand-X

He says that something he’s looking forward to in old age, is listening to music while drinking coffee.

Ahh, that sounds like a relaxing time.

As for me… well, I’m never getting old.

The band has made three awesome announcements on their OHP.

First, is that on July 3rd the band will be performing an open-air live at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall!

Second, they’ll be releasing a new mini-album sometime in April.

And third, is that also in April, they will be releasing a live DVD with footage from their performance on December 23rd at Shibuya C.C. Lemon Hall!

Details for everything will be published at a later date.

Source: OHP

Its great that all of Kamikaze Boyz are in groups now…Syuri is in Girl Goomie and of course Keiji and Shingo are in Mix Speaker’s Inc.

Any other bandmates you were happy to see in new groups this year?

I think rock star is cooler than a baseball player no?