Archives for the ‘rock’ Category

Kids and businessmen alike rock out to No Brain

By Shay • Nov 13th, 2007 • Category: Features, Korea, indie, music, rock4 comments

No Brain’s latest album is big news but it’s their humorously cool, new music video that’s really rockin’.

Korean punk rockers No Brain released their 6th studio album titled 그것이 � �음 (Geugeosi Jeolum, It is Youth) Vol. 5 in September. Their lead single off of the LP goes by the same title and its [...]



Choke Sleeper’s self-titled success

By Shay • Nov 10th, 2007 • Category: Features, Japan, music, rock6 comments

Choke Sleeper’s multifarious influences have led them to produce music that isn’t very easy to classify. Their recent album is no exception.
The Yokohama-based quintet was originally formed in 1997 and have since released 5 mini albums and 2 LPs. Chu (vocals), Shige (guitar & vocals), Toru (guitar), Azumi (bass), and Kenken (drums) have taken [...]



localizer by plane

By Shay • Nov 9th, 2007 • Category: Features, Japan, indie, music, rock5 comments

The music on plane’s new album localizer is good but the most impressive thing about the album is its super-cool cover art.

localizer is the second full-length studio album from Japanese indie rock band plane. plane (プレーン) consists of Kikuchi Yusuke (菊地佑介, vocals & guitar), Hisamitsu Masaaki (久光正昭, guitar), Kida Yoshifumi (木田佳文, bass), and Kamimoto [...]



The Mass Missile’s new line up

By Shay • Nov 6th, 2007 • Category: Japan, music, news, rock3 comments

A few months back, it was reported on The Mass Missile’s official website that three of the five members left the band. Not much else was known until recently, becasue The Mass Missile have a new website. It’s like they broke up and have now regrouped.



“SUPER LOVE” Action by B’z

By Shay • Oct 3rd, 2007 • Category: Japan, Videos, music, rock3 comments

The best-selling Japanese musical act of all time is back with “SUPER LOVE SONG”.

The wonderous duo that is B’z (ビーズ) released their latest single, “SUPER LOVE SONG” on Oct. 3. B’z, which consists of Tak Matsumoto (guitar) and Koshi Inaba (vocals), have sold some 75 million records in Japan according to Oricon.
“SUPER LOVE SONG” [...]



From TMGE to The Birthday

By Shay • Sep 26th, 2007 • Category: Japan, Videos, music, rock2 comments

The Japanese rock band The Birthday blends both old and new in multiple ways.

The Birthday was formed in 2006 by a group of veteran rockers. Lead by frontman Chiba Yusuke, the former lead singer of Thee Michelle Gun Elephant and vocalist for ROSSO, The Birthday has decades of rock experience under their belts.
Vocalist [...]



The “New Legend” of Galneryus

By Shay • Sep 6th, 2007 • Category: Japan, Videos, music, rock1 comment

“New Legend” is the fittingly-titled single off of Galneryus’s latest album.
The premiere power metal band from Osaka, Japan recently released their fourth album, ONE FOR ALL - ALL FOR ONE and along with it, the single “New Legend”.
Syu (lead guitar), Yama-B (vocals), Yu-To (bass), Yuhki (keyboards), and Satoh (drums) strike back with another fast [...]



SG Wannabe vs. Super Kidd: “Saldaga”

By Shay • Aug 18th, 2007 • Category: Korea, Videos, humor, music, pop, rock9 comments

Take one of Korea’s top ballad groups, one of their biggest hits, and let an up-and-coming indie band put their own spin on it and what do get? Two cool songs that are very different yet the same.
Huge stars and ballad trio SG Wannabe’s (SG워너비) hit 2005 single and similarly-titled album Saldaga (살다가) reigned [...]



The Cro-Magnons, Waruboro, & go-karts

By Shay • Aug 16th, 2007 • Category: Japan, Videos, movies, music, rock1 comment

You know you’re in for a good time when The Cro-Magnons show up. Especially when they perform their latest hit, a movie theme, and they jam in the middle of a go-kart track.
“Girigirigagangan” (”ギリギリガガンガン”) is the latest song by veteran Japanese punk rockers The Cro-Magnons (ザ・クロマニヨンズ). Debuting on the Oricon charts at #6, [...]



“Smile Again” with Rumble Fish

By Shay • Aug 13th, 2007 • Category: Korea, Videos, music, pop, rock5 comments

Rumble Fish’s brand of classy and cool modern rock has the ability to strike a variety of emotional chords with its listeners.
The female-fronted popular Korean rock act has produced some really touching work. This is especially true for Rumble Fish (럼블피쉬) as of late with the their third studio album, Open the Safe.

Much of [...]