You’d think with Sparkplugged’s snazzy Release Calender feature, these surprise releases would be a thing of the past. Oh well, how boring a life it would be without serendipity.

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Negoto’s “loop” as recently plugged in the official Sparkplugged Podcast!

Sharp igniters out there will notice that in this video, Negoto is playing at the Senkou Riot music festival; the…

This episode of the SparkPlugged podcast features five musicians and covers a pretty wide spectrum of awesome indie rock music.

Rock ‘n roll revivalists THE BAWDIES are back with a release that’s still very nostalgic yet not as kitschy as past material. Take a dose of “Emotion Potion”.

Apparently the bitters end have been around since 2004 but any releases they’ve had have been sparse. A sample CD and a Demo CD in 2007 and a…

ザ・ガールハント (The Girlhunt) recently announced that their upcoming third album “.” (ドット, dot) is set for release on April 2nd. So, this is a perfect opportunity to…

The unapologetically loud & edgy quartet sign with a new label and re-release their debut album,
Give Me A Chocolate.

They’ve already put out 2 full albums and a single, won a major music festival, and are about to embark on their first national tour. Not bad considering prom is still coming up.

This PV/song is titled “Goffo” and it’s by 唱頂の大員 (ショウチョウノタイイン, Shouchou no Taiin). The song is off of the band’s late-’08 mini album, 7.

Although “Goffo” has this…

“赤い鉄塔” (akai tettou, red iron tower) by YUEY came out last spring. The big news is that YUEY just announced the upcoming release of their first full…