Archive for September, 2005


Update: POLYSICS LIVE @ Virgin Megastore Union Square

Update: Just a small time change. They will now be appearing at around 5:00PM. Don’t forget to go and take pictures.
The high energy rock show from Tokyo is coming to the Virgin Megastore at Union Square in New York City. Polysics will be there (performing? Not sure.) to promote themselves and their domestic CD, “Polysics […]

Last Target shoot to kill on the West Coast

In support of their U.S. debut, One Shot, One Kill, from BYO Records, Last Target will be touring the West Coast of the U.S. this October.
With this news, and the previous TsuShiMaMiRe post, it looks like Sister Records / Benten Label is beginning a new round of hammering the U.S. in the 4th quarter. Stay […]

TsuShiMaMiRe Tour x2

One of Benten Label’s all-girl punk groups, TsuShiMaMiRe will be involved in two tours this Fall. The girls start out on the Suicide Girl’s Live Burlesque Tour (NSFW) from tommorow (Sept/ 30th) to November 5th. The subsequent tour is something we’re very familiar with — another incarnation of the Japan Girls Nite tour. This time […]

Guelph, Montreal shows added: Holy Zoobombs, Batman! : Live in Toronto w/ Pictures

Update #5: The Zoobombs added a Guelph show, and another Montreal show (after Pop Montreal). Their coming week looks like the following:
Thurs. Sept. 29 - Silver Dollar Room, Toronto
Fri. Sept. 30 - TBA, Guelph
Sat. Oct 1 - El Salon (Pop Montreal festival), Montreal
Sun. Oct. 2 - TBA, Montreal
Update #4: More pictures on Morning Cafe from […]

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Polysics in Toronto’s NOW Magazine

This week’s edition of Toronto’s NOW Magazine came out yesterday, and featured the techno-rockers, Polysics.
The article is entitled “We are not Devo?,” and came just before last night’s show at the El Mocambo. On a personal note, the show was definitely a surreal musical experience, and I recommend you check them out if you […]

Bombs over iTunes

The Zoobombs official site has reported that on September 21, five albums and two of their singles were released simultaneously on both the Canadian and U.S. iTunes Music Stores. Great news if you weren’t able to attend a show and pick up a CD, since they stick mostly to the Eastern U.S. and Ontario when […]

Reminder: L’Arc~en~Ciel’s AWAKE on sale Tuesday

Tofu Records biggest band, L’Arc~en~Ciel release their latest domestic album on Tuesday, September 20th. It’s going for US$13.98 on Amazon, so there’s no reason not to pick it up.
Read more for tracklisting and links..

1. New World
2. Lost Heaven
3. Poem
4. Trust
5. Killing Me
6. As One
7. My Dear
8. Existence
9. Invitation to Freedom (Jiyu no e Shotai)
10. Ophella
11. […]

Avex adds two m.o.v.e. songs to U.S. iTunes

Dance/Pop duo m.o.v.e have had two songs added to the U.S. iTunes Music Store. The first song, Freaky Planet, is a standalone single, but Dogfight is a partial upload of the EP, Dogfight. Both songs go for $0.99 each.
Read more for all of the details, or visit The iTunes Guide.
Thanks to e-mailer, Joshua, for the […]

Update: The iTunes guide gets bigger!

Update: I have added the previously announced Bonnie Pink albums to the Canadian iTMS section, as well as a new Rightsscale Inc. addition in PE’Z.
Thanks again, to Ray for his contributions.
A good number of artists/albums were added. I also updated some previous entries with artist links and the like.
Check out The iTunes Guide.
You can also […]