Thanks to our old friend, Bobby — of Joypop fame — for resurfacing with this great news for San Jose residents, and Fanime attendees alike.
JapanFiles.com, purveyors of quality rock and roll and Japanese lessons, have announced Musicfest 2006 which will feature legendary Guitar Vader, along with the following list of Japanese indies bands:

Swinging Popsicle
Goofy Style
Miami
Poplar
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What? You on crack? MySpace is for emo kids! (much like the band you get if you leave out the underscore, so don’t)
http://myspace.com/morning_scene
Help expand the niche market in which you exist! Add as a friend, or whatever you do on MySpace.

The Scene’s favourite lady-rockers, TsuShiMaMiRe, will be making an appearance at Chicago’s AnimeCentral on the weekend of May 5 - 7, 2006. I’ll fill in some more details later on. But until then you can check out the con website or TsuShiMaMiRe’s official page.

Hyde, who will be performing in San Francisco to a sold out crowd on July 6th, has added an earlier date, July 2, in Anaheim, California. He will be performing at House of Blues, and tickets are available at Ticketmaster.
That is all.

Kotoko, who is also attending A-kon in Dallas, will be in Toronto on the weekend of May 26 - 28 for Anime North 2006.
More details will be around soon. Until then, check out Kotoko’s Official Site, and the announcement from Anime North.

Kumiko Kato returns to Houston for ShioKazeCon 2006 (April 28th) — where she will open for High and Mighty Color. Although her official site says nothing of her plans (nor of this show), we’ll keep you posted here!
Stay Tuned!

Penicillin nano, better known as the vocalst Hakuhei and guitarist Chisato of J-rock band Penicillin will be performing at A-Kon 17 in Dallas, Texas on June 10th, 2005. In addition to Penicillin nano, J-pop solo singer, Kotoko, will be performing.
Read on..or head over to the Shows page.

KOTOKO web
A-Kon 17
Penicillin

As is the pattern with all Japanese bands that visit Toronto, P’EZ have a feature interview in Toronto’s #1 Japanese Magazine, bits. They are on the cover of the April 7 issue (that’s tommorow), and the website has yet to change. But, tommorow probably, you can find it on their interview page. I should scan […]

I picked these pictures on Flickr up from user wuken on the Keikaku.net Forums. They feature TsuShiMaMire, The Emeralds, Stance Punks, and Rodeo Carburetor. Be sure to thank him with comments on the pics!
Hit it. (look for galleries on the left)

Lead singer of L’Arc~en~Ciel, HYDE will be performing in San Francisco on July 5th to mark the release of his domestic album FAITH (out June 27) from Tofu Records.
Read on for details..or visit the Shows page.

Included on “Faith” will be Countown, theme of Japanese film “Stealth,” as well as Season’s Call, which is the theme […]