Greetings everyone, dunlap reporting in straight from Atlanta’s AWA anime convention with information on our favorite trio of female rockers, Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re. They played last night at the convention and to be honest I was blown away. They’ve got one more show down here in Atlanta on Tuesday before they head out […]

Nana Kitade, as seen in the previous post relating to some Otakon-related issues, will also be seen in Virgin Megastores in the cities of New York, Boston, and San Francisco. There she will be performing, meeting, signing autographs, and generally doing the things one does at a record store appearance.
Check out the times and […]

This is an updated listing of the previously announced “Splurge Splurge Splurge” tour from the girl-pop duo everyone loves, Puffy AmiYumi — now officially under the Tofu Records label, I might add.

July 8 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of the Living Arts
July 9 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
July 11 - New York, NY @ […]

..to the United States, for a small five show tour.
Enjoy.

June 2 - Anaheim, CA @ The Grove of Anaheim (Tickets: here and here)
June 5 - Dallas, TX @ The Lakewood Theater (Tickets: here and here)
June 7 - New York City, NY @ TBA
June 9 - Chicago, IL @ TBA
June 12 - Seattle, WA @ […]

Presumably to promote the forthcoming release of their album “Splurge” through Tofu Records, Puffy AmiYumi will make another appearance on the East Coast of the U.S. this coming July. The tour will be a short seven-show stint, and snub Toronto once again (sad day).
Read on.

July 8 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of the Living Arts
July […]

This June, The Pillows will return to the US with a Mexican stop-over. With more shows rumoured to be on the horizon for Los Angeles and San Francisco, The Pillows have 5 shows currently scheduled. Thanks to Tokyo Nights via gomogoer and Scene writer, Dave, for this info.

June 17 - Mexico City, Mexico
June 18 - […]

To compliment the Japan Nite U.S. Tour, the same folk have organised a Japan Traditional Nite 2006 tour. This is all, of course, in addition to the dual nights at SXSW XX this year. This traditional tour will feature traditional (really?) shamisen — Japanese Banjo — artists in four U.S. cities; NYC, LA, Oakland, and […]

Details about the the 2006 version of the Japan Nite event at the South by South West musical festival have been announced. The event, which will be held on Saturday March 18th at Elysium, will feature The Emeralds, The Rodeo Carburettor, PE’Z, Ellegarden, TsuShiMaMiRe and one more band which is to be announced.
In addition to […]

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 […]

Wow, that band name doesn’t even need additional words to make a headline.
Mysterious e-mailer Ray stands vehemently behind Limited Express (has gone?), and recommends that I inform you all of their U.S. / Canada tour which begins September 8th. I haven’t had a chance to check them out yet, but Japan Files, who describes […]