Mais, oui! C’est vrais. Maintenant vous pouvez lire l’interview d’Ellegarden..en français.
Merci, V²-Stuff pour cette traduction.
Original here. Translation follows.

Ceci est le deuxième épisode de notre série spéciale d’interviews. Cette fois-ci nous parlons à Takeshi, le chanteur du groupe de plus en plus populaire ELLEGARDEN. N’oubliez pas de voir ELLEGARDEN puisqu’ils participent aux Japan Nite shows des […]

Blair, of TurnItUpSideDown, informs us that FrogPilot will debut their new lineup — now including a second guitarist, Yushi — at the Smiling Buddha Bar (once again) in Toronto on August 5th at 8:00PM for a thrifty $5. For the record, that adds to the previous lineup of Satoshi, Takashi, and Kodo Ryuji.

Thanks to Blair of TurnItUpSideDown (organisers of this show) for the info. Judging by their history, it looks like Frog Pilot is looking to challenge the ‘Bombs as Toronto’s Japanese band of choice.
The show goes down at The Smiling Buddha Bar at 9:00pm on 961 College (at Dovercourt). Tickets are $5, and Powerplant will be […]

The Japan Times featured a couple of articles related to the Scene genre yesterday. The articles entitled “Anime, J-indie equals ‘Woodstock for geeks’,” and “The D.I.Y. route to rock stardom” discuss various items related to Japanese independant music in North America including (now Don-recommended) purveyors of music JapanFiles.com, as well as events previously discussed here, […]

Here’s some extra info concerning the two Japanese bands who will perform at this year’s NXNE in Toronto. The good thing is we’ll get to see (what should be) a free show at Yonge-Dunas Square.
Megababe -
June 8th @ El Mocambo; 9:00PM
Jun 10th @ Yonge-Dundas Square (NXNE Indie Music Market); 12:00AM (technically June 11th)
Stone Deaf -
June […]

So, I was trying to sort out what I missed in my large file of Japanese artists on the U.S. iTunes store, and came to the following. I will get to digging around for newer stuff now. Keep your eyes open, too! Contribute to the guide by e-mailing your’s truly at don[at]gomorning.com.
Fumiya Tanaka - Unknown […]

After a long hiatus, the iTunes Guide gnome got back to work today. The Guide is now stronger by a factor of these artists: Beni Arashiro, Hiro, Dream, Shonen Knife, and m-flo.

Enjoy!

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
Up […]

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.

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 […]