Archive for the 'J-indie' Category


Extra: Japan Nite Tour pictures

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)

TsuShiMaMiRe and The Emeralds stream live

Japanese indie rockers TsuShiMaMiRe and The Emeralds are due to be live on WKDU 9.17FM from Philadelphia at 7:30EST tonight! They will be appearing on the show, “Let Me Crazy”. Check it out..

The stream: http://www.wkdu.org/livefeed.cfm
Thanks to b-chan, of Nippon Music Champ, for the heads up.

Oishii Donburi onegaishimasu!

As was reported here some time ago, Rightsscale Inc. was to launch a new music service in February called Donburi Tunes. However, Google will bring you here before it brings you to the appropriate location with many keywords. So to ease the pain of searching, I give you Donburi Tunes, which can also be reached […]

Morning Scene Presents: Ellegarden

In this second special feature interview, we talk to Takeshi of the Japanese indie rockers, Ellegarden. I’ll let him to the rest of the talking.
Don’t miss it.
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Ellegarden Interview Sneak-Peek

As I mentioned some time ago, an Ellegarden interview was on it’s way. Well, that interview is now complete. However, it’s is currently in the translation pipeline. I will give you a teaser with an excerpt from the interview with the Japanese rock band who will be attending SXSW XX.
Read on for the goods..
…and don’t […]

UPDATED: A “fuller” SXSW list

2/21: Update: Thanks to b-chan from Nippon Music Champ (a great Atlanta radio program), the list is yet again larger (but still below).
I admit to borrowing this from the Centigrade J forums, who kindly linked to our TsuShiMaMiRe interview. The list is somewhat larger than anything I’ve had here yet. So, the final (?) list […]

A call for input

As you may have noticed, recently we had a very interesting interview with TsuShiMaMiRe.
Beyond that, there will be upcoming interviews with The Emeralds, The Rodeo Carburettor, PE’Z, and the latest hot thing, Ellegarden. This time, you can have some power via input, and satisfy your curiosities by asking your own questions, either by commenting […]

Noodles West Coast Tour begins promptly!

With the proximity of this release to the tour, it seems your editor must be slipping, but you still have time to check out the ladies of noodles on their West Coast U.S. tour. This information came by way of faithful gomogoer, Fury.
Read on for the dates and deets..

Feb. 2 - Hollywood @ On […]

Morning Scene Exclusive: TsuShiMaMiRe interview!

Some time ago, I conducted an e-mail interview with all-girl Benten Label band TsuShiMaMiRe. I recently recieved the answers, and had planned to make something fancy out of it. However, time restraints have brought me thus far with no real success in doing that, and the answers are so entertaining and valuable, I cannot wait […]

New Japanese music download service to launch in February

Our good friends at Rightsscale Inc, along with 7digital (this one?) will be launching in February a new service entitled DONBURI TUNES.
The service will make available to the world a large selection of Japanese music of various genres for downloading. More information is sure to come shortly, so don’t go too far away.
Stay tuned.