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 @ […]

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, […]

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 […]

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!

Just outside of Vancouver, in Burnaby BC, Kumiko Kato will make her Canadian debut at Anime Evolution 2006 in August. The convention runs from August 19th to the 21st on Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby Mountain Campus. In addition to Kumiko, the convention will be host to Avex group ZZ, who play as part of […]

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!

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 […]

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 […]