AnimeFest, a 4-day convention held in Dallas, TX is proud to annouce FLOW as their musical guest for the convention, which runs September 1st through 4th.
FLOW is best known for providing songs for the mega-hit Naruto, and Eureka 7.
Registration is still available!

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

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.
Riot on the Grill at Amazon.com

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

In addition to the earlier announcement, Polysics have added dates in Dallas, Austin (SXSW), Phoenix, and Hollywood.
Get the details here.

The dates for Polysics West Coast U.S. tour dates have just been released. They start off in Portland, OR on March 2nd and tentatively finish on March 18th in San Antonio, TX. As stated on the official website, more dates should be announced. So, those of us in Canada and on the East Coast […]

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 […]