..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 @ […]

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 […]

Hyde, who will be performing in San Francisco to a sold out crowd on July 6th, has added an earlier date, July 2, in Anaheim, California. He will be performing at House of Blues, and tickets are available at Ticketmaster.
That is all.

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)

Lead singer of L’Arc~en~Ciel, HYDE will be performing in San Francisco on July 5th to mark the release of his domestic album FAITH (out June 27) from Tofu Records.
Read on for details..or visit the Shows page.

Included on “Faith” will be Countown, theme of Japanese film “Stealth,” as well as Season’s Call, which is the theme […]

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

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 […]

On March 1st at 4:00PM PST, Seattle radio station KEXP 90.3 FM will be host to Polysics for a live radio performance. They seem to have streaming options in Windows Media, Real, and MP3 format, which is nice for non-residents.
Mark it down. (streams in the top left area)

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 […]