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indian summer

jpoplovers — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:18:00 +0000

Iceland netlabel, Bad Panda Records introduces a beautiful song called “indian summer” by Japanese minimalism artist, end’s not near from Fukuoka. the track is now free downloadable at
http://badpandarecords.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/badpanda033/
indian summeris the soundtrack for independent short movie like below. It’s mysterious and punkish.

end’s not near
http://www.myspace.com/endsnotnear83

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LITE – Illuminate Release Tour

jpoplovers — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:19:00 +0000

LITE – Image Game. you can download image game free. try it!
Image Game by jpoplover

LITE
http://www.facebook.com/pages/LITE/368692427451

postrock band, LITE announced “Illuminate” release live tour.

“Illuminate Release Tour”

Sep 15(wed) Tokyo – SHELTER
w/ DE DE MOUSE
http://www.loft-prj.co.jp/SHELTER/

Sep 18(sat) Osaka – SUNSUI
w/ DE DE MOUSE
http://www.sunsui.net/

Sep 19(sun) Nagoya – CLUB ROCK’N'ROLL
w/ DE DE MOUSE
http://clubrocknroll.jp/

Oct 17(sun) Tokyo – SUPERDELUXE
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen, tera melos
http://www.super-deluxe.com/

Oct 18(mon) Yamagata – SANDINISTA
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen, tera melos
http://www.sandinista.jp/

Oct 19(tue) Aomori – SUBLIME
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen, tera melos
http://sound.jp/sublime/

Oct 20(wed) Morioka – CLUB CHANGE
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen, tera melos
http://clubchange.com/page/pc/livehouse/frameset_index.html

Oct 21(thu) Sendai – PARK SQUARE
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen, tera melos
http://www.myspace.com/parksquare

Oct 22(fri) Toyama – CLUB MAIRO
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen, tera melos
http://mairo.com/mairo/

Oct 23(sat) Kanazawa – DOBULE
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen
http://www.w-double.info/

Oct 24(sun) Nara – ZICO STUDIO
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen
http://ziba-co.com/

Oct 25(mon) Hiroshima – 4.14
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen
http://hiroshima414.com/

Oct 26(tue) Fukuoka – VIVRE HALL
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen
http://www.jebkins.jp/livehouse/120.php

Oct 27(wed) Kagoshima – SR HALL
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen
http://www.caparvo.co.jp/

Oct 28(thu) Kumamoto – DJANGO
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen
http://k-django.jp/

Oct 29(fri) Okayama – PEPPERLAND
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen
http://www.pepperland.net/

Oct 30(sat) Tokushima – CROWBAR
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen
http://www.crowbar.jp/

Oct 31(sun) Ehime – SALONKITTY
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen
http://www.salonkitty.co.jp/

Nov 3(wed) Matsumoto – ALECX
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen
http://www.zeroproject.jp/alecx/

Nov 5(thu) Asahikawa – CASINO DRIVE
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen
http://www.drive-tribe.net/

Nov 6(fri) Sapporo – HALL SPIRITUAL LOUNGE
w/ Mike Watt + The Missingmen
http://spirituallounge.jp/hall/index.html

LITE http://lite-web.com/
DE DE MOUSE http://www.myspace.com/dedemouse
mike watt + the missingmen http://www.myspace.com/missingmen
tera melos http://teramelosmusic.com/

Buy LITE mp3s at HearJapan
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/album_info/Illuminate

Buy LITE tracks at iTunes

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SEBASTIAN X Ustreams Release Party

jpoplovers — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:37:00 +0000

SEBASTIAN X
http://sebastianx.info/
http://twitter.com/sebastianx_jp

How you spend hot summer time?

Japanese Indie Alternative POP band, SEBASTIAN X releases New Album (2nd mini album); Bokurano Fantasy on August 4. They Ustreams the upcoming new album listening party on friday July 23. It starts at 21:30 +9:00 Tokyo Time. The whole songs from new album will be streamed on Ustreams.

You can catch her on her Ustream channel at
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sebastian-x
#sebastianx is hush tag on twitter.

The day, July 23 is also SEBASTIAN X’s female vocalist, Manatsu Nagahara 23rd birthday. You should really come see her and Celebrate her birthday.

SEBASTIAN X Live schedule

July 25. Shibuya LUSH
August 11. Mannaka Hiroba, Mie
August 12. Sakata music factory
August 13. Sendai PARK SQUARE
August 14. Shimokitazawa BASEMENT BAR, Tokyo
August 21. Kichigeorge WARP, Tokyo – SEBASTIAN X Oneman Live
September 5. Kichigeorge WARP, Tokyo
September 7. Shinjuku MARZ
September 11. Shinjuku LOFT / Shinjuku MARZ / Shinjuku MOTION
September 17. Nagoya Rock’n Roll (with Owarikara)
September 18. Kyoto nano (with Owarikara)
September 19. Kobe Helluva Lounge (with Owarikara)

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JPOP MUSIC CHART 2010/7/20

jpoplovers — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:58:00 +0000

CHAKUUTA – fullsize Weekly Chart (15th July)
on Recochoku, the biggest mobile JPOP music shop
http://recochoku.jp/
http://recochoku.jp/recochoku_ranking/weekly_full.html

No.1 Kumi Koda – Lollipop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbOUFXm7zVw

No.2 moumoon – Sunshine Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2xFlNr_Pb0

No.3 Kana Nishino – Aitakute Aitakute
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdwkbi_yyyyykana-nisino-yyyyyyyyyyy-mv_music

No.4 Shota Shimizu – GOODBYE
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdtvpt_yyyy-goodbye-pv_music

No.5 JUJU – Hello, Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJt9FqLS69s

No.6 YUI – Please Stay With Me
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xe0n7a_yyy-please-stay-with-me-pv-engsub_music

No.7 Kana Nishino – Dear…
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdyixa_dearyyy-yyyy_music

No.8 Kana Nishino – konomamade
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xe0eci_yyyy-yyyyyyyyyhqy_music

No.9 Toshinobu Kubota – LOVE RAIN – koinoame -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcM0IW_TM6c

No.10 Spitz – beginner

Kumi Koda – Cutie Honey

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EGO-WRAPPIN’ – BRAND NEW DAY Space Invaders

jpoplovers — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:47:00 +0000

Ego-Wrappin’ released new EP, BRAND NEW DAY / love scene July 7 and for Promotion, Ego-Wrappin’ launches Retro classic videogame “Space Invaders”. It’s Free Online Game.
http://brandnewday-lovescene.com/

This Space Invaders game is syndicated to Twitter API. When select Free mode, Space Invaders are Twitter Favicons who tweet “EGO-WRAPPIN” on twitter. We shooting white goo at a rampaging invasion of wobbling Twitter Favicon blobs. It’s funny that each favicon hum the tweet that includes “EGO-WRAPPIN”. In other playing mode, when select twitter follower mode, you login twitter, and use connection with your twitter, Your twitter followers get to be Space Invaders. It’s a simple game with simple graphics. The more Your twitter followers you shoot, the faster the remaining followers move. If they get too close, it’s game over — so shoot quick. Check it out! and try EGO-WRAPPIN Space Invader.

Space Invaders – designed and programmed by Toshihiro Nishikado for Taito, Japan in 1978 and remains one of the most popular arcade games ever made.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9662

EGO-WRAPPIN’- BRAND NEW DAY (LIVE 2010.07.11 hibiya yaon)

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Music Alliance Pact – July 2010

jpoplovers — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:14:00 +0000

Rockin’on presents ROCK IN JAPAN FES. 2010 with Sakanaction and cutman-booche

jpoplovers — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:52:00 +0000

sakanaction – kikUUiki buy sakanaction at iTunes

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SEBASTIAN X – Sekainohatemade Tsuretette (Take me to the end of the world)

jpoplovers — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:24:00 +0000

SEBASTIAN X; Indie AlternativePOP, NewType indie POP and the live touring band, releases New Album (2nd mini album); Bokurano Fantasy on August 4. This Youtube is their new music video; Sekainohatemade Tsuretette (Take me to the end of the world), the leading track for 2nd mini album.

SEBASTIAN X
http://sebastianx.info/
http://www.myspace.com/sebastianx2008

About 1st Mini Album “Wonderful World” that was out on November 2009, Its record sales has been running well even now. Only after nine months from the previous mini album, SEBASTIAN X actually releases New Album including 8 original songs and bonus 1 track only attached to CD.
now SEBASTIAN X gets to be one of the most uprising bands around the JPOP music scene. And they will be held their first one-man live show as New Album Release Party at Kichijoji Warp club on August 21.

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Misako Odani – Kiero freedownload

jpoplovers — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:15:00 +0000

Japanese female Performing Singer Song Writer, Misako Odani’s live recorded track – Kiero (Go Away) from her previously released album, “OUT” is now free downloadable via her HomePage
https://ssl.hlg.co.jp/odani/special/
#email required

Misako Odani
http://www.myspace.com/odanimisako

Misako Odani’s KOTONO HA live tour 2010
July 20th Nagoya CLUB QUATTRO
July 21st Osaka CLUB QUATTRO
July 27th Tokyo Shibuya duo MUSIC EXCHANGE

Misako Odan – SENRO

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#musicmonday JPOP MUSIC CHART 2010/7/12

jpoplovers — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:41:00 +0000

iTunes Japan Top Song 11th July

No.1 Kumi Koda – Lollipop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-X5gG_Mscg

No.2 Superfly – tamashii revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsbrGP3M8sI

No.3 Sakanaction – Identity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1awua0YrSRs

No.9 Superfly – tamashii revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsbrGP3M8sI

No.10 Hilcrhyme – Looseleaf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lq1Fcd6yjU

Take a listen to LITE – Image Game. you can download Image Game free.
http://jpoplover.net/?p=6
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