New PV Alert: Rev.from DVL – Vampire
The seventh single from Rev.from DVL received a December 16 release, and now we finally have some promotional video to talk about. “Vampire” starts with some standard fare Halloween sounds: orchestral...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Tsuyogari Sensation – UG stepper feat. MIZ (short ver)
A video for the new Tsuyogari Sensation single has been released! The PV is set in the Edo Period where Samurai roamed and the song contains some heavy violin usage, check it out! Tsuyogari Sensation...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Appare! Harajuku – Kono Saki e!
Great new group Appare! Harajuku just released their first PV for their first single to be released in April of next year. I just started listening to this song so I’m not sure how I feel about it...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Wa-Suta – Wanna Be Famous
The World Standard go full kitty with their new release “Wanna Be Famous”, which isn’t anywhere near as amusing as its Japanese title “Yumei ni Nyaritai.” You know what else is amusing? THIS...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: EbiNegi (Ebichu x Negicco) – All Right!
To commemorate their joint live concert on January 3, 2017, the girls from Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku and Negicco created the special collaboration song “All Right!” To me the song sounds a bit like...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: You’ll Melt More! – Sweet Escape
Yurumerumo! welcome the new year with the live promotional video for “Sweet Escape”. The girls strap on their guitars and keytars to rock the kraut fantastic in this ten minute epic. It’s not...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Pink Babies – UFO
The group charged with continuing the legacy of Pink Ladies release their second single on February 15, 2017. A remake of the classic “UFO” by (who else) Pink Ladies features an updated sound, but...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Rosario+Cross – HELLO! Mirai
Something about the fourth single from Rosario+Cross feels refreshing and new. Maybe it’s the girls sensing the new year just might be their year. Maybe it’s the way the claustrophobic dance space...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: GEM – Sugar Baby
GEM start their 2017 with some solid pop music and a keyboard sounds that would make The Cars feel proud. “Sugar Baby” is a schoolyard high school gym fantasy with the girls doing their best both in...
View ArticleNSK’s PV Power Hour 12/30/2016
Tonight we talk about Kamiyado, Beboga!, Wa-suta and more! Recorded December 30th, 2016. Ending theme song: “Dave Drops The Bass” by Chase Lim AKA 13thBeat [download] Charlie Cowdin’s Twitter-...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Honey Spice – Girls Be Ambitious
Honey Spice look to make 2017 their year with this piquant new release. “Girls be ambitious”, their take on the William S. Clark‘s parting words to Japan plies on EDM sounds and buildups, but is...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Honey Spice – Don’t Let Me Go
The coupling track for Honey Spice’s “Girls be ambitious” delivers more dance grooves in an upbeat package. “Don’t let me go” features some great sounds in the mix with some dubstep flavor to rub all...
View ArticleEpisode Recap: Odekake Ep 198 (1.5.17)
HKT48のおでかけ! Air Date: 1/5/2017 Rating 7/10 First episode of new year is always fine. Nothing has changed but the show is quite good for what it is. Sashihara, Goto, and 4 HKT48 Kenkyuusei members:...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Kamen Joshi – Kamen Tairiku ~Perusonia~
Kamen Joshi’s “Kamen Tairiku ~Perusonia~ / ISUMI ~Shikisai no Machi de~” hit stores on January 3, and we’ve got the promotional video for “Kamen Tairiku ~Perusonia~” right here! I’ll be honest and say...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Rock A Japonica – Ninja Nine-hen
From their “Dakedo Yume Miru” single, Rock a Japonica brings to life a Dancing Japonica version of on that single’s many coupling tracks. “Ninja Nine” is an unpolished, off-the-cuff promotional video...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: PASSPO☆ – PlayGround
What kind of monster would feed poor Masui Mio a zombie virus cocktail while she watches her in-flight movie?! Oh, her group mate Naomi would do it. From their forthcoming album “Cinema Trip“, PASSPO☆...
View ArticleNSK’s PV Power Hour 01/06/2017
Tonight we talk about Ebichu x Negicco, Yumemiru Adolescence, GEM and more! Recorded January 6th, 2017. Ending theme song: “Dave Drops The Bass” by Chase Lim AKA 13thBeat [download] Charlie Cowdin’s...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Niji no Conquistador – Retort ~Kareinaru Ai~
About a month ago, we saw the promotional video for Niji no Conquistador’s RAMEN promotional tie-in (LOVE Men Koiaji Yawame). From one comfort food to the next, 2zicon now present their CURRY...
View ArticleDLJ’s Idol Talk: (2017.01.06)
Recorded January 6th, 2017 This week’s guest: Dae Lee Beboga, Complicated Indie Idol Spending, $1000 for a Personal 5-Minute DVD, Pachinko and Card Game Work Arounds, Idol Infrastructure, [download]...
View ArticleKetchup Podcast 01/10/2017
Recorded January 10th, 2017 Kenny and Yoshi catch each other up on the New Year’s and talk about Baseball Girls. [download] (Right Click to Save) Kenny Uy’s Twitter – @missingno15 Yoshi Hagiwara’s...
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