Ketchup Podcast 01/25/2017
Recorded January 25th, 2017 Kenny and Yoshi catch each other up on the past two weeks. [download] (Right Click to Save) Kenny Uy’s Twitter – @missingno15 Yoshi Hagiwara’s Twitter – @yoshirekt
View ArticleEpisode Recap: Odekake Ep 201 (1.26.17)
HKT48のおでかけ! Air Date: 1/19/2017 Rating 5/10 If you’re in to watch an idol show, watch something else. This episode focuses mainly on cooking with just a few lines thrown in by HKT48 members. The first...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Morning Musume ’17 – Morning Miso Soup
The first video from Morning Musume ’17 comes in the form of a prootional tie-in with Marukome Miso. “Morning Miso Shiru” is a remake of the group’s 1998 single, “Morning Coffee” re purposed for this...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: FES☆TIVE – Disco Rettou Ukiyo no Yume
On their fourth single, FES☆TIVE want you to have fun in the bath. well, fun in the bath if you’re visiting the bath houses of Japan. As the temperature rises and consciousness slips into dreamland,...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: PREDIANNA – Cry Like This
PREDIANNA’s latest promotional video “Cry Like This” proves that they are not kidding. The music is muscular with electric guitars blaring behind a relentless beat with futuristic keyboard sounds...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Sugar & Solt – Iro to Ridori no Melody
You should know by now that I have a soft spot for this sort of thing. Sugar & Solt are doing things on probably the barest of budgets. “Iro to Ridori no Melody” cannot boast a riches in budget or...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Yes! Happy – Kanpai Song
From their January 30 M Card, Yes Happy! bring you the promotional video for “Kanpai Song”. Having been part of Up Front Kansai, Sayaka and Kokoro have a nebulous association with Up Front and Hello!...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: 2o Love to Sweet Bullet – Sokode Sakende Watashi ni Oshiete Hoshii
From what I can tell, this is an unreleased track from 2o Love to Sweet Bullet. The synth pop style of “Sokode Sakende Watashi ni Oshiete Hoshii” really agrees with my ears right now, with some...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Houkago Princess – Lychee Red no Unmei
If historical drama is your fancy, look no further than the latest from Houkago Princess. Gorgeously dressed in period inspired gowns, the girls inhabit temples and pavilions lit by paper lanterns...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Tsubaki Factory – Hatsukoi Sunrise
It’s been a long time coming for Yamagishi Riko and the rest of Tsubaki Factory, but the major release from the latest Hello! Project group finally gets off the ground with “Hatsukoi Sunrise”. And,...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Country Girls – Good Boy Bad Girl
The motorcycle garage fantasy of “Good Boy Bad Girl” got a release today, and it is a ship builder’s dream. The girls pair off and sing to each other much like the guitars duel it out in the...
View ArticleNSK’s PV Power Hour 01/27/2017
Tonight we talk about Country Girls, Tsuyogari Sensation, Festive and more! Recorded January 27th, 2017. Ending theme song: “Dave Drops The Bass” by Chase Lim AKA 13thBeat [download] Charlie Cowdin’s...
View ArticleOugon Jidai – Umi ni mo Himitsu!!
The Golden Age (Ougon Jidai) is as you can plainly see a pirate themed Idol group. They’ve just released their first mini album appropriately titled “Bootleg” Here’s their PV from the album. Also...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: GRATIA-ALA – your song
New idol group GRATIA-ALA release the full version of their promotional video for “you song”. Upon conducting research, I see the group started up their twitter November last year. Since “your song”...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Niji no Conquistador –† No Life Baby of the End †
There’s a new Niji Con single coming out, and with it a new PV. Surprisingly, this PV reminds me of a cross between the new Passpo PV and SKE’s 1, 2, 3, 4. It’s definitely worth a look! Niji no...
View ArticleEpisode Recap: AKBINGO Ep 426 (1.31.17)
AKBINGO! Air Date: 1/31/2017 Rating 8/10 The AKB48 members are in comedy training school!!! Great episode outside of the usual studio stuff. Team 8 members attended a comedian class to develop their...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Osaka☆Shunkasuto – New Me
Osaka Shunkashuto wrangle together their promotional video for their latest release “New Me”. The stripped down groove focuses on Maina’s vocals (again), but the girls get down and dirty with the funk...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Star☆T – Omae wa dare ga sukina no?
Local idol group Star☆T release their 7th single “Congratulation ~Kibo no Kane no Ne~” in March, and here to promote the single is the b-side promotional video. “Omae wa dare ga sukina no?” finds our...
View ArticleHello! Project Power Rankings February 2017
Hello everybody, guest contributor TheNumber244 here to bring you up to date with the new month of Hello! Project Power Rankings. I’ll thank you very kindly for indulging me in my annual vacation,...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Perfume – TOKYO GIRL (Short Ver.)
In their first release of 2017, Perfume find themselves encased in elevators, racing to the top of an impossibly tall tower. Stylishly clad, their purple and green gowns feature flowing accents just...
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