New PV Alert: MELONBATAKE A GO GO – SICK IDOLS
I’ve been looking forward to writing about MELONBATAKE A GO GO, the “IDOL from outer space”. Why is that? Well, for starters, the musical offering leans heavily on the horror/rockabilly genre; the...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: GANG PARADE – CAN’T STOP (Special Movie)
You might remember “CAN’T STOP”, released on September 11, 2018 from an earlier New PV Alert. The promotional video had the members resiliently marching along to the beat of its own drum. For this...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: predia – Close to you
Predia’s “Best of predia ‘THE ONE'” album gets some promotion with the release of the new promotional video “Close to you”. After the last few single outfits that played up the glamorous side of the...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Fleurette – Goshu Ondo ~Kagayaku mirai e~
The ninth single from Shiga based Fleurette produces a traditional infused promotional video. “Goshu Ondo ~Kagayaku miraie~” puts the seven members of Fleurette in some brilliant floral patterned...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: YENA☆ – Issho ni, ne!
You might remember the 360 version of YENA☆’s “Issho ni, ne!” from an earlier New PV Alert. In any case this lyric promotional video gives us a more conventional approach to the PV concept. The five...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: THE BANANA MONKEYS – Ashita
Down to the duo of Tenka no Chanyuki and Mozuku Sun, THE BANANA MONKEYS release the documentary style promotional video for its song “Ashita”. The song is a rather downtempo offering from the group,...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Q’ulle – One Way Dream
Providing support for their upcoming 2nd album, Q’ulle regale us with the sound stage shot promotional video for their song “One Way Dream”. Backed by a four-piece instrumentalist group, the girls get...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Up Up Girls (2) – OVER DRIVE
Up Up Girls (2) finish promotional video duties for their latest single “Kakatte Kinasai / OVER DRIVE” with the release of the celluloid product for “OVER DRIVE”. Starting off with a riffing guitar...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Yurumerumo! – Inochi atte no monodane
You’ll Melt More! finish up the promotional video cycle for their “Never Give Up Drunk Monkeys!” EP with the release of the stop motion spectacular “Inochi atte no monodane”. An unexpected teleport...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: GANG PARADE – Yoru kurai yume
Before we get too far into Gang Parade’s “Yoru kurai yume”, we should note that this song is a product of GANG PARADE members Yumeno Yua and Haruna Ba Chiin who share songwriter credits with Haruna...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: FEMM – Dolls Kill feat. ELLE TERESA
FEMM groove slowly through your holiday season with their new digital release “Dolls Kill feat. ELLE TERESA”. The digitalism of FEMM accompanies deep beats for a autotuned melody that befits the...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: MERUCHU – Sekaijuu minna koi wo suru hi
Coming from Nagoya’s DIANNA Project, MERUCHU release their latest offering “Sekaijuu minna koi wo suru hi”. With members whose age range from 11 to 15, you could say the group hits the limits for what...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: OS☆U – I say good bye
Shot in one continuous take, OS☆U’s latest promotional video follows our idols on their way into a movie theater. I mean, Hoshino Maria just wants to get take her popcorn into the theater and watch a...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: THIS IS NATS – Bye bye
THIS IS NATS, the soloist who writes her own music and produces her own videos and artwork, leaves a short yet cute promotional video for you to remember her into 2019. Working in front on a single...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: BURST GIRL – Nancy
BURST GIRL are back with a send up to 70’s British punk and Nancy Spungen. Guitars blazing and pop melodies, “Nancy” certainly gets the sound of punk (perhaps not quite 70s British punk) down, and...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Aidoru Sozai – Ashita Wonderful
Aidoru Sozai, the seven member independent idol group based in the Philippines, release a promotional video with their original song “Ashita Wonderful”. Now I know we usually don’t feature idols from...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Kolokol – bookmark
With their first one-man live upcoming in March, it’s a good time for Kolokol to release a new promotional video. Playing a rock arrangement that stays closer on the side of the emo punk style,...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: hy4_4yh – hustler / You’re the one who’s so very good to me
hy4_4yh – hustler hy4_4yh – You’re the one who’s so very good to me A pair of PVs promote the Hyper YoYo “Last Album 20s”. First up we have the wonderfully aged footage of “huster”. The rap comes heavy...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: STARMARIE – Kimi to hitori tsukiyo ni utau
STARMARIE returns with a new single that plays to the black magic. In “Kimi to hitori tsukiyo ni utau” the fivesome don the black cloaks and hoods of witches. STARMARIE begin their seance in a spell...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Tamura Meimi – Maho wo Ageru yo ~Magic in the Air~
On this day, we get a proper promotional video from former S/mileage / ANGERME member Tamura Meimi. You’ll remember that we had a look at a rougher promotional video back in November. Magic is...
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