World pop music

of Montreal Asia Tour 2018

of Montreal is an American indie pop band from Athens, Georgia. It was founded by frontman Kevin Barnes in 1996, named after a failed romance between Barnes and a woman "of Montreal." The band is identified as part of the Elephant 6 collective. Throughout its existence, of Montreal's musical style has evolved considerably and drawn inspiration from 1960s psychedelic pop acts.

Kevin Barnes founded of Montreal, allegedly naming it for a failed romance with a woman from Montreal, Quebec. Barnes was the only member of the group prior to his relocation to Athens, Georgia. There, he met Derek Almstead (Circulatory System, M Coast, Elf Power) and Bryan Poole, who also performs as The Late B.P. Helium. Together, they recorded their debut album, Cherry Peel, and subsequent releases The Bird Who Ate the Rabbit's Flower and The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy.

After production on The Gay Parade, the band's third album, began in 1998, Poole left the band to focus on his duties with Elf Power, another Elephant Six band. Barnes then recruited James Husband and Dottie Alexander, who had been performing together as Lightning Bug vs. Firefly. Derek moved from drums to bass, and Marshmallow Coast's Andy Gonzales joined soon after. Prior to the release of The Gay Parade in 1999, of Montreal released a number of singles and a re-release of The Bird Who Continues to Eat the Rabbit's Flower.

Following the release of The Gay Parade, the band signed with Kindercore Records, and in 2001, the concept album Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse was released.[citation needed]

Kindercore Records would fold shortly after the release of Aldhils Arboretum, and Andy and Derek left the band. Barnes took to writing and performing their 2004 album Satanic Panic in the Attic mostly by himself. It was released by Polyvinyl Records.

In 2005 The Sunlandic Twins was released.

Kevin Barnes recorded most of the band's 2007 release, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?, by himself while living in Norway and Athens, Georgia. Barnes also released a companion CD to Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? called Icons, Abstract Thee. In 2007, Kevin Barnes performed five songs nude during a performance in Las Vegas. In Paris, they did a Take-Away Show acoustic video session shot by Vincent Moon.

of Montreal's next album, Skeletal Lamping, was released on October 21, 2008. It was released in ten different formats, including conventional CD and vinyl, as well as T-shirts, button sets, wall decals, tote bags, and a paper lantern, the latter formats complete with a digital download code for the album. All items for the collection were designed by The Bee With Wheels (David Barnes) and Gemini Tactics (Nina Barnes). In an essay addressing the concept behind the album's release, Kevin Barnes stated, "We feel that there's no reason to produce another object that just sits on a shelf. We only want to produce objects that have a function and that can be treasured for their singularness." In an interview with NPR, Kevin Barnes revealed that the concept of the CD may be going the way of the 8-track in favor of MP3 downloads. David Barnes joked that fans would buy the album via MP3 download and the version that comes with an amazing sandwich.

In August 2009, the band contributed a T-shirt design, which was printed and sold through the Yellow Bird Project website to raise money for the St. Judes Children's Hospital. The shirt was designed by David Barnes.

By means of a Facebook post and a Kevin Barnes interview conducted by Stereogum.com, of Montreal's album Aureate Gloom was announced. The record was influenced by "the mid-to-late 1970s music scene in New York," including bands such as Talking Heads and Led Zeppelin. The album captures Barnes' emotions borne from his separation from his wife of 11 years and its aftermath. Barnes described the album as being "all over the place musically", lending to its reflection of his mindset during the time of its creation. The album was released March 3, 2015.

In August 2016, of Montreal released Innocence Reaches, which incorporated new, EDM-inspired sounds, as well as the progressive rock sounds of the previous two albums. For the tour following the album's release, bassist Davey Pierce returned to the band, replacing Bob Parins.

On January 13, 2017, of Montreal released a new EP by surprise, entitled Rune Husk. On March 9, 2018, the album White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood was released on Polyvinyl, with singer Barnes explaining that the sound was influenced by "extended dance mixes" from the 1980s.

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SikTh Live in Japan 2018

Along with Meshuggah, SikTh, a British tech metal giant said to have influenced the genre called Djent, decided to visit Japan again on the 1st & 2nd album reproduction tour!
On Saturday 18th, a completely reproduced live performance of the 2nd album "Death of a Dead Day" with Cyclamen as the opening act, the 19th (Sunday) welcomed Her Name in Blood as the main support and the 1st album "The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait for Something Wild ". There is no doubt that it will be valuable two days you can not watch it twice!


As a substitute for the Protest The Hero tour canceled in 2018, they hurriedly decided to come back to the 1st & 2nd album reproduction tour! Even in band history the reproduction of both albums will be the first event.

THE SUFFERS

Together with the 2nd album of modern, vintage, soul's powerful faction band topic. Boiling, long - awaited visit to Japan again!
Two years have passed since the first performance of the impact from Japan. The super-heavyweight Soul Band from The Houston, Texas, The Suffers comes back to Blue Note Tokyo with the latest work "Everything Here" released in June. Formed in 2011, based on Southern Soul, represented by Stax label, it is interpreted incorporating elements such as rock, jazz, blues, latin, hip hop. With intense grooves, funky arrangements, dynamic horn sections, and soulful singing voices of red Kiss Cam Franklin, Texas's awards have been wrestled, leading to major media all over the world. More scaled by The Suffers, its latest performance is a must-see!

Tokyo Jupiter Records presents 

Name of performance: Tokyo Jupiter Records presents "JAPAMOSPHERE 2019"
Venue: shimokitazawa ERA
Open: 2019/06/08 (Sat) 10:00
Notes:
20. 19/10/06 (Sun) Tokyo Jupiter Records presents "JAPAMOSPHERE 2019"
OPEN / START 15:00 / 15:30　
ADV / DOOR ¥ 6000 / ¥ 6500 (+1 D ¥ 600)
Limited number of tickets: You can book up to 4 tickets in a single application. Application limit 4 times.
Type of seats and fees:
　All seats: ¥ 6,000

Nadja is a duo of multi-instrumentalist Aidan Baker and bassist Leah Buckareff which formed in 2003. Nadja creates music that has been described as ambient doom, dreamsludge, and metalgaze, combining the atmospheric textures of shoegaze and ambient music with the heaviness and volume of metal and noise. Nadja have released numerous recordings on such labels as Alien8 Recordings, Hydrahead Records, Important Records, Essence Music, and their own label, Broken Spine Productions. The duo has toured and performed extensively around the world, appearing at such diverse festivals as SXSW, FIMAV, Roadburn, and Unsound.

In 2005 Buckareff joined in order to make the project more than just a studio endeavour & allow Nadja to perform live. Nadja creates music that has been variously described as drone metal, ambient doom, and shoegazer, combining soundscapes, electronics, & atmospheric vocals & tempering the cacophony with an ethereal melodicism such that the listener is enveloped in a sublimating wall of amorphous sound.

Originally from Toronto, Canada, the duo now resides in Berlin, Germany.

Amenra is a Belgian band from Kortrijk. It was formed in 1999 by vocalist Colin H. van Eeckhout and guitarist Mathieu Vandekerckhove, who now perform alongside drummer Bjorn Lebon, guitarist Lennart Bossu and bassist Levy Seynaeve. Among a number of other works, they have released six studio albums in the Mass series, the latest of them through Neurot Recordings. The band's unique musical style, characterised by brooding atmospheres and spiritual intensity, is rooted in doom metal, hardcore punk and post-rock. Their live performances, accompanied by visual art, have been described as "entrancing communions".

In 2005, Amenra formed Church of Ra, a collective of collaborating artists which now includes Oathbreaker and the Black Heart Rebellion.

The group released their debut studio album Mass I in 2003. Van Eeckhout suggested in 2017 that each Mass is created out of necessity to reflect on a certain experience or phase in the band members' lives and thus they never know which album will be their last. He also described 2005's Mass III as a "keystone moment of [Amenra's] existence" at which they "found direction". The band's next "turning point" came when they joined Neurot Records to release Mass V. The label was founded by Neurosis; a band that has been influential in Amenra's style and career.

FLAKE RECORDS 12th Anniversary 

Hellogoodbye (sometimes styled as hellogoodbye) is a pop rock band that was formed in Huntington Beach, California in 2001 by singer Forrest Kline. They were signed to Drive-Thru Records and released their first full-length album Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! in 2006, in addition to their previously released EP Hellogoodbye and DVD OMG HGB DVD ROTFL. In 2010, the band released Would It Kill You? on their label Wasted Summer Records. The album was released in the United Kingdom and Europe by LAB Records on the 14 March 2011. Hellogoodbye released their third album, Everything is Debatable, on October 29, 2013, while touring as the opening act for Paramore's The Self-Titled Tour.

Current members:
Forrest Kline: vocals, guitar, ukulele, primary songwriter (2001–present)
Augustine Rampolla: keyboard, guitar, bass, ukulele, percussion (2011–present)
Andrew Richards: guitar, ukulele, mandolin (2008–present)
Michael Garzon: drums, guitar, vocals, mandolin, ukulele, keyboard (2011–present)

Young Dreams is a band from UK formed with young musicians (including members such as CASIOKIDS at that time) who stopped solo activity in 2010 and was in the area. The debut single, which was a joint release of Norwegian legendary label TELLE and FLAKE became a hot topic.

The debut album "BETWEEN PLACES" released in 2013 won overwhelming evaluation, succeeded in winning the BEST INDIE ALBUM award at Spellemannprisen which is the grammy prize of the home country Norway. Thêy stopped the live activity after entering the Japan tour which became a miracle coupling tour with SONDRE LERCHE, and entered into the album production period.

Comeback with single "OF THE CITY" in 2016 with live performances at the end of September of 2017. And finally finished 2nd album released by members BLANCA RECORDS.

A pop album boasting the overwhelming degree of completeness in which all the experience was cultivated with MATIAS TELLEZ 's genius music sense, a number of artists' productions, etc. was completed. Arrangement and sound layers, ensemble that was built precisely whether the imminent obscurity or not. All the sounds that are ringing, harmonies and melodies blend together and the popular world of Konemaki is expanded.

SHEER MAG JAPAN TOUR 2018

Sheer Mag is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, formed in 2014, a combination of 1970s rock and punk ethos.

The band continued to gather attention and has released three 7-inch EPs as of March 2016. In January 2015, Rolling Stone featured the band as one of "10 New Artists You Need To Know", describing them as "a gang of punks with a not-so-secret love of Seventies classic rock." Four of five band members attended the State University of New York at Purchase. In 2016, the band was part of the Coachella 2016 line-up and performed on Late Night with Seth Myers. On May 10, 2017, Sheer Mag released "Need To Feel Your Love," the first track off their first full-length record, Need To Feel Your Love.

Current members:
Tina Halladay - vocals
Matt Palmer - rhythm guitar, keyboards
Kyle Seely - lead guitar
Hart Seely - bass

The Fadeaways is a garage punk band in Tokyo, Japan. Their music is inspired from 60s Garage, 70s Punk, 80s Neo garage, and 90s Garage Punk.

The Fadeaways is one of the recent bands to keep the back from the Grave scene alive in Tokyo, THE FADEAWAYS play stompin' three chord, Japanese garage punk. The band took their teenage craze all over Japan touring with classic 60's style bands like THE WOGGLES!

When audience saw The Fadeaways the first time they were blown away by their incredible high energy music and striking stage personality. Three guys in identical striped T-shirts entered the small stage at the UFO Club in Higashi-Koenji and literally exploded! Few bands can match the pure energy and attack of The Fadeaways on a good day. Musically, they come off like something of a 60s version of The Ramones crossed with every garage band off the classic Back From The Grave compilations.

The Fadeaways have been around for a while now – they celebrated their 10th anniversary in 2015. The members Toyozo, Sakurai and Ozzy have the kind of energy that can only come from honing your act at thousands of gigs across Japan. With Tokyo as their home base, The Fadeaways have not only played in towns like Osaka, Kobe, Hiroshima, Nahoya, Sendai in their homeland, they have also toured the US several timers and recently did their first Scandinavian tour.

Videos
The Fadeaways don't have any official music videos yet, but there is plenty of live footage that can give you a taste of what to expect.

Members:
TOYOZO - Vocals & Bass
SAKURAI - Guitar & Chorus
OZZY - Drums

THE FEVER 333

The Fever 333 is an American hardcore punk supergroup formed in Inglewood in July 2017. The band's debut extended play (EP), Made An America, was released on March 23, 2018. The group is signed to Roadrunner Records and 333 Wreckords. The band's debut extended play (EP), Made An America, was released on March 23, 2018. The group is signed to Roadrunner Records and 333 Wreckords.

Los Angeles-based trio the Fever 333 inject their raucous hybrid rap-rock sound with politically charged lyrics similar to forebears Rage Against the Machine, with additional touches of Public Enemy, Black Flag, and Linkin Park. Abrasive, aggressive, and energetic, the three-piece outfit features frontman Jason Aalon Butler (ex-LetLive), guitarist Stephen Harrison (the Chariot), and drummer Aric Improta (Night Verses). With full support by producers Travis Barker (blink-182) and John Feldmann (Goldfinger) — who signed the band to their More Hi-Hat label — the Fever 333 made their debut in 2017 with fiery live shows and grassroots organization to promote their message of "community, charity, and change." This socially conscious spirit was woven into early tracks like the visceral "Hunting Season," the genre-blurring trap-metal "Walking in My Shoes," and the fiery "We're Coming In." ~ Neil Z. Yeung, Rovi

DIANA KING / COCOA TEA

DIANA KING is a singer from UK. Since 2007 she belongs to her own label ThinkLikeAgirl and is doing music production work. Also, he is doing Asian tour every year .

DIANA KING, the world renowned Jamaican born and raised artist, has the IT ... that THING that separates her from the pack ... she's a star, with a combination of unparalleled vocal power and passion, diverse style, edgy lyrics, exotic beauty, sharp and opinionated mind, sex appeal and a down to earth jeans and t-shirt charm and personality to spare. With her trademark blend of genres seasoned with Reggae, this singer/songwriter/producer is truly expressing herself with songs that not only showcase her vocal styling but highlights her skills as a lyrical storyteller.

Also known to her fans as ‘KINGSINGA,’ she is responsible for chart topping hits such as SHY GUY from the soundtrack of the Bad Boys movie, which starred Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, ‘I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR YOU’ from My Best Friends Wedding starring Julia Roberts, LOVE TRIANGLE, SUMMER BREEZIN, LLIES, SPANISH TOWN BLUES from ‘Anniversary,’ the Grammy nominated album by Sly and Robbie, and co-wrote and was featured on TREAT HER LIKE A LADY from Celine Dion’s ‘Let’s Talk About Love’ album. Her distinctive mark can also be found on the Notorious B.I.G album, ‘Ready to Die’ which features KING collaborating with the late B.I.G on the track, RESPECT.

Calvin George Scott (born 3 September 1959), better known as Cocoa Tea, is a Jamaican reggae/dancehall singer, songwriter, and DJ. COCOA TEA is one of Reggae’s most talented and versatile artistes. His smooth, easy-going vocal presentation (pre-recorded or live) have become his trademark, earning him wide international acclaim; with songs like “Lost MY Sonia,” “Tune In” and “Rocking Dolly,” becoming world anthems in Reggae land. Admired and respected for his fine conscious recordings, COCOA TEA is also known for his unwavering generosity and kindness for the less fortunate.

Born Calvin George Scott on September, 3, 1959, in Rocky Point, Clarendon, he was later schooled at the Savannah Primary school in Rocky Point and the Bustamante Junior Secondary School in Lionel Town Clarendon.

COCOA TEA has been performing all over the world since 1984, with extensive tours to the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and Japan. Locally he remains a regular on all major concerts and has appeared on reggae’s premiere event, Reggae Sunsplash every year since 1987, except in 1989. He singled out his three most memorable performances to date; his first performance on Sunsplash in 1987, the other, a show in Canada, where he performed for two hors non-stop, and his land mark achievement, a performance in St. Croix, where he performed for 10,000 people in the pouring rain.


Diana King (born 8 November 1970) is a Jamaican singer-songwriter who performs a mixture and fusion of reggae, reggae fusion and dancehall. She was born to an Indo-Jamaican mother and an Afro Jamaican father. She is best known for her hit 1995 single "Shy Guy" and her remake of "I Say a Little Prayer" which was featured on the soundtrack to My Best Friend's Wedding.
After making an appearance on The Notorious B.I.G.'s 1994 song "Respect", from his album Ready to Die, she signed a recording contract with Sony Music. Her first release was a remake of the Bob Marley song "Stir It Up" (#53 R&B) for the Cool Runnings soundtrack that same year.

King's next single, "Shy Guy", co-written and produced by Andy Marvel was released in 1995. The song, which only took them 10 minutes to write, became a hit, reaching #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and being certified gold by the RIAA in the U.S.; the single also hit #2 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as reaching #1 on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart, going on to sell nearly five million singles worldwide. "Shy Guy" was also ranked by the Japanese radio station J-Wave as the #1 song of 1995. In the UK, it had a place in the top 10 for seven weeks. It served as a single from the soundtrack to the 1995 film, Bad Boys in addition to being the lead release off her debut album Tougher Than Love which was released on April 25, 1995. The album peaked at #1 on Billboard's Reggae, #85 on R&B, and #179 on the Billboard 200 charts. Two follow-up singles "Love Triangle" (#85 R&B) and "Ain't Nobody" (#94 Pop, #63 R&B) followed that same year. In 1996, she collaborated with Nahki on the single "I'll Do It". Also in 1996, her version of "Piece of My Heart" was included on the soundtrack to the film The First Wives Club.

In 1997, King also scored another hit on the Billboard Hot 100 (#38) and the Hot Dance Club Play (#8) with her cover version of the song "I Say a Little Prayer" (originally recorded by Dionne Warwick in 1967), which was featured on the soundtrack to the film, My Best Friend's Wedding. Her sophomore album Think Like a Girl was released on September 30, 1997, and entered the Billboard Top Reggae Albums chart at #1. The album spawned two more US singles with "L-L-Lies" and "Find My Way Back" in addition to "Supa-Lova-Bwoy" which was released exclusively in Japan. King was also featured on the 1997 soundtrack to the documentary When We Were Kings, where she performed the title track with Brian McKnight.

HARDCORE SUPERSTAR

Hardcore Superstar are a hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden with heavy sleaze influences. The band was formed in 1997 and have released seven albums to date. Besides a short break, Hardcore Superstar have continuously toured and recorded since their formation.

Hardcore Superstar formed in autumn 1997 in Gothenburg and signed to Gain soon afterwards. Their debut album was recorded and released in Sweden. The album attracted the attention of English label Music for Nations and a new worldwide contract was drawn up. The new album, which became the band's "official debut album" contains a few new songs, a new cover and has a new name, "Bad Sneakers and a Pina Colada".

In autumn 2003 and winter 2004 the band toured in Sweden, Europe and the USA. A fight broke out at the Swedish Consulate in New York between Thomas Silver and Aftonbladet journalist Fredrik Virtanen. This is a major news story back in Sweden.
Now back on Gain, the band has regained its unique energy which resulted in the new self titled album "Hardcore Superstar".
The album has been given top reviews all over the world. Hardcore Superstar has been Grammy nominated and number one on the Swedish hard rock charts.

Hardcore Superstar is a hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was formed in 1997 and continue on today. Hardcore Superstar have had several hit singles, and Grammy wins in Sweden.They released their first album, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, on Gain Records in October 1998. Out of the 11 tracks on the album,7 songs were re-recorded for their first worldwide releas Bad Sneakers and a Piña Colada.In August, 2003, the band released their final album with Music For Nations, entitled "No Regrets". In 2005, Hardcore Superstar re-signed with Gain Records, the label with whom they released their debut with in 1998. The band returned rejuvenated, with a hard rock sound more comparable to their earlier works. They released a self-titled album Hardcore Superstar in 2005, which featured the Swedish hit singles; "We Don't Celebrate Sundays", "Wild Boys", "My Good Reputation" and "Bag On Your Head".

SEPTIC TANK

Septic Tank is a band led by Lee Durian known for the activities of Napalm Death and Catedral, and although it dates back to 1994, he has completed his debut album "Rotting / Shivering" this April.

SEPTIC TANK are Lee Durian (LEE): VOCALS, Gary Jennings (GAZ): GUITAR, Scott Carlson (SCOTT): BASS, Jamie "Gomez" Allegano (GOMEZ): DRUMS.

Lee Durian enrolled as a vocalist on the emperor Napalm Death of the extreme music world, after that he formed Cathedral in '90 years after leaving Napalm Death. Cathedral is completely different from the musical nature of Napalm Death, which is said to be the fastest in the world, appeared as the leading doom metal that can be said as a contemporary interpretation of Black Sabbath and dissolved ten studio albums in 2013 did. After that, Lee operates a music label, Rise Abbu, and uniquely identifies and nurtures bands.

Septic tank is a project that Lee worked with the guitar gaza, base Scott and former trouble drummer Barry Stern, who was a member of the Cathedral in 1994. All of the members are large fans of hardcore such as discharging, they have composed hese hardcore numbers. Their EP "SLAUGHTER EP" was released in 2012. In 2017, they began producing full-length albums and released their debut album in April 2018.
Lee follows the hard core, slash, kind band, Septic tank, who keeps on active in parallel with with the dead which makes the super vicious sound hear.

Spiritualized

Spiritualized are an English space rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Jason Pierce (often known as J. Spaceman), formerly of Spacemen 3. The membership of Spiritualized has changed from album to album, with Pierce—who writes, composes and sings all of the band's material—being the only constant member.

Spiritualized have released seven studio albums. The best known and most critically acclaimed of these is 1997's Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, which NME magazine named as their Album of the Year.

Following a breakdown in relations between Spacemen 3 co-frontmen Peter Kember and Jason Pierce, the group's bassist Will Carruthers, drummer Jonny Mattock, and guitarist Mark Refoy were asked by Pierce to form a new group alongside local friend Steve Evans, subsequently calling themselves Spiritualized. The band took their name from an adaptation of the text on the back label of a bottle of Pernod. Due to formation from a majority of Spacemen 3 members, a technical clause meant that Spiritualized had to maintain the Spacemen 3 recording contract with Dedicated Records.

The first Spiritualized release, in 1990, was a cover of The Troggs' "Anyway That You Want Me"; the record heralded the official split of Spacemen 3 following contractual wrangles over the band's name and its use in Spiritualized-related promotional material (initial copies of "Anyway That You Want Me" came with a Spacemen 3 logo on the sleeve).

Evans was replaced on keyboards by Pierce's then-girlfriend Kate Radley for the follow-up single, "Run"/"I Want You". A number of singles followed, before the band, in early 1992, released their first LP Lazer Guided Melodies, which had been recorded in Rugby over the previous two years. The band embarked on a tour with The Jesus & Mary Chain after the release of the album. A second album, Pure Phase, was released in 1995, and a third Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space emerged in 1997 to critical acclaim and commercial success.

The musical style of Spiritualized relies heavily on sustained 'pedal' notes and drones. Lazer Guided Melodies and Pure Phase incorporate elements of the shoegazing style, drones and tremolo. The landmark "Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" saw the influence of African-American gospel and blues beginning to show, while "walls of sound" modelled after the production styles of Phil Spector and Brian Wilson also made their presence felt. Such influences dominated Spiritualized's next album, Let It Come Down, which included over 120 musicians. Amazing Grace favoured a more stripped down sound with the gospel, blues, and soul influences even more dominant than before.

On 15 June 1997, Spiritualized became the last band to play at Factory Records' Manchester nightclub The Haçienda.

After several years of work and Pierce's serious illness in July 2005, the album, Songs in A&E was released on 26 May 2008 in the UK, and on 27 May 2008 in the US. The first single from the 18-track album was "Soul on Fire". The release was backed by an Electric Mainlines UK tour which began in May. Pierce has also scored Harmony Korine's 2008 film Mister Lonely.

Pierce is quoted as saying in a 2008 interview that Spiritualized was scheduled to play the CERN collider. "They asked us to do it! We were gonna play in it before they'd thrown the switch. But it was a timing thing—their timings didn't coincide with ours."

In October and December 2009 the band performed 1997's "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.

After more than two years in the making, while Pierce was undergoing experimental chemotherapy for a liver disease, and including a year long period of mixing, Sweet Heart Sweet Light was released in April 2012, on Double Six Records and Fat Possum in North America. The band had already played some of this new material over the past 3 years but not much else was known about the content of the album. The album cover, an octagon surrounding the word "Huh?" on a plain white background, is a reference to the working title of the album. In an interview regarding the new release it was revealed that the album would "embrace" more poppy songs compared to previous albums. In the same interview, Jason Pierce also said that the album was partly inspired by the experiences of performing "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" live in its entirety.

MONO × Julien Levy New release · Screening event

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MONO is a poster rock / instrumental rock band of four people in Tokyo formed in 1999. Their musical style is combined of orchestra and shoegazer , guitar noise. In live performances, they also went on a special show at 23 organizations following New York, Tokyo, London, Melbourne in 2009.

About 150 world tours each year, they have been one of the bands that has won the most audience in the world as a Japanese band over 55 countries so far. Among rock music it is a critic and one of the best live bands who has received a lot of fame.

While releasing 10 albums including a live album with the orchestra at NY and continuing to earn a high reputation both at home and abroad 2015, the short film "Where We Begin" created by collaboration received California's international Awarded the Best Musical Score Award "The Marshall Hawkins Awards: Best Musical Score - Featurette" from the film festival Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema.

In March 2016 Steve Albini was a producer of a new album and recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago. The ninth work, the new album "Requiem For Hell" released on October 14, 2016.

Julien Levy is a French writer and film director. Until now he has been mainly working as a photographer and video grapher in New York, Paris, and has received requests from many high brands such as Chanel, Mew Mew, Harper's Bazaar. From February 2017, he moved the base to Japan, and he is developing a feature film for Nikkatsu distribution. The style which reflected philosophical thought majored in college age strongly is supported by many actors and artists.

Julien Levy studied philosophy in France. Later, as a musician, he travels around the world with his band within the hardcore punk scene. While touring, he shoots his first photography series, soon to be shown in galleries. He then moves to New York City. Over there, he intensifies his work as a multimedia artist (installations, films, artbooks…), before spreading his message through cinema and literature. Today, Julien works as a writer and a director. His work still adopts a do-it-yourself and highly independent method, deeply rooted in radical subcultures. Julien Levy now shares his time between Tokyo and Paris.

Sly & Robbie Meet Nils Petter Molvær

Topic projects interwoven with a solitary trumpeter representing Northern Europe jazz and the strongest rhythm section Jamaica boasts.

This is a concert where chemical reaction between Jamaica and Norway, reggae and future jazz happens.
The jazz trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær will first collaborate with "Sly & Robbie" at this special music event at Blue Note Tokyo (Tokyo).

Please, don't miss it!

Okinawa x Estonia Night! TRAD.ATTACK!

On October 13 (Saturday) , TRAD.ATTACK!, an famous Estonian band will perform live at Okinawa Sakurazaka Theater Hall A. This time, from Okinawa itself, a local band that is on the rise. Martinez rock, will take charge of the stage after TRAD.ATTACK!'s performance. Both of these, in fact, has appeared in WOMEX (the World Music Expo) in Spain in 2016.

Trad.Attack! is a band that started in 2014 by three people who have been active in Estonia for over 15 years. It fuses modern sensation and essence with traditional music, creates its own view of the world, overturns the music scene of Estonia. The music is inspired by the wonderful music that Estonian folk singers and instrument musical performers have created in their daily lives and festivals. The background of their music is also partly linked to the music of Okinawa. It should be a live show with a lot of excitement.

BETWEEN YOU & ME Japan Tour

Between You & Me is a pop punk band from Melbourne, Australia. They are comprised of vocalist Jake Wilson, guitarists Jai Gibson and Chris Bowerman, drummer Jamey Bowerman and bassist James Karagiozis. They signed with Hopeless records. This year, the band have hit the road with Australian pop heroes Tonight Alive and Arizona punks The Maine. They've also been spotted sharing stages with Hellions, Seaway, Little Brother and Cute Is What We Aim For.

Off the back of their single tour in collaboration with AM/PM, Between You & Me are proud to announce a run of headline dates around Japan & Australia in celebration of their debut release ‘Everything Is Temporary.

The tour will allow the band to show a more personal side of them, showcasing an album that explores the concepts of loss, heartache, triumph and friendships and has been met by strong critical response globally including support from Kerrang, Rock Sound and Alt Press being described as “ten emotionally charged tracks delivered with a pop-punk gusto; everything seems fine on the surface but upon closer listening, the hard-hitting lyricism is sure to resonate and leave a sting with its honesty”.


"Between You and Me" is a song by the American contemporary Christian music group DC Talk. Released in 1996, it was the second radio and commercial single released from the group's fourth album, Jesus Freak.
Lyrically, “Between You and Me” stresses the importance of forgiveness. In contrast to many of the DC Talk's other singles, the Christian message of "Between You and Me" – the importance of forgiveness and confession – is heavily implied, although it is not blatantly stated in terms of any specific religion. The music video for the song features the band members – Michael Tait, Kevin Max, and Toby McKeehan – performing the song in a laundromat. Interspersed is footage of a man carrying a package while running from two other men.
After the unexpected success of the grunge rock single "Jesus Freak," "Between You and Me" helped to bring DC Talk to a new level of success and solidify them as mainstream artists. The song later earned DC Talk a GMA Dove Award and is the only DC Talk single to have charted on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was also a Christian radio success and peaked at number one on both the Christian Adult Contemporary and Christian Contemporary Hit Radio CCM Magazine charts.
Lyrically, “Between You and Me” stresses the importance of forgiveness. In addition, the bridge of the song addresses the need for confessing one's sins to God. DC Talk member Toby McKeehan, co-writer of the song, said that the lyrics simply describe the way relationships work. McKeehan later elaborated in an interview that the song came from his relationship with fellow band members Michael Tait and Kevin Max.

In contrast to many of the DC Talk's other singles, the Christian message of "Between You and Me" – the importance of forgiveness and confession – is heavily implied, although it is not blatantly stated in terms of any specific religion. The only mention of God is featured during the breakdown of the song, which is absent in the radio edit. This removal of God from the song caused some fans of the band to wonder if the group's record label made a "conscious effort to remove any overt Christian content from the song."

FLAKE RECORDS 12th Anniversary 

Young Dreams is a band from UK formed with young musicians (including members such as CASIOKIDS at that time) who stopped solo activity in 2010 and was in the area. The debut single, which was a joint release of Norwegian legendary label TELLE and FLAKE became a hot topic.

The debut album "BETWEEN PLACES" released in 2013 won overwhelming evaluation, succeeded in winning the BEST INDIE ALBUM award at Spellemannprisen which is the grammy prize of the home country Norway. Thêy stopped the live activity after entering the Japan tour which became a miracle coupling tour with SONDRE LERCHE, and entered into the album production period.

Comeback with single "OF THE CITY" in 2016 with live performances at the end of September of 2017. And finally finished 2nd album released by members BLANCA RECORDS.

A pop album boasting the overwhelming degree of completeness in which all the experience was cultivated with MATIAS TELLEZ 's genius music sense, a number of artists' productions, etc. was completed. Arrangement and sound layers, ensemble that was built precisely whether the imminent obscurity or not. All the sounds that are ringing, harmonies and melodies blend together and the popular world of Konemaki is expanded.

Benny Sings

MAKE THEM SUFFER / Aviana

Aviana is a new, ambitious metal band that has its core in Gothenburg, Sweden. The band began writing their debut album in 2015 and the result was 'Polarize' - an album that mixes heavy, aggressive pieces with melodic sing a longs and lyrics with a clear, strong message. The album was released via Rambo Music (Sony Music) on the 20th of January this year.

With a strong will to be the best possible live band, unforgettable live performances on the stage is always the main idea in the process of writing new music. Aviana are now working hard to leave a mark on the metal scene with their debut album and touring as much as possible. The band has their influences from a wide range of artists, where bands like Northlane and Fit for a King contribute to the darker parts and bands like Bring Me The Horizon represents the melodic influence.

The band's debut album “Polarize” has been met by critical acclaim from around the world and has been featured in multiple magazines such as “Close-up magazine” and “Sweden Rock Magazine”, both of which gave the album 8/10 in their reviews.

After doing a release show for Polarize in their hometown of Gothenburg on 3rd of March, the band have been touring extensively in both United Kingdom, Europe and in Sweden.
As of their latest successful run in Europe the band came out as main support for Japanese Metalcore giants CRYSTAL LAKE including playing the Main Stage on a sold out Morecore Festival in Cologne, Germany along with shows in London, Manchester, Zürich, Paris, Vienna and more.

Make Them Suffer is an Australian heavy metal band from Perth, currently signed to Rise Records. Their debut album Neverbloom peaked at No. 56 on the ARIA Album charts in June 2012, while its follow up Old Souls debuted at No. 30 upon release in May 2015. After the band signed with Rise, the label released an expanded version of Old Souls in August 2016, containing also the EP Lord of Woe (originally self-released in 2010) and a new track, "Ether".
They self-released their debut EP, Lord of Woe, on 27 September 2010.

In February 2012, the group signed with Roadrunner Records and in May that year released their debut album Neverbloom. They released a single entitled "Let Me In" on 12 May 2014. On 29 May 2015, Make Them Suffer released their second full-length album entitled "Old Souls". The band signed to Rise Records internationally in January 2016. On 14 June 2016, they released a new track titled "Ether".

On 7 June 2017, the band released the single "Fireworks" and announced their 3rd album "Worlds Apart", released in July of that year.

On 9 June 2017, it was announced that Chris Arias-Real, Lachlan Monty, and Louisa Burton were no longer in the band. Jaya Jeffery was announced as the new bassist and Booka Nile was announced as keyboardist/clean vocals.

On 24 July 2018, a new single "27" was released.

They have toured with many notable bands, including Architects, Thy Art Is Murder, The Amity Affliction, Pvris, Bleeding Through, Stick To Your Guns, Northlane, August Burns Red, Oceano, Job for a Cowboy, Whitechapel, and War from a Harlots Mouth. The band completed a headlining world tour in 2017 in support of the Worlds Apart album through Canada, USA, Europe, UK and Australia with support acts Wage War, Enterprise Earth, Novelists, Spite and Alpha Wolf.

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