Dir en grey – Glass Skin FULL PV

Mr.Children – HANABI [PV]

D – Yami no Kuni no Alice [PV]

[PV update] 28th July – 12 August

Hey loyal readers, posting again after some considerable downtime. Step 1, PV update, Step 2, ease back into a regime of steady posting from here on out.

MUCC – Ageha

D’espairs Ray – Kamikaze

DIO Distraught overlord – Carry Dawn

TOSHI with T-EARTH – Fire City

Hime Ichigo – Sherry

Versailles – Aristocrat’s Symphony

Fortnightly J-rock PV update #1

This is the inaugural post of my Japanese music, specifically “J-rock” fortnightly post, focusing on the latest and greatest new promotional videos released. I did begin a similar weekly round-up which ran through January and February on my Last FM blog, but it went on hiatus as uni became my main priority. Now I’m bringing it back on this blog with a repeat post in my Last FM journal to follow.

Alice nine – Rainbows

Ayabie – Mikazuki no kiseki

Vidoll – Blue Star

Ikimono Gakari – Bluebird

Screw – Vanquish

Duel Jewel – Iolite

Maximum the Hormone – Tsume Tsume Tsume FULL PV!

Whoops the former post was just a preview length version of the new single, it slipped through my radar becuase the band is known to make some songs on the shorter end of things. anyway, here is the full version (I hope):

Maximum the Hormone – Tsume Tsume Tsume [PV]

Maximum the Hormone (マキシマムザホルモン, Makishimamu Za Horumon) is a four-member J-rock band formed in 1998.

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Dir en grey – “Glass Skin” New single announced!

Dir en grey’s official site has been updated with information reguarding their newest single release. The 10th of September is the current release date confirmed for the single (their first new material since the “Dozing Green” single appoximately 8 months ago.)

Also an interview has surfaced about the recording process of the forthcoming new album:

J-Rock royalty Dir En Grey have released details about what to expect from their brand new album.

Starting pre-production work on the record in mid-March, the band commenced recording their new album in the Sony Tokyo building studio’s recently. When they finish recording their first batch of tracks in the forthcoming weeks, the band will then return to pre-production to work on the remainder of their songs before completing work on the album in time for a late 2008 release.

“The album will be stuffed with themes of ‘guilt and reincarnation’, as well as ‘the past, present and future of Dir En Grey,” says guitarist Kaoru. ‘This will be heavier and darker than previous albums, with a sort of oriental and religious mood and connotations. We’re experimenting with different sounds – we’d like to introduce a multitude of different instruments on this album.”

Despite reports to the contrary, Dir En Grey have confirmed that X-Japan member Yoshiki will not be producing the album. Instead, the band will be self-producing.

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[PV] Utada Hikaru – Prisoner Of Love

Utada’s new single:

‘Gothic Lolita’ influenced western music video?

Kerli - Walking On Air

The outfits are very reminiscent of gothic lolita and i’m also getting super dollfie vibes from the dolls. The artist is an Estonian pop musician. (Which according to my world map is south of Finland across the Baltic sea). It’s interesting how cultures appropriate things, ie the japanese and victorian dress which are eventually taken again and adopted by another culture or introduced back to their culture of origin with a twist.