Ryoma Suzuki bet on a musically diverse line-up for Unborde — and it paid off
Media attention has become a mixed blessing for Ryoma Suzuki. Unborde, the label he founded in 2010, is currently celebrating five years in the game and will hold a special show at Makuhari Messe on April 10. He's thrilled to do magazine and radio interviews ...
The only thing Gesu no Kiwami Otome. is guilty of is padding 'Ryoseibai'
Gesu no Kiwami Otome. (the full stop is included in the name) entered the year fresh off a Japan Record Award nomination and a solid debut on NHK's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," the country's defining music program. With the band's second album, "Ryoseibai," set for ...
SMAP dodges bullet; Becky isn't so lucky
When media leaked intelligence on Jan. 10 that eternal boy band SMAP might be dissolving, the outpouring of fan emotion overwhelmed anything else that was happening in the show business world. One person who was probably grateful for the distraction was Rebecca Eri Ray ...
Gesu tapped into the 2015 'band boom'
"No one else but me is me," sings Gesu no Kiwami Otome.'s vocalist Enon Kawatani on the group's second single, "Watashi Igai Watashi Janai No." Released in April, this funky pop song with its straightforward, existential catchphrase delivered in Kawatani's trademark falsetto voice has ...
NHK released the lineup Thursday for the 66th edition of its annual "Kohaku Uta Gassen" yearend song contest. The contest, which airs on the network from 7:15 p.m. until 11:45 p.m. on Dec. 31, is set to include a total of 51 performing acts this ...
Ten years after its Japan special, who would Interview want to talk to?
In 1969, pop artist Andy Warhol founded Interview magazine. The New York-based publication was initially distributed among the city's "in crowd," later finding a wider audience in those seeking more than the usual mainstream fare. Interview has been called the "crystal ball of pop" and ...
