A month after the release of Mahou no Kotoba, Kiyokiba Shunsuke will be releasing his thirteenth single. Titled YELL, the single will be out October 27 and will come in the CD-only format. The single will come with a currently unknown first-press bonus. Read More »

Eight and a half months after the release of Hitomi no Oku wo Nozokasete, PORNO GRAFFITTI will be releasing their thirty-first single. Titled Kimi wa 100%, the single will be out October 27 and will come in the CD-only format. The single will come with a currently unknown first-press bonus. Read More »

Three years after the release of Sazanami CD, SPITZ will be releasing their thirteenth album. Titled Togemaru, the album will be out October 27 and will come in the CD-only format. The album will include the singles Wakaba, Kimi wa Taiyou Tsugumi, Shirokuma and BEGINNER and nine new songs for a total of fourteen tracks. The album will come with first-press stickers. Read More »

Just over a year and a half after the release of Kyuutai, MUCC will be releasing album. Titled KARMA, the album will be out October 6 and will come in both CD-only and limited edition CD+DVD versions. The album will include new versions of the singles FREESIA, Yakusoku, FALLING DOWN and eleven new songs for a total of fourteen tracks. The DVD will include footage of the band recording the album and shooting one of the PV's. Read More »

Three and a half months after the release of Kaze ni Mukau Hana/Koko ni Iru, alan will be releasing her fourteenth single. Titled Kanashimi wa Yuki ni Nemuru, the single will be out October 13 and will come in both CD-only and CD+DVD editions. The DVD will include the PV for Kanashimi wa Yuki ni Nemuru as well as off-shot footage. Both versions will come with currently unknown first-press bonuses. Kanashimi wa Yuki ni Nemuru was used as the theme song to the movie Sakurada Mongai no Hen, which alan is also featured in, while Namonaki Tane was used as the ending theme of a short film made for this year's Convention on Biological Diversity. Read More »

Four months after the release of Freedom, GIRL NEXT DOOR will be releasing their ninth single. Titled Ready to be a lady, the single will be out October 13 and will come in CD-only and two CD+DVD editions. The single will come with the original B-sides Kaze no CAPSULE and Shiawase no Hakari as well as a remix of Infinity. Version A will come in the CD+DVD format and will come with a DVD including the PV's for Ready to be a lady, Kaze no CAPSULE and Shiawase no Hakari as well as off-shot footage. Version B will come in the CD+DVD format and will come with a DVD including live performances of three songs from the group's GIRL NEXT DOOR LIVE TOUR 2010 ”FIRST COLLECTION" as well as off-shot footage. All three versions will come housed in a first-press slipcase and will also come with a bonus B2-sized poster. Ready to be a lady is being used as the ending theme to the variety show Futtonda during October, Kaze no CAPSULE is being used as the theme song to the Birdman Rally competition for 2010 and Shiawase no Hakari is being used as the ending theme to the show Sugo Kyun. Read More »

Three years and eight months after the release of LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL, GLAY will be releasing their eleventh album. Titled GLAY, the album will be out October 13 and will come both CD-only and limited edition CD+DVD versions. The album will include the single Precious as well as the digital single Apologize and eight new songs for a total of ten tracks. The limited edition will come with a DVD including the PV for Precious, an interview with vocalist Teru, the anime movie Je t'aime, directed by Oshii Mamoru and featuring their song Satellite of love, and live performances of seven songs from the band's GLAY Live Tour 2010-2011 Rock Around The World Boys Only Night. Both versions will come housed in first-press deluxe packaging. Read More »

Just over a year and a half after the release of SMILES, Shimatani Hitomi will be releasing her thirtieth single. Titled Mayonaka no GUITAR, the single will be out October 6 and will come in both CD-only and CD+DVD editions. Mayonaka no GUITAR is a cover of Kahoru Chiga song of the same name. The DVD will include the PV and a live performance of Mayonaka no GUITAR. Both versions will come with currently unknown first-press bonuses. Read More »

Just over four months after the release of Ifu Dodo/JOYFUL,JOYFUL, Hirahara Ayaka will be releasing her twenty-third single. Titled Greensleeves, the single will be out September 29 and will come in the CD-only format. Greensleeves is a cover of the traditional English folk song of the same name. The melody of the B-side, SOLVEIG no Uta, is based on the melody of Solveig's Song. SOLVEIG no Uta was used as the theme song to the movie Hanjiro. Read More »

One week after the release of crossroad, Hamasaki Ayumi will be releasing her fiftieth single. Titled L, the single will be out September 29 and will come in two different CD+DVD and CD-only versions. Version A will come in the CD+DVD format. The DVD will include the PV's for Virgin Road and Sweet Season as well as the making-of for Virgin Road. This version will include a bonus B2-sized poster. Version B will come in the CD+DVD format. The DVD will include the PV's for Virgin Road and Sweet Season as well as the making-of for Sweet Season. This version will include a bonus B2-sized poster. Version C will include alternate versions of crossroad and SEVEN DAYS WARS on the single. Version D will include an alternate version of SEVEN DAYS WAR on the single. This version will include a bonus B2-sized poster. All editions will come with first-press application card. Sweet Season was used in the CM for the October 2010 issue of sweet magazine, on sale November 2. Virgin Road was used as the theme song to music.jp TV-CF. Read More »