Does anyone know where I can legally buy music from planetarium in the U.S.? They are signed to Planet Child, but all I can find on the official site is where you can download the band's music in Japan. I've found links to buy on Amazon and iTunes in New Zealand and the U.K., and a few other places, but nothing in the U.S. Does anyone know where ( Read more... )

I've just found out about a newly formed band called RUVISH, and I'm very much recommending them everywhere I can. They got together in May this year, and they're putting out their first 3-track single--"Kasanari"--on November 21. Let's just say that it's super rare for me to listen a short audio clip for a band I've never heard of before, and then ( Read more... )

I don't know what it is lately, but all the new bands I've become fascinated with seem to be so new that there is little (or no) information about them.

Enter FEST VAINQUEUR.

I found them by fluke, really, since I was just looking at a list of bands with new albums coming out from the last issue of Shoxx. These guys had an interesting look, so I ( Read more... )

I've been in a very adventuresome mood lately, the kind that makes me put the old iPod on shuffle and let whatever rolls past play on. Guaranteed if it's on the iPod, I'll enjoy it, right? But what happens when the craving for something new creeps up?

Enter Twitter. The thing I love about having a Twitter is the sheer randomness. If you follow the ( Read more... )

Ever since I discovered visual kei, I've enjoyed seeking out different bands. Finding those new bands really isn't that hard if you know where to look. It seems that there are endless links out there in Netdom, like an interwoven bit of spider silk. You pluck one strand and inevitably find it touches another, and another, and pretty soon, you're ( Read more... )