Suga Shikao - NOBODY KNOWS

Today the postman brought my latest CD purchase, Suga Shikao’s NOBODY KNOWS, the opening theme for the anime series xxxHolic Kei (継).

There are a total of 3 tracks on this single and they are really a good mix of songs:

NOBODY KNOWS
1/3000 Piece (積水ハウス シャーメゾン TVCMソング)
Konbini (コンビニ )

I always found Suga Shikao’s soulful voice a good [...]

Aya Hirano - Riot Girl

Today is the release of Aya Hirano’s 1st full length album - Riot Girl.

But I took a quick look at the song listings and it was pretty dissapointing because there were quite a few songs (Bouken Desho Desho, LOVE GUN, Neophilia) which were already released previously.
I haven’t got the chance to listen to the album [...]

Utada Hikaru - Heart Station

Yesterday evening I passed by the CD store and I decided to grab a copy of Utada Hikaru’s Heart Station. I wanted to hear for myself why this album was a top seller for consecutive 5 weeks and sold 480,000 copies in the first week.

Since this album marks Utada Hikaru’s 10th anniversary in the music [...]

Mami Kawada - SAVIA

Just gotten hold of the 2nd full length album by Mami Kawada. The title of the album is SAVIA and I would think that this album is an improvement over her previous album SEED.

There are a total of 13 tracks on this album, with 8 brand new songs:

energy flow - 2:09
JOINT - 4:01
Beehive -album edit- [...]

HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - ROCK PIT

Today I’ve made another trip to the music store to grab a copy of HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR’s fourth album - ROCK PIT. The album simply rocks and they have totally recovered from the lacklustre 3rd album, returning as the band I originally loved.

The tracks in this album are well arranged and the music flows [...]