Marie Ueda Breaks Hearts In New Album

Singer-songwriter Marie Ueda revealed she will be releasing a brand new album titled HEARTBREAKER August 26. The new album will be her first album in almost four years. Also on August 26 she will be releasing the live recording of her one night only concert at Zepp Diver City from last November which was part of her five year anniversary; it will be titled Palpable! Marble! Live!. 

HEARTBREAKER is being released in two editions: a standard CD-only edition and a limited edition which will come with a bonus DVD and photobook. The CD will contain a total of seventeen tracks while the DVD will feature music videos and making-of videos.

Palpable! Marble! Live! is being released in a single Blu-ray edition which will not only contain the concert but will also include a behind-the-scenes documentary. Pre-orders are up for both releases and will be posted below along with the track listing for the two of them as well. Lastly, Ueda’s latest song “Stranger”, which is on the upcoming album, is available to be listened to.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

Palpable! Marble! Live!

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Marie Ueda「HEARTBREAKER」

01. heartbreaker

02. WHAT's

03. まぜるなきけん

04. Black Cherry In The Dirty Forest

05. Stranger

06. 小さな恋の誓い

07. 眠れぬ夜に

08. 鍵穴

09. スルー

10. my little bunny

11. REVOLVER

12. バニラフェイク

13. I JUST WANNA BE A STAR

14. IN TO

15. てとてとめとめ

16. 憂うべき

17. ERROR

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Marie Ueda「PALPABLE! MARBLE! LIVE! -ANNIVERSARY 2019-」

01. 旋回呪文

02. 流れ星

03. 壊して

04. RRRRR

05. 泣いてない

06. ミルキー

07. ナビゲーション

08. メリーゴーランド

09. 心と体

10. kitsch

11. FAR

12. Bloomin'

13. Stranger

14. WHAT’s

15. REVOLVER

16. S・O・S

17. わかんないのはいやだ

18. ふれたら消えてしまう

19. 夢のパレード

20. I JUST WANNA BE A STAR

21. 彼に守ってほしい10のこと

22. 中華街へ行きましょう

23. 僕の夢

24. 変革の気、蜂蜜の夕陽

・BACKSTAGE MOVIE

URBANGRADE reveals full line-up for 2019 festival

Japanese band URBANGARDE holds an annual music festival in Tsutaya O-East in Shibuya and 2019 is no exception. The festival for this year is titled UTSU Fes (Depression Festival) 2019. The final dates for the 2019 festival have not yet been revealed but we do know all of the acts that will be at the event. The full list consists of twelve acts in total. You can check out the list below as well as URBANGARDE’s song “Shōjo Gan'nen”.

Lineup:

URBANGARDE

Kenji Ohtsuki

R-Shitei

Zunou Keisatsu

SPANK HAPPY

Maison book girl

Chiaki Mayumura

JyuJyu

Atarashii Gakkou No Leaders

Eren-chan

GOMESS

Namichie

Wasuta puts on free performance

Idol group Wasuta will be performing live in a free event at Yoyogi Park October 8. At the live event, Wasuta will be backed by rock band NEKONOTE BAND. Recently Wasuta dropped a studio live music video for their song “PLATONIC GIRL” which is on their third album Cat’ch The World which was dropped March 6. The event opens its doors at 5:00 pm and the music starts at 6:00 pm. If you are going to be in the area be sure to check it out and if you are unfamiliar with Wasuta be sure to check out the music video for “PLATONIC GIRL” in which you can also see NEKONOTE BAND performing the song.

FAKY coming to Otakuthon 2019

Five-member alternative girl pop group FAKY announced they will be performing at this year’s Otakuthon August 16. This performance will come after their appearance at Anime Friends in Brazil where they got to premiere their latest song “GIRLS GOTTA LIVE”. This marked the first time FAKY has made an appearance at this festival held in Brazil. 

FAKY have an extensive background working in the anime industry. They got started back in 2013 under Avex and from conception they have aimed to have a very broad, mainstream appeal. In the video posted below you can see the members of the group making the announcement with two members speaking in very clean, easy to understand English.

Otakuthon takes place in Montreal, Canada and has been up and running since 2006. FAKY’s performance will be in room 210 and cost an extra $20 USD on top of the convention entry fee. You can find more information here if you are interested in attending.