URBANGARDE Spreads Subculture Online for Upcoming Utsu Fes 2020!

Eren-Chan

Atarashii Gakkou No Leader

Kenji Ohtsuki

URBANGARDE announced that their yearly subculture music event Utsu Fes (“Depresion Festival”) will be transmitted online this year.

URBANGARDE’s earlier plans to stage the 2020 “UTSU-LYMPICS” to match the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed due to ongoing pandemic In its place, the band will present an abbreviated lineup in front of a sold-out live audience, broadcasting worldwide from Tsutaya O-East in Shibuya on Sunday, September 13. In addition to URBANGARDE’s first live performance in six months, Utsu Fes 2020’s lineup of Japanese subculture artists will include Atarashii Gakkou No Leaders, Kenji Ohtsuki, and Eren-Chan, who will each perform a special collaboration with URBANGARDE in addition to their solo sets. 

Check out all the info for Utsu Fes 2020 along with the music video for “Shoujo Gannen” below!

UTSU FES 2020 “New Live Style”

Presented by URBANGARDE

TSUTAYA O-EAST

Sunday 9/13 (Sunday) 7:00pm Japan time

Livestream tickets: https://utsufes.zaiko.io/_item/329622

*replay available through 9/16 (Wed)

URBANGARDE Aligns the Polkadots with First Authorized Biography!

Three-member Japanese rock band URBANGARDE announced that they will release their first-ever authorized biography on April 27.

Mysteriously titled Polkadot Autobiography – URBANGARDE Chronicle will cover the early years of the band’s formation by band leader/vocalist Temma Matsunaga and vocalist Yoko Hamasaki. The musicians will reveal stories behind the band’s most outrageous and controversial music videos, behind-the-scenes conflicts, and private photos from URBANGARDE’s illustrious 12-year career. The book will also feature a new biography of URBANGARDE keyboardist Kei Ohkubo and extensive notes about their connection to several of Japanese subculture and national issues, including earthquakes, nuclear power, mental health, lolita culture, and pop idols.

The autobiography will drop with two editions; a standard edition and a limited box set edition which will include a bonus booklet “Dying in Shinjuku and Other Short Stories”, a specially-designed t-shirt, tote bag, rubber keychain, and an exclusive book cover.

To celebrate the book’s release, URBANGARDE has uploaded several rare videos to their YouTube channel, including some early promotional short films, live performance clips, and dance videos.

Pre-order the standard edition for the upcoming autobiography via Amazon JP in the link below! Also check out URBANGARDE’s Official Site, Twitter, and their latest music video “言葉売り” (“KOTABAURI”) below as well.

Polkadot Autobiography – URBANGARDE Chronicle Standard edition 

Polkadot Autobiography – URBANGARDE Chronicle

Urbangarde brings in the new year with new album

Rock band Urangarde announced their tenth album, TOKYOPOP, which will be dropping January 1, 2020. Nobu Nozomi left the group in March of 2018 and this will be the first album released since Urbangarde became a three-member rock band. TOKYOPOP will feature new songs along with remixed sound sources by other artists. There will be two editions total, a standard edition and a limited edition. Pre-orders are up and posted.