“POLYSICS WORLD TOUR OR DIE!!! 2013 Weeeeeeeeee are in Europe!!!” Tour Begins

Japan’s notorious boiler suited techno-new-wave hooligans POLYSICS are about to wreak havoc in Europe once again with their kinetically charged ‘POLYSICS WORLD TOUR OR DIE!!! 2013 Weeeeeeeeee are in Europe!!!’ tour kicking off in France tomorrow.

POLYSICS’ schedule will see the trio bringing their eccentric, energetic live show to 12 venues across five European cities, pushing their total European gig count so far past the 100-mark. It will also include a performance in the UK, taking place at The Underworld on 25 September. POLYSICS’ previous UK-based shows include supporting The Kaiser Chiefs, Graham Coxon and playing main stage at the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, as well as several headlining tours.

The tour celebrates the release of POLYSICS’ latest album Weeeeeeeeee!!!, out now across the UK and Europe through JPU Records and includes their high-energy singles Everybody Say No and Lucky Star.

POLYSICS Tour Schedule:
13 September: La Fourmi, Limoges, 87000. (FRANCE)
14 September: Salle Du Millenium, Haguenau, 67500. (FRANCE)
16 September: Paradiso, Amsterdam, 1017 SG. (HOLLAND)
17 September: Scopitone Festival, Nantes, 44200. (FRANCE)
19 September: Marsatac Festival, Nimes, 30000. (FRANCE)
20 September: La Route Du Son, Billere, 64140. (FRANCE)
21 September: Le Florida, Agen Cedex, 47005 (FRANCE)
23 September: Divan Du Monde, Paris, 75018 (FRANCE)
24 September: Mad Cafe, Liege, 4000. (BELGIUM)
25 September: The Underworld, London, NW1 0NE. (UK)
27 September: Club Transbo, Lyon, 69100. (FRANCE)
28 September: Ebullition, Bulle, 1630. (SWITZERLAND)

Tour Organiser: RAGE TOUR.
http://www.ragetour.com/

 

POLYSICS Line-up:
Hayashi (Hiro) – Guitar, vocals, synthesizer, programming.
Fumi – Bass, synthesizer, vocals.
Yano – Drums, voice.

POLYSICS Online:
http://www.polysics.com/en/index.php
https://www.facebook.com/pages/POLYSICS/260419960659129
https://twitter.com/POLYSICS_TOISU
http://www.youtube.com/user/polysicsVEVO/videos

JPU Records online:
http://www.jpurecords.com
https://www.facebook.com/JPUrecords
https://twitter.com/JPUrecords

ONE OK ROCK to Play London, Paris and Cologne in October 2013

Premier rockers ONE OK ROCK will embark on their long-awaited European tour this October courtesy of Speakeasy and B7klan! Fusing elements of emo, heavy metal and pop-rock, the band have gone on from playing small-time concerts in 2005, to sold out arena shows across Japan.

Their latest album Jinsei × Boku = is out now on iTunes (click here to buy it from the UK store) and contains tracks mixed by John Feldmann (producer/engineer of The Used, Panic! at the Disco), and Danish engineer Tue Madsen (“The Beginning”). Plus, the band also had an opportunity to work with multiple Grammy award-winning engineer Chris Lord-Alge (Green Day, Avril Lavigne, Hoobastank) in the final stage of the album production, securing ONE OK ROCK with the trademarked sound incorporating western rock with the flair of the Japanese.

Anyway, enough about that. You’re here for the tour dates after all. Whack these beauties in your calenders;

Thu 24 October 2013 –  Werkstatt, Cologne, Germany.
Sat 26 October 2013 – The Garage, London, UK.
Sun 27 October 2013 – Bataclan, Paris, France.

Tickets will be available from 1 June on b7klan’s homepage at 10AM: http://www.b7klan.com/ we’re guessing that’s B7klan’s local time, so 9AM for those in the UK!

We’ll leave you with one of our favourite videos from the band:

Changes to illion’s London Show: This Sunday 17th at Shepherd’s Bush Empire

You might remember us being quite excited about this before: illion – the solo project of Yojiro Noda, frontman of RADWIMPS – will be hitting the maginificent London Shepherd’s Bush Empire this Sunday March 17th.
However, there have been some alterations to the original show we posted about here. After being cancelled for a whole 48 hours, the show was reannounced by London club This Feeling. Don’t panic, it’s still going to be in the same place, at the same time. However, please be aware that tickets for the original show are no longer valid and if you have one you must seek a refund from your point of purchace.

This Feeling have also brough in The Rifles, London’s finest indie rockers, to play an accoustic support set, which promises to make a good night even better.

Tickets for the new show; This Feeling Presents Illion, are available here for just £10.

We were worried for a moment when we saw CANCELLED, but it seems they only cancelled it to make it better – more music, more fun and a cheaper ticket!

illion’s first album UBU is available in the UK now, find it here on Amazon. Get yourself ready for the weekend by watching the music video for the brilliant first single MAHOROBA below.

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the GazettE Dominate English Media Awards for 2012 by Winning Best Rock Act, Best Album, Best Music Video and More

Japan’s pioneering rock outfit the GazettE have proved to be an unstoppable force since unleashing their ground-breaking album DIVISION. Released from British independent label JPU Records in the UK and Europe, DIVISION and the GazettE have gone on to win a series of awards from English-language media, including best band, album and music video of 2012.

Over one-million votes were cast during Jpopasia.com’s 2012 music awards, asking Japanese music fans from across the world to select their favourite artists over 12 categories. the GazettE dominated the awards by winning six of the categories; ‘Favourite Band’, ‘Best Music Video’ (for album track ‘DERANGEMENT’), ‘Best Album’ (for DIVISION) and ‘Best Rock Act’, while the group’s charismatic guitar-shredder AOI won ‘Best Use of Social Media’, and band leader and drummer KAI was voted sexiest rocker in Japan. Other artists that were nominated included the mighty X Japan, Dir en grey and ONE OK ROCK.

Meanwhile the GazettE also claimed ‘Best Music Act 2012’ by the readers of NEO, the UK’s longest running Asian pop culture magazine, managing to surpass Korean pop-sensations PSY and Wembley Arena fillers BIGBANG, as well as Japanese guitar legend Tomoyasu Hotei (Kill Bill) and Japan’s electro metalcore outfit Crossfaith.

the GazettE’s vocalist RUKI comments;
“Thank you for your support as always. I’m happy that the GazettE won an award, but I’m even more happy to know that so many people are recognising and listening to the GazettE. Next time, let’s enjoy our music at a live show together. Thanks again.”

DIVISION is out now and available to purchase on CD and digitally from the following retailers found here, amongst others.

RUKI from the GazettE Currently #1 in the Shorty Awards

RUKI, the frontman from Japan’s stadium rockers the GazettE, is currently at the top of this year’s Shorty Awards. The vocalist is leading the way in the ‘singer’ category, ranking in above the likes of Justin Bieber, Avril Lavigne, and, well… everyone! Meanwhile, the band’s guitarist AOI is clocking in at #8 in the ‘music’ category.

The Shorty Awards celebrate the best in social media over a variety of different areas, ranging from entertainment to charity, fashion and activism. This year’s awards mark the ceremony’s fifth anniversary and will take place at The Times Center in New York on 8 April 2013.

To keep RUKI at number one, vote for him by clicking here. To help AOI raise through the ranks of the music section click here. You can also vote for Japan Underground and / or JPU Records in the Small Business section by clicking here.

DIVISION, the latest album from the GazettE is out now across Europe from JPU Records. Find out where stocks it near you by clicking here.