THE TOMBOYS – exclusive London show: 25 March 2016

Event Name: JAPAN UNDERGROUND presents THE TOMBOYS
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/558339214341814/
Support Bands: The Johns, The Picaresque, DJ: JPU Tom
Date: Friday 25 March 2016
Location: The Pipeline (basement), 94 Middlesex Street, London E1 7DA [map]
Nearest Tube/Train: London Liverpool Street, Aldgate, Shoreditch High Street
Entry: £5

Japan’s all-girl rock squad THE TOMBOYS are currently recording their debut EP in London. To celebrate, they will perform a one off show in London on 25 March, before jetting back to Japan.

THE TOMBOYS started life in 2011 as a cover band of SCANDAL, one of Japan’s most successful all-girl pop rock artists. Called NoName, they entered SCANDAL’s annual cover band competition and got to the finals, where their drummer picked up the RINA Award from SCANDAL’s drummer.

Since then, NoName started recording their own original songs and touring Japan with their cute and fun response to punk and rock music. They also continue to enter SCANDAL’s annual cover band competition, and have so far picked up the HARUNA award too (gotta collect ’em all).

Now the band has changed their name and working on their first EP under the new moniker. Don’t miss this rare chance to see the band in their one and only overseas show, before they head back to Japan.

THE TOMBOYS: (previously known as NoName)
http://noname-band-official.tumblr.com/

 

PLUS! Make sure you get down early to catch indie rockers The Johns and Japanese pop punk locals The Picaresque perform live! Plus the latest Japanese hit courtesy of JPU Tom from JPU Records, Europe’s hottest label for music from Japan.

The Johns

The Picaresque

SCANDAL Becomes First Band to be on the Cover of British Magazine NEO

SCANDAL, one of Japan’s most powerful all-girl rock bands, will feature on the cover of issue 138 of NEO Magazine in the UK from 12 June 2015, following the successful conclusion of their first world tour, their latest music video Image passing one million views, and the release of two international albums in the last six months through London’s JPU Records.

It’s the first time a band has featured on the cover of the British anime, manga and Asian pop-culture publication since beginning ten years ago under publisher Uncooked Media. Fittingly, SCANDAL has also has their music used in hugely popular anime as Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist and the latest Pokémon film.

The issue of NEO boasts an extensive six-page interview with the band, including exclusive photos from their sold out show at the O2 Academy Islington, as well as the group’s first time sight-seeing in London, including their homage to musical heroes The Beatles whilst visiting Abbey Road Studios, and rock legends Oasis in recreating the cover of (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?. Two full-A4 posters are additionally included.

Editor Gemma Cox comments; ”NEO 138 is truly an issue dear to our hearts, as it’s the first time in our decade-long history that we’ve featured a Japanese band on the front cover. Asian music is one of our passions at NEO, and we could not think of a better band to celebrate this with than SCANDAL, the all-girl group currently taking the world by storm! Powering through the charts with their latest album releases, HELLO WORLD and UK-and-Europe-exclusive GREATEST HITS, there was never a better time for us to speak to the girls than during their brief stop in London as part of their tour. We hope SCANDAL-fans and music lovers enjoy our extensive coverage in NEO 138.”

SCANDAL’s latest studio album HELLO WORLD is their eighth to be released, and reached number three in Japan’s Oricon Album Chart when it was originally released in Japan from Epic Records, owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It was SCANDAL’s first album to be released in the UK through independent label JPU Records Ltd. at the start of 2015, and was followed up by an exclusive compilation from the British label entitled GREATEST HITS, which sold out of initial print before release date in May 2015.

Issue 138 of NEO Magazine is available from magazine stockists from 12 June 2015, as well as its homepage www.neomag.co.uk/magazine.

NEO 138 is also available digitally from Google Play, Amazon, Pocket Mags, the iOS App Store and from www.neomag.co.uk/digitalmag/issue/138.

www.scandal-4.com/

www.facebook.com/scandalofficial

www.jpurecords.com/

SCANDAL to Release GREATEST HITS Exclusively in the UK and Europe – 4 May

One of Japan’s leading all-girl groups, SCANDAL, will release a special collection of their greatest hits exclusively in Europe on 4 May 2015.

The powerful Japanese pop-rock band is currently preparing for their first world tour, taking place between April and May. To mark the occasion JPU Records will release a special compilation CD of the band’s biggest singles and fan favourite tracks.

Entitled GREATEST HITS – EUROPEAN SELECTION, the album will be SCANDAL’s first to not be released in Japan, and is instead exclusive to the UK and Europe. The collection features 15 tracks, including their feisty 2008 debut single DOLL – which has racked up over one million hits on YouTube – as well as seven of their top-ten chart smashing singles (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart) and four catchy pop-punk songs featured as theme-tunes and insert songs from popular Japanese anime.

This will be the first time several tracks from SCANDAL’s back catalogue has been made available outside of Japan, and includes a booklet containing lyrics translated into English and Romaji. This album will not be available for digital download or streaming.

SCANDAL – GREATEST HITS TRACKLIST
01. DOLL (video)
02. HARUKAZE
03. Midnight Television
04. Shojo S (video)
05. LOVE SURVIVE (video)
06. Queens are trumps
07. SCANDAL BABY
08. Taiyo to Kimi ga Egaku STORY (video)
09. KOSHI-TANTAN
10. Shunkan Sentimental (video)
11. Awanaitsumorino, Genkidene (video)
12. Kagen No Tsuki (video)
13. Pride (video)
14. SAKURA Goodbye (video)
15. Sayonara My Friend

Pre-order from: [  JPU Records Shop ], [  Amazon.co.uk ], [  Amazon.fr ], [  Media Markt (France) ]
[  Amazon.de ], [  Media Markt (Germany) ], [  Weltbild (Germany) ], [  JPC (Germany) ],
[  My Media Welt (Germany) ], [  Treffpunktmusikshop.de (Germany) ], [  Music Corner (Poland) ],
[  imuzika (Italy) ], [  Media Markt (Italy) ], [  levykauppax.fi (Finland) ], [  Record Shop X (Finland) ],
[  CDON (Finland) ], [  Weltbild (Austria) ], [  CD Soundtrack (Czech Republic) ], [  CDON (Sweden) ],
[  CDON (Norway) ], [  imusic (Denmark) ], [  CDON (Denmark) ]

SCANDAL is

HARUNA
Lead Vocals / Guitar

MAMI
Guitar / Vocals

TOMOMI
Bass / Vocals

RINA
Drums / Vocals

SCANDAL online:
https://www.youtube.com/scandalSMEJ
https://www.facebook.com/scandalofficial

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

SCANDAL Say ‘HELLO WORLD’ With International Album and World Tour

Japan’s all-girl guitar group SCANDAL mark their international debut with a special edition of their sixth album HELLO WORLD, out now from JPU Records, including two exclusive bonus tracks for the CD edition.

Living up to its name, HELLO WORLD will also be supported with a headline world tour, including a show at France’s Le Bataclan in Paris on 25 April 2015 (tickets), London’s O2 Islington Academy on 26 April 2015 (tickets), Germany’s Weststadthalle in Essen on 30 April 2015 (tickets) – plus headline dates in the USA, Mexico, Singapore, Taiwan and a stadium show in Hong Kong.

Since becoming the crowned winners of the New Artist category at the 51st Japan Record Awards, SCANDAL’s momentum has blasted the girls’ cute, pop-punk tunes to the very top of Japan’s music industry. All five of their prior albums have made it into the top five of Japan’s official album chart, and 17 of their singles in to the top 20 Singles Chart – six entering at position five or higher! Their music has featured in a host of popular TV shows and films, including hit anime series Bleach and the latest Pokémon film.

HELLO WORLD sees the girls return with one of their strongest, most determined records to date and sees them collaborate with legendary icon Tetsuya Komuro; “the most successful music producer in Japanese music history” (The Guardian).

SCANDAL – HELLO WORLD. Click for larger version.

HELLO WORLD’ TRACKLISTING
01. Image (view the full music video)
02. Your song
03. love in action
04. Departure (view the full music video)
05. Graduation
06. Yoake no Ryuseigun (view the full music video)
07. Onegai Navigation
08. Runners high (view the full music video)
09. Honn Wo Yomu
10. Kan Beer
11. Winters story
12. Oyasumi
13. Place of life (ft. Tetsuya Komuro)

CD Bonus Tracks:
14. Rainy
15. Nai Nai Night 2014

Download now: iTunes or Amazon MP3 in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain or the UK.
Pre-order the CD from: JPU Records Shop, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de, Amazon.es, Season of Mist (France), Fan (Poland), Music Corner (Poland), CD-soundtrack (Czech Republic), CDON (Denmark), imusic (Denmark), Plastic Head (UK),

SCANDAL is

HARUNA
Lead Vocals / Guitar
[Twitter]

MAMI
Guitar / Vocals
[Twitter]

TOMOMI
Bass / Vocals
[Twitter]

RINA
Drums / Vocals
[Twitter]

SCANDAL online:
http://www.scandal-4.com/
https://www.youtube.com/scandalSMEJ
https://twitter.com/scandal_band
https://www.facebook.com/scandalofficial

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

SCANDAL disent « HELLO WORLD » avec leur premier album international et une tournée mondiale

SCANDAL, le groupe de rockeuses japonaises, marqueront leurs débuts sur la scène internationale avec une version Special Edition de leur sixième album HELLO WORLD, qui sortira chez JPU Records (Londres) en CD partout en Europe le 19 janvier 2015. (Désormais disponible sur iTunes)

A la hauteur de son nom, HELLO WORLD (bonjour, le monde) sera soutenu par une tournée mondiale, avec des concerts à Paris (Le Bataclan, le 25 avril 2015) et Londres (O2 Islington Academy, le 26 avril 2015) et Essen (Weststadthalle, le 30 avril 2015). En outre, SCANDAL sera en tête d’affiche de plusieurs concerts aux Etats-Unis et à Taiwan. Elles feront aussi un concert dans un grand stade à Hong Kong.

Depuis qu’elles ont été couronnées vainqueurs de la catégorie Nouvel Artiste au 51^ème Japan Records Awards, les SCANDAL sont montées en flèche au top de l’industrie musicale du Japon avec leurs chansons kawaii et pop-punk. Leurs albums précédents ont atteints tous les cinq des positions dans le Top 5 du classement officiel des albums au Japon et 17 de leurs singles se sont classés dans le Top 20 des singles, dont six atteignant la cinquième place ! Leur musique a figuré dans une multitude d’émissions de télévision et films populaires, tels que Bleach et le dernier film de la licence Pokémon.

Les filles retournent avec HELLO WORLD, un des leurs albums les plus forts et puissants jusqu’à présent, pour laquelle elles ont collaboré avec le légendaire Tetsuya Komuro ; « le producteur de musique avec le plus de succès dans l’histoire de la musique japonaise » (The Guardian). Dans la version CD de l’album, sont aussi inclus deux titres exclusifs, qui sont disponibles seulement sur ce support et ne sont pas dans la version japonaise de l’album.

SCANDAL – HELLO WORLD. Click for larger version.

HELLO WORLD’ LISTE DES TITRES
01. Image (regarder le clip)
02. Your song
03. love in action
04. Departure (regarder le clip)
05. Graduation
06. Yoake no Ryuseigun (regarder le clip)
07. Onegai Navigation
08. Runners high (regarder le clip)
09. Honn Wo Yomu
10. Kan Beer
11. Winters story
12. Oyasumi
13. Place of life (ft. Tetsuya Komuro)

Titres exclusifs:
14. Rainy
15. Nai Nai Night 2014

Download now: iTunes or Amazon MP3 in France, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain or the UK.
Pre-order the CD from: JPU Records Shop, Amazon.fr, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.es, Season of Mist (France), Fan (Poland), Music Corner (Poland), CD-soundtrack (Czech Republic), CDON (Denmark), imusic (Denmark), Plastic Head (UK),

SCANDAL is

HARUNA
Lead Vocal / Guitariste
[Twitter]

MAMI
Guitar / chanteuse
[Twitter]

TOMOMI
Bassiste / chanteuse
[Twitter]

RINA
Batterie / chanteuse
[Twitter]

SCANDAL en ligne:
http://www.scandal-4.com/
https://www.youtube.com/scandalSMEJ
https://twitter.com/scandal_band
https://www.facebook.com/scandalofficial

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