Alrighty - been a bit quiet around here, so what's going on?
First of all, we decided that the set-up was just not going to work long term. We have moved all of our news to Tumblr, as you can see by our new feed on the left. News used to be in this section, but it will not be anymore. However, the old posts are staying but will be pushed down by random blog updates. It'll make things look cleaner.
Secondly, we've plumped up our Flickr account containing our large collection of promotional material, fliers, and newspaper/magazine ads & press articles. Originally, we were just going to photograph our collection but realized that scanning them is much better. Some items up there are pictures but those will be phased out soon. Please take a look!
Lastly, The AJMR book list is almost done. We were able to get access to materials while on a trip to New York and so we're taking extra time to view and analyze our material.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Site note
Hello readers -
Our official launch was to be today, the 15th. However, there is an illness in the family so the hard launch is going to be pushed back to the 25th. Our book list is almost done, please look forward to it!
Our official launch was to be today, the 15th. However, there is an illness in the family so the hard launch is going to be pushed back to the 25th. Our book list is almost done, please look forward to it!
Saturday, May 5, 2012
May 5th - Evening Edition
May 4th news
[Site news] The AJMR is happy to announce that we've begun to upload our flier collection to Flickr. It'll take us a while to get them up all up and tagged, so please keep coming back to it!
[US & Canada] Shonen Knife has announced a big tour and a new album called Pop Sound. Pop Sound's album art, designed by Mami Saitou, will feature a different color scheme for each release in China, Japan, and America/Europe. The American release will be done by Damnably, a label in the UK; it goes on sale June 6th both as a CD digipak and digital download. Shonen Knife's North American tour will not only bring them to both the US and Canada, but to cities and states normally ignored by Japanese touring artists - Alabama, Montana, upstate New York, and Maine. After that, they leave for Europe.
More news under the cut:
[US & Canada] Shonen Knife has announced a big tour and a new album called Pop Sound. Pop Sound's album art, designed by Mami Saitou, will feature a different color scheme for each release in China, Japan, and America/Europe. The American release will be done by Damnably, a label in the UK; it goes on sale June 6th both as a CD digipak and digital download. Shonen Knife's North American tour will not only bring them to both the US and Canada, but to cities and states normally ignored by Japanese touring artists - Alabama, Montana, upstate New York, and Maine. After that, they leave for Europe.
More news under the cut:
Saturday, April 28, 2012
April 28th news
[Anaheim, CA] AM2 has announced another musical guest! According to their press release, fashion label h.Naoto will be attending to promote his fashion line and the band called Sixh. The press release is under the cut. Please read my notes at the bottom.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
X Japan has won the Golden Gods Award
[Los Angeles, CA] X JAPAN won the Golden Gods Award last night, making them the first Asian group to do so. Yoshiki gave a small speech and announced that X JAPAN is playing another world tour soon. Check out JaME's post about it here.
Monday, April 9, 2012
April 9th - Morning Edition
Alrighty, here's another update of news we've collected over the weekend. Also, just a notice, our Events page will be under going a massive overhaul in the next couple of days. Right now it's kind of a mess, but that will change. As a reminder - this blog is in beta. We'll probably do a hard launch in May. Just wait until we get our Resources page up, you'll be up until 1 am .... uh, like I am now. ONWARD WITH THE NEWS.
[Anaheim, CA] AM2 has announed their Summer Festival stage, full of local acts with a Japanese to them. LuCiD is gonna be there, and there's a rumor that may be opening for Ant1Nett? Either way, check out AM2's page for all the info on Brathzo, Icarus Kid, Kazha, LuCiD, and Momotama! The date for the Summer Festival hasn't been set yet, but Ant1Nett is indeed playing on the 16th.
[Los Angeles, CA] According to the press release: "X Japan has been nominated for Best International Band at the Golden Gods Awards alongside Rammstein (Germany), Lacuna Coil (Italy), Sepultura (Brazil), Behemoth (Poland), and Meshuggah (Sweden). X Japan is the first band from Asia to ever be nominated for a Golden Gods Award." [...] The winners will be announced on Wednesday, April 11th at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. It is America’s biggest hard rock and heavy metal awards show, and special performances include Marilyn Manson, Evanescence, Korn, Slash, and more.
The event will also coincide with the launch of a special Metal Exhibition at the Grammy Museum, located next to Club Nokia. The Golden Gods Award Black Carpet and Show presented by Epiphone® will be broadcasted live on X Box Live at 6pm PST. Show begins at 8pm PST. The 2012 Golden Gods Awards will also air on VH1 later in the year.
Notes: Voting is over. The Golden Gods Awards is the brain child of Revolver Magazine.
Source: Press Release at Nippon Project, Golden Gods website Updates will be made live on their Facebook page here.
[US] May'n has added dates to her US Tour, ROCK YOUR BEATS. On June 21st she'll be at the Key Club in Los Angeles, and on the 23rd she'll be having a special afternoon live in the famous Yoshi's in San Francisco. Anime News Network has all the information you need here.
[Anaheim, CA] AM2 has announed their Summer Festival stage, full of local acts with a Japanese to them. LuCiD is gonna be there, and there's a rumor that may be opening for Ant1Nett? Either way, check out AM2's page for all the info on Brathzo, Icarus Kid, Kazha, LuCiD, and Momotama! The date for the Summer Festival hasn't been set yet, but Ant1Nett is indeed playing on the 16th.
[Los Angeles, CA] According to the press release: "X Japan has been nominated for Best International Band at the Golden Gods Awards alongside Rammstein (Germany), Lacuna Coil (Italy), Sepultura (Brazil), Behemoth (Poland), and Meshuggah (Sweden). X Japan is the first band from Asia to ever be nominated for a Golden Gods Award." [...] The winners will be announced on Wednesday, April 11th at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. It is America’s biggest hard rock and heavy metal awards show, and special performances include Marilyn Manson, Evanescence, Korn, Slash, and more.
The event will also coincide with the launch of a special Metal Exhibition at the Grammy Museum, located next to Club Nokia. The Golden Gods Award Black Carpet and Show presented by Epiphone® will be broadcasted live on X Box Live at 6pm PST. Show begins at 8pm PST. The 2012 Golden Gods Awards will also air on VH1 later in the year.
Notes: Voting is over. The Golden Gods Awards is the brain child of Revolver Magazine.
Source: Press Release at Nippon Project, Golden Gods website Updates will be made live on their Facebook page here.
[US] May'n has added dates to her US Tour, ROCK YOUR BEATS. On June 21st she'll be at the Key Club in Los Angeles, and on the 23rd she'll be having a special afternoon live in the famous Yoshi's in San Francisco. Anime News Network has all the information you need here.
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