Record Store Day 2024
Record Store Day was held worldwide on Saturday April 20. Below is a list of recommended releases coming from Japan. The full list of Record Store Day Japan can be found here. Online sales in Japan have already started. Also...
Posted on April 23, 2024 at 00:54. | Released on April 20, 2024
The Image "2" (Download)
Dance music band THE IMAGE has just released a 2nd mini-album digitally, titled "2". It's been just three months since the first, "1", and the two singles released since then are included ("Love Is Blind" and "Paradise"). Watch the music...
Posted on July 29, 2021 at 23:53. | Released on July 28, 2021
The Image "Paradise" (Download)
Dance music band THE IMAGE has just released a new song digitally, titled "Paradise". Like the previous, "Love Is Blind" (out last month), it features guest singer arvin homa aya (ex-Jazztronik) who wrote the lyrics. Check out the music...
Posted on June 30, 2021 at 22:48. | Released on June 30, 2021
The Image "Love Is Blind" (Download)
Dance music band THE IMAGE, which debuted in February and released its first album "1" last month, has just released another brand new single! This one is a 3rd song featuring guest singer arvin homa aya (ex-Jazztronik), who wrote...
Posted on May 28, 2021 at 00:31. | Released on May 26, 2021
The Image "1"
Here comes a first album by the recently formed dance music band THE IMAGE, which comprises elements of soul, funk, disco and rock. The band features mainly Nakamura Michihiro on vocals, Taku Tomizawa (Number the., Group Tamashii) on guitar and...
Posted on April 28, 2021 at 22:35. | Released on April 28, 2021
The Image "Ai Ha Music" (Download)
THE IMAGE has just released a 2nd single titled "Ai Ha Music" (read "ai wa Music"), following last month's "Starlight". Check out the new music video below! The soul/funk/disco/rock band mainly features Nakamura Michihiro on vocals, Taku Tomizawa (Number...
Posted on March 31, 2021 at 22:19. | Released on March 31, 2021
The Image "Starlight" (Download)
THE IMAGE is a brand new dance music band that has elements of soul, funk, disco and rock. The band features mainly Nakamura Michihiro on vocals, Taku Tomizawa (Number the., Group Tamashii) on guitar and Ori Makoto (aka Francis,...
Posted on February 25, 2021 at 23:10. | Released on February 24, 2021
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Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.73
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on October 10, 2026 at 10:09.
emily hashimoto "kaede / daisuki" (7")
Singer-songwriter emily hashimoto (Instagram, 𝕏) has released last month a 7" single, of which the title track is her song "kaede", and for B-side a cover of Yasuyuki Okamura's hit song "daisuki". The songs were arranged by Takashi Ogawa...
Posted on October 6, 2026 at 23:55. | Released on September 9, 2026
Yuma Koda "Amid Kinos" (Download)
Tokyo-based artist Yuma Koda has just released a brand new album titled "Amid Kinos". It's out now digitally on the Tokyo-based label Newhere Records which has also released works by Jim O'Rourke and Eiko Ishibashi. The album features appearances by...
Posted on October 5, 2026 at 21:55. | Released on October 2, 2026
Posted on October 4, 2026 at 09:37. | Event held on Saturday October 10, 2026 at 19:00 (JST)
Chie Horiguchi "Where Is The Hummingbird?" (7"+Download)
Guitarist and singer-songwriter Chie Horiguchi (Instagram, 𝕏) (Learners) has just released a brand new single, titled "Where Is The Hummingbird?". Like for her previous, "Cosmic Highway", she is accompanied by her backband The Desperado Gentlemen. Both the title song...
Posted on October 3, 2026 at 00:19. | Released on October 2, 2026
Posted on September 27, 2026 at 13:24. | Event held on Saturday October 10, 2026 at 09:30 (JST)
Various Artists "Circle Arts Compilation Vol.1"
A new label named Circle Arts Records has just released its first compilation album, titled "Circle Arts Compilation Vol.1". Featured on this album are mainly new recordings by dahlia (Instagram), Saigenji (Instagram), kokodsten (Instagram, YouTube) (a unit known for making...
Posted on September 25, 2026 at 18:48. | Released on September 25, 2026
courtesea "Sea Of Light"
courtesea (Instagram, 𝕏) is an idol group from Niigata formed in 2022, following an audition held jointly by the two agencies behind Negicco and RYUTist. The group has just released their 2nd album, titled "Sea Of Light". It contains six...
Posted on September 22, 2026 at 11:40. | Released on September 16, 2026
Tokyo's Coolest Sound radio show on La Face B: "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.72
This is Tokyo's Coolest Sound's own radio show, which is featured on La Face B (Facebook page), an Internet radio based in Montréal (Québec, Canada). It brings you some favorite songs and artists that you've read about in these...
Posted on September 12, 2026 at 10:00.
Haruomi Hosono "Yours Sincerely" (CD/LP/Cassette/Download)
Haruomi Hosono (Instagram, 𝕏) has released a brand new album today, said to be his 23rd. Titled "Yours Sincerely", it's an international release that you may find in your country (via Ghostly International), but below you'll find the information on...
Posted on September 12, 2026 at 01:09. | Released on September 11, 2026
dahlia "Cobalt Blue no yume" (Download)
Singer dahlia (Instagram) has just released a brand new song digitally, titled "Cobalt Blue no yume" (translates to "Cobalt Blue Dream"). Find it on your favorite download/streaming platform. The new song was sound produced by Madoka Kimura (of the...
Posted on September 11, 2026 at 21:25. | Released on September 11, 2026
Evenyan Roller Coaster "Kawawave" (Download)
Evenyan Roller Coaster (Instagram, 𝕏, YouTube) has just released a brand new song digitally, titled "KAWAWAVE" ("kawaii" + "wave"). Check it out on your favorite download/streaming platform! The new song was written by Temma Matsunaga (Urbangarde), arranged by Kei...
Posted on September 6, 2026 at 02:05. | Released on September 5, 2026
Halcali "Guin Guin Guin" (Download)
Halcali (Instagram, 𝕏, YouTube), who have always been a regular on Tokyo's Coolest Sound since the site's very start, are officially back after a 14-year hiatus! Today a brand new earworm song titled "Guin Guin Guin" was released digitally,...
Posted on September 3, 2026 at 01:13. | Released on September 2, 2026
Milk Talk "Milk and Honey" (Download)
Milk Talk (Instagram, 𝕏, Bandcamp) has recently released a brand new song titled "Milk and Honey". Check out the music video below! Milk Talk also released earlier this year a song titled "Funkin Me Up", which is a remake...
Posted on September 2, 2026 at 00:19. | Released on August 5, 2026
xiangyu "Perori!" (Download)
xiangyu (𝕏, Instagram) has released a new song, titled "PERORI!" and about eating yakiniku. The track is produced by Gimgigam (𝕏, Instagram). Find it on your favorite download/streaming platform. A release party will be held on September 29 from...
Posted on September 1, 2026 at 23:50. | Released on August 28, 2026
Shima Hitachi "Mental Health Taion" (CD/Download)
Hokkaido singer-songwriter Shima Hitachi (Instagram, 𝕏) has just released this week a new EP titled "Mental Health - Taion", on the label COMPLEX (ran by ayU tokiO). Shima Hitachi sings and plays guitar and also several other instruments (drums, bass,...
Posted on August 30, 2026 at 00:11. | Released on August 26, 2026
Maika Loubté "Hagane-No-Uma" (Download)
Maika Loubté (Instagram, 𝕏) has just released a new song titled "Hagane-No-Uma" (meaning "the horse of steel"). It's the theme song for the upcoming dystopian movie "honto ni atta hanashi (no hanashi)" that will open in theaters in Japan...
Posted on August 29, 2026 at 23:29. | Released on August 26, 2026
Posted on August 27, 2026 at 00:51. | Event held on Saturday September 12, 2026 at 09:30 (JST)
Veg "Circle 1"
Veg (Bandcamp, Instagram, 𝕏), a 3-piece rock band formed in 2021 in Tokyo, has released a brand new EP last month. Included is the song "Here Again" of which there's a studio live session video that can be watched below....
Posted on August 22, 2026 at 23:48. | Released on July 8, 2026
Tokyo Killer "Mount" (Download)
Tokyo Killer (Instagram, 𝕏), the instrumental rock band led by guitarist Keme (also of Piggy Banks), has recently released a brand new song digitally. Titled "Mount", it is available on download/streaming platforms. It had been almost 7 years since...
Posted on August 18, 2026 at 21:48. | Released on July 24, 2026
