Perfume to Appear in "Moteki"

From Tokyohive

Perfume is making their big-screen debut in the romantic comedy "Moteki," a movie about a young man taken by surprise by moteki - a period time time where he's more attractive and popular. The movie is an adaption of a drama (which is an adoption of a manga), and in one scene of the drama the main character dances to Perfume's song "Baby Cruising Love." The director decided to do a similar scene in the movie, but this time with Perfume themselves dancing as well. The movie will be in Japanese theaters on September 23.

As they're one of my favorite groups, I'm excited to see that Perfume's really getting a lot of attention this year. I hope they have just as much success with this as they did with "Cars 2!"

THE TOKYO HIGH BLACK Releasing Digital Single on 8/11

From Tokyohive

PS Company’s super band, THE TOKYO HIGH BLACK, has announced a comeback!

The “mixed band” consists of Alice Nine’s rhythm guitarist Tora and bassist Saga, Kra’s vocalist Keiyuu, and former Kagrra bassist NAOKI. D=out’s bassist Reika and SCREW’s drummer Jin are being added to the group as support members, making the band even more irresistible for visual kei fans.

The group will be releasing a new digital single on August 11th titled “wanna see u“, breaking the year-long silence since the group announced their major label debut. The group also plans to hold a revival stage at Tokyo’s C.C. Lemon Hall on August 16th.

Stay tuned for more from THE TOKYO HIGH BLACK!

Although I've never heard of HIGH-BLA or listened to any of their music, I'm excited to see where this goes! I love the bands they come from, and all the mixed bands that I've heard before (THE PREDATORS, Acid Black Cherry) have been great, and I'm sure HIGH-BLA will be too!

While I was looking for info on them, I found this video of them that's been subbed in English. Thanks to whoever put the hard work into this!



Musasaby = Naoki (formerly Kagrra,)
Mon-Marshy = Tora (Alice Nine)
Tako-chan = Reika (D=out)
Tomorrow Joe = Saga (Alice Nine)
GEY = Keiyuu (Kra)
Madao = Jin (SCREW)
(and seriously, if I have any of those wrong, someone let me know)