6th Station ~Other Bands for H!P Fans~

[Celedam]

After a string of lackluster appearances with Lady Gaga (some of the fancam videos have been truly cringeworthy), it's on to Heavy Montréal…

[PikoAshy]

Do you mean they themselves were lack luster? Or...

[BerryzCelebration]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/japan ... re-calling

Has anyone read about this? I kind of find this quite offensive for the members. They could have chose a better name than "Chubbiness", especially since the members aren't really chubby (Probably to Japanese standards, they are.).

[esm]

Probably not even chubby by Japanese standard. I think it's more about the baby fat "marshmallow" look.

[Celedam]

Do you mean they themselves were lack luster? Or...

No, they were fine. But they were opening for Lady Gaga, which meant they came out long before the official start-of-show, sometimes while the seats were still half-empty, and performed only a 20-minute set for people who mostly didn't know or care who they were. It was all very pro forma and, well, lackluster. Especially after the monster shows they had in Europe and Los Angeles.

God bless 'em, I could never deal with that.

[esm]

I think it was a bad idea. Lady Gaga is one of those artists that are mainstream enough and liked by people that, in my opinion, don't really care much about music. I mean people that just listen to whatever's on the radio and played in public places. Most of them wouldn't care to watch a performance by an artist they've never heard of before, especially a group that doesn't sing in English. I've been to a concert by a big artist like that (Muse) in a huge venue, and I've seen the awkward emptiness of the place before Muse came out. On the other hand, I've been to slightly smaller shows where the artist was still really big in their genre but they're more popular among fans of indie music, and the venue was relatively full early on.

[Celedam]

I dunno. Lady Gaga seems to genuinely like them and probably made them a great offer, one that would've been rude to turn down. But yeah, it's a mixed blessing — they could've done at least two, maybe three more of their own shows during this time leading up to Heavy Montréal. Speaking for myself, I would've gladly traveled to see them in, say, Chicago.

[stam4o]

Amy Lee from Evanescence is going to release a new album - "Aftermath" related to the movie War Story.

Also Evanescence are recording new music again. =)

[JonCC]

Lantis Launches Ani-song World Tour in 2015

Record label Lantis has all the big names in ani-song under their banner and next year they’re bringing the party to your country.
Lantis Festival 2015 will hit Singapore, Taipei, Seoul, Hong Kong, Las Vegas and a currently unnamed location for a total of six cities.
This year’s domestic tour featured the likes of JAM Project, Hyadain, Yousei Teikoku and more.
International fans are already screaming for μ’s and OLDCODEX.
Each venue has its own Facebook page so head over to let the organizers know who you want to see!

http://www.mtv81.com/news/lantis-launch ... r-in-2015/

[Moh]

Spica's US debut song:

Spoiler: show

I think it's good. Aside from Juhyun's (short) rap, I can pretty much understand what they're all singing.