UkjPopNews Archive
Welcome to UkjPop's news archive. Here is where we put all the things we have already reported on, but don't have room for on our home page. If you are new to jpop and the otaku lifestyle this an invaluable resource of virtual news clippings to help you ease in to the sometimes baffling world of Jpop music.
Sangatsu 26日 2009年, March 26th 2009
Chinese Marketing conferance
On the 28th of April more than 40 advertising agencies from the UK are off to China. Why is this of any interest to you? Well among them are Annex and Partizan, two production companies who have among their portfolios a number of music videos. The main feature of the conference is bringing Chinese products to British markets, so we can reasonably expect some of the ‘products’ to be Chinese pop and Rock sensations. Being a fan of Far Eastern music might be about to get a lot easier…
March 19th 2009
Rank your j-pop Merchants
Brand new to ukjpop is our merchant ranker, where you can vote for your favorite merchant, no strings attached. Just follow the link to our merchant ranker and click on the thumb up or thumb down, simple as that. If there is a merchant we don’t have, but you think we should let us know with our contact us page
March 12th 2009
Amazon Jpop and Kpop Chart
If you don’t know already Amazon have have a chart of the best Jpop and Kpop artists "in no particular order", but with Utada Hikaru's Deep River top with a whopping £58.98 price tag it may be a little slanted. You will find Atlantis Princess by B.O.A. second for a more reasonable £24.99. More reasonable! Well nobody said that being a Jpop fan would be cheap. Check out Amazon's Chart now.
February 23rd
In Worst Taste
More j-pop music from Worst Taste. The band’s new j-pop album "Dance de Kimete!" ("Kill Your Dance!") is due out on the 28th of February. Kaita Tanaka, Naoto Kojima and their fifth drummer Mao Katou all recently featured in an article published in the Japan Times plugging their new record and explaining just why they get through so many drummers.
How do you describe Worst Taste? Well in the words of their latest drummer Katou: "I'd never heard anything like it before. The first time I heard them, it was hard to tell whether they were making mistakes or whether they actually meant to do that."
January
Plastic Tree in the UK
Plastic Tree recently appeared at Underworld in London. After missing out the UK on their last two European tours it was less Plastic Tree and more Magic Tree as these J-Rockers slammed through a set comprised of hits from their numerous albums.
Although admitting to some distinctly British influences Plastic Tree remains quality J-style. Check these guys out.
