Haven’t been doing music posts regularly, because I’m waiting for October to come.. LOTS of things to post/mention ^^. The threesome(Haruhi, Mikuru and Yuki) from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, released yet another character single on 30.09.09. I picked up Yuki’s character single since I know I prefer Minori Chihara’s voice as compared to Aya Hirano’s. Oops XD.
Track-listing of the character single:

 under “Mebius”
Tsuuka Chiten no MUSICA
under “Mebius” (off vocal)
Tsuuka Chiten no MUSICA (off vocal)

Here’s Track #2.
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Retail price of the single is at 1,200 yen, …

This week I’ll be talking about my current favourite all-girl Japanese Band, SCANDAL.  To be more specific, I’ll be talking about their SAKURA グッバイ single which is their 2nd non-indie single, released in March of this year.

Track-listing of the single:

SAKURA グッバイ
TOKYO
SAKURA グッバイ(Off Vocal)

Enjoy Track #2 from the Single, TOKYO
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Here’s one of the LIVE videos of SCANDAL performing SAKURA グッバイ,

The 1st time I had honestly heard SCANDAL, would be when they performed 少女S as an OP for Bleach. When I first heard them, I loved …

This week’s Musical Corner will take on GRANRODEO’s modern strange cowboy. The single was released on July 27, 2009.

Track-listing of the single:

modern strange cowboy
サマーGT09
modern strange cowboy (Off Vocal)
サマーGT09 (Off Vocal)

Enjoy Track #2 from the Single, サマーGT09.
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Here’s the Anime OP for modern strange cowboy,

Between both of the main songs, I prefer modern strange cowboy by a very large margin, mainly because of the wicked guitar solo in the later part of the song which sadly isn’t featured in the OP of Needless. サマーGT09 on the …

A big fan of the anime series Valkyria Chronicles, I am looking forward to the release of the OST this coming 30 September, 2009!

Original Soundtrack is composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto, and included in the OST is also the insert song sang by Rosie(Junko Minagawa)
Retail price of the OST is at 3,150 yen. Get your copy over at CDJapan or Play-Asia! Fans of Valkyria Chronicles must get this OST ;) I will be looking forward to next week!

And for this week’s edition of M’s Musical Corner, I’ll be featuring Hirano Aya’s Set Me Free/Sing a Song single which was released in April earlier in the year.

Track-listing of the single:

Set Me Free
Sing a Song!
Set Me Free (Off Vocal)
Sing a Song! (Off Vocal)

Because there’s the PV for Set Me Free, enjoy Track #2 from the Single, Sing a Song!
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Here’s the PV of Set Me Free:

Out of the 2 main songs in the single, I’m more of a fan of Sing a Song! mainly …

So, as I’ve mentioned in my previous post, SCANDAL is releasing a ‘Best Scandal’ which is something like a BEST of SCANDAL which will include 13 tracks from their previous works.

No cover art yet
The release comes in 3 editions. First is the Regular Edition priced at 3,059 yen. Then there’s the Limited Edition with the DVD (Music Videos!) priced at 3,500 yen. Lastly, there’s the Limited Edition with the Photo Book priced at 4,500 yen.
The tracks should include the following

SAKURAグッバイ　(SAKURA GOODBYE)
TOKYO
DOLL
S.L. Magic
少女S (ShoujoS)
ナツネイロ (Natsuneiro)
SO EASY
FUTURE
恋模様 (Koi Moyo)
LOVE FRUIT
SPACE RANGER
KAGEROU

These are …

This album was released last week 09.09.09, I totally forgot that I wanted to listen to the tracks on it. Must have been my crappy week last week ._. Putting that aside, readers who have been following zotaku for a long time should know my obsession with Hocchan.. And that is why I wanted to listen to it! More Hocchan songs ^_^
There are two CDs in this album, the first CD is the Character Songs by the various Seiyuus in the anime, and the second CD is the OST. I’m …

SCANDAL, the self-proclaimed Most Powerful Japanese Girlie Pop Rock band, is releasing yet another single this year.

The single is priced at 1,020 yen and it will be out on the 14th of October, 2009. Preorder your copy now at CDJapan.  Unfortunately, the first press has already been sold out. Must-buy single! :)
The currently confirmed songs for this single include,

 夢見るつばさ (Yume Miru Tsubasa), which was recently played during their radio show
BEAUTeen
DAYDREAM, which can also be heard on the JUDY and MARY 15th Anniversary Tribute Album

Enjoy #3, DAYDREAM!
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As fall season will be starting next month, we know that there is a White Album Season 2(More like a continuation of S1). And with a new season, there will be new OP/ED songs. And yeah, there’s definitely a new single out next month by Nana Mizuki XD.

Not related cover art.
Retail price of the single is at 1,300 yen, out on 28 October 2009. Preorder now at CDJapan! First press still available. Instant get for me. Already ordered mine like a few weeks ago ^_^.
The single consists of 4 A-Side …