HearJapan.com released today a handful of songs from some of the groups that will be touring with Japan Nite this year. The songs are free for everyone to download, whether or not you are able to go.

Having gone last year all I can say is, Japan Nite = The Awesome.

The sample contains one track from six different artists. The artists include quaff, Dirty Old Men, Asakusa Jinta, THE EMERALDS, HONEY SAC, and OMODAKA. The tracks are available at the HearJapan.com website, and are listed as “Japan Nite US Tour 2009 Sampler”. The tracks will be available for downloading until March 29.

HearJapan would also like to announce that they be releasing a new mini-album from quaff exclusively on Japan Nite’s opening day (SXSW 3/20). More albums are expected to be announced in the future.