J-Rock group An Cafe has announced that they have added several North American cities to their upcoming tour. After their concert in Sao Paulo, they will have a concert in Mexico City before going up the the West Coast here in the US.
Here are the dates and places:

April 8 - Circo Volador (Mexico City)
April [...]

JapanFiles.com announced today that musical duo Hangry & Angry will be making their US debut at Sakura-Con next year in April. There is also a contest where the first twenty people to register for the convention will win a complementary CD courtesy of JapanFiles.com (until December 23).
The group is collaboration between a Harajuku fashion [...]

JapanFiles.com announced recently that “MUSIC”, a new albuim from the band girugamesh will be available to download on November 5th.  This will be on the same day that their CD will be released in Japan.  They also announced that they will be working with Hot Topic to release the CD Nationwide in their store November [...]

With November coming up fast Pacific Media Expo has been updating their site more frequently. Here are a few that should spark your interest:
>> Maid Café
It was announced today that PMX will be partnering with Royal/T and Hibaritei to co-host a Maid Café. Attendees will have the choice of being served by a [...]

This was actually announced back in June, but hopefully I will be forgiven… I stopped by the PMX website a couple of days ago and discovered that the convention will be returning to the LAX Hilton on Veterans Day weekend. This will be the second time that the convention will be held during [...]

This article was originally going to be about thier recent CD Release and then I went to their myspace page:

Budo Grape will be staying a bit longer after their US debut in A-Kon 19. JapanFiles.com has announced that the quirky little band will be making two more stops, the first one in San Antonio, and another in New York City. Here are there dates and locations so far:

5/30 - A-Kon 19 - [...]

Arrive early if you want a spot in the mosh pit.
Japan Nite also plays both kinds of music, Country and Western.
The difference between 4:20 and 9:20… Dude wait what was I talking about?
I really need to get back onto my feet. Anyways, I wanted to give the bands that performed at Japan Nite a [...]

For those of you who will be in the New York Area in late March, there is a concert that may be of interest. JapanFiles.com announced that the group tokyo pinaslocks will be appearing at the Knitting Factory in New York on Tuesday, March 25th. Just days after their debut at Anime Boston, [...]

There has been some additional information has been passed down regarding ketchup mania and Japan Nite Tour 2008. The three remaining locations have been officially announced on their myspace page and the tour now includes the following:

3/14 8:00 P.M. - SXSW (Japan Nite) - Austin, TX
3/16 8:00 P.M. - Knitting Factory, New York, NY
3/17 [...]