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 today that music group cargo will have their full catalog available on their website. There are three full albums currently available on JapanFiles.com including Morning Star, Jewel, and Disc Odyssey.
The band has been around for several years, releasing their first mini album ‘the scene’ back in 2004, which earned recognition HMV and [...]

JapanFiles.com announced yesterday that Budo Grape’s newest album this Wednesday, December 17.  The name of the album is called “Five Hits and Dust”, which consist of five new tracks.
The music was written by band leader and guitarist Nagai, who tried to capture the energy of their live sound.  His decision came after seeing the response [...]

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 [...]

For everyone that has been a fan of something or another, the people and things involed deliver to you a moment that makes more of a fan than you could’ve ever imagined. For me those moments included hearing Dave Grohl play Everlong in acoustic for the first time, or when House wrapped up his [...]

JapanFiles.com announced yesterday that HIMAWARI has joined their label, and their two CDs will now be available for downloading on their website.
Originally meeting in at a Ryuichi Sakamoto event in New York, the groups core members Takeshi Ichikawa and Lena quickly learned that they shared a similar vision in music making. With their base [...]

JapanFiles.com had something to celebrate about yesterday, as they added six bands at once to their already 200+ groups. The burst in expansion was a result of in thier newest category Japanese Hardcore. As the name sudgests, the groups fall under the hardcore rock and punk bands genre. The press release also [...]