As musicians continue to turn to their fans to help make activities as an independent artist possible, crowd-sourced fundraising becomes an ever-more important tool. That’s exactly why Clara C & David Choi have turned to Kickstarter to raise the capital … Continue reading
YTF is taking their brand of musical comedy on the road, hitting many of the major cities on the western half of North America. You can find out more details here. In addition, Chester See & Ryan Higa have unveiled a music video for their new song, “Bromance”. Several members of the YTF crew have cameos along with additional apperances by the fellas of Wong Fu and even Wayne Brady makes a brief showing. The song is as catchy and ridiculous as you would expect from the troupe, so enjoy.
In a new interview with the Examiner, Japan’s Jin Akanishi discusses all things Japonicana, including the origin behind his US album title, tour experiences, along with future career goals both within and outside the world of music. Unfortunately, the Q&A sessions is a little bit like pulling teeth, with much of Akanishi’s answers remaining vague and askew – although I can’t really blame the guy considering his thoughts have to go through some translation before they are output in English. Lord knows I’m not bi-lingual, so props to the guy for that. Read the article over at the Examiner.
Things are building up so that March will be a big month for Japanese Pop import, Jin Akanishi. The artist who already has one single under his belt here in the domestic market and another on the way in just a few days, has announced a full-length debut set for March 6th via iTunes. In promotion of the album, he’ll set off on a mini-tour – hitting LA, Vancouver, Honolulu, NY, and San Francisco. Tickets for the tour go on sale January 21st at 7AM PST. So if you’re a Akanishi fan, hope you don’t mind the early start on Saturday.
For more details, check out the full press release after the break.
Hello readers! It’s been way too long since out last giveaway, so we decided to do a quick, impromptu contest for you all. In case you haven’t heard, international group on the rise – Aziatix – is embarking on a … Continue reading
We don’t always get around to sharing news about upcoming tours featuring our artists, and that’s primarily because there are just so many going on at any given moment that it’d be difficult to keep track of. But when several artists announce a tour within days of each others, it makes our job a little easier! Check out the following tour announcements by Clara Chung in Asia, Aziatix all over the US and Lily Bee in the Northwest. Most of you should be near at least one of these shows, don’t miss out!
The Asian HipHop Summit makes a welcome return this fall with a heavily packed, month-long schedule that covers most of the Eastern United States. Participants include the Yellow Boyz, Lyricks, Johnnyphlo, Decipher, Yongie Phresh, and a slew of other artists. You’ll need to check the specific event details for information on which artists will be where and when. Either way, East Coast, prepare yourself for an onslaught of Hip-Hop! It’s been too long.
Look after the break or check out the Facebook page for all the tour information!
FM Tour Bus
This past summer, the Far East Movement had the incredible opportunity to go on a nation wide tour with Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Keri Hilson & more – and part of the perks to joining such a high profile tour is getting your own mobile accommodations aka… a tour bus. Take one look at that vehicle and you know FM has undeniably “made it”. If having your faces plastered across a 40 foot bus for the purpose of touring with the best selling Hip-Hop acts of 2011 doesn’t scream commercial success… then I don’t know what does.
This photo was taken from their official Facebook albums of the tour. You can view more great pictures here and here.
Don’t say we didn’t tell you it was coming! The highly anticipated Rik Cordero directed MV for D-Pryde‘s “Outro Flow” song from his recent Mars Mixtape has just released. It’s a simple and well done visual for a simple and well done track; very fitting and something I can definitely appreciate.
But in perhaps even bigger news, D-Pryde has just announced that he will be going on an 8-stop tour in Canada with quickly rising rap star, J. Cole! You can find out more information after the break. A huge congrats to Prizzy for two huge milestones.
Brian Joo is halfway through his US mini-tour but what makes the last two show dates (in LA & NY respectively) particularly noteworthy is that he is linking up with some fellow local Asian-American talent at each stop. In the city of angels, he’ll be rocking the stage with Electro-Pop group IAMMEDIC and back on the east coast in the big apple, he’ll be joined by Decipher & Johnnyphlo. The rumor mill has been spinning that this is also likely Phlo’s last US show for some time so all the more reason for his fan’s to come through. You can find details on each individual show after the jump.
