November 9, 2008 - After 4 years as the leading website for Japanese digital music, JapanFiles.com has opened an online CD store featuring hard-copy CDs by many of JapanFiles.com’ best-sellers: Swinging Popsicle, Budo Grape, ketchup mania, LiN CLOVER, and Guitar Vader.

In addition, pre-orders are now available for this month’s new CD releases by Hangry&Angry (”Kill Me Kiss Me”) and girugamesh (”MUSIC”).

girugamesh fans are in for an extra treat: a FREE BOOKLET of English/Romaji lyrics from the new CD “MUSIC” can be downloaded at JapanFiles.com’s main website and also through links at the JapanFiles.com CD store.

The coming months will bring an expanded lineup of both USA- and Japan-produced CDs and band goods such as T-shirts, phone straps, towels, and more.

Links!

JapanFiles.com CD store - http://www.japanfiles.com/store

girugamesh “MUSIC” pre-order - http://www.japanfiles.com/store/girugamesh-music.html

Hangry&Angry “Kill Me Kiss Me” pre-order - http://www.japanfiles.com/store/hangry-and-angry-kill-me-kiss-me.html

About JAPANFILES.COM:

JapanFiles.com is the largest online service specializing in MP3 sales for Japanese artists, with over 200 indie bands reaching their USA fans - rock, hip-hop, punk, and techno! All downloads are DRM-free and only 99 cents each!

November 5, 2008 - JapanFiles.com will team-up with Up-Front Works to release the new CD from Hangry & Angry, the new pop-punk unit featuring Morning Musume graduates Rika Ishikawa and Hitomi Yoshizawa.

Hangry & Angry’s new 5-song mini-album “Kill Me Kiss Me” will be available on JapanFiles.com as an official USA CD release and as digital downloads. The CD will contain the same artwork and booklet as the standard Japanese release.

Hangry and Angry CDs and MP3s will go on sale on November 19, 2008 — the same day as Japan!

HANGRY & ANGRY PROFILE

10/10/2008

Hangry & Angry Official Japanese MySpace opens.

In its first 4 days, the page receives over 100,000 profile views.

11/01/2008

Ura-Harajuku Poster Jack begins.

43 spots on the back streets of Harajuku feature posters of Hangry & Angry.

11/19/2008

“Kill Me Kiss Me” indies mini-album CD will be released simultaneously in Japan and USA.

Special video contents (PV, video blog, etc.) begin on Official MySpace page.

11/28/2008

First live show performance will be held at MySpace Japan’s 2nd Anniversary at Shibuya C.C.Lemon Hall.

2009

Japan-USA-Europe tour is planned.

Visual rock superstar Izam (of Shazna) is Hangry & Angry’s performance producer, shaping their powerful rock style.

What is Hangry & Angry?

Hangry & Angry is a brand of popular Japanese designer h.NAOTO.

Illustrator GASHICON draws the gurokawa (grotesque-cute)-style characters “Hangry” and “Angry” who came from the H44 Star Nebula in order to save the world from global warming.

They arrived in the present in their time machine dubbed “LOVE MACHINE.”

Name: HANGRY (Hitomi Yoshizawa)

Sex: Female cat

Height: 164 cm (not including hair)

Birthplace: H44 Star Nebula

* A very punk girl. Even though she looks wild and untamed, she is actually delicate and hates things that are out of order.

Name: ANGRY (Rika Ishikawa)

Sex: Female cat

Height: 156 cm (not including hair)

Birthplace: H44 Star Nebula

* A girl who loves goth and appears to be very cute, but in reality, she has a secret devilish side. She believes that people will feel the true power of her music.

Hangry & Angry links!

USA CD and MP3s website - http://www.japanfiles.com/hangryangry

Official MySpace (Japan) - http://www.myspace.com/hangryandangry

USA MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/hangryandangryusa

Official Website - http://www.hangry-angry.com

New PV! - http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=45901858

Hangry & Angry appears on JapanFiles.com in partnership with Up-Front Works.

J!-ENT has received information from an official source that Hello! Project unit Hangry & Angry will have a simultaneous Japanese and USA release on November 19th.

Hangry & Angry features former Morning Musume members Hitomi Yoshizawa and Rika Ishikawa and is a collaboration with a popular fashion store in Harajuku.

For more information , please visit:  http://www.myspace.com/hangryandangryusa

According to our source who will be giving us more information in the next few days, that the duo’s official Japanese MySpace site has over 160,000 views in the first 3 days:

http://www.myspace.com/hangryandangry

NOTE: As some of you may know, there have been efforts to bring Hello! Project to the United States.  I am aware of the meetings that have taken place but I can only announce what I have been given the OK to announce.  I’ll have more information for you as I receive it and also more on what will be happening stateside in the USA with H!P.  For now, if you are interested in Hangry & Angry, please join their MySpace pages.

Japantoday.com reported, “Forty-two artists of music producer Tsunku’s “Hello! Project” on Sunday finished their nationwide tour in Tokyo. Morning Musume, Berryz Kobo, C-ute and other groups joined the last concert which was attended by about 8,000 fans.”

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The following music video pick of the day goes to the live performance by Morning Musume of their “Special Love Mix” from “Kouhaku Uta Gassen” (NHK’s New Year’s Crimson Red vs. White special). Not many clips posted so far on youtube at this time but these but nevertheless enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: youtube.com videos are courtesy of youtube and are not on J!-ENT servers