new album again?! WOW...that fast

I am so damn broke this year :weep

A new album that?! I'm so excited but your right AyuGame this is quite fast

Woah a new album already. I was wondering have they performed Kimagure Romantic anywhere?

i only know that they sung it on MUSIC STATION, like around 2 weeks ago.

Don't they usually do 3 lives?

maybe they did, but i haven't seen anything else besides for the MS performance. so i really don't know :shrug

thanks here it is. It's so energetic. I usually keep an eye on JPS when it comes to performances so I missed it when I couldn't connect there for a while.

that was soooo cute! i totally love that performance! :P

What an adorable performance! Jazz hands!

the new album came out today! listening to it now :D

It came out today :thud I'll have to download it later.
First sales are good I guess (don't know other first days sales for previous albums)

i enjoyed this new album MUCH better than "Life Album". :D it's really good.

Enjoyed it more than "Life Album"? So far that's been my fave album by Iki.
Downloading it right now.

ikimonogakari @ MSSL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaqH_0ffyWE

Thanks for the link, Lisa. Not liking the way Kiyone scooped on Kiite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A440nq-3_wo
Kiyone ftw!

a PV collection, "Tottemo Eezou", will be out on March 4th. the DVD includes all their PVs and a live version of "Kaeritakunatta yo".

http://natalie.mu/news/show/id/12638

Anyone have youtube or other links to their recent performance @ MStation?

Kiyone performs Kaeri so well live. March 4th is big pimping.

How many copies has their recent album sold so far now?

I think it's 321,208. Put the known numbr with the weekly sales.

^ Oh ok, I see. So it sold more than GND's album. *__*

thanks for news!

DVD cover:

http://i40.tinypic.com/2lbp1qw.jpg

So cute!!! <3

wow it's childish!
Green elephant! ^^

It's an elephant!
Reminds me of the way I draw.

I hope there will be some new single announcement soon. *__*

I don't want to wait too long for a new single. ^^

new single?

from JPM.

Didn't they sing the opening song for NARUTO not too long ago? @_@

BLUE BIRD was the opening for the summer/fall of NARUTO if I remember correctly.

Anyways, another Naruto tie-in so fast, I am pretty surprised, but I'm looking forward to it, and I hope it is as good as BLUE BIRD, because I loved that song a lot.

I hope too. Blue bird is really a pretty song. It's one of my favorite song with planetarium^^

looks like this will be the new single.

but why may?! :weep

I wonder if the NARUTO song and the J-drama tie-in Song is the same song, or different? I would imagine separate.

^

probably two different songs like the a-side for Naruto and b-side for the drama

YES a new single. Does anyone know when the new song plays on Naruto?

^ April 9th :yes

I'll keep an eye out for a preview. What a weird title.

Here's a news article from Tokyograph:

thanks for article!

27th May it's too long >.<

From JPM:

i'm sure blue-bird has to be arranged different somehow, otherwise i dunno why it's on the single :shrug

^ I was surprised to see blue bird on the tracklisting. Maybe it is a different arrangement or something, like you mentioned.

And what about the Naruto song, I wonder if that is another single, or going to appear on somewhere else? *unsure*.

I was hooked up on hana wa sakura kimi wa utsukushi , and then i lost them..
hope that new single will bring me back

Hopefully it's like a new arrangement or something. It'd be a little redundant to have original. For Hotaru no Hikari (Naruto song), guess it's gonna be a new single? Find it weird if it was an early announced album only track.

Tracklisting for new single.

From JPM:



So blue bird isn't a re-arrangement, it's a Live version, lol! Yeah, it really wouldn't make sense if they put the original version on the single, haha.

Thanks for Traclist but a translation in romaji ,please, will be welcome!

^
01. Futari
02. Blue Bird
03. Kokoro no Hana wo Sakaseyou

Thx for the romanji translation.

Is Kokoro no Hana wo Sakaseyou an old song? If so, which single or album is it from?

it's from their previous album "my song your song".

Oh ok, I see. ^^

Anyways, I'm looking forward to hearing the a-side song, and also those 2 live versions songs as well.

For those that haven't seen it yet, here's the Naruto Opening
http://www.wat.tv/video/naruto-shipp...eg_1f1e2_.html

i was wondering when it'd be uploaded! thanks!

thanks Sundae

i like the song so far, but i didn't expect it to be kinda on the cute side, haha. it's just the lead singer (forgot her name already :P) is singing in a higher voice compared to usual. but it's very catchy and different than blue bird :yes

It's a good song however I think that they did better in the past!

It sounds a bit similar to blue bird in certain parts, lol.

Other than that, I really like it! :)

^ Has the strings from "Hana wa Sakura Kimi wa Utsukushii". For like 5 seconds but still it was the best thing (for me).

^ Oh really? I'm going to have to check out that song then. :)

i love that song :love the PV was really good, lol.

I tried the "Hana" song, it's okay I guess.

I still think blue bird is their best song, IMO.

For me planetarium is their best song and pv is :love

yea, i really love planetarium so so much (the drama "cat street" was amazing), but i can't say it's my most favorite song, because i have other favorites as well. :tipsy so it's hard to choose.

I can understand you!
I like others songs like Blue Bird, Hana wa sakura kimi wa... or Sakura & Hanabi^^

LOL @ their song titles.

They have same titles as other artists. Planetarium (Ai Otsuka), blue bird (Ayumi), Hanabi (Ayumi), haha! :)

Any other ones I missed? :P

SAKURA, definately. that's been overused alot, lol.

you're right. But I don't see other songs like that!

Maboroshi - Kanon Wakeshima

^ and also Joe Inoue had that same song title :yes

Oricon - Top 50 albums of 2009:


*5 *,393,759 **1,505 My song Your song / いきものがかり 08/12/24


Fifth best selling album of 2009 so far! Congrats to them! :D

they totally deserve it! :D

you can listen to "futari" here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxS7FaMywNk

Wow, I'm going to listen to it now, thx! :)

Reminds me of Angela Aki, they really don't make bad songs.

lol i agree, this song is just as beautiful as planetarium :D

I've never heard their song "Planetarium" before.

But I heard it mentioned a lot of times, so I think I will check it out on youtube.

Thank you very much^^

Futari LIVE



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Tu_ci_K_Y

The singing starts around the 1:15 mark. I love how it sounds live. Just gorgeous.:luv2

that was a beautiful performance. kiyoe's dress is adorable :love

"futari" cover:

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8357/iki.jpg

I like it. Kiyone's dress looks pretty from what I can see.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...a/photoidh.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...a/jacket-1.jpg

One without the text.

I kinda wish the Naruto opening song was included as well, but I can wait a while.

Cool, thanks for the cover + pic.

They remind me of GIRL NEXT DOOR, cus of the girl main singer, and the two guys, lol.

^ Iki doesn't seem as dorky, lol.

they all look so cute in the profile pic! :D

Oricon - Top albums of 2009:


*5 *,395,112 **1,353 My song Your song / いきものがかり 08/12/24


They are still in 5th place, that's good. It should be able to pass 400k in a month or so. :)

She is nice in the cover!! thanks for sharing.

Won't there be CD+DVD version and so a second cover?

Marty Friedman's cover album "Tokyo Jukebox" (2009.05.20)

Marty Friedman was a famous American guitarist originally from the heavy metal band Megadeth and now resides in Japan. This track list is supposed to include Japan's favorites as voted on a magazine, as well as Marty's personal favorites.


01. Tsume Tsume Tsume / MAXIMUN THE HORMONE
02. GIFT / Mr.Children
03. Amagi-goe / Sayuri Ishikawa
04. Story / AI
05. Polyrhythm / Perfume
06. Kaeritakunatta yo / Ikimono-gakari
07. TSUNAMI / Southern All Stars
08. Yuki no Hana / Mika Nakashima
09. Eki / Mariya Takeuchi
10. Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana / SMAP
11. Romance no Kimisama / Kohmi Hirose
12. Ashita e no Sanka / alan

#6!! Is pretty good for Ikimono-gakari

i think the tracklist is a random selection not based on the popularity

XD ok! But it's good that someone cover a song of them! Because it's a proof that they're liked!

The same guy that plays the guitar in Nanase Aikawa's midnight blue is going to play acoustic in Kaeri Taku Natta yo? The image that pops into my head is to good. :roflmao

"Futari" is really a beautiful song.
Thanks for the Youtube-Link.

bigger cover:

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5964/futari.jpg

I love the bigger cover. :love

thanks for bigger cover^^

no news about a pv?

^ We have quite a bit of time before "Futari" is released.

i've read that the "futari" PV has already aired! hopefully we'll see it online soon.

edit: damn, it's on KMC already but i need posts to access it! all i do on that forum is lurk for downloads :laugh