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Rumours are circling The Loving Oven camp that, rather than having split up after their 4th gig, they've been hard at work on their long-awaited debut album, tentatively titled, The Parson's Bisque. Work on the album began a year ago, and those close to the band are reporting that it has developed into an 18-track double album influenced by everyone from Maher Shalal Hash Baz to Syd Barrett.

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TADA Music released the debut EP by Night Town Service late last week. We're happy to report it's been downloading steadily ever since. Night Town Service are a duo comprising Miwa Yahagi (vocalist with Tailor Made for a Small Room/ Lost in Found) and Jon Wilks (former guitarist with Cut Flowers and The Loving Oven, current editor of Japanzine). The duo met during an email interview for Japanzine, and commenced work by file sharing over the internet. They only met face to face for the first time after the recordings were complete.

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This really is breaking news, so I'm just going to quote from our good friend Cal Lyall over at Soundispatch and Test Tone.

"Twenty of Japan's most unique guitarists converge on Super-Deluxe (Nishi-Azabu) for seven hours that reach deep into the avant-garde and improvisational crevices of this exciting music scene. The exceptional lineup breaks through the underground with sprinklings of folk, pop, humor, and even techno, guaranteeing much more than just joyous noise. Something for everyone with a curious and open-mind!"

TADA Music releases the fourth in its popular, free sampler series today, this month including magnificent tracks by Tenniscoats, mothercoat, Akira Kosemura, The Loving Oven and Marihiko Hara. Complete with a bilingual, digital jacket, the sampler represents some of the finest underground music currently being made in Japan, and has been compiled as an accompaniment to the artists featured on the TADA Music website this month.

Japanzine released their Gaijin Sounds CD today, and it's pretty impressive. The first thing that struck us was, "why hasn't anyone done this before?" It seems such an obvious compilation, but hats off to the good folk at Japanzine - they've done a great job on it. Better still, it's riddled with artists you can find here on the TADA website.

Thank goodness for Little Wings. Without them, we'd be missing out on this wonderful event that brings together TADA favourites Tenniscoats & 4 Bonjour's Parties on one marvelous bill. Also featuring Kabaddi Kabaddi, if you've not yet had the pleasure of hearing any of these bands, you really don't know what you're missing.

Spurred on by some new releases on the horizon from some of TADA's favourite bands, we've made a new TADA sampler available for download. Head over here to grab it while it's hot. If you like what you hear, tell as many friends as you have. Then tell people you don't even know - you may end up with more music and more friends.

We're pleased to announce the first two tracks to have been prepared in a Loving Oven. We received delivery of these choice morsels only yesterday morning, and they're really up to scratch. Creamy and smooth, with an underlying hint of bitterness; this is music to soundtrack only the coolest of break-ups. Click here to start your free download.

Great news for anyone living within striking distance of London: Saya, main singer and songwriter for Tokyo underground leaders Tenniscoats, is flying in for a solo performance on April 13th.

Nanbanjin, Kyushu's leading art-noise pop band, yesterday unveiled their new secret ingredient. Dark-haired, bespectacled, with a head full of winky-wonky notes, the band would like you to meet knob-twiddler extraordinaire, Brandon Geist.