On February 23, 2019, MIYAVI will celebrate the release of his new album, “SAMURAI SESSIONS vol.3 – World’s Collide”, with a special star-studded show at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. “This project is all about chemistry; even in one…

Singer-songwriter Oh Shu has announced the release of 7 inch analog of his new double A-side single, “don’t hurt pride / Muzhhik”. Born in Shanghai and raised in Tokyo, Oh Shu has made his music works known as the…

Japanese rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION recently released the artwork and tracklist of their upcoming new album “Hometown”, which is due December 5th this year. The album artwork is again done by famous art illustrator,…

One foot in the door of November while we might be busy putting away our carved pumpkins and planning on that big family dinner, let’s not forget to pick a soundtrack. October saw some very decent LPs and singles from our favorite bands and…

Tomoya Kanki, the drummer of Japanese rock band, One Ok Rock, better known as “Tomoya”, has been accused of having a repeated sexual relationship 7 years ago with a female high school student who was only 16 years old back then.…

We had an opportunity to interview an anisong legend, Hiroshi Kitadani! Hiroshi Kitadani was born in Yamaguchi, Japan. His first major debut was with the 3-piece band Stagger in 1994. After his other band, Lapis Lazuli, broke up, he started…

People just love the notation of calling the trend brought back from an earlier era “Neo-something”, I guess. “Shibuya-kei”, popular in the 90s represented by musicians like Cornelius, Pizzicato Five, now has been…

TOKYO (September 24, 2018) – PIKOTARO, famous for PPAP, never slows his momentum and he appears in the flash mob music video of V.I’s of BIGBANG new single “WHERE R U FROM”. This single is from V.I’s new album “THE GREAT SEUNGRI.”…

A Japanese rock band, ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D will kick off U.S. leg of world tour with SPYAIR starting this Saturday. They will make stops in the USA, Latin America and Europe with SPYAIR which is another popular Japanese rock band behind…

**Thank you Epic Records Japan + Rooftop Management for the photos!** On Friday, September 7th, SCANDAL made a stop at the San Francisco Regency Ballroom and put on a spectacular show. The members of SCANDAL–Haruna, Mami, Tomomi, and…

Japanese superstar HOTEI returns to Europe in October 2018 with live dates scheduled in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, and the UK. Hotei will be playing his first ever headline show in Italy in Milan, and makes return visits to the…

As one of the most epic math rock bands over the recent years, toe certainly do not need to change style with each release in order to prove themselves. They only do what they like to do and do it best. It’s hard to put out a record…

We asked SCANDAL questions about their newest album “HONEY” and about their upcoming tour! Check out our EXCLUSIVE interview below: 1) Which song do you enjoy performing most from your latest album, “HONEY”?…

Japanese rock icons [ALEXANDROS] have announced their first ever U.S. tour, bringing the band’s epic live show to select cities this October. The anticipation for a stateside tour has been building since the band’s well-received appearance…

– Welcome back to Los Angeles and Anime Expo! You have been to California several times, but you came back to Anime Expo for the first time in 8 years. How are you enjoying Anime Expo so far? I just got here, but I can tell…