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…

– Welcome to Los Angeles! Can you tell us what you’re looking forward to the most here in America? Saki: Of course, we are looking forward to performing here in US, but we are also excited to go shopping and eat! Yuki: The city!…

Indie band Superorganism unveils a new version of their track “Night Time” from PC Music producer Danny L. Harle (Charli XCX, Clairo) today—listen here. “All of us are huge (wink wink) fans of Danny and his futuristic pop production skillz,…

“Japan Kawaii Live”, the final night of Anisong World Matsuri’s three-day concert event at Anime Expo, was held on July 7, 2018 at the Microsoft Theater, featuring AKB48 Team 8, THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS, i☆Ris, and Shoko Nakagawa.…