Japanese guitarist MIYAVI has surely been firing up the acting engine these years with the controversial character in Oscar nominated Unbroken and some short appearances in blockbusters like Kong: Skull Land. Now, he will return to the film…

DYGL’s new single “Bad Kicks” has proved to us again that this band is better built than anyone else within this Japanese indie rock generation, and may very well fall short of finding contenders domestically in the next three years. I knew…

Tokyo indiepop band Yahyel have recently divulged the release of their second album “Human”. The new album will be out on March 7th, right before their ambitious trip to the U.S. festival SXSW, which is followed by a LIQUIDROOM…

Rock band, FLOW, announced their Latin American tour titled FLOW 15th Anniversary TOUR 2018 “Anime-Shibari”—Latin America Tour—as part of their world tour. The tour will feature all 21 anime theme songs by FLOW. The Latin America Tour…

Tokyo psychedelic band “Kikagaku Moyo” just announced their next North America tour plan. Having released an EP “Stone Garden” and supported a handful of bands of similar style such as Pond and King Gizzard & The…

Photo credit by SILENT SIREN On December 1, SILENT SIREN, a 4-piece all-girl band consisting of Su (Sumire Yoshida on vocals and guitar), Hinachu (Hinako Umemura on drums), Ainyan (Aina Yamauchi on bass), and Yukarun…

At the very beginning of November, New York City has just embraced another Japanese band that are almost better-known here than where they come from. Despite their rather frequent visits to America, the discussion about the show both online…

The legendary guitar artist MIYAVI is due to release a 2nd collaboration album “SAMURAI SESSIONS vol.2” on Nov 8, 2017 with digital version and 2 physical formats (Limited edition with DVD/ Standard CD only). MIYAVI has been keeping himself…

That’s right. These Japanese rockstars are coming back to America again with their new album, and we will never get tired of them. A number of dates on the west coast and South America have been announced and the tickets will soon be…

J-POPSUMMIT 2017 ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL MUSIC AND DANCE ARTISTS AND OTHER KINETIC LIVE PERFORMERS The San Francisco Bay Area’s Premiere Japanese Pop Culture Event Presents Anison Singer May’n, Kendama Performers Zoomadanke, Vogue-Inspired…

Esprit D’Air have just announced their huge UK tour! This tour is to celebrate the release of their upcoming album, Constellations due to be released digitally on 30 June and will hit the shelves of retail stores a week after. 2018…

Tomoya Kanki, the drummer of One Ok Rock has just announced his marriage to his fans. This is the second marriage announcement from this band within this year. Gratifying for most of his fans while maybe heartbreaking for some of his…

Fueled By Ramen recording group ONE OK ROCK has announced details of a massive North American headline tour. The “AMBITIONS U.S. TOUR 2017,” which will also feature a series of stops throughout Canada, is set to kick off July 6th at Las…

The Japanese Rock Star, Tomoyasu Hotei is touring in Europe now. He will be playing in Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, including cities where he hasn’t visited yet. Message from Hotei: You can not move a thousand…

Photos: Hideaki Imamoto, Takayuki Okada, Toshikazu Oguruma, Chie Kato, Kazuko Tanaka On April 9, 2017,L’Arc-en-Ciel held their 25th anniversary show L’Arc-en-Ciel 25th L’Anniversary LIVE at Tokyo Dome. Like the previous day, the…