SCANDAL

I think we can all agree that 2020 has been quite a crazy year, right? There's a lot of canceled concerts and a whole load of things that affected the scene. Despite all the setbacks, we've seen the music indus...

Rummaging for gold in CDJapan’s Black Friday sale

21 November 2020

It's that time of year we've all been waiting for to bag a bargain, so what does CDJapan have in store for us? They've started their Black Friday sale already, so we rummaged the pile of discounted goodies in t...

SCANDAL collaborates with animation team to produce “SPICE” single

18 July 2020

Released on July 15, SCANDAL’s latest single SPICE is the product of collaboration based on the theme of courage and understanding. Joining them with animation project team X-FLAG—formed of members from animati...

SiM brings together 25 bands in “BASEBALL BAT” music video, from 5th album

NBT

4 June 2020

The fifth full-length album from SiM is finally up for grabs on June 17 after being delayed from its initial April 15 release. It of course retains its mouthful name "THANK GOD, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF WAYS TO Ki...

SCANDAL’s drummer Rina starts YouTube vlog channel

edoh+ and NBT

24 May 2020

It's only been a few days since we wrote about SCANDAL's new digital single and we have more good news as drummer Rina has started a vlog channel on YouTube. With an adorable name, "tiny channel by rina"—ref...

SCANDAL spins up home recording for “Living in the city” digital single

22 May 2020

Releases, Tour

Whilst many of us have had to stay indoors whilst wrestling with slow wifi and binge-eating snacks to fill the void, SCANDAL has been tirelessly crafting a new track titled Living in the city that will be out d...

Review: SCANDAL revives rock roots in “Kiss from the darkness”

G Andrew White

23 February 2020

Review

SCANDAL's Kiss from the darkness shines brightly with their former style of pop-rock in combination with strong rhythms and uplifting lyrics. They demonstrate the likeability and mastery that has made them a re...

Dance in the dark to SCANDAL’s “Tonight” video from “Kiss from the darkness” album

12 February 2020

When SCANDAL's new music video for Tonight popped up on YouTube, we played it expecting to hear another aggressive girl-power track that'll get our hearts pumped—meaning another sleepless night for us—but boy w...

The decade of Jrock girl bands

G Andrew White

29 December 2019

In the decade of 2010, there has been a noticeable "girls band boom" where Japanese female musicians have stepped onto the international stage to rock as hard as the boys do. This fascinating phenomenon of musi...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2019

NBT

26 December 2019

With our end-of-the-year artist ranking, we've always tried to stay somewhat objective in which bands we include. However, this year we decided to reach out to you, the people reading this right now! We asked y...

SCANDAL breaks into full sprint for “GeGeGe no Kitaro” anime with “A.M.D.K.J.”

G Andrew White

3 December 2019

Anime, Music Video, Releases

Toei Animation selects SCANDAL's A.M.D.K.J. for the ending theme to spirit-monster themed anime GeGeGe no Kitaro (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎). The upbeat tune will be in the manga series starting January 2020. Yet little is known...

SCANDAL drops addictive “Saishuheiki Kimi” music video

NoMusicNoReason

14 November 2019

SCANDAL unveiled a visually stunning music video for their newest composition, a digital single titled Saishuheiki Kimi (最終兵器、君) which roughly translates to "final weapon, you". This is the second digital singl...

SCANDAL gets all “Fuzzy” with a summer romance