Author David Bolan

David Bolan

Resident of planet Earth, sometimes.

ROCK IN JAPAN FES. 2018 lineup announced

Apr 18, 2018

The recently announced artist lineup for the ROCK IN JAPAN FES. 2018, held over two consecutive weekends in August, reads like a who's who of Jrock and Jpop with enough talent breadth and all-around sonic kick-...

LAMP IN TERREN’s single “Dreams” is wide awake pop

David Bolan

Apr 8, 2018

Releases

As a follow-up to January's single, Hana To Shinjin, LAMP IN TERREN released their new song, Dreams, on April 6, and it's another winner with buttery smooth yet powerfully emotive vocals from Daio Matsumoto. Th...

BLUE ENCOUNT zero in on pop perfection with album “Vector”

David Bolan

Mar 26, 2018

Releases

Vector, BLUE ENCOUNT's third major label album released March 21, is a fourteen-song punky power-pop blast of giddy exuberance with soaring choruses and melodies that burrow so deep into your ear you'll be humm...

Ventures guitarist Nokie Edwards passes away

David Bolan

Mar 15, 2018

Lineup change

The term "legendary" gets used too frequently, but it fits Nokie Edwards, who passed away March 12 at age 82. As lead guitarist for the Ventures, he inspired scores of would be musicians to pick up the guitar a...

04 Limited Sazabys save the world with single “My Hero”

David Bolan

Mar 15, 2018

Music Video, Releases

04 Limited Sazabys will release a new single on March 14, My Hero, which is also the opening theme to new TV drama Oh My Jump!, where salarymen live out their hero-saves-the-day fantasies while wearing cosplay ...

Gateballers’ album “The all” = “Poem” equals pure dream pop beauty

David Bolan

Mar 12, 2018

Music Video, Releases

"The all" = "Poem", Tokyo quartet Gateballers' second album, released on February 21, builds on their debut, Lemon songs, with music awash in reverse guitar and chords drenched in echo and reverb. It's all ...