Our top 5 Japanese rock interviews
Many of us have picked up reading to pass time, so to help some of us ease our way back into it we've put together a list of the most intriguing Japanese rock-related interviews we've had over the last couple o...
Report: Yoshikimono at the V&A Museum
The three UK musketeers of JROCK NEWS made a special pilgrimage to visit London's famous V&A Museum for the Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition. Featuring designs by Yoshiki of X-Japan, the Yoshikimono piec...
JROCK NEWS predicts Tokyo Olympic ceremony performers
If you've been hiding under a rock and so completely unaware, the 2020 Summer Olympics will be taking place in Tokyo this year! Currently scheduled to kick off on July 24 and ending on August 9, there is curren...
Studio Ghibli’s Joe Hisaishi to conduct 2 shows in London
The much-loved and world acclaimed composer, conductor and pianist Joe Hisashi will be conducting two shows at SSE Wembley Arena, London on September 18–19. He will be conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra accom...
YOSHIKI to exhibit kimono designs at V&A museum in London
YOSHIKI's kimono project, YOSHIKIMONO, will be featured at London's prestigious V&A museum for the Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition. The show will open to the public from this weekend on February 29 till...
Queen Bee serves famished rabbit-men in “BL” video
Queen Bee (also known as Ziyoou-vachi) is hot on the trail with another album titled BL after their album Ten reached number one on iTunes Japan last year. At the time of writing, their music video has just hit...
Dance in the dark to SCANDAL’s “Tonight” video from “Kiss from the darkness” album
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...
Survive Said The Prophets’ Yosh sings for FINAL FANTASY VII Remake
Yosh from Survive Said the Prophet comes knocking on gamers doors with a special collaboration with the revered composer, Nobuo Uematsu—best known for scoring most of the music for the FINAL FANTASY series.
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Contest: Announcing the JROCK NEWS mascot design winner
Thank you for your patience! We had many wonderfully creative, well-drawn and beautiful entries for the design of our new mascot and we'd like to thank each and every one of you who took the time to enter. Plea...
Interview: FEMM talks latex and Olympics at Animé LA 2020
Continuing on from the review of Animé LA, we had a chance to talk to the super fashionable mannequin duo FEMM (Far East Mention Mannequins) formed of LuLa and RiRi who continuously cruise across the globe in s...
TK from Ling tosite sigure’s “Cho No Tobu Suisou” delves into the deep for “pet” anime
TK from Ling tosite sigure has released a new song titled Cho No Tobu Suisou that's featured as the opening theme song for anime pet (ペット) and you can listen to it on popular streaming services. The switch betw...
Survive Said The Prophet reminds you to not let others get “Inside Your Head” for 5th album
Survive Said The Prophet released their fifth album Inside Your Head on January 15 and it's available on most popular streaming services, but before you leave to listen to the full album, check out their music ...
Aldious to perform first US show at music industry event NAMM SHOW
Recently stepping their way onto our Jrock Girl Band list of the decade, Aldious has announced that they will be performing at a music industry trade show, The NAMM SHOW on January 17, 2020, in Anaheim, Califor...
sumika “Higher Ground” featured as “My Hero Academia” movie theme
sumika—a four-man band from Kawasaki, Kanagawa—is an indie rock band that started in 2013. Their new song, Higher Ground will be used for the animated film My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising that debuts in theat...