Report: HARU NEMURI delivers wild and unpredictable performance! G Andrew White 4 November 2022 Review Japanese poetry rapper HARU NEMURI resumes SHUNKA RYOUGEN - NORTH AMERICA TOUR 2022 with a surreal live performance at Trees in Dallas, TX. On October 15, an unpretentious brick-and-mortar building in the perfo...
NEMOPHILA performing at SXSW, adds more shows for U.S. tour 2023 G Andrew White 28 October 2022 Tour NEMOPHILA announces their appearance at South by Southwest (SXSW) and adds additional shows for Seize the Fate - NEMOPHILA U.S. tour 2023. This announcement follows the first artist lineup released from SXSW, t...
Interview with Jose Mangin: Metal Ambassador on Jrock and Jmetal G Andrew White 18 October 2022 Entertainment, Interview During our coverage of Jrock bands at Aftershock Festival 2022 in Sacramento, CA, we sat down with the official host, Jose Mangin. He is regarded as the most distinguished personality in hard rock and metal tod...
Report: BAND-MAID turn Aftershock Festival into hard-rock Japanese café G Andrew White 13 October 2022 Review, Tour A bright sun shines on the Coors Light stage at the Aftershock Festival as BAND-MAID arrives for a small and dedicated crowd. Starting earlier than scheduled on a hot October 9 in Sacramento, CA, the all-female...
Report: NEMOPHILA shred at Aftershock Festival, announce North America tour G Andrew White 10 October 2022 Review, Tour On Friday, October 7 at Aftershock Festival 2022, NEMOPHILA took on the U.S. West Coast from the DWPresents stage. This explosive event at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA featured a meteoric list of metal and ...
Review: JROCK NEWS jockeys over BAND-MAID’s EP “Unleash” G Andrew White and Nori 29 September 2022 Releases, Review Japan's extraordinary hard-rock headliners BAND-MAID let loose the next chapter in their musical conquest with the eight-track EP Unleash, available worldwide since September 21. Coming in under 30 minutes, the...
Interview: SCANDAL reflects on touring challenges and looking forward G Andrew White and Nori 19 September 2022 Interview, Tour On July 15, SCANDAL made the fourth stop on their North America WORLD TOUR 2022 "MIRROR" in Atlanta, Georgia. JROCK NEWS was in the crowd. This tour, previously planned for 2020 but delayed by the COVID-19 p...
BRATS invade cyberspace with “Spiderweb” music video preview G Andrew White 12 September 2022 Music Video, Releases Rock duo BRATS will drop their song Spiderweb on September 16 on streaming services. The new release was made possible by a successful crowdfunding campaign from earlier this year. https://youtu.be/wlp_dES_U...
HAGANE harmonizes power metal on 1st full album “Code; 9021” G Andrew White 25 August 2022 Music Video, Releases The harmonic metal band HAGANE releases their first full album, Code; 9021, on August 18. The five-member girl band shifts up the pitch with power metal. Since forming in 2018, HAGANE has a few singles and a...
Lonesome_Blue makes international debut with EP “First Utterance”, supported by LOVEBITES G Andrew White 13 August 2022 Music Video, New Band, Releases Next generation girls rock band, Lonesome_Blue powers up debut EP First Utterance with the release of the international edition. First released in Japan on June 22, the five-track EP goes worldwide on September...
“Bullet Train” movie soundtrack features distinctive music from Japan G Andrew White 6 August 2022 Entertainment, Releases Arriving in North American theaters on August 5, Sony Pictures' action-comedy Bullet Train features a soundtrack with uncommon music by Japanese artists. Brad Pitt stars in the film based on a Japanese novel by...
Broken By The Scream major debuts with wild album “RISE into CHAOS” G Andrew White 5 August 2022 Music Video, Releases Metal idols Broken By The Scream (BBTS) release their debut album RISE into CHAOS. Made available on July 20, the album contains 12 tracks from a group with a rare combination in the kawaii metal scene. Which i...
Interview: NEMOPHILA before kicking ass at Whisky a Go Go part 3 G Andrew White 24 July 2022 Interview, Tour Before NEMOPHILA took the stage at Whisky a Go Go on July 1, we had a sit-down chat with them. In person, their candidness and sweet personalities were charming and disarming. So, we had to find out how these i...
Report: NEMOPHILA kicks ass at Whisky a Go Go part 2 G Andrew White 13 July 2022 Featured, Review, Tour On July 1 NEMOPHILA, in their first international performance, stepped onto the stage of the world-famous venue Whisky a Go Go. Confidently, they stood before a sold-out house with fans hypnotized and stunned i...
