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...
Toshl of X Japan tries new vegan pudding while dressed as pudding!
After starting a new band called Y!BAND, Toshl is switching over to something even more serious! Have you ever wanted to see Toshl dress up as a pudding while eating pudding? If yes, then you're in for a treat ...
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...
Fans of all ages explain why they like BABYMETAL
The unique concept of "kawaii metal" is something that started spreading with the inception of BABYMETAL. Combining the cute with the contrasting metal has proven to be quite a successful idea, enough so to sel...
Hello Kitty brings peace to Gundam universe through power of friendship
The trailer of the Gundam vs Hello Kitty crossover which many people first assumed was an early April fool's joke back in 2019, has slowly become a much bigger deal than initially anticipated. The collaboration...
Report: The cozy anime and Jrock oasis at Animé LA 2020
In this series, we will be reporting our experience at Animé Los Angeles.
Running between January 9–12, 2020 at the Ontario Convention Center in California, we flew out to the west coast for the 16th fan-ope...
The decade of Jrock girl bands
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...
Golden Bomber might have licked your newly bought album “Mou kohaku ni dashitekurenai”
Golden Bomber keeps surprising us with shenanigans every time they release new music, and this time is no exception! To promote their latest album Mou kohaku ni dashitekurenai released today, December 28, the b...
Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 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...
The rise of kawaii metal this decade
This decade of Jrock cannot come to a close without covering its most unique creation. Which is to take the cuteness of a Japanese idol group and back them with a heavy metal band. An idea so crazy that it shou...
Top 25 anime opening and ending songs 2019
Considering how hard it is to narrow down the greatest anime songs (anisong) every year, we decided to expand this year's list from 20 to 25 instead! It's been an amazing year of anime so to our best of abiliti...