Interview

12 February 2019

Entertainment, Interview

We got the opportunity to follow Ruimaru for a day and decided to showcase some of the things you can do before a live show. Check out our backstage adventures with Ruimaru from Vivarush! https://www.youtube...

Special interview with HAKUEI, honorary editor-in-chief of club Zy.

Nexus

6 February 2019

This interview was originally conducted and published by "club Zy." in Japanese. JROCK NEWS is partnering with club Zy. with the aim to popularize Japanese visual kei globally. Learn more about our partnership ...

Interview: nano inspires people with the power of rock!

14 January 2019

Anime, Interview

We at JROCK NEWS received the honor to attend the biggest anime convention in New York, Anime NYC, to witness the most outstanding anisong performers stand on stage during the two nights of Anisong World Matsur...

Interview : [ALEXANDROS] on cooking up music in Brooklyn

Zephyr

19 November 2018

We were extremely lucky to be able to sit down and have a conversation with the popular rock band from Tokyo, before their show at Gramercy Theatre in New York. Having their music featured in things like the r...

Interview : Guitar god HOTEI talks Fist of Northern Star and David Bowie

Narine

12 November 2018

Exclusive, Interview, Review

Hotei Tomoyasu (布袋寅泰), internationally famous for his music in Kill Bill, is a musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning over 35 years. Playing alongside legendary names including The Rolling Stone...

Interview: HIZUMI shares lifestyle as designer and UMBRELLA overseas expansion plans

5 November 2018

HIZUMI who withdrawn from the music industry has been focusing on his design brand UMBRELLA the past seven years. Recently, HIZUMI and GANSHIN revealed a collaboration which meant UMBRELLA was finally expanding...

Interview: Rides in ReVellion thirsts for overseas tour, unravels albums “Artery” and “Vein”

28 October 2018

On a hot summer day in August at the music festival FEST FES 2018, we were able to grab the guys from Rides in ReVellion to have a casual talk about their tour life, and the new mini-albums Artery, and Vein whi...

Interview: The German frontier of visual rock VII ARC

edoh

25 October 2018

Formed of five members in 2012, VII ARC is German alternative rock and industrial metal band. They released their album ATONIA -THE VOIDS OF TARTAROS- on September 22, and you may recognize their name as they s...

Video Interview : DEADLIFT LOLITA challenges Napoleon and Genghis Khan

Narine

28 August 2018

Exclusive, Interview, News

The two strongest kawaii stars in the universe, LADYBEARD and Reika Saiki from DEADLIFT LOLITA shared their thoughts on the upcoming Olympics in 2020, who they'd like to wrestle and also tips on becoming more c...

Interview: How to run a Tokyo record label with Ian Martin

David Bolan

13 August 2018

Ian Martin is a man who wears many hats. Not only is he busy running his own Tokyo based music label, Call and Response Records, home to bands like Looprider, Tropical Death, and SHARKK, but Ian's also a season...

Interview: Sanketsu-girl Sayuri, 2.5-dimensional parallel singer-songwriter

6 August 2018

Last month, Sanketsu-girl Sayuri went all the way from Japan to L.A. to perform at Anisong World Matsuri, an event which took place in North America's largest Japanese pop culture convention, Anime Expo 2018. ...

Interview with ACME, juvenile delinquents from a fictional universe

Sizergyia

31 July 2018

ACME's first album is just around the corner! With a catchy music video Zesshou Ouka just released, we couldn't just sit still and got in contact with the four-piece unit to explore what exactly the album has t...

Interview: Mana talks future of lolita fashion

Nexus

18 June 2018