Interview

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

Oct 25, 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

Aug 28, 2018

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

Aug 13, 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: ROA discuss meat, olympics and heroes at HYPER JAPAN 2018

Sizergyia

Aug 9, 2018

The seven-piece Shamisen rockers, ROA, had just toured America before landing in London to perform their first set of UK shows, starting with Japanese culture event, HYPER JAPAN. Held at London Olympia on 13—15...

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

NBT

Aug 6, 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, Shmilly and Nexus

Jul 31, 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

Jun 18, 2018

Yesterday, we have showcased some of Moi-même-Moitié's newly released items. Today, we finally bring you what you have been waiting for. Let's dive into it without stalling; we have had the great honor to talk ...

Interview: Staff behind Mana’s Gothic Lolita brand Moi-même-Moitié

Nexus

Jun 15, 2018

Yesterday, we had a look at the personal history and career of the wide-known visual kei legend and founder of the fashion brand Moi-même-Moitié, Mana.Moitié is a brand well-known among lolitas and aristocr...

Interview: URBANGARDE talk fashion, subculture and music

Jun 7, 2018

After celebrating their 10th anniversary in April this year, vocalists Yoko and Temma from electronic pop-rock band URBANGARDE sit down and talks to us about the celebratory performance, album and fashion exhib...

Artist Interview: Exploring the mysterious visions of Mysano’s mind

Jun 7, 2018

Entertainment, Featured, Interview

We're onto the final artist interview for this series and we hope you have enjoyed reading these as much as we have had fun speaking to the passionate artists. If you haven't read the previous ones yet, please ...

Artist Interview: Fall in love with the realistic art of mizukimchi

May 31, 2018

Entertainment, Featured, Interview

Continuing on with our series to showcase beautiful fanart in the Jrock community, today we will be talking to mizukimchi who specialises in realistic colored pencil drawings of visual musicians. Find out their...

Exclusive Premiere and Interview: First glimpse of ROA’s “Hitsugenius” music video

May 24, 2018