Interview

This interview was originally 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 here. At Izak...

Interview with STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION: Surprising experiences at first one-man live show

afaenia

17 March 2020

After an amazing, fully-packed and sold-out show with STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION at Shibuya WWW, we spoke with the frontman RON to snatch some comments regarding the successful concert. As this was RON's first one-...

Interview with Crossfaith: Living off the life force of heavy music

3 March 2020

Crossfaith has been hitting a massive amount of location for the European tour Synchronicity Tour 2020 and for the first time, they decided to make a stop in Sweden where we were honored to spend a lovely time ...

Interview: Mikaru, the tenacious force behind G.L.A.M.S

Ziggy

29 February 2020

G.L.A.M.S has kicked-off their European tour to promote the release of their fourth mini-album, TWILIGHT AFTER THE RAIN. Before the lead up to these two key events of G.L.A.M.S’ 2020, JROCK NEWS took the opport...

Fans of all ages explain why they like BABYMETAL

13 February 2020

Entertainment, Interview

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...

Interview: BABYMETAL accentuates elegance and beauty in new direction

10 February 2020

BABYMETAL is currently on a world tour "METAL GALAXY WORLD TOUR" and is checking off a bunch of new countries they never visited before! We got together with SU-METAL and MOAMETAL during the European leg to spe...

Interview with STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION: Experiencing time travel through music creation

5 February 2020

We've been eager for a long time to speak with RON, the mastermind behind the project STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION (SDF), who is responsible for theme songs in anime such as Kyoukai no Kanata, Shokugeki no Souma, Gan...

Interview: TaiKomotion keeps the beat alive for an ancient Japanese art

G Andrew White

3 February 2020

For those who are musically inclined or want to learn about Japanese drums, that is now possible with open taiko group, TaiKomotion. Have you ever spotted those large drums at traditional Japanese festivals? Th...

Interview: Anime style Jazz by Japanese Lunchtime Rush

G Andrew White

1 February 2020

Finally, we provide a brief spotlight on those artists influenced by anime and its music. One of the guest bands at Animé LA entertained attendees in the entertainment lounge was Japanese Lunchtime Rush. This s...

Interview: BRATS on US debut at Animé LA 2020

G Andrew White

30 January 2020

Continuing on with our Animé LA series after our interview with FEMM, we were able to speak with the fun-loving punkettes of BRATS. Next in this series, we will have a report on their amazing first US performan...

Interview: FEMM talks latex and Olympics at Animé LA 2020

edoh+

29 January 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...

Interview: ZAQ’s heartfelt story on how anisong changed her life

Zephyr

27 January 2020

Anime, Interview

Among the various anisong artists that performed at Anime NYC 2019 convention at the Javits Center, we were lucky enough to be graced by the presence of ZAQ, a singer with a prolific body of work in not only an...

Interview: Chris Broad (Abroad in Japan), Youtuber who spent a week with HYDE

22 January 2020