Interview

7 June 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

7 June 2018

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

31 May 2018

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

24 May 2018

Alternative hardcore band ROA is a crew of enthusiastic rockers who marries the traditional Japanese Tsugaru shamisen to the Western guitar, producing a beautiful baby with the essence of both worlds. ROA has g...

Artist Interview: The pencil magician Kuji

24 May 2018

Following on with our Artist Interview series, we have Kuji who conjures up distinctive styled Jrock portraits with beautiful contrasting tones in both monochrome and vibrant colors. Kuji's art has a certain so...

Artist Interview: The curious art of yuroran’s neon flavored world

17 May 2018

Today we are speaking to yuroran who is a master at acid-bright colours and is an expert at merging this palette into amazing Jrock themed art as well as other subjects. This interview will cover how yuroran de...

Artist Interview: Tiny universe of J-Rock Chibi

10 May 2018

We're celebrating the handy work of the truly creative fans and speaking to some of the artists who produce some of the best Jrock and visual kei fan-art we've seen. J-Rock Chibi is a name you must have heard o...

Interview: MIYAVI on his role in Bleach, values, and inspirations from hide

Narine

30 April 2018

Featured, Interview, Review

The sun was unusually brilliant for the UK on April 21, marking the second European tour date for MIYAVI's Day2 World Tour as if the heavens knew the Japanese guitar samurai would be visiting. In a room adjacen...

INTERVIEW: MIYAVI – “We rock, yeh?”

Charles Shepherd

20 April 2018

MIYAVI, the guitar legend, actor, philanthropist, and family man, is preparing to hit London once again this Saturday as part of his massive "DAY2" World Tour. Returning for the first time since his 2017 Fireb...

Interview: exist†trace power through shows to new material

Zansouki

6 April 2018

It is no doubt that exist†trace is a group of veteran rockers, not just within all-female bands, but within the entire rock industry in Japan as well. In order to challenge themselves, they have been touring an...

Life of a roadie: the muscle behind every band

25 February 2018