Review

8 January 2019

Anime, Review

On the first day of Anisong World Matsuri at the Hammerstein Ballroom, tons of anime fans lined the street as they eagerly waited for the performance. It was a fairly mixed crowd consisting mainly of cosplayer ...

Live report: HOTEI at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 2018

Narine

4 December 2018

The finale of Hotei’s European tour had finally reached the awaited London show on October 20, 2018. The O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire was organised differently from the usual standing layout and seats had been arr...

Live report : [ALEXANDROS] at Gramercy Theatre 2018

18 November 2018

Exclusive, News, Review

Upon arriving at Gramercy Theatre, it wasn’t surprising to see that the line of fans anxiously waiting wrapped around the corner of the sidewalk and down the side of the venue. Fans from all over came to see l...

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...

Photo report : DIR EN GREY at Electric Ballroom London 2018

edoh

4 November 2018

Written by Ziggy and Edoh. Photo credits to Narine at JRN. When you witnessed the number of fans DIR EN GREY summoned to the city on a Tuesday night, you couldn't help but feel the pulse of the Japanese rock s...

MORRIE successfully brings back third installment of Solitude live at Kraine Theatre

17 October 2018

Review

It has been a little under a year since MORRIE’s very first Solitude live show in New York City, and with this now being his third show in New York for his Solitude series, we know that the man behind legendary...

Review: Velvet Ants’ buzzworthy album “Entomological Souvenirs I”

David Bolan

29 September 2018

The other day, without warning, a dragonfly landed on my shoulder and scared the hell out of me. In the half second before I jumped out of my chair and frightened it off I had a glimpse of bulbous alien eyes an...

Review: DIR EN GREY guides us into “The Insulated World”

Mazohyst_Kyo

27 September 2018

Between intense sessions of BanG Dream! and blasting Ningen wo Kaburu through my car's sound system I had lost track of how soon The Insulated World had arrived. After all, Ningen wo Kaburu still feels new to m...

Aimer and Sayuri’s heart fluttering shows at Anisong World Matsuri

NBT

9 August 2018

Review

The magical night of July 6 at Microsoft Theater, in Los Angeles, was filled with joyful moments as four exceptional artists brought out their best on the second night of Anisong World Matsuri. This was the day...

Review: BRATS issues powerful and punky debut album

David Bolan

1 August 2018

Albums used to come with a sticker admonishment to "play it loud," and this might be good advice for BRATS, the impressive eponymous debut released July 25 by a trio composed of sisters Rei and Aya Kuromiya and...

“XIII” might be lynch.’s most solid album to date

Sizergyia

25 July 2018

lynch. has come back with a bang this year as the band not only celebrated their 13th anniversary at Makuhari Messe in March, they also welcomed back bassist Akinori. Since then, the band went on to release SIN...

Live report: Super CHON Bros. 2 tour with Tricot, TTNG, Polyphia and CHON on June 8

23 July 2018

By now, the return of CHON's successful Super CHON Bros tour from last year is likely over. Spanning over 25 dates, the tour was a flying success in giving fans of Tricot a chance to mingle with larger scale in...

SEA LEVEL make waves with album “Dictionary (Handwritten)”

David Bolan

17 July 2018