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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

Releases, Review

Dictionary (Handwritten), the ten song album released by indie band SEA LEVEL on July 11, is an eclectic yet satisfying mix of ambient drones, found sound collages, and piano ballads that alternate off-kilter r...

Review: Unboxing J-RockVault subscription box

Zephyr

28 June 2018

Review

A few weeks ago, the kind folks over at J-RockVault mailed me a trial package version of one of their bimonthly J-RockVault boxes. I was asked to review the product, and having no prior knowledge about the comp...

Live report: tricot at House of Blues, Houston left audience wanting more

Zansouki

4 June 2018

Review, Tour

It was a hot Wednesday afternoon of May 30, people were already in a queue that, with the venue being in the third floor of a building, already extended all the way to the second floor 45 minutes before the sho...

Review: DEVILOOF’s “Kaika” is a trip back into Grindcore

Mazohyst_Kyo

8 May 2018

Exclusive, Review

I waited patiently, I saved up all my good boy points and forwent so many tendies for this release. Finally, it arrived at the door ready to be torn out of the box and listened to over and over again until the ...

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

Narine

30 April 2018

Exclusive, 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...

Review: Take a trip to heaven with Tokyo Treat’s Japanese candy box!

Zansouki

24 March 2018

Entertainment, Review, Videos

If you're on this site, chances are you may like Japan and its culture. And if you like the culture, then you may perhaps also be interested in Japanese candy! Tokyo Treat, a monthly Japanese candy box subsc...

MORRIE brings back the feeling of Solitude in second New York live show

Zephyr

26 February 2018

Review

MORRIE, the influential frontman behind the bands DEAD END and Creature Creature, has returned to New York for a second installment of his Solitude concert series. He has been doing these series of shows in Jap...

Review: Is lynch.’s “BLØOD THIRSTY CREATURE” offering enough to satisfy fans?

Sizergyia

6 January 2018

Review

From their sold-out comeback performance at Shinkiba Studio Coast to releasing SINNERS-EP meant that lynch. were well and truly back. As 2017 came to an end, the band had one more release to send us off with an...

Sengoku Jidai’s first performance in Japan at TSUTAYA O-EAST

edoh

31 December 2017

Exclusive, Review

After releasing their first album, Uijin – First Battle –, in November, TSUTAYA O-EAST became the first battlefield for Sengoku Jidai -The age of civil wars- (戦国時代) in December 2017. This is their first ever sh...

Live report: FEMM & LOVEBITES set stage alight at The UNDERWORLD, London

Narine

22 December 2017

Exclusive, Review

After two successful days of FEMM and LOVEBITES at Hyper Japan, it was now time for them to conquer The Underworld, London on November 27, 2017. The doors opened at 7 pm and around 100 eager fans made their way...

Review: Is Devil’s Proof a step in the right direction for Deviloof?

Mazohyst_Kyo

23 November 2017

Review

Waiting for the release of Deviloof's Devil's Proof has been one of the hardest things in my life. That's really an overstatement, but, you get the point. Not just myself, but some of the other members of the J...

Report: Eccentric performance by Voodoo kungfu, a band who’s banned from all major Chinese music festivals

Mazohyst_Kyo

9 October 2017

Review

Here at JROCK NEWS we tend to cover Jrock music and all things related. Today I am bringing you a little something different. Sure, there are visual kei bands out there that are not from Japan, but, this is a m...

MORRIE brings out the feeling of Solitude in intimate live show in New York

Zephyr

20 September 2017

Review

When I searched for the venue known as “Kraine Theatre”, the venue that MORRIE of DEAD END and Creature Creature decided to host his live show, I must admit it was difficult for me to find at first. Upon never ...