XaaXaa Archives

XaaXaa’s mysterious single “Kasa ga nai” coming this October

5 September 2024

XaaXaa releases their latest single, Kasa ga nai (傘がない), on October 9. The title, which means "I don't have an umbrella", evokes a jarring contrast between anxiety and romanticism. In Japanese culture, the imag...

XaaXaa’s “Nozokitai” music video blends heavy music, haunting imagery

Erica

7 July 2024

Music Video, Releases

On July 5, XaaXaa unveiled the music video for Nozokitai (のぞきたい), the lead track of their upcoming single which releases on August 1. XaaXaa, known for their youthful yet dark sound, brings chaos and jarring...

Interview: XaaXaa makes explosive US debut at Katsucon 2024

Erica and Rin

26 April 2024

Interview, Report and review, Tour and event

XaaXaa made their American debut at Katsucon, an annual celebration of Japanese culture in National Harbor, MD. XaaXaa's Friday night performance packed the ballroom, with fans queuing hours before the show. As...

XaaXaa gets toxic in “Boku to OD” music video

Erica

26 February 2024

Music Video, New Look

XaaXaa's single Boku to OD (僕とOD) may not be released until March 27, but the music video is already available for your viewing pleasure. The music video made its world premiere on February 23 via YouTube, to a...

XaaXaa plays Russian Roulette in music video “Draw”, for TV anime “Duel Masters”

Erica

23 October 2023

Music Video, Releases

On October 8, the visual kei quartet XaaXaa released the music video for their single Draw (ドロー). Draw serves as the outro track for the TV anime series Duel Masters WIN Duel Wars, now airing on TV Tokyo. Th...

XaaXaa holds first US performance at Katsucon 2024

Astrid

15 July 2023

Tour and event

XaaXaa prepares to rock America for the first time at Katsucon 2024! The sensational visual kei band, XaaXaa, makes their long-awaited US debut as the esteemed musical guests at Katsucon 2024. Mark your cale...

XaaXaa packs a punch with album, music video “Gogatsubyou”

Erica

6 April 2021

Music Video, Releases

Dynamic shock rockers XaaXaa announced a new mini-album Gogatsubyou and dropped a brand new music video to promote it. Gogatsubyou hits shelves on May 5, but you can watch the full music video for the title tra...

Best Jrock music of 2020: JROCK NEWS staff picks

Sizergyia, afaenia, Dorian, Mazohyst_Kyo, Midnight, G Andrew White, NBT, NoMusicNoReason and edoh+

19 January 2021

Entertainment, Music Video

The year 2020 saw the coronavirus pandemic take center stage, making this year feel longer than usual as we isolated indoors for months on end. On the bright side, however, releases from our favorite artists ke...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2020

NBT, afaenia, Mazohyst_Kyo, G Andrew White, Ziggy, edoh+ and Sizergyia

30 December 2020

Entertainment

I think we can all agree that 2020 has been quite a crazy year, right? There's a lot of canceled concerts and a whole load of things that affected the scene. Despite all the setbacks, we've seen the music indus...

Japanese livestreams to check out in December

Midnight

5 December 2020

Online Concert, Tour and event

We apologize for running late with this month's roundup of livestreams. As a note, you can still watch past-streams thanks to the playback feature which allows you to view "dead" streams days after a concert ha...

XaaXaa freezes to death in “Reito Ningen” music video, from new single

NoMusicNoReason

15 November 2020

Music Video, New Look, Releases

XaaXaa unveils an icy music video for its single Reito Ningen and will hit stores on December 16. In addition to this, the band recently shared an acoustic performance of the debut single Usotsuki filmed in a c...

Interview: Why XaaXaa members chose to become visual kei musicians

Midnight, afaenia and Dorian

4 November 2020

Interview

For more than five years XaaXaa has enthralled Japanese and foreign fans alike with its unique worldview, which is driven by pain and sadness. In its sixth year of activity, the band delivered three releases an...

XaaXaa shares lyric video for digital single “Ashita Hareruto Iina”

Midnight

5 June 2020

Releases, Videos

XaaXaa (ザアザア) have a new single by the title Ashita Hareruto Iina (明日晴れるといいな) that will land in digital stores on June 7. The animated lyric video follows in the footsteps of the title, which can loosely be tra...

XaaXaa fight for their lives in “Horror” music video

Midnight

15 March 2020

Music Video, Releases

XaaXaa (ザアザア) followed up on the announcement of their 17th single with the music video preview for the title track, Horror (ホラー)! The band gets theatrical in the video as they channel Hollywood style horror in...

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