Yoshida Brothers Return to Otakon
The world-renowned Yoshida brothers, recently announced that they will be performing at Otakon 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland. Otakon will be taking placed July 30th to August 1st at Baltimore Convention Center.
Free Girugamesh Poster
JapanFiles recently announced that with a purchase of Girugamesh’s, “NOW” album at Hot Topic you can get a free but limited replica of their 2010 tour poster. The USA release of this album even includes the full Japanese booklet for those of you are worried about missing out on anything important.
Miyavi – ‘NEO TOKYO SAMURAI BLACK’ Live Review
Miyavi’s ‘NEO TOKYO SAMURAI BLACK’ World Tour rolled into London on October 6th. The fans queued from the early hours of the morning outside the conveniently located Islington O2 Academy, neither deterred nor disheartened by the relentless London rain. The Academy is situated in the middle of a busy shopping district and ensured [...]
Auncia Interview Comment Video
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Japan Girls Nite in California Aug. 15-17
Japan Girls Nite dates are coming up soon!
San Francisco on Aug.15 and Aug 16th
with: noodles/TsuShiMaMiRe/ Red Bacteria Vacuum/ Omodaka+6%DOKIDOKI Shop Girls
– Japan Nite Special -
Girls Rock Explosion!
+Harajuku Kawaii Experience
Sat. AUG. 15th @ PEACE PLAZA MTV IGGY STAGE
Sun. AUG. 16th @ YOSHI’S
Los Angeles on Aug 17th.
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GACKT – Requiem et Reminiscience II FINAL
GACKT’s Requiem et Reminiscence II Tour finally came to an end at Saitama’s Super Arena on July 12th after 7 months and over 60 shows. Dubbed as ‘VISUALIVE’s instead of concerts, the term coming from a combination of the words visual, alive and live, the tour was a sequel to his 2001 Requiem et Reminiscence [...]
Kodo – One Earth Tour in Madison, WI
On February 21, 2009, the prominent Japanese taiko group, Kodo, held a performance in Madison, Wisconsin. Upon receiving the news that the show would be in town only the day before, I decided that I couldn’t pass up this unique cultural performance. From short sections of my musicology classes, I had background knowledge of the [...]
Live Report: An Cafe in Hollywood
April 11th, 2009 , An Cafe’s mini-tour through California began. The concert was held at the historic Avalon venue in Hollywood, right across the street from the Capitol Records building, which is a venue that‘s familiar to those following Jrock in southern California. The crowd of fans quickly stretched down the block and around the [...]
Living Dead Lights – 19 November, 2008
Sometimes visual kei is superfluous. Sometimes ‘exotic’ instrumentation adds nothing. Sometimes, all you need is the punk. And that is exactly what the Los Angeles-based Living Dead Lights provide.
