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Concerts at the Fillmore San Francisco and the House of Blues Hollywood in September
UDO Artists, Inc. Brings Celebrated Super J-Rock GLAY to U.S. Audiences in San Francisco and Los Angeles
Celebrating fifteen (15) rocking years and with over 56,000,000 sold Singles, CDs, DVDs, Japan’s super rock group GLAY will take the U.S. by storm with concerts [...]
I think the new M.O.V.E. website pretty much rocks in it’s design. Their new album is full of anime cover songs!
Following the success of the first Bento Beatbox television program on Anime Network, JrockRevolution.com is thrilled to announce our next episode’s airdate of July 15, 2009. The premiere show, which aired April 15, 2009 and featured legendary musical guests Gackt, Angelo, Luna Sea, VAMPS, and newcomers Deluhi, was recently rated as the sixth most viewed [...]
The Anime Blog reader and contributor Liz Ohanesian has a great article in L.A. Weekly about Electric Cherry Blossom, a celebration of Little Tokyo’s Cherry Blossom Festival. Here’s an excerpt:
Shocking Bloom: American Dreams Filtered through Eastern Themes at Electric Cherry Blossom
Back in 2004, Stephanie Yanez sang “Ningyo Hime” from the popular anime series Chobits as [...]
– Metro, Chicago, Illinois September 26, 2008
Juno Reactor returned to the U.S. for the first time in seven years, and as a J-music fan I simply couldn’t resist the chance to see Sugizo, the “legendary” guitarist from LUNA SEA, in action.
Juno Reactor is an electronica act that specializes in blending genres and breaking down barriers. [...]
Having performed to thousands of rock fans on the recently completed 2008 European tour with Electronica/Industrial/Ambient band Juno Reactor, legendary Japanese guitar superstar SUGIZO will join them again for their U.S. and Mexico tour, which will include performances in Denver, Aspen, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York, along with Chihuahua and Juarez-Chihuahua, [...]
If you’re in Japan for four successive weekends starting at the end of July, you will have a chance to see the Big Four Rock Festivals…Fuji Rock Festival, Rock in Japan, Summer Sonic, and Rising Sun Rock Festival In Ezo.
Fuji Rock Festival
The Fuji Rock Festival is arguably Japan’s premier rock festival. This year, there [...]
Japanese music was the theme of Anime Expo this year. The con featured a number of standout j-rockers, and TheAnimeBlog.com was lucky enough to attend Anna Tsuchiya’s press panel! Most of the questions focused on Ms. Tsuchiya’s solor music career, but she’s also a model and actress. You might have seen her in the ever-so-awesome [...]
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