Yoshiki Composing Theme for 2012 Golden Globes
http://youtu.be/magM9DPE8w4 Read this story elsewhere and you’ll likely see a headline like “Yoshiki to Compose Theme for 2012 Golden Globes.” To compose? If he’s still composing, the X Japan band leader, multi-instrumentalist, Japanese cultural icon had better hurry up. The … Read More »
X Japan to Release “Jade” on June 28
Once again, Japan’s biggest rock band has graced the digital pages of Phoenix New Times. At the behest of the Music department I wrote a short piece today announcing the June 28 release of “Jade,” the first single from X … Read More »
Playing Catch Up With X Japan’s Yoshiki
Months ago, after X Japan’s first U.S. performance, I asked if America was ready for its first, mainstream Japanese band. The answer, if one can be reached, is still a long way off. What I can say with certainty is … Read More »
Yoshiki Reveals Probable Date for X Japan’s 2011 World Tour
After learning last week that X Japan is mistakenly listed on the SXSW Music schedule (and the resultant emotional roller coaster that followed) I could use some good news from Japan’s biggest rock band. X Japan band leader Yoshiki Hayashi … Read More »
Denied: X Japan Will Not Be Performing at SXSW
This morning, Nihongaku received word from X Japan publicist Heidi Ellen Robinson-Fitzgerald that X Japan will not perform at SXSW this year. Robinson-Fitzgerald forwarded the SXSW page that has the band listed to play at Rusty Spurs on March 19 … Read More »
X Japan at SXSW?
On January 27, 2011 X Japan released official word that the band is partnering up with EMI Music for the release of its first, American album. In the press release, X Japan band leader Yoshiki Hayashi had much to say … Read More »
X Japan: How I met Yoshiki
It’s confession time. Some of you may have already read the about page and, as a result, know that in addition to updating Nihongaku, I work as a (sometimes) journalist for Phoenix New Times in Phoenix, AZ. Why bring this … Read More »
X Japan's Yoshiki as Interviewed by Lollapalooza Producer Perry Ferrell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6jaYJQUqBg Perry Ferrell may not be the world’s best interviewer, but we can let him pass for continuing to produce Lollapalooza and, you know, that whole Jane’s Addiction thing. In the above video, Ferrell walks the American audience through questions … Read More »
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