Nihongaku Radio Episode 49: Tonight, Tonight, Tonight!
In this episode we explore the career of Beat Crusaders’ Toru Hidaka and hear from his new band, The Starbems.
Nihongaku Radio Episode 42: Revenge of The Rock Episode
Prepare yourself for tracks from Anthem, Boom Boom Satellites, X Japan and a few bands who rocked so hard that they’re not even around anymore.
Nihongaku Radio Episode 39: Requiem For a Handy Man
New music from Perfume, Flip and Crazy Ken Band in this episode.
Nihongaku Radio Episode 26: Good Screams
I heard you were looking for a new episode of Nihongaku Radio. Sorry I’m late. Hopefully a fistful of new music from the likes of Cinema Staff, Do As Infinity, and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu will make up for it. Welcome … Read More »
Nihongaku Radio Episode 21: Swarm of B’z
Guess who’s invading the states? And by invading the states, I mean going on a less-than-10 city tour. Still, I’m happy to report that rock duo B’z is doing shows up and down the East and West coasts as well … Read More »
Nihongaku Radio Episode 6: Shonen Knife Is Coming to Town
Christmas music from Japan? You must be mad! Think again ye desirers of Yuletide songs from the Far East. Japan does crank out some good Christmas music and we’ve got three examples of on episode seven. Someone has to write … Read More »
Gackt’s 39th Single On the Way
Gackt 38th single, “Ever.” To say that Gackt is prolific is a bit of an understatement. He sang lead for now defunct Visual Kei band Malice Mizer. These days, he stars in films like Bunraku. He lends his vocal talents … Read More »
Kotaku Discovers Gackt
Earlier today, video game-centric blog Kotaku published a post by Senior Contributing Editor (Japan) Brian Ashcraft all about Japanese rock star/multi-instrumentalist/actor/vampire Gackt. Apparently Ashcraft has discovered Gackt and, after doing so, felt an intense need to shower him with adoration. … Read More »