Archive 2021 - Raijin Rock
The Year 2021 In Review

The Year 2021 In Review

ページトップの「日本語」をクリックすると、本記事の日本語版を閲覧できます。 BRIDEAR released an overwhelmingly great new album, and then, somehow, someway, completed a triumphant European tour. Aldious was able to complete a full Japanese tour after…

nano:  A Woman Exploring Life. Review of ANTHESIS

nano: A Woman Exploring Life. Review of ANTHESIS

ページトップの「日本語」をクリックすると、本記事の日本語版を閲覧できます。 Anthesis is the perfect merging of emotionally resonant voice, intelligent lyrics and engaging rock music. Born in New York City, nano moved to Tokyo as a…

GACHARIC SPIN: The White-Hot Ferocity of Angelina 1/3, A Review of “Mindset”

GACHARIC SPIN: The White-Hot Ferocity of Angelina 1/3, A Review of “Mindset”

ページトップの「日本語」をクリックすると、本記事の日本語版を閲覧できます。 The new Gacharic Spin single, “Mindset,” is both familiar and new. The song has the band’s traditional energy, passion, power and funk. But “Mindset” also has…

LOVEBITES: the glory of asami (an alternative view of「GLORY, GLORY TO THE WORLD」)

LOVEBITES: the glory of asami (an alternative view of「GLORY, GLORY TO THE WORLD」)

ページトップの「日本語」をクリックすると、本記事の日本語版を閲覧できます。 LOVEBITES vocalist asami performs an almost unbelievable feat of magic on the recent Extended Play release GLORY, GLORY TO THE WORLD (“GLORY”). In early interviews, LOVEBITES…

R!N: DANGER AND SEDUCTION. Review of “Get Away/Naked”

R!N: DANGER AND SEDUCTION. Review of “Get Away/Naked”

ページトップの「日本語」をクリックすると、本記事の日本語版を閲覧できます。 When a rock song stays in your head for hours after you have listened to it only once, you know that you have struck gold. That…

BRIDEAR: ON A KNIFE’S EDGE. Review of 「Bloody Bride」

BRIDEAR: ON A KNIFE’S EDGE. Review of 「Bloody Bride」

ページトップの「日本語」をクリックすると、本記事の日本語版を閲覧できます。 On the new album Bloody Bride, singer KIMI, bassist HARU, drummer NATSUMI and guitarists MISAKI and AYUMI find new ways to navigate these very different worlds….

LOVEBITES: The genius of miyako

LOVEBITES: The genius of miyako

ページトップの「日本語」をクリックすると、本記事の日本語版を閲覧できます。 The rippling, but volcanic, stream of notes that emanates from the compositions of LOVEBITES guitarist miyako is part of a musical tradition that runs from the…

BAND-MAID: cluppo, “PEACE&LOVE.” Review of a Solo Project by Kobato Miku

BAND-MAID: cluppo, “PEACE&LOVE.” Review of a Solo Project by Kobato Miku

ページトップの「日本語」をクリックすると、本記事の日本語版を閲覧できます。 On April 1, 2021, Kobato Miku, the guitarist/lyricist/mastermind of BAND-MAID, released a video of a new song, “PEACE&LOVE,” under the name “cluppo.” The various internet communities…

IBUKI: A Singular Vision. “ExMyself” Review

IBUKI: A Singular Vision. “ExMyself” Review

ページトップの「日本語」をクリックすると、本記事の日本語版を閲覧できます。 The vocalist IBUKI has collaborated with some of the most important musicians in 21st Japan, including the composer/guitarists MINA (DESTROSE/FATE GEAR), NARUMI (Disqualia) and Rie a.k.a….

LOVEBITES: GLORY, GLORY TO THE WORLD REVIEW

LOVEBITES: GLORY, GLORY TO THE WORLD REVIEW

ページトップの「日本語」をクリックすると、本記事の日本語版を閲覧できます。 The titles tell some of the story – “NO TIME TO HESITATE,” “PARANOIA,” “DYSTOPIA SYMPHONY.” This will be a cold and unforgiving vision of the world….

GACHARIC SPIN/DOLL$BOXX/BAND-MAID:  The Progressive Metal Jazz Funk of F Chopper Koga and MISA! MISA! MISA!

GACHARIC SPIN/DOLL$BOXX/BAND-MAID: The Progressive Metal Jazz Funk of F Chopper Koga and MISA! MISA! MISA!

The music instruction book Dictionary of Bass Grooves lists over thirty genres of bass playing techniques. The book includes lessons for Country Rock, Motown, Reggae, Punk Rock…

LOVEBITES: The Balletic Elegance of asami

LOVEBITES: The Balletic Elegance of asami

It might seem obvious that a lead singer would have a dancer’s moves, but in reality, that is far from the case. asami is one of the…