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I Am There For You: What NANO Wanted To Convey at Matsuricon 2023

I Am There For You: What NANO Wanted To Convey at Matsuricon 2023

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。 NANO has a message for fans – they are never alone. Human vulnerabilities – questions of self-worth and belonging, inner emotional battles – can be brutally…

Lebensanleitung: Eine Rezension von NOIXE von nano

Lebensanleitung: Eine Rezension von NOIXE von nano

Noixe, das raue, chaotische, aber berauschende Doppelalbum zum 10-jährigen Jubiläum von nano könnte das beste Album 2023 sein. Die Intensität ist erbarmungslos. Die Energie lässt vom ersten…

How To Live: A Review of NOIXE by nano

How To Live: A Review of NOIXE by nano

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。 Noixe, the raucous, chaotic, but exhilarating 10th anniversary double album by nano, could be the greatest album of 2023. The intensity is relentless. There is no…

Asterism Live In New York City: July 11, 2023; An Explosive Evening Of Metal Guitar: A Review

Asterism Live In New York City: July 11, 2023; An Explosive Evening Of Metal Guitar: A 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。 Rock critics and fans sometimes use the term “face melting” to describe particularly incendiary guitar solos. While that term may have gone out of style, it…

BAND-MAID: The Puzzling Art of Crafting, Destroying and Rebuilding Rock Songs (A Review of BAND-MAID ONLINE ACOUSTIC OKYU-JI)

BAND-MAID: The Puzzling Art of Crafting, Destroying and Rebuilding Rock Songs (A Review of BAND-MAID ONLINE ACOUSTIC OKYU-JI)

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。 Band-Maid are one of the world’s most dangerous rock bands. From a creative standpoint, Band-Maid absolutely refuse to stand still. With each release, the five women…

SCANDAL in the House: A Review of SCANDAL’s July 11, 2022 Concert At Sony Hall, NYC

SCANDAL in the House: A Review of SCANDAL’s July 11, 2022 Concert At Sony Hall, NYC

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。 「1」 The greatness of the iconic band SCANDAL became evident four songs into the band’s July 11 set at Sony Hall in New York City. The…

The Ecstatic Vision of BRIDEAR: A Review of Aegis of Athena

The Ecstatic Vision of BRIDEAR: A Review of Aegis of Athena

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。 「1」 It is a fitting conclusion to another ecstatic and exhilarating exploration of human emotions by one of the most creative rock bands in the world….

Rock Music In The Year 2022

Rock Music In The Year 2022

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。 In 1969, the center of the world of rock music was London. A rock music lover’s pantheon of the five greatest artists of the day would…

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…