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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…

BAND-MAID: The Furies Unleashed. Review of “Unseen World”

BAND-MAID: The Furies Unleashed. Review of “Unseen World”

The Furies of Greek mythology were inexorable, but just, pursuers of sinners on Earth. They punished men for their crimes against the natural order or crimes against…

BAND-MAID: Different (English Language Review)

BAND-MAID: Different (English Language Review)

The first thing you hear is vocalist Saiki singing, “Let’s go! it’s show time!” What follows is an absolutely relentless aural onslaught. The rock riff that follows…

Lovebites: The Devil is in the Details

Lovebites: The Devil is in the Details

Lovebites is as precise a mechanism as a Grand Seiko timepiece. Lovebites is as powerful an industrial machine as a Lexus LFA. Lovebites is as finely tuned…

CARBONIC ACID: H2CO3 「リンゴの殺し屋」

CARBONIC ACID: H2CO3 「リンゴの殺し屋」

The sound is irresistibly poppy, yet relentlessly heavy. The brainchild of Unlucky Morpheus and UNDEAD CORPORATION guitarist Jinya, the band begins with a formula of memorable high-speed…