Jrock Revolution

On July 24th, ELLEGARDEN blessed The Knitting Factory in Hollywood with their presence, making up for the missing concerts at the tail of their 2006 Japan Nite Tour.

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Utada Live Report - January 19, 2009 - House of Blues Sunset Strip

It's automatic—from her first step onto the House of Blues Stage, to the first chord strummed by her guitar player. From the smile stretched on her face to the first note that she sings, Utada is a crowd pleaser. It had been a rainy week in Los Angeles. Raining in Los Angeles is equivalent to there being a hurricane in most cities around the world—people do not want to go out, and the roads are not meant to be driven on.

 

雅-miyavi- will be making his debut with S.K.I.N. THIS Friday at Anime Expo. Before this, he performed as part of the Jrock Revolution Festival. We were luckily enough to sit down and interview the musician before the big show.

The second day of any convention tends to be the busiest, with more events than one can humanly attend lined up one after another. One of these events, in the early Saturday afternoon of Pacific Media Expo, was a small concert called Hydraphonic.

Jrock is becoming a buzzword in today's teenage youth. Even as the Japanese music industry is moving into America, Chinese, Taiwanese, and Korean music also has had influence in the U.S. Music Industry.