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Live Report: Utada Hikaru Jan 2010
Created: 01 Feb 2010
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.
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Live Report: PMX Saturday Night
Created: 01 Feb 2010
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.
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Live Report: Quaff at Anime USA
Created: 20 Jan 2010
Live Report: Quaff at AnimeUSA
As fans slowly made their way in and crowded their way around the stage, you could feel the anticipation in the air. Most of the attendees had already been to the first set on Friday night and were anxious to experience this band's energy for a second time. As Megaphone Man (a many year veteran staff member for AUSA) took the stage, the attendees cheered their approval knowing that Quaff was only moments from appearing.
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Live Report: PMX Friday
Created: 20 Jan 2010
Pacific Media Expo hosted a number of different bands, artists, and designers from Japan and the surrounding Los Angeles area. This year's special guests included Uchusentai NOIZ , Papillon, Hangry and Angry designer Gashicon, and designer and DJ Takuya Angel. JrockRevolution.com was there for all the major events, including two concerts, a fashion show, and even a dance!
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Live Report: X Japan in Hollywood, CA
Created: 14 Jan 2010
The intersection of Hollywood and Highland is a well-known tourist spot in Los Angeles. People in costumes of famous characters line the Walk of Fame for tourists' amusement while shoppers buzz in and out of the five-story mall. However, even the locals knew something special was going on Saturday, January 9, 2010, when the structure built on the roof of Sephora was revealed to be a stage, and a crowd formed on the sidewalk below to gaze between that and the large screen located next to Express, at the main entrance to the Hollywood and Highland Center. There were differently dressed up people that day, carrying signs and flags and stuffed dolls with pink hair. When asked "What's going on?" members of the crowd replied, "X Japan are filming music videos."
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Interview: Shonen Knife at FunFunFun Fest
Created: 01 Feb 2010
JRR: You've been touring the United States in support of your latest album "Super Group." How many cities do you visit on tour?
Naoko: Thirty cities on this tour. Fun Fun Fun Fest if our twentieth show so we have ten shows to go after this.
JRR: Has your fan base changed over the years and do you have a lot of new fans?
Naoko: Yes. The children of our older fans listen now.
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Interview: Papillon at PMX
Created: 20 Jan 2010
At PMX this last November, JrockRevolution.com had a chance to share an exchange with idol duo Papillon. Enjoy!
Please introduce yourselves.
Nagi: From looking at the stage, I'm on the left, Nagi.
Miri: And I'm on the right side, Miri.
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Interview: Gashicon at PMX
Created: 20 Jan 2010
JRR.com was able to sit down with designer & illustrator of h.NAOTO's Hangry&Angry brand at PMX 2008.
Please tell us a little about where your inspiration began for the designs of the Hangry&Angry characters.
Gashicon: It started off when I was given the topic by h.NAOTO himself to do Gothic & Lolita and Punk designs and I wanted to create characters based off of that kind of image.
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Interview: born at Oni-Con
Created: 20 Jan 2010
After watching a tremendous live set Oct 30th at Oni-con in Houston, Texas, JRR.com was honored with a bit of born's free time for a quick interview. The entire band was present and appeared ready to meet with their fans later in the day. We were able to speak with them and gain a bit of insight on how it feels to meet so many fans in the United States.
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Interview: Satsuki
Created: 16 Dec 2009
Satsuki recently took some time to answer some questions for JrockRevolution.com before Oni-Con.
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International Jrock Project Presents: KESHIKI
Created: 23 Sep 2009
KESHIKI means 'landscape' in English and as one could comprehend from the band name, their endeavors to create songs that would bring visions of landscapes to whoever listens to their music. This band is well known in not only Japan, but all over the West Coast of the United States as well because of their formation in Los Angeles. It all began in the United States, and the way the members united to form KESHIKI was quite peculiar.
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International Jrock Project: Cinema Bizarre
Created: 17 Aug 2009
In 2005, birthed from a series of exchanged emails and a meeting at a convention, the German band Cinema Bizarre came to life as a highly diverse band. Alongside playing a wide variety of sounds and genres, they also have a common love for visual kei and have adopted it in a manner that suits them best.
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International Jrock Project - RUSIKA
Created: 26 Jun 2009
 To kick off our series on international Jrock, here is our first piece. Read on for our interview with RUSIKA!
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International Jrock Project: Introduction
Created: 26 Jun 2009
In sitting down at a computer, clicking the way to your favorite search engine and proceeding to type in three key words, "Jrock influenced bands," you are bombarded by a variety of links. Shifting only through the first few pages, a pattern is quickly uncovered.
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Japan Nite Live Report LA
Created: 08 Apr 2009
Since 1996, Japan Nite has been bringing Japanese music to the SXSW Music Festival in Austin and dotting various cities in the US with alternative and indies Japanese bands. Some bands experience such surprising success, like ELLEGARDEN, that they come back to do solo lives. Nearly a dozen bands were on the roster for 2009, although not all bands played at all stops. The live in Denver nearly didn't happen due to the insane surprise blizzard (I guess the snow wanted to go to Japan Nite too), so many fans were forced to stay home for their own safety. Luckily, no other spots faced weather hardships, and most concerts went on relatively on time. Japan Night at the Los Angeles Knitting Factory was packed in a sea of rockers, punkers, and normal-lookin' folk, but the lolita tribes that flock to these events were mostly absent. The age range was a bit higher than the teenage demographic.
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The Return of Roses: Versailles Live
Created: 28 Feb 2008
Versailles.
The eyes and ears of Jrock fandom have been upon them for months now. They took the smart, modern direction with their YouTube and MySpace, giving potential fans worldwide a chance to behold their Revenant Choir. After building success at home in Japan, they're ready to jump forward with their plans to take on the world, a part of the program from the very start. And it's already paying off---the newly announced show from Tainted Reality at Los Angeles popular live house the Knitting Factory is open for sale, and it's already set to SELL OUT in a matter of weeks.
The fruits of KAMIJO and HIZAKI's aesthetic vision are easy to taste at the Versailles MySpace, but you may be wondering still whether or not this band is killer in person.
Here's why you shouldn't wait and miss your chance to catch their American debut at A-Kon and in L.A. or their upcoming Aesthetic Revolution in Europe Tour (more details at their MySpace): a picture of the members of Versailles as seen live in Tokyo at the close of last year upon their sixth month anniversary. This combined report reflects on the impact of shows with ANTI FEMINISM at famous Jrock career-launcher Meguro Rokumeikan on December 21, and with fellow Sherow Artist Society musicians at Omotesando Fab on December 24.
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ELLEGARDEN Live Report
Created: 04 Aug 2007
 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.
Hey do you guys want an ELLEGARDEN interview? Tell us in the forum!
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Vidoll INTERVIEW
Created: 19 Jul 2007
 Vidoll, a band of beautiful aesthetics, work together by drawing in five unique personalities and preferences of their group. Having gone from indies obscurity to international fame, Vidoll is now trying to keep up with their fans!
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S.K.I.N. Concert Review
Created: 01 Jul 2007
At the end of the Jrock Revolution Festival in late May, 2007, YOSHIKI made the announcement that S.K.I.N. would be playing at Anime Expo. By the end of the Friday night concert, fans were already phoning their friends and making plans to attend the convention. Both national and international supporters flew in from as far away as France, Canada, and Japan.
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miyavi INTERVIEW
Created: 27 Jun 2007
 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.
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