When the clock strikes twelve on December 31st, people all over the world cheer and wish each other a Happy New Year. It seems that for some people, this event is no more then a change of a calendar while for others, the New Year symbolizes the beginning of a better tomorrow and a chance [...]

From their single Beautiful Good-bye to their soon to be released first album Bouquet, everything seems to be about the letter “B” for the indie band Billy. Their first album release is a special occasion for the band, so we took this opportunity to talk to them about it … and other words starting with [...]

Syu is a guitarist that is known for his great skills. He has played in various bands, such as Valkyr and the anime and metal band Animetal. Currently he is playing in the metal bands Galneryus and Aushvitz, and also acts as the vocalist of the latter band. Having already interviewed him about his bands [...]

We first met the three members of the punk/rock band DUSTAR-3 in 2005 for an interview. Now, two years later and just after the release of their new album Oretachi ikemen, we decided to have a quick chat with them. Not being a usual band, we decided to give the mini-interview a little twist and [...]

Towards the end of November, Kokusyoku Sumire visited France and held three concerts in Paris. At the end of one concert, they gave a video message to JaME France, which we have posted on YouTube for you to watch.

JaME Artist File

Christmas is just around the corner: it’s a holiday filled (hopefully) with presents, family members, lots of food, sometimes a visit to church and of course, the inevitable Christmas songs.
Now, Christmas songs aren’t always horrible, but aren’t we all getting a little sick of Deck the Halls, haven’t we all already figured out what Mariah [...]

We had earlier posted our chat with lynch.’s drummer Asanao, and now we’re giving you Yusuke’s comments about their new album THE BURIED!
When you recorded the new album THE BURIED, you played the guitar parts that Reo used to play before. Do you think it was difficult to play those parts, and what were [...]

On December first, the R&B and pop star Koda Kumi performed at Tokyo Dome for the first time as a part of her KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2007 ～Black Cherry～ tour.
December sixth marks the seventh anniversary of her debut single TAKE BACK and to celebrate this occasion, all tickets for the Tokyo Dome show were [...]

After Plastic Tree’s recent tour in Europe, we asked vocalist Ryutaro and bassist Tadashi about the countries they have performed in. This time, they performed in Sweden, Germany, France and the Netherlands, so we asked them a few questions about these four countries.

Tadashi Hasegawa:
Sweden:
Sweden is both beautiful with its northern European scenery and modern [...]