X Japan
X Japan's Yoshiki talks new film, St. Vincent collab, GISM, Gene Simmons & more in BV interview
We caught up with Yoshiki while he was in NYC for the international debut of his new album ‘Under The Sky’ for an interview that touches on St. Vincent, Scorpions, KISS’ Gene Simmons, Japanese hardcore legends GISM, and more…
Tour news: Pavement, American Football, Bridget St John, Yoshiki, Sueños Music Fest, more
Plus: Hopscotch, Gorilla Biscuits, Alabaster DePlume, Helloween / HammerFall, Michael Cera Palin, corook, and more.
X Japan's Yoshiki is the subject of new Disney+ special 'My Music Story'
In case you missed it, Yoshiki also recently released a collaboration with St. Vincent.
Today's livestreams (Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, Nick Cave, Diamanda Galas, more)
plus Lucius ft. Jim James, Jesse Malin w/ Butch Walker and Willie Nile, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Helado Negro, Molly Sarlé, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.
Marilyn Manson joined X Japan at Coachella for "Sweet Dreams" (watch)
X Japan brought out Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland during weekend one of Coachella, and as promised, they had another special guest for weekend two – Marilyn Manson.
Marilyn Manson joining X Japan at Coachella weekend 2
If X Japan overlap with Beychella again like they did at weekend one, that conflict just got a little tougher.
Coachella 2018 Lineup Announced
The two weekends of Coachella happen April 13 – 15 and April 20 – 22.
SXSW Film Fest lineup: Miles Davis & Chet Baker biopics, Richard Linklater, Mike Birbiglia, Pee-wee & more
SXSW is a month away, and while most of the coverage on this site has been about the music portion, there is also the Film Festival which happens March 11 – 19…
X Japan documentary 'We Are X' premiered at Sundance (review, watch a clip)
The 2016 Sundance Film Festival kicked off last week in Park City, Utah. I was there for a few days this weekend and, while I got to see a bunch of good movies (Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester By the Sea, Whit Stillman’s Love and Friendship, and Antonio Campos’s Christine being my highlights), one film of particular interest to BV readers is the new documentary We Are X, which premiered at the fest and is about the incredibly successful Japanese metal band X Japan…
Sundance Film Festival announces 2016 lineup of in-competition films
The lineup has been announced for 2016 Sundance Film Festival, which happens January 21-31 in Park City, Utah. As usual, the lineup of in-competition films ranges from extremely serious and topical (not one but two films about the on-air suicide of news reporter Christine Chubbuck), to the extremely silly (a movie about frat-bro revenge starring Nick Jonas, a Kevin Smith/Jonny Depp movie called Yoga Hosers)…
