Shinichi Atobe: Discipline
When Shinichi Atobe returns with a new release you can never really know what to expect. Even the four tracks on his first EP, Ship-Scope from 2001 (out on German…
Soshi Takeda: Secret Communication
When house music hit the shores of Japan back in the late '80s, local producers quickly developed a style of their own. Clearly influenced by early Balearic, Italo and deep…
Over Kill: The Purge
It is often a problem with Japanese trap acts that they start out with hard-hitting tracks, then, as they are getting more popular, they start to tone down their sound…
Ålborg: The Way I See You
One of the nicest surprises of 2024 was the first album from Ålborg, a fairly new group from Yokohama. They are active since 2022 and I came across their music…
Psychedelic rock group Hibushibire to tour UK.
The excellent psychedelic rock band Hibushibire will embark on another tour, this time bringing their latest album, Magical Metamorphosis Third Eye to the UK. The album itself was released late…
SiM’s UK and Europe tour in November!
SiM released its latest album, the excellent Playdead last September and its tour is finally reaches UK and Europe this November. The band, known for its extremely unique sound that…
Shadows: DIG
Six years after their latest full-length (and five after their latest EP), Shadows in finally back with a new album and while DIG took quite some time to make, it…
Guitar Wolf to return to Europe this Autumn!
The infamous garage rock band Guitar Wolf, while working on their movie Wild Zero 2 (which of course is the follow-up to their insane 1999 sci-fi zombie horror flick Wild…
Crossfaith: AЯK
With its first longer release after quite a few years, Crossfaith first gives fans exactly what they have been waiting for: their own unique brand of brutal and fun metalcore,…
Psychedelic rock band Tō Yō in Europe right now!
There was a Japanese psychedelic rock overdose going on in Europe these last few months, with Acid Mothers Temple, Dhidalah and Minami Deutsch all doing EU tours (actually AMT still…