Muen, the year’s first Merzbow release draws inspiration from medieval Japan
Merzbow is coming out with new material all the time, so it is no surprise that even though 2017 hardly began, the year's first Merzbow release announcement is already here.…
Tokyo 2016 #4: Endzweck, Forward, Meaning @ Shindaita Fever, 2016.09.06
Tokyo 2016 is a 13 part series of photo & live reports from September, 2016, documenting a deep dive into the city's various underground music scenes. Three days after Chain…
New project from Budamunk, with US MC Elon Kush!
The newest in a long line of collaborations from Budamunk will be an album with US MC Eloh Kush haling from New Brunswick, NJ. Their album, titled Fly Emperor will be…
Tokyo 2016 #3: Tokyo Health Club, Macka-chin, Zombie-Chang, Yosa & MCpero @ Shibuya WWW, 2016.09.04
Tokyo 2016 is a 13 part series of photo & live reports from September, 2016, documenting a deep dive into the city's various underground music scenes. After the first night's…
Plasticzooms hops on the ’80s retrowave bandwagon with its new video
Plasticzooms' new album is due out this week (read about that and their upcoming EU tour here) and they uploaded a new video as well to support the release and…
The fin. is back in the UK again!
After playing several shows there last year, dreamy pop / rock band, The fin. will return to the UK for a couple of gigs again! The announced five dates so…
Tokyo 2016 #2: Eternal B, Super Structure, Rockcrimaz, Numb, Fight It Out, Swag @ Antiknock, 2016.09.03
Tokyo 2016 is a 13 part series of photo & live reports from September, 2016, documenting a deep dive into the city's various underground music scenes. After the first night's…
Ill Sugi + Midori in Europe… now!
I am a bit late with this news, as this tour has already started, but I just heard about it and it is big news, so, here we go anyways:…
80kidz returns to club music with another round of their 80:XX series [Updated]
80kidz was one of the three acts (along with The Lowbrows and Dexpistols), that pretty much revolutionized Japan's club scene with their excellent tracks and fresh take on electro house…
Roses, renaissance and revival: an interview with Versailles (2016)
Versailles formed in 2007 and they quickly became one of the leading acts of the visual kei scene. The key to their success was their elaborate costumes, their unique take…