FAKY is back! New music video, digital single trilogy and two “new” members
FAKY, one of the best J-Pop girl groups lost one member late last year when former lead singer Anna decided to quit and concentrate on her acting career, however by…
Minami Deutsch drops a new 12″ EP and returns to Europe!
Just a few months after the live recording of their show with Damo Suzuki was released, Minami Deutsch is back with another EP, but this time with new studio material.…
Church Of Misery: European tour in October!
This October Church Of Misery, Japan's doom metal monster will be back for yet another long European tour, that will start up north in Finland and will include 23 shows…
Merzbow: Dead Lotus – new album out on No Funeral Records
No Funeral, a label based in Ontario, Canada just released a new album from Merzbow called Dead Lotus: it contains four tracks, Dead Lotus parts 1 to 3 and a…
Kinoco Hotel returns with its first new album in three years!
Kinoco Hotel went through several changes during their 10+ years of existence and from a good, but not-so-special '60s revival band, they turned into an incredible genre-bending group, adding, among…
Crystal Lake is touring in Europe right now and announces another headliner tour for November!
Crystal Lake toured around Europe several times these past few years, but they were always either playing at festivals or touring around as a supporting act. This changed this summer…
Keiji Haino is back with two new collaborations, one with Sumac and one with Charles Hayward!
There are two upcoming releases by Keiji Haino and while both of them are collaborations, the artists joining Mr. Haino could not be any more different: The first one is…
Dubstep update with nine new releases!
After a few quiet years things are getting really busy lately in Japan's dubstep scene: only two months passed since my latest post in April and there are already a…
Qujaku announces new EP “In Neutral” and European mini-tour
Qujaku just announced a new release and a new European mini-tour for this summer: the new 10" EP, In Neutral will feature two long tracks, will be limited to 200…
Hijokaidan joins forces with US band Sissy Spacek on the upcoming live recording
Last September the Los Angeles based noise / grindcore band Sissy Spacek did a seven date Japan tour that included a show at Akihabara's Club Goodman, where they played a…