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…
Dark and hypnotic techno straight from Japan’s underground on Mirae Arts’ latest 12″
Mirae Arts is a new label that started last year and even though it is based in California it mostly releases experimental techno from Japan. They dropped four 12" so…
Linekraft digs deep into Cambodia’s dark history in its upcoming LP
I just mentioned Masahiko Okubo yesterday in the post about Grim's upcoming EU show, that he will join as a live support member, but his own solo project, Linekraft is…
GRIM: a new album out late summer and a German festival appearance in September!
Three years after the incredible double performance in Mannheim (live report & gallery here), which was also the first ever overseas show of Grim, Jun Konagaya's project will return to…