Coldrain, Noisemaker, Revnoir @ Barba Negra, Budapest, 2025.12.06.
It was almost exactly ten years before this shows when I saw Coldrain for the first time: in late October, back in 2014, when they played in Vienna, at a…
Palastleben: Manufacture
There were many excellent releases coming out of Japan in 2025, but if I had to pick one as the absolute I would probably pick this one. The debut album…
Nehann: New Metropolis / #2021reviews
Nehann is a relatively new, Tokyo based band, which formed in 2019 and New Metropolis is their first album, preceded only by a few singles and demos. Including several brand…
The Mirraz: Japanese English / #2021reviews
Ever since they formed in 2006 the The Mirraz had a very distinctive trademark sound with mostly fast, hyperactive indie-rock tunes, that were just perfect for their crazy live shows.…
Newspeak: Turn / #2021reviews
Newspeak's been around since 2017, but I only ran into them about a year and a half ago and I don't really remember the last time a band became such…
Online streams this weekend by three young rock bands straight from Tokyo!
This whole covid crisis is turning pretty much everything upside down and it hit the live music scene especially hard. Musicians however try to adapt to the situation creatively, which…
New album from [Alexandros], “Sleepless in Brooklyn” is out next week!
Next week marks the release of the first new album from rock group since Exist!, that came out almost exactly two years ago. Containing a couple of partly new songs,…
New streaming tracks from The fin. + a festival date in Paris
Back in March dreamy indie pop-rock band, The fin. released the hauntingly beautiful There, their first full length album since 2014's Days With Uncertainty and now, yet again, they are…
Summer double feature from TsuShiMaMiRe with a live album and a new EP!
TsuShiMaMiRe will drop two new releases this summer: first a live album, then a brand new EP! The live one was recorded this spring in Paris at La Machine Du…
Tsushimamire featured in Kids N Cats’ song about Japan!
The friendship between Tsushimamire and Kids N Cats goes back a few year: as described by Mari in our interview, it all started when the Austrian duo emailed them in…