FAMM’IN: Animus – more gagaku trap from the all-star unit
FAMM'IN, the unit made up of singer-songwriter, Yup'in and members of two girl groups, FAKY and the wonderfully strange duo, FEMM is finally back with a new music video! Finally,…
LDH’s boyband, Generations goes on a World Tour
Generations, a boyband that belongs to LDH, the agency that's been busy turning the JPop industry upside down these last couple of years (read all about them in this feature…
Zombie-Chang: Gang! – new album and music video out today!
Zombie-chang (the solo project of young singer / model Yung Meirin) was responsible for one of the best albums last year, the simple, but incredibly charming and creative Zombie Change…
Charisma.com returns with new music video and their first major album!
The mini album called unPOP, the latest release from pop / hip-hop / electronic dance music duo , that they dropped last November (details here) unfortunately turned out to be…
FAKY: Surrender – new music video from one of Japan’s most unique girl groups!
JPop girl group FAKY's been rather quiet lately: they released a very decent mini album back in May and took part in the FAMM'IN project alongside singer Yup'in and mannequin…
Crazyboy: NeoTokyo EP – hip-hop for the dance floors from JSB’s Elly!
Last year I wrote a double feature about LDH, that included a review about the excellent HiGH&LOW compilation and described the agency's role in changing the face of JPop during…
Tricot: watch the full Budapest show from the band’s 2016 EU tour online!
The crew of A38, Budapest's popular club-on-a-ship often films the shows at their venue, but for long, long years these concert videos were only broadcasted on local TV and never…
Hijokaidan’s new joint project with ’80s idol pop singer Yoko Hatanaka
Hijokaidan (非常階段), one of Japan's most prominent noise groups really got into joint projects the last couple of years. These collaborations included some less surprising ones, like teaming up with…
[Mixology] Xtal explores Japan’s disco, funk & soul heritage
It is already winter, but if anyone wants a break from all the sappy xmas ballads that flood everything this part of the year, here is a great mix from…
Hirofumi Asamoto of Ram Jam World passes away
After spending over two years in coma, following a tragic bicycle accident, musician and producer Hirofumi Asamoto passed away on the 30th of November, 2016 at age 53. Over his…