The fin. to play at Lithuania’s Loftas Fest
The fin., haling from Kobe, just announced that they will play at Loftas Festival in Vilnius, Lithuania. The festival takes place on the 2nd and 3rd of September, with them…
Minami Deutsch: EU tour and new single from the krautrock group
Krautrock group Minami Deutsch is one of the three Japanese bands that will play at this year's Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia along with Acid Mothers Temple and Kikagaku Moyo…
Sugizo’s 20th anniversary, David Bowie cover and new releases!
Sugizo originally rose to fame as the guitarist and occasional violinist of '90s visual kei legend Luna Sea, and beside still being active in that reformed group, he is also…
HiGH&LOW – the JPop album of the year
It might sound like a rushed statement to call anything the "... of the year" while only seven months passed, but in this case, it is a pretty sure bet,…
Mad3 – the revival of the infamous surf rock band!
Mad3, that started somewhere in the early '90s was Japan's wildest (mostly) instrumental surf rock band until they decided to call it quits years ago, sometime after 2006's Lost Tokyo…
Hone Your Sense – new mini album out today!
Hone Your Sense, one of the most brutal bands from Japan's metalcore / deathcore scene is coming out with a new release today: the mini album, titled Phenomena features five…
Acid Mothers Temple’s recent releases and their upcoming Europe tour dates!
It's been known for a while that AMT's main group, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso will appear at the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia (alongside Kikagaku Moyo and…
TsuShiMaMiRe goes to Vladivostok’s V-ROX Festival for a headline show! [Cancelled]
TsuShiMaMiRe, the all girl punkish alternative rock group will be going to Russia to be one of the headliner acts at Vladivostock's V-ROX Festival! They've been around since '99 without…
Kikagaku Moyo in Europe again!
After their extremely long European tour earlier this year (live report and video from Vienna here) psychedelic rock group Kikagaku Moyo will be back for even more shows in a…
[Blast From The Past] Laughin’ Nose – classic punks and the right way to handle your heritage
As the name, Blast From The Past suggests, this series will feature some great and/or interesting material from the last several decades of the Japanese music industry, including everything from…