Moon In June: evergreen / #2022reviews
Moon In June is a Tokyo based band and before evergreen they only had one other release out, 2020's uminari (海鳴り), another 6 track EP. That one closely following the…
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 and music video from experimental rock band downy
Last month experimental rock band downy released its latest, overall seventh album, which, as all the previous ones, is simply called "無題", which means untitled. They already dropped an album…
Qujaku teams up with IMPATV for a very special UK tour in November
It was already announced earlier, actually just before their summer tour, that Qujaku will return to the UK again in November for a very special set of shows: this time…
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…
Noodles drops “I’m Not Chic”, their first new album in two years!
A bit less than two year after Metaltic Nocturne, seminal all-girl rock group Noodles is back with its latest full-length, I'm Not Chic, that hit the stores two days ago.…
Qujaku @ Dürer Kert, Budapest, 2018.09.03
Qujaku played in Budapest for the first time back in 2015 (still under their original name, The Piqnic) as a weird and unexpected detour during their first visit to the…
Qujaku: new album and European tour!
Qujaku, one of the best new Japanese underground bands from the last several years will return with a new album this August, followed by a European tour! They formed as…
New EP and music video from Qujaku
Sometime after their European tour and our interview, Qujaku kinda disappeared for a while: ever since mid-summer there weren't any news posted on their official or facebook site and rarely…
Shoegaze, noise and psychedelia: an interview with Qujaku
Qujaku (formerly called The Piqnic) ranks amongst the most interesting acts to come from Japan the last couple of years and their heavy, noisy, yet trippy mixture of shoegaze, psychedelic…