Over Kill: The Purge
It is often a problem with Japanese trap acts that they start out with hard-hitting tracks, then, as they are getting more popular, they start to tone down their sound…
FEMM: Tokyo Girls Anthem / #2021reviews
When FEMM debuted in 2014 they were the J-Pop sensation of the year. The mysterious duo, moving around like some sort of androids, doing superb, contemporary dance pop. They kept…
Jody: Jody / #2021reviews
For me, Jody's Hajimattenai is easily 2021's best hip-hop / trap track. It is so, so over-the-top, with an insane, earth shattering, subwoofer killer bassline, the crazy, trippy rapping and its…
Young Yujiro: 2025 / #2021reviews
2025 is the latest offering from rapper / trapper Young Yujiro who quickly became a huge fave of mine a couple of years ago when he surfaced with the rest…
A new single, music video and EP from the all new, all different FEMM!
As reported two weeks ago the pop duo FEMM recently returned with a long-awaited new music just to take it down a few days later along with all of their…
Dubstep, hip-hop and chill: new releases from Dayzero!
Since the April release of the Vomitspit album, that he co-produced with his partner-in-crime Karnage, Dayzero's been keeping himself incredibly busy dropping release after release, yet again proving how versatile he…
Introducing GLOSS, a new underground girl group
It seems that the J-Pop girl group revolution, that's been going on in the Japanese music industry these last couple of years is (fortunately) far from being over, and now,…
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,…
Tokyo 2016 #5: DJ Daruma, kiLLa and more @ Contact, 2016.09.06
Tokyo 2016 is a 13 part series of photo & live reports from September, 2016, documenting a deep dive into the city's various underground music scenes. The trip's first overnight…
[Area Check] #001
Area Check, yet another one of Japan Vibe's irregular series, will feature a selection of the best and / or most interesting recent hip-hop music videos from Japan, everything from…