Ålborg: The Way I See You
One of the nicest surprises of 2024 was the first album from Ålborg, a fairly new group from Yokohama. They are active since 2022 and I came across their music…
Psychedelic rock group Hibushibire to tour UK.
The excellent psychedelic rock band Hibushibire will embark on another tour, this time bringing their latest album, Magical Metamorphosis Third Eye to the UK. The album itself was released late…
SiM’s UK and Europe tour in November!
SiM released its latest album, the excellent Playdead last September and its tour is finally reaches UK and Europe this November. The band, known for its extremely unique sound that…
Shadows: DIG
Six years after their latest full-length (and five after their latest EP), Shadows in finally back with a new album and while DIG took quite some time to make, it…
Guitar Wolf to return to Europe this Autumn!
The infamous garage rock band Guitar Wolf, while working on their movie Wild Zero 2 (which of course is the follow-up to their insane 1999 sci-fi zombie horror flick Wild…
Crossfaith: AЯK
With its first longer release after quite a few years, Crossfaith first gives fans exactly what they have been waiting for: their own unique brand of brutal and fun metalcore,…
Psychedelic rock band Tō Yō in Europe right now!
There was a Japanese psychedelic rock overdose going on in Europe these last few months, with Acid Mothers Temple, Dhidalah and Minami Deutsch all doing EU tours (actually AMT still…
Stompin’ Riffraffs EU tour in May / June 2024!
The Stimpin' Riffraffs, one of the many amazing bands from Tokyo's flourishing garage rock scene will be travelling around Europe starting late May. The quartet formed back in 2006, mixing…
A deep dive into techno history – an interview with Ken Ishii
Ken Ishii, one of Japan's techno pioneers returned to Budapest in February to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his career with a special DJ set and I took this opportunity…
Meat Beat Manifesto & Merzbow: Extict
There are new Merzbow releases all the new albums, reissues, collaborations and so on. Any many of these are actually pretty great, but due to the high volume, obviously only…