Endzweck in Europe in August! [Updated]
Endzweck will finally return to Europe in August!! The screamo hardcore band that formed in 1997 was quite active internationally for a while, but then, about 10 years ago they…
DJ Krush returns with new, 25th anniversary album, Kiseki featuring local MCs!
DJ Krush dropped 2015's Butterfly Effect 11 years after his previous album, Jaku, but now, less than two years later he is back with another new album, released to celebrate…
TsuShiMaMiRe @ Dürer Kert, Budapest, 2017.05.16
When I saw TsuShiMaMiRe's excellent show in Tokyo last September, I had absolutely no idea that in just a bit more than half a year I will be working with…
Dub Squad returns with first new album in 16 years!
Definitely one of the most exciting and unexpected news so far this year: 16 years after their latest album, Dub Squad is back!! They formed in 1993, released three now…
One OK Rock announces World Tour and EU dates
Insanely popular rock band One OK Rock recently announced the dates for their 2017 World Tour: they will have a lot of dates throughout the US from early July till…
Plasticzooms @ Mondocon, Budapest, 2017.04.22
Plasticzooms finished its longest-to-date European tour on the 22nd of April in Budapest, at the Spring edition of the local anime & pop culture convention called well, actually with me…
Debut CD and new music video from FAKY!
At long last alternative JPop girl group FAKY will have its first CD release! They were supposed to have a mini album out back in 2014, but then the plans…
Grim’s Jun Konagaya returns with his third solo album!
Grim's upcoming 10" was only announced recently (as I posted about it last week), but it is already time for more new material from Jun Konagaya! Besides his ritual industrial…
80:XX releases collection of monthly singles with a bonus track! [Updated!]
Back in January I wrote about the four new monthly digital releases by Japanese electro house pioneers 80kidz and now, as after their first four 80:XX singles back in 2013,…
Japanese New Music Festival with Tsuyama, Yoshida & Kawabata in Europe NOW!
It is a bit late as the tour already started two days ago, but the crazy Japanese New Music Festival, a traveling showcase / music circus which features three underground…