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…
Miyavi @ A38, Budapest, 2017.04.29
Miyavi had a very interesting career: he first rose to fame around 2001 as the prettyboy guitarist of visual kei band Due le quartz, then, after they split, he went…
This summer Boris celebrates its 25th anniversary with a new album
Boris released its first album called Absoltego in 1996 with one hour long track. And now, 21 years later and 25 years after their formation, they came full circle and…