TsuShiMaMiRe returns to Europe in May / June!
After several successful US tours, punkish girly rock group TsuShiMaMiRe had its first ever European tour last year, which was mostly centered around and now they will be back for…
FEMM goes (almost) 3D in new video! [Updated!]
The year starts real great for all those unique girl groups from Avex Trax: first we had a long overdue FAKY comeback, followed by the recent new track by FAMM'IN…
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,…
Linekraft returns with “Iwatsuki”, a limited cassette release
Linekraft is a solo project of Masahiko Okubo, that takes noise and industrial back to its roots, mixing electronics with metal percussion and now he will drop a new cassette…
LDH’s boyband, Generations goes on a World Tour
Generations, a boyband that belongs to LDH, the agency that's been busy turning the JPop industry upside down these last couple of years (read all about them in this feature…
Haino / Merzbow / Pándi trio, OOIOO & Afrirampo in Europe!
One of the best and most interesting Japanese noise release from last year was a trio recording, out on UK's Rare Noise by Japanese noise / experimental legends Merzbow, Keiji…
Endon: Through The Mirror – complexity meets brutality
Talking about the differences between their first album, Mama and their brand new follow up, Through The Mirror, Endon's singer, Nagura Taichi said in a recent interview with The Japan Times…
Crossfaith’s tour dates in UK, Ukraine, Ireland and Russia!
Crossfaith, the hottest export of Japan's metalcore scene will return to Europe for two separate tours, supporting some old friends. First they will go on a UK tour with Bury…
Towa Tei returns with new album and 7″ single! [Updated!]
Towa Tei released his latest album, CUTE back in 2015 and since then he mostly kept himself busy as a member of all star super group Metafive (check out the…
Tokyo 2016 #13: FOAD, Make My Day, Last Day Dream, Gokuraku Jodo, Hone Your Sense @ Cyclone, 2016.09.18
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. For the last evening…