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…
Sugar House: Sugar House
Sugar House popped up on my radar last year and became an instant favorite thanks to their songs that belenced between groovy post-punk and sometimes edgier, sometimes more melodic indie…
Prana: Sense Of Unity
This album, released 27 (!) years after the project's previous full length is easily one of the nicest surprises of this year (and yeah, I know it is only March).…
J-Pop, anime and building a career in Europe – an interview with MION
Mion is a Japanese singer-songwriter who started her career in Japan, playing pop-rock songs, but during the last few years, she spends most of her time in UK and Europe…
TsuShiMaMiRe European tour happening now!
TsuShiMaMiRe is back in Europe! So, top level Japanese art punk madness is hitting cities around the continent again as the trio embarks on their latest tour, that actually already…
Mono European tour starting tomorrow!
Mono will be back on the road in Europe starting tomorrow with yet another massive tour that takes them throughout the continent, this time accompanied by dutch experimental trip-hop act…
Capsule: Metro Pulse / #2022reviews
Capsule was always about change, right from the start when the duo of producer Yasutaka Nakata and singer Toshiko Koshijima released their first album in 2001. That one was a…
FEMM: Tokyo Ex Machina / #2022reviews
Tokyo Ex Machina's release had the worst timing ever, which almost ruined an otherwise decent EP. Let me explain this: it was released sort of out-of-nowhere just a month after…