Hybrid melodic punk and the legacy of FACT – an interview with Shadows
While Shadows - which plays a unique version of melodic punk rock with a bit of a hardcore and metalcore influence - is a pretty new band, that's only been…
Tokyo 2016 #8: TsuShiMaMiRe, Kinoco Hotel, Kids N Cats (AT) @ Fever, 2016.09.12
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. A week after the…
Galmet – the metal girls will be back in Europe in March!
All female metal band Galmet (stylized as G∀LMET) will go on a European tour for the third time (after 2015 and 2016) in the second half of March. The group,…
Merzbow: Aodron – another new album!
I posted about an upcoming Merzbow release, Muen a few days ago, but since then news came in, that there will be another one, even sooner. This one, titled Aodron…
Tokyo 2016 #7: Unofficial with Budamunk, 16flip, Double Double, jjj and more @ Solfa, 2016.09.10
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. Hip-hop's history in Japan…
Tokyo 2016 #6: Foxpill Cult, Auto-Mod, Munimuni @ Ikebukuro Chop, 2016.09.09
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. I always had a…
Bugy Craxone: 20th anniversary best of and new music video from the popular indie pop / indie rock group!
Bugy Craxone belongs to the big generation of female fronted bands, that started in the '90s and play a melodic, mostly light-hearted and feel-good mixture of indie rock and indie…
Fight It Out: Most Hated – new album in February!
Fight It Out, Yokohama's beatdown style hardcore punk group will be back with its new, altogether third album next month! The band, known for its strongly NYHC influenced sound and…
Tokyo 2016 #5: DJ Daruma, kiLLa and more @ Contact, 2016.09.06
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. The trip's first overnight…
Muen, the year’s first Merzbow release draws inspiration from medieval Japan
Merzbow is coming out with new material all the time, so it is no surprise that even though 2017 hardly began, the year's first Merzbow release announcement is already here.…