Crystal Lake @ Szene, Vienna, 2017.10.30
There's been a Japanese metalcore revolution of sorts going on in Europe the last several years, with bands like Crossfaith and Coldrain (and FACT before they disbanded) doing successful tours,…
Behind The Shadow Drops @ Dürer Kert, Budapest, 2017.10.18
After a few other solo efforts in the past, Taka Goto, the leader of seminal post-rock group Mono launched Behind The Shadow Drops this year, which is his most serious…
Melt-Banana @ Robot, Budapest, 2017.10.11
For me, this was the fourth time to see Melt-Banana live. A saw them twice in Vienna (2003, 2005) and then in Budapest, during their first and up till now…
Bridear @ Mondocon, Budapest, 2017.10.07
Two weeks ago, during their third European tour, all girl metal outfit Bridear played their first ever show in and they started huge, playing at Mondocon, Hungary's biggest anime /…
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO @ A38, Budapest, 2017.09.29
Acid Mothers Temple ranks amongst the biggest legends of the Japanese underground for a good reason. They've been around for ages, they play a very unique take on psychedelic rock…
Tajima Hal @ Tinta Art Cafe, Budapest, 2017.09.22
Actually this isn't much of a live report, more of a photo & video report of Japanese beatmaker Tajima Hal's visit to Budapest a week or so ago. He was…
Endzweck @ Robot, Budapest, 2017.08.08
After long long long years Endzweck finally returned to Europe this August for nine shows in seven including the one in Budapest, that I ended up attending. They were on…
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…
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…
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…