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…
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…
Kinoco Hotel: 10th anniversary + new album and video!
Kinoco Hotel officially formed on the 24th of June in 207, so this year, they celebrate their 10th anniversary! And for this occasion the all-girl group playing '60s revival music…
Discharge Mountain, upcoming 10″ release from GRIM!
After last year's LP called Orgasm released to coincide with GRIM's first European show at the Power:Electronics II Festival (check the live report here and the interview here), Jun Konagaya's…
Tricot: third album, new music videos and butterflies! [Updated!]
Next week Tricot will release its long-awaited third full length, titled 3, on the 17th of May and yesterday they dropped a new music video to promote the album. The…
New track and UK dates from The Fin.
Indie act The Fin. hasn't released anything new for quite some time: even though there were some remixes a few months ago, their latest new material, the Through The Deep…
First full length from indie pop-rockers Pelican Fanclub
Pelican Fanclub is amongst the more popular up-and-coming indie rock bands in Japan nowadays and tomorrow they will finally release their first full length album called Home Electronics. They formed…