Kikagaku Moyo’s European tour dates for June, 2017!
After last year's extensive touring around the world, the young psychedelic rock group Kikagaku Moyo will hit the road again this summer when they will return to Europe for another long…
FAKY: Surrender – new music video from one of Japan’s most unique girl groups!
JPop girl group FAKY's been rather quiet lately: they released a very decent mini album back in May and took part in the FAMM'IN project alongside singer Yup'in and mannequin…
Crazyboy: NeoTokyo EP – hip-hop for the dance floors from JSB’s Elly!
Last year I wrote a double feature about LDH, that included a review about the excellent HiGH&LOW compilation and described the agency's role in changing the face of JPop during…
Tricot: watch the full Budapest show from the band’s 2016 EU tour online!
The crew of A38, Budapest's popular club-on-a-ship often films the shows at their venue, but for long, long years these concert videos were only broadcasted on local TV and never…
Merzbow, cows and the delayed final part of a Hypnagogia’s trilogy
Yet another Merzbow release! The sixth (!) for this year and this one comes from UK experimental label Hypnagogia, that started back in 1999 and released a couple of Merzbow…
Merzbow returns with a follow-up to 2015’s Wildwood
UK label Dirter already released several records from Merzbow in the last 20+ years and now they return with another one called Wildwood II. As the title suggests, it is…
Systematic Death @ Obscene Extreme 2017! [Updated!]
While the World's best and biggest grindcore / extreme hardcore Festival, the infamous Obscene Extreme probably won't ever top last year's lineup of Japanese bands when Melt-Banana, Death Side, Palm…
Shadows announces new single, Chain Reaction and its first full album!
Shadows, the melodic punk / hardcore group formed by ex-FACT members (check out the in-depth interview with them here!) will be back with two new releases this Spring! First, they…
Sapphire Slows returns to Europe!
Just a few days after her set at Boiler Room Tokyo, Sapphire Slows will leave for Europe for a short tour with two UK and one French dates and a…
Akiko Kiyama, Sapphire Slows & Kyoka @ Boiler Room Tokyo! [Updated!]
The online stream site Boiler Room already broadcasted several great shows from Tokyo during the past few years, that featured acts like Muro, Merzbow, Boris, Goth-Trad, Broken Haze, plus the…