Palastleben: Manufacture
There were many excellent releases coming out of Japan in 2025, but if I had to pick one as the absolute I would probably pick this one. The debut album…
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…
Nehann: New Metropolis / #2021reviews
Nehann is a relatively new, Tokyo based band, which formed in 2019 and New Metropolis is their first album, preceded only by a few singles and demos. Including several brand…
Online streams this weekend by three young rock bands straight from Tokyo!
This whole covid crisis is turning pretty much everything upside down and it hit the live music scene especially hard. Musicians however try to adapt to the situation creatively, which…
The reissue of OXZ’s discography helps us to rediscovering forgotten parts of Japan’s underground music history.
In recent years (fortunately) there were a lot of reissues of either forgotten or, on the contrary, heavily sought after Japanese releases from the '80s and one of the latest…
Tokyo 2016 #12: Madame Edwarda, Rosemadder @ JAM, 2016.09.17
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. Right after the Endon…
Tokyo 2016 #11: Endon, Unarm, Collapse Society, Preparation Set, Belgrado (SP) @ Earthdom, 2016.09.17
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. In Japan (just as…
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…
Vamquet: debut album from the all star goth / new wave project
Vamquet, a new project by Kai (from legendary, but long gone goth rock band Art Marju Duchain), Közi (formerly of Malice Mizer and Eve Of Destiny, nowadays active with ZIZ, Dalle,…
New video from goth rock heroes Madame Edwarda
During Japan's golden age of gothic rock & post punk in the early / mid '80s, Madame Edwarda was one of the best bands around, but, just like most of…