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,…
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 #4: Endzweck, Forward, Meaning @ Shindaita Fever, 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. Three days after Chain…
The fin. is back in the UK again!
After playing several shows there last year, dreamy pop / rock band, The fin. will return to the UK for a couple of gigs again! The announced five dates so…
Tokyo 2016 #2: Eternal B, Super Structure, Rockcrimaz, Numb, Fight It Out, Swag @ Antiknock, 2016.09.03
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. After the first night's…
Roses, renaissance and revival: an interview with Versailles (2016)
Versailles formed in 2007 and they quickly became one of the leading acts of the visual kei scene. The key to their success was their elaborate costumes, their unique take…