Girl rock, Europe & anniversary – Scandal interview
Japan's most successful all-girl rock band Scandal just started its longest European tour so far on the 10th of September and they will be on the road till the end…
Food, love & art punk – an interview with TsuShiMaMiRe
TsuShiMaMiRe is getting ready for its current tour in Japan, that involves a bunch of quite interesting local and international and also, they are preparing for their first ever European…
Boris brings its Pink tour to Europe
Boris's been touring for a while, celebrating the 10th anniversary* of the release of Pink, which is probably their best known album, playing it in its entirety and at the…
The fin. to play at Lithuania’s Loftas Fest
The fin., haling from Kobe, just announced that they will play at Loftas Festival in Vilnius, Lithuania. The festival takes place on the 2nd and 3rd of September, with them…
Minami Deutsch: EU tour and new single from the krautrock group
Krautrock group Minami Deutsch is one of the three Japanese bands that will play at this year's Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia along with Acid Mothers Temple and Kikagaku Moyo…
Sugizo’s 20th anniversary, David Bowie cover and new releases!
Sugizo originally rose to fame as the guitarist and occasional violinist of '90s visual kei legend Luna Sea, and beside still being active in that reformed group, he is also…
HiGH&LOW – the JPop album of the year
It might sound like a rushed statement to call anything the "... of the year" while only seven months passed, but in this case, it is a pretty sure bet,…
Mad3 – the revival of the infamous surf rock band!
Mad3, that started somewhere in the early '90s was Japan's wildest (mostly) instrumental surf rock band until they decided to call it quits years ago, sometime after 2006's Lost Tokyo…
Hone Your Sense – new mini album out today!
Hone Your Sense, one of the most brutal bands from Japan's metalcore / deathcore scene is coming out with a new release today: the mini album, titled Phenomena features five…
Acid Mothers Temple’s recent releases and their upcoming Europe tour dates!
It's been known for a while that AMT's main group, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso will appear at the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia (alongside Kikagaku Moyo and…