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HARU NEMURI launches independent label to pursue DIY and anarchic vision

16th January 2025

Riot grrrl eccentric HARU NEMURI has announced her shift to independence, establishing her own self-managed label, ekkolaptόmenos. The...

Ado announces best-of album ‘Ado’s Best Adobum’ for 5th anniversary

14th January 2025

Ado, one of Japan’s most celebrated vocalists of recent years, is releasing her first best-of album, ‘Ado’s Best...

An Cafe vocalist MIKU to play intimate London show in February

14th January 2025

Vocalist of oshare visual kei band An Cafe, MIKU, has announced an intimate London show. He is also...

Luv PARADE unleash moody new single ‘EDELWEISS’ ahead of 2025 Japan tour

10th January 2025

Luv PARADE have just dropped their latest single ‘EDELWEISS’ along with a colourful yet moody music video. ‘EDELWEISS’...

Hikaru Utada unveils NINE STORIES photobook and Tokyo exhibition for 25th anniversary

9th January 2025

Hikaru Utada’s landmark SCIENCE FICTION TOUR 2024, their first nationwide tour in six years, is being immortalised with...

MAN WITH A MISSION announce new EP ‘XV e.p.’ to celebrate 15th anniversary

9th January 2025

MAN WITH A MISSION will release their new EP, ‘XV e.p.’, on March 12th, the band’s first non-single...

CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE drop drama tie-in single ‘Secret March’

7th January 2025

Alt-pop act CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE have released their latest digital single, ‘Secret March’, their first collaboration with a...

Gothic VK metallers DazzlingBAD unveil 9th MV ‘UrOBorOss’

7th January 2025

Gothic visual kei metal band DazzlingBAD have revealed their 9th music video ‘UrOBorOss’ (stylised as ‘UrOꓭorOss’). The track...

WATCH: LiME (KIZU) & Tatsuro (MUCC) ring in new year with Hangeki project

2nd January 2025

KIZU frontman LiME is joined by MUCC vocalist Tatsuro for a special rendition of MUCC’s 2005 track ‘Kokoro...

Azavana reveal 1st official single ‘Haiiro no umi o oyogu hotaru’ with fiery video

2nd January 2025

Azavana have just revealed their first official single titled ‘Haiiro no umi o oyogu hotaru’ (‘Fireflies swimming in...

News

NOISEMAKER join coldrain for first UK/EU tour this winter

YOASOBI team up with Witch Watch creators for ‘Watch me!’ music video

Yu Umehara fronts new metal act ALGESIA on debut single ‘IRA’

Events

NOISEMAKER join coldrain for first UK/EU tour this winter

VK metal band DAMNED head to Europe this winter for JUKAI tour

D’ESPAIRSRAY announce reunion for first live performance in over a decade at CROSS ROAD Fest

Features

JJJ to remain POP YOURS 2025 headliner in tribute following his passing

What is CEIPA? The organisation behind matsuri ’25 and MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN

Yoshiki honours David Lynch: A look back at their surreal collaboration on X Japan’s ‘Longing’

Live Reports

Ichiko Aoba live in Oakland: Dreamlike stillness at the Fox Theater

Hitsujibungaku live in San Francisco: Calm intensity and full hearts at August Hall

HANABIE. live in Sacramento: Metalcore mayhem marks end of US tour

Interviews

CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE interview: Dancing through doubt and doing it their way

Hitsujibungaku interview: US debut, anime themes, and life beyond Tokyo’s indie circuit

KAIKA interview: From virtual singer to songwriter, the story behind ‘Umarerumaekara Kimiwo Shitteru’

Mrs. GREEN APPLE announce “MGA MAGICAL 10 YEARS” projects to celebrate 10th anniversary

NOISEMAKER join coldrain for first UK/EU tour this winter

YOASOBI team up with Witch Watch creators for ‘Watch me!’ music video

News

HARU NEMURI launches independent label to pursue DIY and anarchic vision

Ado announces best-of album ‘Ado’s Best Adobum’ for 5th anniversary

An Cafe vocalist MIKU to play intimate London show in February

Luv PARADE unleash moody new single ‘EDELWEISS’ ahead of 2025 Japan tour

Hikaru Utada unveils NINE STORIES photobook and Tokyo exhibition for 25th anniversary

MAN WITH A MISSION announce new EP ‘XV e.p.’ to celebrate 15th anniversary

CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE drop drama tie-in single ‘Secret March’

Gothic VK metallers DazzlingBAD unveil 9th MV ‘UrOBorOss’

WATCH: LiME (KIZU) & Tatsuro (MUCC) ring in new year with Hangeki project

Azavana reveal 1st official single ‘Haiiro no umi o oyogu hotaru’ with fiery video