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L’Arc-en-Ciel bring Shibuya demolition site to life in ‘YOU GOTTA RUN’ music video

21st November 2024

L’Arc-en-Ciel have released the music video for their latest single, ‘YOU GOTTA RUN’. The track, which serves as...

DIVERS CROIX turn a “LOST CHILD” in a home improvement store into a VK epic

21st November 2024

90s visual kei revivalist comedy band DIVERS CROIX (also known as Kanari Tanbi) have unveiled their latest video...

BUCK-TICK start new chapter with symbolic music video for ‘Raijin Fujin – Resonance’

19th November 2024

BUCK-TICK have shared the music video for ‘Raijin Fujin – Resonance’ (雷神風神 – レゾナンス), their first release...

STARKIDS return with 'G-SPOT', their first album in 3 years

STARKIDS set to hit the “G-SPOT” with first album in three years

18th November 2024

Tokyo-based six-member music collective STARKIDS are gearing up to release their first album in three years, ‘G-SPOT’. Before...

NANO and MADKID unite for joint North American tour in 2025

17th November 2024

NANO and MADKID, two prominent acts in the anime-music scene, have announced their joint North America tour set...

Japanese alt-pop act CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE to make UK festival debut at TGE 2025

17th November 2024

Alt-pop project CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE have been announced as part of the line-up for The Great Escape Festival...

Watch ONE OK ROCK explore AI dominance in ‘Dystopia’ video

15th November 2024

ONE OK ROCK have dropped the music video for their latest single, ‘Dystopia’, now available on their YouTube...

Ichiko Aoba sets 2025 world tour and new album ‘Luminescent Creatures’

15th November 2024

Chiba-born folk artist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Ichiko Aoba has announced her upcoming album, ‘Luminescent Creatures’, slated for release...

WONK spotlight Tokyo’s neo-soul sound on new album ‘Shades of’

14th November 2024

Tokyo-based experimental soul band WONK return with ‘Shades of’, their first album in two years, released on 13th...

Download Festival 2025 lineup: SiM and Survive Said the Prophet announced

13th November 2024

Japanese rock heavyweights SiM and Survive Said the Prophet are among the first wave of 90 bands announced...

News

BABYMETAL detail new album ‘METAL FORTH’, with Poppy single ‘from me to u’ arriving this Friday

WACK in the UK Vol.6 doubles down for first two-day showcase in London

MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS announce autumn 2025 Europe tour

Events

WACK in the UK Vol.6 doubles down for first two-day showcase in London

MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS announce autumn 2025 Europe tour

Otoboke Beaver and Fujii Kaze join Lollapalooza 2025 lineup

Features

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’

The best music collaborations out of Japan this year

Live Reports

Ado, ATARASHII GAKKO!, and YOASOBI live at matsuri ’25 Los Angeles: A sold-out statement for Japanese music

Phantom Siita live in London: ‘Moth to a flame’ tour ends with a crimson-tinged idol pop finale

(ARCHIVE) An Cafe live in London (2014): The oshare kei icons’ last UK show

Interviews

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

Minori Nagashima – serval DOG – interview: “After dropping out of middle school… that’s when I picked up the guitar”

NIGHTMARE interview: Visual kei legends talk 25 years, DEATH NOTE fame, and first European tour