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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...

Otoboke Beaver guitarist Yoyoyoshie rocks Fender x Hello Kitty collection in new promo video

12th November 2024

Otoboke Beaver guitarist Yoyoyoshie has joined forces with Fender to celebrate Hello Kitty’s 50th anniversary, starring in a...

MIYAVI steps down from THE LAST ROCKSTARS: “I wish we could have clashed more”

12th November 2024

MIYAVI has formally exited the J-rock supergroup THE LAST ROCKSTARS, a band he co-founded in 2022 alongside YOSHIKI...

News

PSYCHIC FEVER to celebrate third anniversary with first Europe fanmeet tour

NOISEMAKER join coldrain for first UK/EU tour this winter

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

Events

PSYCHIC FEVER to celebrate third anniversary with first Europe fanmeet tour

NOISEMAKER join coldrain for first UK/EU tour this winter

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

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 debut animated music video for 2024 Olympic hit ‘Butai ni Tatte’

News

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

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

NANO and MADKID unite for joint North American tour in 2025

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

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

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

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

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

Otoboke Beaver guitarist Yoyoyoshie rocks Fender x Hello Kitty collection in new promo video

MIYAVI steps down from THE LAST ROCKSTARS: “I wish we could have clashed more”