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KAMIYA opens up about bipolar disorder in XAMIYA video for ‘MONSTER’

11th March 2025

XAMIYA, the duo of KAMIYA and Xansei, have released the music video for their third single ‘MONSTER’. The...

Fukuro confirm European tour dates following last year’s US run

10th March 2025

Jazzy visual kei band Fukuro have just announced they will be holding their first ever European tour, titled...

Survive Said The Prophet lock in first EU/UK tour for summer 2025

6th March 2025

Survive Said The Prophet are heading out on their first-ever EU/UK tour this summer. The Tokyo-based outfit will...

f5ve set release date for debut album ‘SEQUENCE 01’

5th March 2025

LDH girl group f5ve have announced their debut album ‘SEQUENCE 01’, set for release on May 5th. The...

HARU NEMURI announces ‘ekkolaptómenos’, her first album since going independent

4th March 2025

HARU NEMURI has officially announced her third full-length album, ‘ekkolaptómenos’, set for release on August 1st. The Tokyo-based...

Royz premiere ‘TRANSFORM’ music video ahead of single release

4th March 2025

Osaka visual kei band Royz have revealed the video for ‘TRANSFORM’, their 28th single, due for release on...

Mori Calliope teams with Persona’s Shoji Meguro and Lotus Juice on ‘Seeing Stars’

3rd March 2025

hololive Vtuber and musician Mori Calliope has collaborated with Lotus Juice and Shoji Meguro for her latest single...

WACK opens auditions for new idol group aiming for global success

2nd March 2025

Music agency WACK, in collaboration with former CEO Junnosuke Watanabe, have announced auditions for a new idol group...

DEXCORE share live-footage video for ‘Place where we belong’ before album release

2nd March 2025

Metalcore unit DEXCORE have dropped the video for ‘Place where we belong’. This comes ahead of their 2nd...

Awich leads a cross-continent rap cypher with ‘ASIAN STATE OF MIND’—Watch now

2nd March 2025

Awich brings together some of Asia’s biggest rap names for her latest release, ‘ASIAN STATE OF MIND’. The...

News

YOASOBI turn gaming memories into new single ‘PLAYERS’ for PlayStation’s 30th

Otoboke Beaver and Fujii Kaze join Lollapalooza 2025 lineup

MASKED reveals 27+ band lineup for debut visual kei festival in Shibuya: JILUKA, Royz, DEVILOOF, and more announced

Events

Otoboke Beaver and Fujii Kaze join Lollapalooza 2025 lineup

Fujii Kaze to tour Europe for the first time in 2025

FACT bring back ROCK-O-RAMA for their final live show

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

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

tricot reflect on first anime theme ‘Call’ for You Are Ms. Servant and 15 years in music

YOASOBI turn gaming memories into new single ‘PLAYERS’ for PlayStation’s 30th

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

Fujii Kaze to tour Europe for the first time in 2025

News

KAMIYA opens up about bipolar disorder in XAMIYA video for ‘MONSTER’

Fukuro confirm European tour dates following last year’s US run

Survive Said The Prophet lock in first EU/UK tour for summer 2025

f5ve set release date for debut album ‘SEQUENCE 01’

HARU NEMURI announces ‘ekkolaptómenos’, her first album since going independent

Royz premiere ‘TRANSFORM’ music video ahead of single release

Mori Calliope teams with Persona’s Shoji Meguro and Lotus Juice on ‘Seeing Stars’

WACK opens auditions for new idol group aiming for global success

DEXCORE share live-footage video for ‘Place where we belong’ before album release

Awich leads a cross-continent rap cypher with ‘ASIAN STATE OF MIND’—Watch now