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Galileo Galilei release feel-good single ‘SPIN!’ ahead of dual album launch

5th August 2024

Galileo Galilei have released their latest single, ‘SPIN!’, ahead of their upcoming dual album releases, ‘MANSTER’ and ‘MANTRAL’,...

Ado-produced Phantom Siita up horror idol game with 2nd single ‘Just Wanna xxxx With You’

1st August 2024

Ado-produced horror idol group Phantom Siita have released their second single, ‘Just Wanna xxxx With You’, along with...

Junnosuke Watanabe steps down as WACK representative

31st July 2024

Junnosuke Watanabe has announced his resignation as the representative of the music agency WACK, effective immediately. His departure...

anklet makes mark with debut teenage pop-rock anthem ‘COLORS’

31st July 2024

Tokyo-based pop-rock trio anklet (アンクレット) have made their debut with their first single ‘COLORS’, released digitally on July...

SHADOWS reveal details of new album ‘DIG’ alongside 2nd pre-release single ‘SUPERCAR’

29th July 2024

Post-hardcore five-piece SHADOWS are set to release their new album ‘DIG’ on September 20th. This will be the...

MIYAVI drops hot new single 'EAT EAT EAT' with ravenous visualiser

MIYAVI serves up hot new single ‘EAT EAT EAT’

28th July 2024

MIYAVI has just dropped his latest digital single ‘EAT EAT EAT’, along with a sensual visualiser. The track...

AiNA THE END releases first anime feature theme song ‘Love Sick’

28th July 2024

AiNA THE END has released her new single, ‘Love Sick’, the theme song for the animated film ‘Mononoke...

Dua Lipa teams up with Creepy Nuts for ‘Illusion’ remix

27th July 2024

Dua Lipa teams up with Japan’s most internationally recognised hip-hop duo, Creepy Nuts, to remix her 2024 hit...

Chaos in Tokyo: XG drops over-the-top video for 'SOMETHING AIN'T RIGHT' ahead of new mini-album

Chaos in Tokyo: XG drop supernatural video for ‘SOMETHING AIN’T RIGHT’ ahead of new mini-album

27th July 2024

XG have released their highly anticipated new single ‘SOMETHING AIN’T RIGHT’, along with its high-octane supernatural music video...

Doping Giwaku drop intense trippy MV for single ‘Giwakufujouchu’

26th July 2024

Doping Giwaku (Doping suspicion), a new idol group led by Kataoka Miyu, have released their first music video...

News

go!go!vanillas bring calm after the storm for SAKAMOTO DAYS Part 2 ending theme

Paledusk to make major label debut with ‘HUGs’, opening theme for Gachiakuta

Fujii Kaze confirms third album ‘Prema’, shares lead single ‘Hachikō’

Events

FACT confirm full lineup for final ROCK-O-RAMA event at Makuhari Messe

ASP announce “ASP in the U.K Tour”, their first international headline tour

KAF to perform at mixed-reality event Fantastic Reality in Los Angeles this July

Features

anklet: “We didn’t know left from right” – Tokyo’s new indie voice on building a band from nothing

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

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

Live Reports

YOASOBI live in London: J-pop storytellers bring blockbuster ambition to Wembley

BABYMETAL live in London: A 15-year climb culminates in landmark show at The O2

kanekoayano live in London: No longer just Kaneko Ayano with a band

Interviews

IRORI Records artists comment on first UK shows at The Great Escape 2025: go!go!vanillas, Kroi, Ako, and Bialystocks

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

Centimillimental EUROPE TOUR 2025 “ribbon”

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