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Daoko releases 8th album ‘Slash-&-Burn’ with emotional new track ‘Sutechattene’

24th May 2024

Singer and rapper Daoko has just released her 8th album ‘Slash-&-Burn’ , along with a video for the...

SiM announce European tour for final leg of PLAYDEAD world tour

SiM announce UK & Europe dates for final leg of PLAYDEAD world tour

23rd May 2024

SiM have just announced their ‘PLAYDEAD World Tour’ will finish up with the band’s first full UK and...

BABYMETAL and Electric Callboy create dance metal havoc in ‘RATATATA’

23rd May 2024

Fox God favourites BABYMETAL join Germany’s electronicore moshers Electric Callboy for party metal banger ‘RATATATA’. Officially released on...

Lamp sell out ‘FUTURE BEHIND ME’ North American tour in 2 days

22nd May 2024

On May 14th, indie band Lamp announced their first North American tour, titled ‘FUTURE BEHIND ME’. Just two...

Fukuro ‘ROAD TO AMERICA’ tour hits the West Coast this July

21st May 2024

Fukuro (梟) will be heading to the US this July for their first overseas tour. Hitting venues across...

XG bring the fire in new single ‘WOKE UP’ as world tour begins

21st May 2024

On May 21st XG (Xtraordinary Girls) dropped their latest single ‘WOKE UP’, their first all-rap track. ‘WOKE UP’...

KIZU confront life, death, and the supernatural in ‘Oni’ music video

21st May 2024

Visual kei group KIZU have released the music video for ‘Oni’ (‘Demon’), their 15th single since forming in...

Beheaded French royals AMAIDANTOUDAI unleash ‘Fumetsu no Hana’ music video

20th May 2024

AMAIDANTOUDAI (Sweet Guillotine), an all female visual kei group, have revealed the MV for ‘Fumetsu no Hana’ (‘Immortal...

ONE OK ROCK 'PREMONITION' World Tour 2024

ONE OK ROCK ‘PREMONITION’ World Tour: Full-production shows hit Europe & America for first time

19th May 2024

Alt-rock dominators ONE OK ROCK have announced their 2024 ‘PREMONITION’ world tour, the band’s most ambitious global endeavor...

Watch POP YOURS 2024: Japan’s largest hip-hop festival live streamed globally

Watch POP YOURS 2024: Japan’s largest hip-hop festival streaming globally

16th May 2024

Japan’s largest hip-hop festival, POP YOURS 2024, taking place on May 18th and 19th, will be live streamed...

News

HYDE announces European dates for HYDE [INSIDE] LIVE 2025 WORLD TOUR

AiNA THE END to perform DAN DA DAN Season 2 opening; preview revealed in new PV

PSYCHIC FEVER to celebrate third anniversary with first Europe fanmeet tour

Events

HYDE announces European dates for HYDE [INSIDE] LIVE 2025 WORLD TOUR

PSYCHIC FEVER to celebrate third anniversary with first Europe fanmeet tour

NOISEMAKER join coldrain for first UK/EU tour this winter

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

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

PSYCHIC FEVER to celebrate third anniversary with first Europe fanmeet tour

AiNA THE END to perform DAN DA DAN Season 2 opening; preview revealed in new PV

News

Daoko releases 8th album ‘Slash-&-Burn’ with emotional new track ‘Sutechattene’

SiM announce UK & Europe dates for final leg of PLAYDEAD world tour

BABYMETAL and Electric Callboy create dance metal havoc in ‘RATATATA’

Lamp sell out ‘FUTURE BEHIND ME’ North American tour in 2 days

Fukuro ‘ROAD TO AMERICA’ tour hits the West Coast this July

XG bring the fire in new single ‘WOKE UP’ as world tour begins

KIZU confront life, death, and the supernatural in ‘Oni’ music video

Beheaded French royals AMAIDANTOUDAI unleash ‘Fumetsu no Hana’ music video

ONE OK ROCK ‘PREMONITION’ World Tour: Full-production shows hit Europe & America for first time

Watch POP YOURS 2024: Japan’s largest hip-hop festival streaming globally