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Esprit D’Air release video for new single ‘Guiding Light’

15th April 2017

Esprit D’Air have released an all-new video for their latest single Guiding Light on the band’s official YouTube...

FEMM announce London live debut and new single ‘Do It Again’

14th April 2017

Tokyo dance pop duo FEMM are set to make their UK live debut at London’s O2 Academy Islington...

mouse on the keys London 2017 European Tour

mouse on the keys return to UK for 2017 European tour

11th April 2017

Tokyo experimental jazz/post rock threesome mouse on the keys have confirmed they’ll be returning to the UK as...

ONE OK ROCK Reading and Leeds 2017 Ambitions

ONE OK ROCK announced for Reading and Leeds 2017 line-up

9th April 2017

ONE OK ROCK have dropped news that’ll they’ll be joining Reading and Leeds festival’s 2017 line-up. Joining a bill...

HER NAME IN BLOOD release details for new EP ‘FROM THE ASHES’

9th April 2017

HER NAME IN BLOOD have released details for their upcoming EP FROM THE ASHES. After breaking the news of...

MAN WITH A MISSION Dead End In Tokyo London 2017 Band

MAN WITH A MISSION to play London headline show this June – Dead End in Tokyo European Tour 2017

8th April 2017

MAN WITH A MISSION have announced they’ll be returning to London for their second UK headline performance as...

FABLED NUMBER release major debut album ‘ILLUMINATE’

6th April 2017

Earlier this year FABLED NUMBER made their major album debut on Crown Record with their 1st full LP...

qujaku prepare for massive European tour starting this April

3rd April 2017

qujaku return once again to the UK this April as part of their biggest ever European tour. Dishing...

HER NAME IN BLOOD return with nationwide ‘Resurrection Tour’

2nd April 2017

HER NAME IN BLOOD announced earlier this week via their website and social pages that the band will...

GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE London 2017

GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE return to London for 2017 world tour

1st April 2017

GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE return to London this June for their first London performance since 2015. Born out...

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News

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

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

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

Events

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

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

Features

The passing of Sayuri: A tragic loss for Japan’s “oxygen-deprived” generation

Petit Brabancon’s new EP ‘Seven Garbage Born of Hatred’ delivers raw nu-metal experience from rock heavyweights

Who is mei ehara? The Tokyo artist debuting in America with Faye Webster

Live Reports

mei ehara live in Berkeley: A mesmerizing debut on Faye Webster’s US tour

HARU NEMURI live in San Francisco: Unleashing riot grrrl fury Stateside

D=OUT vocalist KOUKI live at Visual Kei Night: VK fans unite for a special London performance

Interviews

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

Interview with KAMIJO: From European tour highlights to the epic sound of ‘VIOLET DAWN’

INTERVIEW: Helsinki Lambda Club to touch down in the UK for ‘HLC AIRLINES’ tour

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

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

Ado leaves London fans spellbound from the shadows at UK debut

News

Esprit D’Air release video for new single ‘Guiding Light’

FEMM announce London live debut and new single ‘Do It Again’

mouse on the keys return to UK for 2017 European tour

ONE OK ROCK announced for Reading and Leeds 2017 line-up

HER NAME IN BLOOD release details for new EP ‘FROM THE ASHES’

MAN WITH A MISSION to play London headline show this June – Dead End in Tokyo European Tour 2017

FABLED NUMBER release major debut album ‘ILLUMINATE’

qujaku prepare for massive European tour starting this April

HER NAME IN BLOOD return with nationwide ‘Resurrection Tour’

GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE return to London for 2017 world tour