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Esprit D’Air release teaser for upcoming new single ‘Serafine’

6th August 2018

Esprit D’Air have announced they’ll be releasing their new cover single Serafine on August 31st. Originally performed by...

BAND-MAID release dates for 2018 WORLD DOMINATION TOUR

6th August 2018

BAND-MAID announced today that they’ll be returning to the UK this November as part of the band’s WORLD...

SPYAIR announce 2018 world tour with ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D

6th August 2018

SPYAIR have announced dates for their first ever world tour starting this September. Alongside rock trio ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D,...

FOR A REASON release first single in over 2 years ‘Carry On’

15th May 2018

Tokyo pop-punk outfit FOR A REASON have dropped their new video Carry On, the band’s first single in over...

Maison book girl Great Escape Festival 2018

Maison book girl prepare for Great Escape Festival performance alongside Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

14th May 2018

Maison book girl are headed to the UK this month for first time performances across the country, including...

DEADLIFT LOLITA HYPER JAPAN Festival 2018

DEADLIFT LOLITA to perform at HYPER JAPAN Festival 2018

13th May 2018

All singing, all dancing, pro-wrestling duo DEADLIFT LOLITA are heading to London this July for HYPER JAPAN Festival...

LIVE PHOTOS: waterweed, The Star Inn, Guildford, 23/04/2018

30th April 2018

LIVE PHOTOS: WATERWEED, THE STAR INN, GUILDFORD, 23/04/2018 Fresh from making their first ever appearance at Manchester Punk...

MIYAVI London ULU Live 2018 Day2 World Tour

PHOTOS: MIYAVI, ULU Live, London, 21/04/2018

24th April 2018

PHOTOS: MIYAVI, ULU LIVE, LONDON, 21/04/2018 Making his first UK appearance since April last year, MIYAVI made a...

Half Mile Beach Club release debut EP ‘Hasta La Vista’

23rd April 2018

Earlier this month Half Mile Beach Club dropped their debut EP Hasta La Vista. A balearic beat unit...

DYGL set for first ever France tour this June

17th April 2018

DYGL will make their European live debut this summer with their first ever 4-date France tour this June....

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News

ONE OK ROCK unleash ‘DETOX’—A soundtrack for a fractured world

Arlequin drop new video despair-fuelled single ‘Chi wo Kayowasero, Sono Inochi Subete ni.’

Crossfaith return to Download Festival for first time in over a decade

Events

Crossfaith return to Download Festival for first time in over a decade

matsuri ’25 global stream announced – Ado, YOASOBI & ATARASHII GAKKO!

Hitsujibungaku to tour West Coast on first US headline run

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

(ARCHIVE) An Cafe live in London (2014): The oshare kei icons’ last UK show

NANO & MADKID live in San Francisco: Rock and pop collide on joint US tour

Phantom Siita live in San Jose: Retro horror meets idol pop

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

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

ONE OK ROCK unleash ‘DETOX’—A soundtrack for a fractured world

matsuri ’25: Japanese Music Experience LOS ANGELES

News

Esprit D’Air release teaser for upcoming new single ‘Serafine’

BAND-MAID release dates for 2018 WORLD DOMINATION TOUR

SPYAIR announce 2018 world tour with ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D

FOR A REASON release first single in over 2 years ‘Carry On’

Maison book girl prepare for Great Escape Festival performance alongside Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

DEADLIFT LOLITA to perform at HYPER JAPAN Festival 2018

LIVE PHOTOS: waterweed, The Star Inn, Guildford, 23/04/2018

PHOTOS: MIYAVI, ULU Live, London, 21/04/2018

Half Mile Beach Club release debut EP ‘Hasta La Vista’

DYGL set for first ever France tour this June