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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....

MAN WITH A MISSION Take Me Under Music Video 2018

MAN WITH A MISSION drop bonkers new video for ‘Take Me Under’

16th April 2018

MAN WITH A MISSION have released their action-packed new video for Take Me Under from their upcoming duel single Take...

Fresh Japan Spotify Playlist presented by Electric Bloom Webzine

15th April 2018

Looking to discover the latest must listen tracks from across Japan? Check out the Fresh Japan Spotify playlist presented...

CRYSTAL LAKE announce massive UK/Europe summer 2018 tour

15th April 2018

CRYSTAL LAKE have announced that they will be returning to the UK this summer as part of a...

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION The Survivor's March Music Video

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION release heartfelt new video for ‘The Survivor’s March’

14th April 2018

Rock legends ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION have released their new video for The Survivor’s March, the band’s first new single...

MIYAVI returns to London as part of “DAY2” world tour 2018

11th April 2018

Following up from his successful Firebird World Tour last year, the guitar legend, actor, and philanthropist MIYAVI will...

waterweed announce London tour date and record deal

28th January 2018

waterweed have announced they’ll be making their London live debut this April ahead of their appearance at this...

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News

New VK band DRUGS debuts with single ‘NEW ORDER’: Featuring members of Mejibray, Fukuro, ZORO, LIPLICH

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

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’

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

News

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

MAN WITH A MISSION drop bonkers new video for ‘Take Me Under’

Fresh Japan Spotify Playlist presented by Electric Bloom Webzine

CRYSTAL LAKE announce massive UK/Europe summer 2018 tour

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION release heartfelt new video for ‘The Survivor’s March’

MIYAVI returns to London as part of “DAY2” world tour 2018

waterweed announce London tour date and record deal