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PHOTOS: Otoboke Beaver, Japan Underground, London, 03/05/2016

8th May 2016

PHOTOS: OTOBOKE BEAVER, JAPAN UNDERGROUND, LONDON, 03/05/2016 “We are Japanese very cute and sexy girl band” states frontwoman Accorinrin...

PHOTOS: Crossfaith, Electric Brixton, London, 31/03/2016

25th April 2016

PHOTOS: CROSSFAITH, ELECTRIC BRIXTON, LONDON, 31/03/2016 Last year, Osaka giants Crossfaith proved they’re still on top of their...

PHOTOS: THE TOMBOYS, The Pipeline, London, 25/03/2016

9th April 2016

PHOTOS: THE TOMBOYS, THE PIPELINE, LONDON, 25/03/2016 Last month THE TOMBOYS (formally NoName) took to The Pipeline for...

mouse on the keys Return As Part Of 2016 European Tour

21st March 2016

Tokyo’s experimental jazz threesome mouse on the keys will make their way back to the UK in April...

Coldrain Crossfaith AA= Free The Monster

AA= Release New Single FREE THE MONSTER Featuring Masato (coldrain) + Kenta Koie (Crossfaith)

20th March 2016

On March 18th AA= dropped the third releases in a series collaboration singles, FREE THE MONSTER, featuring guest...

THE TOMBOYS London Japan Underground March 25th

THE TOMBOYS To Play Their First Overseas Show In London

20th March 2016

All-girl rock four-piece THE TOMBOYS will play a one off show at London’s JAPAN UNDERGROUND club night on...

MUTANT MONSTER Announce November UK Tour

19th March 2016

Tokyo garage punk trio MUTANT MONSTER have announced the dates for their first UK mini-tour this November. Formed...

Makoto Plays Hospitality In London This April As Part of EU Tour

18th March 2016

Driven at a young age by a wide range of music from soul and jazz to classical, Makoto...

Noise Duo PIKACYU-MAKOTO Return This May For UK Tour

17th March 2016

PIKACYU-MAKOTO, two of the most prominent figureheads in Japan’s underground psych/pop scene- speed guru Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers...

PHOTOS: Esprit D’Air, The Pipeline, London, 12/03/2016

14th March 2016

PHOTOS: ESPRIT D’AIR, THE PIPELINE, LONDON, 12/03/2016 Despite being down a drummer and having not taken to the...

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News

KizunaAI reawakens after 3 years, unveils ‘Kamone’, hints at live show

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.’

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

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

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

BE:FIRST score no.1 with ‘Spacecraft’ / ‘Sailing’ as world tour approaches

News

PHOTOS: Otoboke Beaver, Japan Underground, London, 03/05/2016

PHOTOS: Crossfaith, Electric Brixton, London, 31/03/2016

PHOTOS: THE TOMBOYS, The Pipeline, London, 25/03/2016

mouse on the keys Return As Part Of 2016 European Tour

AA= Release New Single FREE THE MONSTER Featuring Masato (coldrain) + Kenta Koie (Crossfaith)

THE TOMBOYS To Play Their First Overseas Show In London

MUTANT MONSTER Announce November UK Tour

Makoto Plays Hospitality In London This April As Part of EU Tour

Noise Duo PIKACYU-MAKOTO Return This May For UK Tour

PHOTOS: Esprit D’Air, The Pipeline, London, 12/03/2016