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SAND Join Nasty For UK Debut This October – Taste of Anarchy 2016

30th May 2016

SAND, Osaka’s infamous hardcore tyrants, are set to play their first UK shows with Belgium beatdown troop Nasty...

KEMURI Join Less Than Jake on Fireball UK Tour This October

22nd May 2016

Ska-punk legends KEMURI have announced their first set of UK support slots this October as part of the...

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...

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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

Fujii Kaze confirms third album ‘Prema’, shares lead single ‘Hachikō’

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

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

Centimillimental EUROPE TOUR 2025 “ribbon”

go!go!vanillas bring calm after the storm for SAKAMOTO DAYS Part 2 ending theme

News

SAND Join Nasty For UK Debut This October – Taste of Anarchy 2016

KEMURI Join Less Than Jake on Fireball UK Tour This October

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