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TARO&JIRO, ASIAN CHAIRSHOT + MAYU WAKISAKA – THE PIPELINE – LONDON – 12/05/2014 – REVIEW

14th May 2014

TARO&JIRO, ASIAN CHAIRSHOT + MAYU WAKISAKA – THE PIPELINE – LONDON – 12/05/2014 – REVIEW On a rainy...

BABYMETAL TO PLAY LONDON’S FORUM – WORLD TOUR 2014

7th May 2014

Put your kitsune up! BABYMETAL are coming to London on July 7th where they will be putting on their...

EMO-PUNK UNIT UPLIFT SPICE TO TOUR EUROPE IN MAY – LONDON SHOW CONFIRMED

22nd April 2014

After appearing in Europe for the first time in 2011 for a sold out show at the Maroquinerie...

BABYMETAL TO MAKE UK DEBUT AT SONISPHERE 2014

10th April 2014

UPDATE: BABYMETAL’s performance has now been upgraded to the main Apollo stage on Saturday July 5th where they...

FACT – WITNESS – REVIEW

9th April 2014

FACT has a habit of coming out of nowhere every few months, usually with a pile of new...

FAR EAST MENTION MANNEQUINS (FEMM): PLASTIC DUO MAKE DIGITAL DEBUT

6th April 2014

This is FAR EAST MENTION MANNEQUINS, or FEMM for short, a feisty mannequin pop duo crafted around one idea,...

ALICE NINE – SUPERNOVA – REVIEW

31st March 2014

The sparkling, ethereal style of Alice Nine has been enchanting listeners since 2004, and now the band is...

VAMPS – KOKO – LONDON – 28/03/2014 – REVIEW

30th March 2014

It’s only been 5 months since the last time dark duo VAMPS came to town for a sold...

BUFFALO DAUGHTER AND TARO&JIRO ANNOUNCED FOR GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL 2014

27th March 2014

For three days every year in May Brighton becomes Europe’s central music hub with bands from across the...

CROSSFAITH + VAMPS SET TO ROCK DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2014

26th March 2014

Last year it was announced that the UK’s favourite Japanese metalcore unit Crossfaith will be sharing the main...

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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

TARO&JIRO, ASIAN CHAIRSHOT + MAYU WAKISAKA – THE PIPELINE – LONDON – 12/05/2014 – REVIEW

BABYMETAL TO PLAY LONDON’S FORUM – WORLD TOUR 2014

EMO-PUNK UNIT UPLIFT SPICE TO TOUR EUROPE IN MAY – LONDON SHOW CONFIRMED

BABYMETAL TO MAKE UK DEBUT AT SONISPHERE 2014

FACT – WITNESS – REVIEW

FAR EAST MENTION MANNEQUINS (FEMM): PLASTIC DUO MAKE DIGITAL DEBUT

ALICE NINE – SUPERNOVA – REVIEW

VAMPS – KOKO – LONDON – 28/03/2014 – REVIEW

BUFFALO DAUGHTER AND TARO&JIRO ANNOUNCED FOR GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL 2014

CROSSFAITH + VAMPS SET TO ROCK DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2014