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CYBERGOTH TRIO PSYDOLL RETURN TO UK THIS FEBRUARY

25th January 2014

Need something a little different to start the year? How about some industrial/cyberpunk/electric goth courtesy of PSYDOLL? A...

GIRUGAMESH PREPARE TO EMBARK ON EUROPEAN TOUR – MAY 23RD – JUNE 11TH 2014

23rd January 2014

With their lacklustre 5th album ‘GO’ hitting two years ago and their last UK performance nearly three, it’s...

VAMPS TO PLAY EXCLUSIVE LONDON SHOW – MARCH 28TH, KOKO, CAMDEN

22nd January 2014

After the overwhelming success of their first UK show in October of last year, VAMPS, one of the...

GIRUGAMESH – MONSTER – REVIEW

1st January 2014

It feels like a long time since we’ve had any substantial releases from four-piece rock unit Girugamesh, with...

GOTHIC LOLITA DUO DIE MILCH MAKE THEIR UK DEBUT

27th November 2013

Comprised of vocalist Coco and violinist Jasmine, Die Milch seek to abolish the line between music, fashion and...

VAMPS – O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON – LONDON – 07/10/2013 – REVIEW

24th October 2013

VAMPS – O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON – LONDON – 07/10/2013 – REVIEW In 2012, hyde, Japan’s current day answer...

POLYSICS AND THE TELEPHONES PREPARE TO ROCK LONDON THIS SEPTEMBER – EUROPEAN TOUR 2013

11th July 2013

Finally the wait is over! Everyone’s favourite Japanese, boiler suited, new wave trio POLYSICS will be making their...

VAMPS EUROPEAN TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED – BARCELONA, PARIS, BERLIN AND LONDON DATES CONFIRMED

3rd July 2013

It’s been nearly a year since Hyde first dazzled London with Japan’s number one rock ‘n’ rollers L’Arc~en~Ciel, now...

THE 5,6,7,8’S PREPARE TO ROCK BRIGHTON ON JUNE 21ST

13th June 2013

Tokyo’s own all-female rockabilly trio The 5,6,7,8’s, will head to Brighton on June 21st to join the likes...

ONE OK ROCK EUROPEAN TOUR 2013 ANNOUNCED – COLOGNE, LONDON, AND PARIS DATES CONFIRMED

28th May 2013

One of Japan’s biggest alternative rock groups of recent years, ONE OK ROCK, will be hitting Europe for...

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