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BiSH (BRAND-NEW IDOL SHIT) FILL THE SHOES OF THEIR PREDECESSORS – SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM RELEASED

28th May 2015

Earlier this year Junnosuke Watanabe (WACK) announced the formation of BiSH (Brand-new idol SHiT), successors to outlandish idol...

MONO RETURN FOR THEIR SECOND EUROPEAN TOUR OF 2015 THIS WINTER

20th May 2015

In April MONO embarked on a 27-date European tour that wrapped up earlier this month which was followed...

THE DISASTER POINTS BRING STREET PUNK TO JAPAN – FIRST ALBUM ‘FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE’ ANNOUNCED

19th May 2015

FOR FANS OF: Dropkick Murphys, The Blue Hearts For decades Japan has been one of the world’s top...

GLIM SPANKY ANNOUNCE FIRST FULL ALBUM ‘SUNRISE JOURNEY’

18th May 2015

FOR FANS OF: Shina Ringo, Janis Joplin During their gig at the Tokyo Kinema Club on May 17th,...

MAN WITH A MISSION CONFIRMED FOR DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2015

17th May 2015

As if the bill for this year’s Download Festival wasn’t massive enough, Tokyo’s wolf masked alt pop triumphs...

WE’VE GOT SHIMA ADDICTION – SHIMA RELEASE FIRST MINI-ALBUM UNDER NEW RECORD LABEL

16th May 2015

FOR FANS OF: MAXIMUM THE HORMONE | HEY-SMITH After a band that doesn’t take themselves too seriously? One that...

NEVER YOUNG BEACH RELEASE 1ST ALBUM ‘YASHINOKI HOUSE’

14th May 2015

Tokyo born never young beach released their first album ‘YASHINOKI HOUSE’ internationally on May 13th via record label Bayon...

RADWIMPS SET TO MAKE LONDON DEBUT AS PART OF ASIA-EUROPE TOUR 2015

12th May 2015

RADWIMPS frontman Yojiro Noda tested the waters and managed to make waves in 2013 when he made his...

ENVY MAKE THEIR COMEBACK WITH ‘BLUE MOONLIGHT’ FROM UPCOMING ALBUM ‘ATHEIST’S CORNEA’

6th May 2015

envy have been dominating Japan’s independent hardcore scene since their formation in 1992, and after a five year...

SKANK YOUR HEART OUT WITH TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA – EUROPEAN TOUR 2015

4th May 2015

Japan’s biggest ska group (in more ways than one) will be coming to London this July as part...

News

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