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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...

MIYAVI – O2 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE – LONDON – 15/03/2014 – REVIEW

18th March 2014

MIYAVI – O2 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE – LONDON – 15/03/2014 – REVIEW The last time that guitarist, producer,...

FACT TO EMBARK ON UK TOUR 2014 WITH MEMPHIS MAY FIRE

16th March 2014

After the release of their 5th studio album ‘WITNESS’, FACT are set to make their UK return next month,...

BABYMETAL TAKE OVER ITUNES CHARTS

7th March 2014

Love ’em or hate ’em, this heavy metal x pop idol trio are causing quite a stir internationally....

ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK MAKES LONG-AWAITED RETURN TO THE UK

27th February 2014

Tokyo hard rock trio Electric Eel Shock will be making their way back to Blighty this April and...

MIYAVI TAKES OVER LONDON MARCH 15TH – SLAP THE WORLD TOUR 2014

27th February 2014

From the European release of his new album, to an appearance in Hollywood war drama ‘Unbroken’, 2014 is...

MELT-BANANA return for UK tour this May – UK Tour 2014

26th February 2014

Is it punk? Is it grindcore? Is it no wave? All we know is that this 21-year-old Tokyo-brewed...

BO NINGEN ANNOUNCE 10-DATE UK TOUR – NEW ALBUM CONFIRMED

25th February 2014

Japanese born, London based psychedelic rock quartet Bo Ningen will be hitting the road once again this May...

POLYSICS – ACTION!!! – REVIEW

24th February 2014

With the incredible upsurge of energy that was Weeeeeeeeee!!! it’s hard to believe that POLYSICS’ last album hit...

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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

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

Centimillimental EUROPE TOUR 2025 “ribbon”

ATARASHII GAKKO! buff up in ‘Fly High’ video – New album drops

News

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

CROSSFAITH + VAMPS SET TO ROCK DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2014

MIYAVI – O2 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE – LONDON – 15/03/2014 – REVIEW

FACT TO EMBARK ON UK TOUR 2014 WITH MEMPHIS MAY FIRE

BABYMETAL TAKE OVER ITUNES CHARTS

ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK MAKES LONG-AWAITED RETURN TO THE UK

MIYAVI TAKES OVER LONDON MARCH 15TH – SLAP THE WORLD TOUR 2014

MELT-BANANA return for UK tour this May – UK Tour 2014

BO NINGEN ANNOUNCE 10-DATE UK TOUR – NEW ALBUM CONFIRMED

POLYSICS – ACTION!!! – REVIEW