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FACT RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘DISCLOSURE’ – NEW ALBUM ‘WITNESS’ COMING MARCH 5TH

27th January 2014

Starting out in 1999, 2014 marks the 15th anniversary for the formerly masked Ibaraki rockers FACT, and already...

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...

News

Paledusk to make major label debut with ‘HUGs’, opening theme for Gachiakuta

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

SixTONES release WIND BREAKER season 2 opening theme ‘BOYZ’ worldwide, alongside Netflix variety show

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