Reports: Japanese Music Events

The Electric Ballroom originally began life as an Irish music hall in the 1930s before adopting its current name in...

Leading lights in the visual kei rock scene, Sendai’s NIGHTMARE make a rare appearance in London. Such is the desire...

As Storm Darragh rages across the marshes of Suffolk, two very unique artists join forces inside the Snape Maltings complex...

Now returning for its fourth edition, WACK in the UK has quickly become a highlight in the European idol calendar....

It has been almost two years since I last photographed a Re:O gig, and with a new look and sound,...

There’s no doubt that women have saved the soul of rock music. All the macho, masculine posturing of the last...

Something that has been missing from Ipswich’s cultural landscape has been a decent mid-sized venue but now The Baths has...

It seems like only yesterday that modern metal quartet JILUKA were last in the UK (it was, in fact, 26th...

WACK in the UK has quickly become a highlight on the calendar of any self-respecting fan of the Japanese idol...

This was the final club date (festivals notwithstanding) on LOVEBITES’ European tour and the band did not disappoint. In fact,...

Two unique artists representing the underground idol scene stop by London on the first of three dates that comprise a...

The self-professed 'repetition freaks', with a love of Krautrock, put on a fantastic show at the Hare & Hounds to...

If ever a band was to live up to their name then it would surely be Birmingham’s very own spincycle....

Following the success of the first WACK in the UK event last year in November, WACK returned for round 2...

In March 2024, MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS were on their first European tour since coming back from their hiatus...

On the first of what promises to be a series of events celebrating J-Rock, three very different performers convene to...

Why a plethora of Japanese artists should have adopted the music and aesthetic of an art form that was once...

Jerusalem-born, now Bristol-based, the artist known as Tlya X An is a strange tangle of influences. Hyper-pop, dance, RnB and...

In the heart of Coventry’s canal basin lies The Tin Arts, a former coal bunker that now serves as the...

Once upon a time, when Coventry was an industrial powerhouse, the canal which dissects the City was an important artery...

Since forming in 2015, it has been full steam ahead for Japanese steampunk metal band FATE GEAR. Having left a...

On a Wednesday summer evening in 2023, at the Lexington in London, the event was hosted by Loud Women, a...

Haru Nemuri brought her Shunka Ryougen tour to the United Kingdom and Ireland from May 25 - June 7, 2023....