Reports: Japanese Music Events

Boris “Heavy Rock Breakfast” Euro & UK tour 2023 The Black Box – Belfast, United Kingdom, 04. 05. 2023 This...

Boris “Heavy Rock Breakfast” Euro & UK tour 2023 Button Factory – Dublin, Ireland, 03. 05. 2023 This gallery belongs...

Boris “Heavy Rock Breakfast” Euro & UK tour 2023 Cyprus Avenue – Cork, Ireland, 02. 05. 2023 This gallery belongs...

The Japanese heavy metal band DEVILOOF celebrated their major debut in Japan with the release of their new EP DAMNED...

The lockdowns enforced by the global pandemic were disastrous on several levels, but one of the biggest shocks for me...

There’s been a surge of interest in the 1990’s recently with the alternative side of that decade coming into vogue....

It’s been barely a year since Japan’s BRIDEAR last visited these shores, and that they have such a strong affinity...

Two bands from two different parts of the world pay homage to the krautrock music genre at Birmingham’s Hare &...

If you ever needed proof that the current rock scene was in ruddy health, then you need look no further...

During the 2022 edition of HYPER JAPAN Festival, a collaboration took place with booking agency Orion Live for a music...

During the 2022 edition of HYPER JAPAN Festival, a collaboration took place with booking agency Orion Live for a music...

The duo BlackLab scheduled a couple of performances in the United Kingdom, one of which was at Desertfest. only a...

I once read an interview with Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain in Rolling Stone where he explained his first Shonen Knife gig:...

Punk rock (and its various offshoots) is best when used by the marginalised, whether it be Stiff Little Fingers or...

As an old school metalhead raised and weaned on bands like Darkthrone and Venom it took me a while to...

It seems that we are currently living in a golden age of female Japanese metal bands with BAND-MAID, LOVEBITES and...

After cali≠gari completed a 12-hour marathon stream entitled Tokyo cali≠garimpic 2021 - a nod to the Tokyo Olympics - filled...

JILUKA's first digital encounter with the European soil took place as one of the closing events of the one-month long...

For the online HYPER JAPAN, Nano recorded a special live performance for fans to watch to celebrate the release of...

Over a year into the pandemic and still a lot of events occurring online, HYPER JAPAN is one such event...

Since forming in Tokyo in 2019 things have moved pretty fast for NEMOPHILA. Three raucous singles caught the attention of...

On the 9th of June, also known in Japan as "Rock Day", LUNA SEA's SUGIZO and INORAN held a live...

The psychedelic jam band SHAG, in which SUGIZO improvises with five great men, held their first livestream LIVE STREAMING FROM...