With 8 years already under their belts, four-piece rock band SCANDAL, made up of Haruna Ono (lead vocal/guitar), Mami Sasazaki (guitar/vocal), Tomomi Ogawa (bas...
In 2012, FACT gave us their knockout album BURUNDANGA, which was followed in 2014 by WITNESS, which in contrast felt patchy and unfinished, although peppered wi...
15 years since their debut, DIR EN GREY are going strong. Their music- ever twisted, experimental and dark- continues to thrill fans the world over, and as of D...
Less than a year after their first full album, DOUBLE COLOUR SHEEP, rockers NOISEMAKER return with a new mini release, as of August 20th. The band, a four piece...
Rocking the digital hardcore scene since 2008, 6-strong unit Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas (or FALILV) are back with their third full album, PHASE 2, featurin...
After almost twenty years together already, MUCC have rarely fallen from its stronghold as one of the heavyweights of the J-rock world. Still maintaining their ...
Formed in 2008, Another Story is an energetic rock unit made up of five members- KeiGo (vocals), hero and yusuke (guitars), K-MASA (bass), and aki (drums). Havi...
Listening to a string of Japanese pop songs, particularly from the larger girl groups, I often find myself becoming lost in the voices, unable to tell one singe...
TARO&JIRO, ASIAN CHAIRSHOT + MAYU WAKISAKA - THE PIPELINE - LONDON - 12/05/2014 - REVIEW
On a rainy Brighton day TarO&JirO and Mayu Wakisaka played to ...
FACT - KOKO - LONDON - 16/04/2014 - REVIEW
As far as hardcore bands go these days, FACT are one of the most creative. With every release this recently turned s...