Ska-punk band HEY-SMITH are funding air-con and sound upgrades at Shiga's U☆STONE, after the heat there left Shuhei Igari's ...

Japanese-Filipino gyaru tarento Yukipoyo has released the Tagalog remix of ‘Te-Te Gyaru’, featuring Filipino rapper Zae. Both ...

Takanori Nishikawa has recalled the Osaka band he almost formed with L'Arc-en-Ciel's tetsuya, before either had the career ...

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Otoboke Beaver will return to Europe in summer 2026 as a support act for Foo Fighters on select dates of the Take Cover tour. The Kyoto punk four-piece will join the US rock mainstays for six stadium ...

Newspeak announce 'Deadman's Constellation', their first single since going independent, plus an eight-city Port Primal tour ...

Newspeak launch their new self-hosted event series “Port Primal” at Shibuya WWW, joined by genre-blurring creative unit NIKO NIKO TAN TAN. Introduced alongside Newspeak’s move to independence in April ...

New visual kei band XILT share debut song 'DYSTOPIA', asking what it means to be V-kei in an era of changing values.

KAWAII LAB. warns fans of bans, police reports, and legal action as project-wide rules expand after ticket fraud and CD ...

HALCALI reunite with O.T.F for 'Guin Guin Guin', their first original song in 14 years, as 'Otsukare SUMMER' passes 10 ...

Tokyo trio wagamama turn being a mess into an anthem on new single 'N0 PLAN N0ISE', produced by bassist shizupi and out in ...

Meet EMNW, the Japanese nu-metal duo selling out London and Tokyo, on their Sony debut, BABYMETAL comparisons, and Coachella ...