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With a large music industry such as Japan has, second largest in the world, it is inevitable that music fans will be inundated with a profusion of good (and also less good) music from this country. It is impossible to keep track of this and write a review about it per video. But to avoid […]

While with MOMOCURLY’s Candy a reference was made to the start of Spring, the duo’s first album entitled Cosmic Lips can be seen to be a perfectly fitting ending to a hot summer day. If you like jazzy influences and refreshing tones in pop songs, you’ve come to the right place at MOMOCURLY. MOMOCURLY consists of […]

After his extensive tour through Australia, musician Kenta Hayashi, for some better known as the 444Hz Loop Pedal Ninja, was supposed to tour Italy in February and March. Due to the current situation around COVID-19, he had to cut this tour short and returned to his home country. Quite a new situation for the musician, […]

For those who were lucky enough to see RYU’s renewed project, SOMEI YOSHINO, at one of the European performances last October, know that the music is still as we are used to from the now solo musician. Despite the decision that the band OROCHI no longer exists and RYU has continued with a solo project […]

In an earlier extensive article, you could read Kihiro’s current plans after pulling the plug for the rock band LOKA. Currently working hard as a solo musician, it is now even more difficult than before with the current situation surrounding COVID-19. Certain plans do not continue, such as the project in connection with DOWNLOAD Festival, […]

Missed the live stream of AnimeCon @ Home or want to watch the stream back to check which musicians you want to know more off? HIGHFeeL got you covered, they have published the full virtual showcase on their YouTube channel. The full line-up: (click on the names to get their website) Good Thru Date, Sho […]

AVO Magazine has started a new project, a podcast, on the day of AVO’s 17th anniversary. In the first (pilot) episode of AVO Magazine Podcast, editor-in-chief Francisca Hagen talks about the start of AVO as a forum and later on a web magazine, that was named AVO Magazine. In a bit more than 10 minutes […]

Birmingham has seen a surge of Japanese music events in these past few years, hosting such groups as Necronomidol, 2& (Double And), Screaming Sixties and even BABYMETAL, but it’s safe to say that some in Birmingham, were probably not expecting the Indie, Idol and Infamous show. Situated across the busy road of Smallbrook Queensway, opposite …

On the second Saturday of April, in the second largest city in the Ruhr area, Essen, Germany, people were greeted with gloomy and chilling weather. The city was relatively quiet upon arrival, yet if you wandered off slightly outside the centre you would see that there was life to be found in a small club …

The audience of De Zwarte Ruiter seemed ready for a night of rock and roll on Saturday, 23 February. The venue was already packed while the guys of garage rock band Electric Eel Shock were still busy on their soundcheck. By day De Zwarte Ruiter is a place where you can grab a drink or …

Rock band Frederic (フレデリック) had performed for a sold-out Zepp Tokyo on the 20th of February already, but the day after there was another sold-out show in the same venue. The shows are a part of the FREDERHYTHM tour, which has the subtitle ～飄々とイマジネーション～ (Hyouhyou to imagination), or Improvisation and Imagination in English. The band …

Who remembers D=OUT from the old days when they performed in Europe in 2009? To this very day, the Visual Kei band is still active with a lot of shows in Japan. Quite special, seeing that the Visual Kei band has been making music like a well-oiled machine since 2006, with 12 studio albums and …

While it is raining cats and dogs outside, an interesting evening is planned in the cosy hall of The Kroepoekfabriek. It’s a Sunday evening in February, but it doesn’t bother many people that they might have to go to school or work the next day. The Kroepoekfabriek offers, in order to reinforce the name and …

Lucie,Too have ensured a line-up such as like-minded young people with No Buses, The Songbards, Mom and Kusudama (くすだま). Five bands performing on one evening: it's party time!

Just at the end of the summer of 2018, PLASTICZOOMS announced that Tom Takanashi, guitarist and band member of the group for 6 years, will leave the band after a performance on November 2 of the same year, during a show that bears the title DIE KÜSSE 12 , and with that will also say …