Dan Grunebaum
Dan has written about music and produced Japanese music events in Tokyo and NYC for two decades.
The Summer Sonic 2016 Wrap-up
Radiohead saves the day
Hiromi
Piano muse heads up Tokyo Jazz 2016
Wagakki Band
Ancient sounds reborn
Sayuki
Being a gaijin geisha isn’t easy—but it can be fun
The Fin
J-indie’s “it” band
The New Sounds of Agraph
Electronic music isn’t all about EDM
Review: Stolen. – Stolen.
The expat rockers release their debut album
What the Funday?
Rock radio power trio on FM’s bleak future in Japan
Bo-Peep
The women-led J-rock group aren’t sheep
Jack Tempchin learns to dance
SoCal survivor finds new wind
Mango + Sweetrice Records 20th anniversary
Two decades of bleeps 'n' beats
God Bless Baseball
Toshiki Okada probes international relations through baseball
The Songs of Jim O’Rourke
The producer and multi-instrumentalist keeps it simple
Peter Barakan’s Live Magic
The veteran personality curates a new roots fest
The Harpoons
Free tix to Japan debut of Aussie experimental pop unit
Parties4Peace: Set for Peace
SF DJs Atish and Mark Slee join the fundraiser’s latest leg-up
Meet Nisennenmondai
Japan’s hippest instrumental rock exports go electronic
Klein Dytham
Expat architects make Tokyo their own
Kazutoki Umezu
Young Turk sax explorer as elder statesman
Ukon Takafuji
Samurai swordplay for the masses
Kev Gray & The Gravy Train
Expat outfit launches world tour
Audio
Bayside electronic music fest