Dan Grunebaum
Dan has written about music and produced Japanese music events in Tokyo and NYC for two decades.
Africaemo
Shouty raps, slashing beats—and a bottle of wine
Tokyo Crossover Jazz Festival
Impresario Shuya Okino changes tack
Tokimonsta
LA’s leftfield hip-hop honey heads up Brainfeeder night
Owl City
Small-town boy Adam Young makes good with a big heart
Blue Mind
It’s about finding your inner Blue Man, says Tokyo show’s Callum Grant
SBTRKT
The UK groove-meister hits the sweet spot between man and machine
Prefuse 73
The instrumental hip-hop guru fronts this year’s Neutral Nation
Atari Teenage Riot
Alec Empire ponders his band’s reunion on the sidelines of Fuji Rock
Summer Music Festival Guide ’11
Japan’s quake-shocked music fans get a jolt of rock therapy
Friendly Fires
The UK dance unit finds a fleeting paradise on Pala