Dan Grunebaum
Dan has written about music and produced Japanese music events in Tokyo and NYC for two decades.
Resonance
Kaoru Watanabe takes taiko into uncharted waters
Jake Shimabukuro
It’s a yoga session in three strums, says the ukulele evangelist
Kaoru Inoue
The veteran DJ returns with an encyclopedic ode to dance music
From dub to dubstep… in one night
Mad Professor and Skream & Benga: the alpha and omega of UK dub
Matt & Kim
The Brooklyn duo prepare to bare themselves in Japan
Exercise in Futility?
As the nation’s tech giants battle the iPhone, we attempt to download our favorite songs to our Japanese keitai
Boom Boom Satellites
The veteran dance rock duo drop the electro
Hermeto Pascoal
The Brazilian jazz ''sorcerer'' helps relaunch the Organic Groove concert series
Major Lazer
The ragga-fuelled sound system may just destroy Daikanyama’s Unit
The Drums
Perfection is boring, says guitarist Jacob Graham
Jerome Hill
The English DJ puts the funk back into techno
Prague
The up-and-coming trio show off their groove
Aural Vampire
50,000 ''friends'' hope Exo-Chika will sink her fangs into them
Chicago
Broadway star Amra-Faye Wright tries a familiar role — this time in Japanese
Bo-Peep
The Metropolis-endorsed trio mulls life as female rockers
De De Mouse
The diminutive Gunma native might just be Japan’s next big electropop export
Tortoise
They’re definitely rock, says leader John McEntire
DBX
Daniel Bell crash lands in Daikanyama
Anvil
Yes, they’ve quit their day jobs
Kaikoo Popwave Festival ’10
A new bayside event serves as a platform for alternative Japanese music
Shackleton
The co-founder of Skull Disco is surprisingly upbeat
Pavement
The alt-rock slackers prove disciplined enough for a worldwide comeback