Music

Your guide to music in Tokyo. Artist interviews, concert reviews and cultural critiques. From rock to requiem, Japanese musicians and international names.

Summer Music Fest Goes Local

The five best Japanese acts to look out for this summer

By Patrick St. Michel | Posted on July 22, 2017

All-Girl Sounds of the Now

The most exciting music from Japan’s new wave of female artists

By Giacomo Lee | Posted on July 13, 2017

Radio Free Tokyo

A mid-year roundup of the best Japanese music available online

By Patrick St. Michel | Posted on July 6, 2017

Mark Redito is Always Experimenting

A conversation with the LA-based artist about his upcoming Asia tour, Shibuya-kei and smart drugs

By Patrick St. Michel | Posted on June 14, 2017

Waifu Wednesdays

A music platform delivering the ultimate kawaii sugar rush

By Patrick St. Michel | Posted on May 31, 2017

tiernan’s Quiet Comeback

By Wanda Kropp | Posted on May 16, 2017

City Pop

New sub-genre "future funk" takes us back to the Bubble years

By Patrick St. Michel | Posted on May 3, 2017

Camp Out, Fest Out

After the cherry blossoms, an incredible season of music festivals

By Lucy Dayman | Posted on April 28, 2017

Ladybeard’s New Pop Group

Aussie wrestling and rock star Ladybeard debuts in new music group in Japan

By Lana Nowakowski | Posted on April 2, 2017

The Sound of Their Own Drum

Looprider charts their own path through Tokyo's aural map of genre pigeonholes

By Patrick St. Michel | Posted on March 31, 2017

Why CDs Are Still Big in Japan

On the country's love for the plastic disc

By Lucy Dayman | Posted on March 13, 2017

Pushin’ Beats

A sample of STUTS

By Patrick St. Michel | Posted on February 24, 2017

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