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Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this October - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this October

Your monthly dose of new music from Japan

Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this September - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this September

Featuring exciting collabs and independent releases from some of our favorite artists right now

Jaegermeister Continues its Campaign to Support Tokyo’s Nightlife - Metropolis Japan

Jaegermeister Continues its Campaign to Support Tokyo’s Nightlife

Featuring help from local tastemakers

Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this August - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this August

The best new Japanese indie, electronic, hip hop and rock releases of a hot and sweaty August

Yuichi Kudo — Technical Outsider - Metropolis Japan

Yuichi Kudo — Technical Outsider

Where does extreme metal fit into Japan?

Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this July - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this July

See who's kicking goals in the Japanese music scene this Olympic season

mitsume - Metropolis Japan

mitsume

Dreamy indie tunes straight from Tokyo

Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this June - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this June

Get through the rainy season slump with our newest playlist

Tokyo Music Scene: Newest Japan Releases this May - Metropolis Japan

Tokyo Music Scene: Newest Japan Releases this May

The latest tracks of Tokyo's hottest sound creators — all rounded up

Rock of Asia: Asian Anthology - Metropolis Japan

Rock of Asia: Asian Anthology

“Music is a great tool to make people unite and Rock of Asia can prove it.”

Embracing the Unconventional with Utena Kobayashi - Metropolis Japan

Embracing the Unconventional with Utena Kobayashi

How faith in a steel pan transformed a university dropout’s life  

Konstantin Ishkhanov and Tomomi Nishimoto - Metropolis Japan

Konstantin Ishkhanov and Tomomi Nishimoto

Launching the Japan Grande Classico Music Festival

Tjiros: ‘One day, the right words would find me’ - Metropolis Japan

Tjiros: ‘One day, the right words would find me’

Meet the Japanese blues duo to listen to this winter 

Rats on Rafts: ‘Tokyo Music Experience’ - Metropolis Japan

Rats on Rafts: ‘Tokyo Music Experience’

How to encapsulate Tokyo in a song

Shuta Hasunuma: FULLPHONY - Metropolis Japan

Shuta Hasunuma: FULLPHONY

An unconventional orchestra reflecting the changing sound of Japan

Marihiko Hara: Passion Composed - Metropolis Japan

Marihiko Hara: Passion Composed

The Kyoto-based multitalent on recording his latest album

Owning the Underground - Metropolis Japan

Owning the Underground

Bringing you the lowdown on Japan's best low-profile acts this autumn

STEREOGIRL Is All Grown Up - Metropolis Japan

STEREOGIRL Is All Grown Up

The young band meets Brit-rock, American alt and Tokyo landscapes

Andrew Wasylyk: Fugitive Light and Themes of Consolation  - Metropolis Japan

Andrew Wasylyk: Fugitive Light and Themes of Consolation 

Album review and interview with the Scottish multi-instrumentalist

Waater Goes All Out - Metropolis Japan

Waater Goes All Out

Five punk-fuelled friends are out to revive Tokyo's indie music scene

Christian Lee Hutson: Beginners - Metropolis Japan

Christian Lee Hutson: Beginners

The debut album of Phoebe Bridgers’ creative prodigy

THE NOVEMBERS Interview: At The Beginning - Metropolis Japan

THE NOVEMBERS Interview: At The Beginning

Japanese rock quartet crosses genres and generations on its eighth album

Maika Loubté: Closer to Emotion - Metropolis Japan

Maika Loubté: Closer to Emotion

French-Japanese chanteuse on fundamentals and her latest album

Masu Dore: ‘The Best Ever in 18 Years’ - Metropolis Japan

Masu Dore: ‘The Best Ever in 18 Years’

Japanese rock trio returns with two new singles