Music
LiLi Releases Debut Single
Building bridges between Japan and the world through music
WONK: Escaping the Filter-Bubble Phenomenon
Tokyo experimental soul band WONK releases new album EYES
Pasocom Music Club Interview: Finding Creativity in Limitation
A millennial take on 90s synthesizer sounds
Blossoms in Isolation
Blossoms talk quarantine creativity and new album Foolish Loving Spaces
#WFH and Other Playlists to Power Your Day
Spring vibes and focus tunes to stave off the coronavirus blues
Walking Like We Do
The Big Moon on their new album and pretending to be Zayn Malik
Single Review: Pastel ‘Let You’
Making a cross-genre blend of electronic funk and jazz in Taiwan
Metropolis Playlist: Spring 2020
Music for your morning commute and other desperate times
WONK & TENDRE Live Review
R&B meets soul music at Tokyo Kinema Club
Ben Harper: ‘Hear Yourself More Clearly’
The Grammy Award winner’s original band tours Japan
Where His Path Goes
Mike Love on reggae, Apple Music and coming to Japan
Album Review: Tawings’ Debut LP
Dream-pop songs from the Tokyo-based trio
Making It Weird
Austin-based Ringo Deathstarr on the new album and having babies
Shake It Up
The New Mastersounds on funk, Leeds and touring Japan
Fumiya Koido
How the tragedy of the Tohoku earthquake sparked a young pianist’s career
VOODOO DEAD: Steve Kimock Interview
Guitar legend talks Grateful Dead, Japanese audiences and American rock attitudes
No Words Left
Lucy Rose on her new album and the importance of traveling
Playing With Gravity
EDM's rising star Gryffin on his latest album and Japanese roots
Relaxing States
Homeshake on Helium and lo-fi in Japan
Cafe Cheshmeh
Creating opportunities in the Tokyo music scene
Hardly Unremarkable
Enigmatic singer-songwriter Aldous Harding discusses Japan and nurturing the artist within
KID FRESINO at Ebisu Liquidroom
One of the hottest rappers in the Japanese music scene