Music

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

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

Lala For You

Musical date spots

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

2017 Sounds Like

Music resolutions and forecasts for the year ahead

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

Sofar Sounds Tokyo

Secret gigs bringing back the community feeling of live music

By Jackielyn Lee | Posted on December 14, 2016

Houses of Music

The best music venues that emerged this year

By Patrick St. Michel | Posted on December 5, 2016

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