Culture | Metropolis Japan

Influential alt-country act finally get respect in Japan

Subterranean dubstep meets roots Detroit techno

My big skinny Greek painting at Tokyo Met

Ripley and Sanae lob their spaced out sounds at Japan

Take in shows from sunset to sunrise

Black Sabbath headline a metaller’s paradise

Fresh off the Olympics, Underworld’s frontman stabs out solo

Full-on lineup at Tokyo Jazz’s new crosstown rival

Easily digestible art fair

Afrobeat giant feted in Aoyama

Peter Gijselaers’ Dirt Crew are rekindling the Berlin house scene

Witness the booming Brooklyn band in cosy confines