Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on August 2009 Promising 720 drums on 720 seats, the South African “interactive drum-theater experience” returns to Japan following its highly rated 2008 debut. Drumstruck began life a decade ago as a corporate motivational show before…

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on August 2009 A pair of artists spanning two generations and working in separate mediums are the subjects of a new exhibition at the gargantuan National Art Center in Nogizaka. Born in 1936, Yoko Matsumoto is…

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on August 2009 Courtesy of Cotton Club The most famous soul singer you’ve never heard of, Leon Ware was a hitmaker for the likes of Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson. Today, the Motor City son known…

Central Market

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Pika Mood

Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know

Four bands, two writers, one festival

The Laidbook series flips a bird at the record industry’s decline

Fifteen years since his debut, the techno warrior battles on

Weed a rice paddy, watch a dance