Culture
Speculative Japan 3
“Silver Bullet” and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy
Alabama Shakes
Brittany Howard’s post-racial rock
Hyperrealism
Going beyond the photographic
Crystal Castles & Sleigh Bells
Hipster’s Delight
Ra Ra Riot
New York chamber popsters sing of robot love
Amature Amplifier
Some call it 21st-century Korean post-folk
Grounded Theory Night
Tap up the Teutonic this Saturday
Tokyo Furusato Matsuri
Taste Japan’s biggest festivals—at the same time
The Sun, The Moon, and Fuji
Sony Art Wall, Ginza
Anonymous Life
Strange new forms of life and art take shape at the ICC
The New Mastersounds
When does a house band become a “real band”?
Sparks
Ron and Russ Mael’s “Two Hands, One Mouth” tour
Once and Twice
A global clutch of first-rate dancers
Traces of Hands
Rodin and his spawn
06S feat. Netsky
Young DnB prodigy meets clubland veteran
Kinlay
Golden Zero
Game For A Break
Avoid New Year variety shows by switching to sports
Countdown Strategies 2013
Blow it out, Tokyo
Hakuin
A Zen master—and influential artist, too
Dave Clarke
The Baron of Techno
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Flamenco meets metal?
The Spirit of Kuniyoshi
The ukiyo-e master placed in context
djTRIO
The turntable is the medium for summoning unearthly spirits
Making Situations, Editing Landscapes
Can a daily event itself become art?
Womb Adventure
Shibuya superclub’s annual Makuhari rave
M-Swift
Acid-jazz still has legs in Japan after 20 years
Zazen Boys
Meditation, guitars and… potato salad
Japanese Modern
A turbulent century of Japanese art at a renewed MOMAT
Kenny Dope & DJ Spinna
The world’s finest turntablists
Glass Design from Finland
The Land of Forests and Lakes
Siamese Cats
Tokyo indie hepcats drop their new Takarajima
Alice in Wonderland
Our heroine is sucked down a Washlet
Macy Gray
Inimitable, raspy-voiced chanteuse
Burn The Floor
Broadway dance extravaganza at the spanking new Orb