Culture
Spiritualized
Jason “Spaceman” Pierce’s fight with hepatitis informs his new album
Sweet Rose
One of a kind quadrilingual Irish harp duo
Hayasasurahime
Dance colossi interpret Japan’s founding myth
Canadian Blast
A heady mix of rising Canuck talent
Earth, Sea and Sky: Nature in Western Art
Rembrandts, Van Goghs, Monets, and more
The Art of Rimpa II
Luscious screens of gold and pearl
Anjin: The Shogun and the English Samurai
Royal Shakespeare Company and Horipro present the blue-eyed samurai
Burton Rail Days
Street snowboarding without the snow
Ananda Project
House music goes live
Tadanori Yokoo
“The First Book Design Exhibition”
Kyte
UK indie poppers on a solo tour
Treasures from Sacred Izumo
Japan’s Shinto legacy at the TNM
Toysound: Global Beatstorm Connection
Showcase of emerging international acts
Cue Action
Japan’s world champ ladies’ billiards player shoots some stick
Jah Shaka
Word of Jah from the Zulu King
Alex Smoke
Techno pops on the Scot’s new outing
Food For Thought
Feminism on the table
Makoto Aida
The new contemporary titan’s first one-man show
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Postmodern bluesman sells out in Japan
Otarudori wo Yobu Junbi
When a dancer’s body gives out
Neutralnation 2012
Wire heads up a day of “not rubbish” bands
The Chieftains
50 years of avoiding politics and religion
Tony Hadley
Spandau Ballet frontman traipses down memory lane
Japan Fetish Ball
Butoh, steampunk and skin hooks
Free Pussy Riot
Tokyo fundraising event
Liquid
Music you might hear at a used clothing shop
Kyono+DJ Baku
Unknown Music Allianz release
Ce Qui Arrive 2012
Japan’s oddest musicians and performance artists
David Lynch
The mercurial polymath’s worldview
Kanto Hoops
Choose your basketball crew for the new season
Song of the Rightwing Soundtruck
Tunes the uyoku use to shatter our calm
Art & Music
Search for New Synesthesia
PechaKucha
Chat chat special
Amon Tobin
The sound magician brings Isam to Electraglide