Culture
Sander van Doorn
Dutch producer spearheads trance's second coming
Transfiguration
Berlin-based Leiko Ikemura's first retrospective in Japan
Womb Cruise
Turkish techno against Yokohama’s illuminated waterfront
Bad Noise! Fes 2011
A posse of Japan's better indie bands
Power Spots of Edo
A visual tour of Edo-era spiritual destinations
Prefuse 73
The instrumental hip-hop guru fronts this year’s Neutral Nation
Artists for Tohoku
Art and music auction for Tohoku
Art Scope 2009-2011: Invisible Memories
The fruit of a collaboration between young German and Japanese artists
Boris/Envy/Mono
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2011 Three of Japan’s [...]
Latin Beat Film Festival
Shinjuku's annual bevy of Latin film
Wire
Takkyu Ishino's famous rave brings the best of Berlin, among other lunacies
Rafven
The Swedish gypsy punk collective push their new album
Hugo Fattoruso
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on August 2011 Though not as [...]
Jazz Art Sengawa
Cellist Hiromichi Sakamoto and Japan’s avant-garde build a home of their own
Tokyo Metabolizing
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on August 2011 In the 1950s, [...]
A Geek in Japan
Put some skimmed geek on your coffee table
Hatsune Miku
Fans take the control panel with this holographic superstar
Orphans & Heroes
Stylish singer and Pride promoter Lenne Hardt hosts a gala benefit
Just Two Dances
Issues of identity and ethnicity in two works set for the intimate Aoyama Round Theater
Earth Celebration 2011
Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Aug 19-21
Sonicmania
Makuhari Messe, August 12
Punkafoolic! Shibuya Crash 2011
Punk Rock Confidential hosts its annual daylong slamfest
Kanagawa Reggae Pride 2011
Get the best of the Carribean just south of Tokyo
Leo Rubinfien: Wounded Cities
Chicago artist presents portraits of traumatized urbanites
The Women who Lifted Japan
The Nadeshiko Japan's World Cup win is not just a game of football
Shinichi Osawa & Paul Chambers
Stars of sleazy electro in Shibuya
Maya Jane Coles
The Japanese-British house producer spans oceans
Amazigh Kateb
Blending North Africa’s Gnawa people's music with rock and reggae
Summer Sonic 2011
Chiba Marine Stadium and Makuhari Messe, Aug 13-14
Atari Teenage Riot
Alec Empire ponders his band’s reunion on the sidelines of Fuji Rock
Making of Tokyo Sky Tree
A kid-friendly peek at Tokyo's future tallest tower
Deerhunter & The Morning Benders
Ecstatic meets ironic
Azumabashi Dance Crossing
A wham-bam sample of Japanese contemporary dance
Tokyo Fashion Fuse 5
As the weather heats up, so does one really steamy waterfront club night