Culture
Roppongi Crossing 2010
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 “Now more than [...]
Daikouzui
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 Contemporary dancer and [...]
AC/DC
Saitama Super Arena, March 12
Touhou and Hetalia
Fan-generated content is helping to enliven Japan’s media industry
Roy Ayers & Philip Woo@Skinni Pants Indoor Festival
Unit, March 13
Shackleton
The co-founder of Skull Disco is surprisingly upbeat
Galleria Borghese
Purity and profanity on loan from Rome
Molice
The Tokyo indie rockers thrill audiences from London to Vietnam.
Mount Eerie/Julie Doiron
Shibuya O-Nest, March 13
Artist File 2010
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 Unique among major [...]
Burn the Floor
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 In the wake [...]
Rain in Eden CD Release Party
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 With Tokyo becoming [...]
Kes Band
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 “Enigmatic beacon of [...]
Hungry Like a Wolf
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 Ryohei Kondo’s dance-music [...]
Echospace
Eleven, March 6
Nobuyoshi Araki + Katsura Funakoshi: An Image of Love Supreme
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 It’s not the [...]
Pavement
The alt-rock slackers prove disciplined enough for a worldwide comeback
Autechre
Oversteps
Nanofingers
Elephant, Some Bread, You and Me
Sade
Soldier of Love
Season of Infidelity
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 One of the [...]
Brotzmann/Yagi/Nilssen-Love
Volda
Thomas Muller
As BPitch Control comes of age, the Berlin-based DJ arrives with his label mates
Harajuku Beat Street
Suji Tap asks: What is Japanese street culture?
Young@Heart
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 With interest awakened [...]
Fasten Musique Concrete
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 For its first [...]
Everybody Tells a Story
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 As principal dancer [...]
Dirty Projectors
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 Brooklyn group Dirty [...]
Hasegawa Tohaku: 400th Memorial Retrospective
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010 In his panoramic [...]
Biffy Clyro
Daikanyama Unit, March 1
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
A major Impressionist is thrown into sharp focus at the NACT
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
They aren’t purists, but 20 years on the road testifies to Skapara’s obsession with Jamaican dance music
Taekwondo
Retired champion Hwang Su-Il explains the art of fighting
Kasey Taylor
The Aussie DJ ’s quarter-century career shows no signs of slowing