Mono

If you have never heard Japanese experimental masters Mono, don’t ever admit it to your cool friends. Get ahold of their masterpiece album Requiem For Hell, plug in your earphones and lose yourself in the noise and rough melodies. It’s all very Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine and Acid Mothers Temple, but it’s glorious. Catch them with fellow Japanese hardcore noisemasters Envy in Ebisu and you’d do well to bring your earplugs.