Hokkaido, Japan is my new home. With winter fast approaching and I spend more time indoors, next to the big, orange, glowing kerosene heater, I decided to…

Check out back number’s latest PV, “西藤公園” (nishifuji kouen). The song isn’t as painfully beautiful as “春を歌にして” but it still cuts with some emotional edge. Hooray for paper…

OLEDICKFOGGY…they’re actually even more interesting than the incredible, mind-blowingly awesome name implies. The lead singer also plays the mandolin alongside an accordion, banjo, upright bass, electric guitar,…

The always interesting and unique Japanese folk rock band OVERGROUND ACOUSTIC UNDERGROUND is (finally) coming out with their 2nd full-length album “New Acoustic Tale” on November 25th.…

sleepy.ab’s latest PV, “メロウ” (mellow) falls gracefully from the sky, ahead of paratroop, the quartet’s new album. The song is quite smooth and refined and the lone,…

With a band name and album title like this, don’t tell me you’re not interested.

Jazz monsters JABBERLOOP invade North America with their U.S. debut, REVENGE of the SPACE…

“Thank U bye bye Robin Hood” by ar (アル) is down-tempo art at it’s finest. The accompanying PV is an playful experimental work that grooves well with…

If John Coltrane or Sonny Rollins played in a hardcore rock band…hmm… That’s not quite what Z (ゼット, zetto) sound like but they are a rather awesome…

Here’s a grating, intense instrumental from self-described “noisecore prog-rock” trio BACTERIA. The properly titled “Heavymetal Man” is off of BACTERIA’s latest album, LOST, which came out in…

This driving and seemingly frantically-paced song, which can be found on perfect piano lesson’s second full-length album “Wanderlust” which came out earlier last month, differs a bit…