It’s just plain rare to find good hip hop bands that are actual BANDS these days. You got the Roots and… yeah. So it’s a pleasure to…

This would be another case of Japanese band names throwing you for a loop. While sharing a name with the Belle and Sebastian song “Another Sunny Day”,…

Punk rock in Japan can be a little suspect.  It’s often pop punk or skater punk and rarely sounds like traditional punk. Well color me surprised to…

Owarikara is back with a very 60′s swing swing swing that further explores psychedelic rock. They seem to be really following the Doors lifestyle and atmosphere in…

The Cigavettes are definitely a retro rock band. Their sound ranges from Beatles-like to the Turtles and even in their latest single “Tales of Long Summer” they…

Toddle are back after 4 years with a new album and yeah they got that cool chick from Bloodthirsty Butchers. You gotta love the sound in their…

I’ve given Shank grief in the past, but I think they sound pretty great in small doses. How bout a whopping 68 seconds of rock?

It’s just a…

Slowly coming into view, you can see some entity calling itself caroline rocks flying at you, ready to dropkick you into the next century with their hazy…

Nacano take us for a ride down the highway in their trippy electro groove of a track for “New World.”

This song has got some serious night time…

It’s that time of the year again. The time when the Japanese pull off their version of the VMA awards and we get to find out what…