LAST ALLIANCE’s “Empty Heart” (エンプティハート) will fill you up. The track is off of for staying real BLUE., the 2011 follow up to the quartet’s 2010 Keep…

“Chase the Light!” is the latest from quickly rising screamo-disco stars, Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas. The frantic pursuit is equal parts howling synth and grinding…

I’ve been watching the “DADA” PV every few days since it came out and it finally occurred to me — while ice fishing in the middle of…

“Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go ahead” and check out Sakai Yu’s (さかいゆう) PV for “AHEAD”. The vocalist and keyboardist…

“Butsumetsu Torishuna” (仏滅トリシュナー) by 88 Kasho Junrei (八十八ヶ所巡礼, 88 Temple Pilgrimage) will come out of your amp head and take your real head on a trip. If…

Tsubaki (つばき) lead singer and guitarist Isshiki Noriyasu (一色徳保) will undergo surgery after being diagnosed with a brain abnormality, UK Project and the band announced on December…

UNISON SQUARE GARDEN head to the UNISON SQUARE FOREST in the PV for “スカースデイル” (Scarsdale). There, a girl encounters and befriends a magical Where The Wild Things…

“Crossing the Tundra” is a fantastic instrumental piece by SIBERIAN NEWSPAPER. The icy, sharp violin melody cuts through the warm instrumental layers which vividly accompany it. That…

“Motorcycle” (モーターサイクル) is the second half of BUMP OF CHICKEN’s double single “Uchuu hikoushi he no Tegami/Motorcycle” (宇宙飛行士への手紙/モーターサイクル). The letter to the astronaut has already blasted off and…

Hundred Percent Free busts out the electronic beats and jagged syths for “ROCK CLIMBER”, their third single. The band’s sound morphs once again for “ROCK CLIMBER”, which…