To start this off. 2011 was a tragic year for Japan, in which many industries and parts of the entertainment industry suffered from the earthquake and tsunami…

Hey everybody. It’s been a while. Shen here. If you were wondering why I haven’t been posting too much as of late, I actually have a new…

Yes it is that time again.. time to count down the greatest and create-est videos of the past year 2011. If you remember my rules from last…

Well-known blues rockers The Birthday announced relatively recently that their fifth album “I’M A DOG” is to be released on June 15th. For those unfamiliar with The…

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…

Sine Wave Orchestra and low-bit Disco — some of electronic/chip tune duo FLOPPY’s release titles sum up the sound of their music more accurately than anything else. They know…

Prism is a befitting title for the latest album from the masterful shamisen-playing sibling duo Yoshida Brothers.

YOUR SONG IS GOOD (YSIG) packs live performances of a decade’s worth material onto three DVDs

Fans of ACIDMAN, STRAIGHTENER, Ellegarden, MONGOL800, and more may want to head to Okinawa this summer.

detroit7 made quite a splash with their American debut release and subsequent tours across the US and Europe, so we finally put their US debut through the SparkPlugged Review-o-matic.