September was a month of exceptional Japanese electronic music. MicroM’s “Hotel Without a Name” diced…

Coming out the other side of a stricter summer than usual, it seems that this…

After a month of seemingly infinite album releases by Japanese musicians, accompanying them has been…

Spoilt for choice by the number of excellent releases in July, there is a Japanese album…

In bare terms, city pop was, like Shibuya-kei or kayokyoku, simply the name given to…

June has been another month of pitches for summer blockbusters and teasers towards oncoming albums.…

While not necessarily a busy month for Japanese releases in general, June has had more…

May has been a particularly great month for Japanese rock, in its many different forms.…

Whether in search for a summer anthem or teasing towards a September release (traditionally ripe…

While the outside world has ground to a halt but, Japanese artists continue to release new…

A lot of the world may have ground to a halt but, for now at…