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Whether in search for a summer anthem or teasing towards a September release (traditionally ripe for the “student market”), music released on the brink of summer is often some of the year’s…
By Ed Cunningham
Update: The TW Together Live Lockdown Party will be rebroadcast on the Tokyo Weekender Facebook page on Saturday, May 30, 2020, from 7pm. When announcing last month’s One World: Together at Home…
By Weekender Editor
While the outside world has ground to a halt but, Japanese artists continue to release new tunes. For some kind of thrill, escape, comfort or, for some, to simply provide something to do,…
A lot of the world may have ground to a halt but, for now at least (largely due to the logistics of the internet age), Japanese artists continue to release tons of…
If Yosh Morita could tell his 20-year-old self anything, it would be to survive and keep surviving. “Life in the music industry isn’t a fantasy, it’s as real as the passion you…
By Lisa Wallin
Laura Ribeiro is here to chronicle every high and low of adulthood; from dealing with an eating-disorder, her musical journey as an established, bold and independent artist in Tokyo, and the process…
By Serah Alabi
The TW team has gone full remote, and what better way to get work done at home than with a chill playlist? With Spotify recently revealing that the calming genre is without…
Seeing as so many of us are finding ourselves spending far more time inside than usual these days, what better company is there than music? Speaking of which, I’ve actually had almost too…
Seeing as so many of us are finding themselves spending far more time inside than usual these days, what better company is there than music? To help provide a mental reprieve from…
In the relatively short amount of time between Shibuya-kei’s beginning and end (that is, from the early Nineties to around the turn of the century), it was never quite captured by any…
As I sit down with Peter Barakan in an artsy Roppongi café, a barristo mentions that the DJ’s set was his hands-down favorite at last summer’s Fuji Rock festival. Later, Barakan is…
By Kimberly Hughes
One might expect the best Japanese music releases from February to be rather love-obsessed but, in truth, music’s always pretty romance-themed. We’ve already looked at the top singles from February, and here…
The Latin expression “omne trium perfectum” states that everything that comes in threes is perfect, or is at least, a complete set. Charlie had three angels, d’Artagnan had three musketeers and now,…
One might expect the best Japanese music releases from February to be rather love-obsessed but, in truth, music’s always pretty romance-themed. I’ve never been the cheesy kind but, not wishing to be…
Owl Eyes, Australian indie-pop song writer and songstress is back in Japan for the Snow Machine Music Festival and her debut Japan tour. Owl Eyes regularly performs with Flight Facilities, including coveted slots at…
By Lyn Tsuchiya
Jonas Blue, DJ, songwriter, record producer, pop mega-powerhouse is back in Japan for his sold out The Blueprint 2020 Tour Japan. He will be traveling to seven cities throughout his tour, starting…
For a genre heard of by so few, math rock (or at least the ideas behind it) has been one of the most prominent pillars of progressive and experimental rock music for…
Music writer and blogger Ed Cunningham has traveled Japan, following a diverse range of Japanese artists, from Melt Banana and Boredoms to Sheena Ringo. Here’s Ed’s cure for those winter blues – a round-up of a…
