Tosca at the New National Theatre Puccini’s spectacular opera Tosca returns to the stage of the New National Theatre Tokyo. The…
Singer May J. Starts the New Year on a High Note May J., a Tokyo-born multicultural singer with her roots in Japan, Iran, Turkey, Russia, U.K.,…
A Complete Guide to 50 Years of Music in Tokyo (1970–2020) Over the course of the lifetime of the Tokyo Weekender so far, Tokyo has transformed…
Spanish DJ Regal Releases New Metalcore Remix of Crossfaith Regal, alias of Italo-Spanish DJ and techno artist Gabriel Cassina, describes DJing as a script,…
Ed’s Picks: Top 5 Japanese Singles of November 2020 In the final month of ‘Ed’s Picks’ this year, November delivered plenty of last-gasp pitches…
Ed’s Picks: Top 5 Japanese Albums of November 2020 Pulling in to the year’s end, November saw some tremendous ambient and experimental pop releases…
Ed’s Picks: Top 5 Japanese Albums of October 2020 In the drowsy hustle of the post-summer slowdown, October saw some stellar autumnal picks but,…
Ed’s Picks: Top 5 Japanese Singles of October 2020 Between Ryohu’s feelgood, late-summer piano rap hit “The Moment” and Nishina’s pretty pop smash “Rendezvous”,…
The latest album from Roth Bart Baron brings indie folk to the modern era “Keep breathing, don’t stop and fill your little lungs,” sings Masaya Mifune, singer and songwriter for…
Josiah Hawley: 10 Songs that Changed My Life Josiah Hawley wears cowboy boots when walking the streets of Nakameguro. He listens to gospel…
TW Live House Halloween Special: Our musical friends get freaky Halloween is our favorite holiday in Japan (with Respect the Elderly Day a close second)…
Like Nothing You’ve Seen Before: Rising Duo YY Fuses Traditional Koto Music with DJ’ing “The koto is an instrument with a fascinating history,” Asuka tells TW. “The shape and…
Ed’s Picks: Top 5 Japanese Singles of September 2020 September was a month of exceptional Japanese electronic music. MicroM’s “Hotel Without a Name” diced…
Ed’s Picks: Top 5 Japanese Albums of September 2020 Aside from the highlights below, Mnst’s (the duo of Soichi Terada and Manabu Nagayama) collaborative…
TW Live House: Episode II – ZOMBIE-CHANG and Gang Bring the Saturday Night Strange Saturday nights were meant for music and dancing with friends. Since Covid-19 took away two…
