Asian Kung-Fu Generation’s Nano-Mugen FES Brings U.S./U.K. Bands to Yokohama
A weekend trip from Phoenix, AZ to Japan’s Narita International Airport runs a stiff $1,051 in airfare alone. Throw in room and board and you’re talking about dropping some serious yen for a weekend away. My mind can rationalize the … Read More »
SM Town Invades Paris and a K-Pop Crash Course
“Go Away” by 2NE1 “What’s up first?” I sat on my couch next to (get this) a girl completely obsessed with Korean music. Silently quelling any inherently competitive urges to proclaim our respective sides the pinnacle of Asian music achievement, … Read More »
Live From Tokyo Documentary Sheds Light on Tokyo’s Underground Music Scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZGgQXuXjkM A trailer for Live From Tokyo; a documentary from Director Lewis Rapkin about the underground music scene in Tokyo, Japan. You can tell where the venue is because through the layers of wall and door, concrete and insulation, the … Read More »
Red Bacteria Vacuum to Open For A Perfect Circle This Summer
When A Perfect Circle kicked off a tiny but well-received tour around the Southwest last year, it was their first string of public performances since going on hiatus six years earlier. The tour, in which the band played their three … Read More »
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Nihongaku Radio Episode 68: Aimer Sparks Again
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