While Japan's train system is universally lauded as punctual and convenient, there's always that one person on the daily commute that ticks you off. How many times have you stood on a crowded train with elbows jabbing into your back or a drunk businessman falling ...
Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) announced a series of performances Monday that will take place during a month of activities this fall. Among the many established artists taking part in the monthlong electronic music event are Ryoji Ikeda, who will bring his world-renowned test pattern ...
Sixty musicians have been chosen to take part in this year's Red Bull Music Academy, with Japanese artists taking three of the available spots. Sapphire Slows, Haioka and Albino Sound will take part in the monthlong electronic music event, which will be held this autumn ...
Kanye West has canceled his headline appearance at this year's Fuji Rock Festival "due to artist circumstances," according to festival organizers. The news came as West's camp also announced the 36-year-old hip-hop star would postpone his tour in Australia next month until September, citing "unexpected ...
With the year winding down and the holiday season approaching, the concert scene in Japan gets pretty quiet. Although there will be a few international acts headed here in the middle of December, your best shot for a live performance might be checking out ...
There are some genres of music that Japan excels in. Recently, acts here have been appropriating the dance music styles of dubstep and juke to create a sound that feels like a real contribution to the global music scene. Before all this, though, there ...
I remember heading to the pub years ago, after teaching English at a high school, to swap horror stories with my peers. Baye McNeil's "Loco in Yokohama" is, in that sense, a trip down memory lane. After receiving good reviews from his self-published debut, "Hi! ...
The standard opening line when speaking to someone about the TV series "Game of Thrones" basically amounts to a spoiler alert. It's no different when talking to actress Michelle Fairley, who plays Catelyn Stark in the popular HBO cable series. "I've seen Season 3 and I've ...
Born in Nottingham, England, Mark Birtles began DJing in Leeds before coming to Japan in 2008. He is one half of the Tokyo Indie events team, which has hosted DJ gigs with touring bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Metronomy, Mystery Jets and Yeah ...
Students are counting down the days till school lets out, while urban commuters are starting to sweat the impending heat. Summer is coming, and a sure sign of that is that music festivals are starting to kick up around the country. The month starts off ...
