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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 21, 2017
Review: After Hours provides powerful rock and a strong statement of intent
"Standing against those that ruin art," was the tagline for the After Hours festival, which took place across four venues in Shibuya on April 9. The sponsor-free event, curated by the bands Mono, Downy and Envy, featured more than 30 artists from a wide range of backgrounds and genres, coming together...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 4, 2017
Envy, Mono and Downy devise a dream lineup for After Hours music festival
It's no secret that the Japanese music industry has a hollowing-out problem; you are either a pop act on a major label with high levels of exposure or an obscure underground act for whom not losing money on a show is a major success. Guitarist Nobukata Kawai of hardcore band Envy knows the latter reality...
CULTURE / Music
May 22, 2015
Mono guitarist Goto revisits past compositions on 'Classical Punk and Echoes Under the Beauty'
In 2014, instrumental rock band Mono released two LPs simultaneously: "The Last Dawn" and "Rays of Darkness." The albums stripped the band's sound down to its bare essentials, eschewing the orchestral sounds it had become known for and instead going for the sound of a raw rock band with two emotional...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 4, 2014
Mono's dual album release shows dark and light sides to the band
On the 2012 album "For My Parents," instrumental rock band Mono went big. Recorded with the 25-piece Wordless Music Orchestra, the album reflected a band that had finally completed a musical journey that it started more than 15 years ago performing grandiose, symphonic instrumental rock.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 8, 2014
Daymare puts its bands through a hardcore filter for Leave Them All Behind event
"There are people who like aggressive music the way they like sports, but I think 'hardcore' is about being self-aware of what you're doing, about how to create your own space," says Tadashi Hamada, manager of independent music label Daymare Recordings. "That's my first requirement for bands. So hardcore...

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