Japan
Dinosaur Jr's 1994 song "Over Your Shoulder" suddenly big in Japan
Why is this 25-year-old song a hit in Japan? Nobody knows.
Stray Cats reuniting for Rockabilly fest; Slim Jim Phantom touring w/ The Damned
Jerry Lee Lewis are Duane Eddy are the Stray Cats’ openers. The Pretenders are backing Slim Jim who may be making a new album with Captain Sensible too. Read on for more details…
tix on sale: US Girls, Underworld, Pharmakon, Doro, UB40, Audacity, The Foreign Exchange, Jesse Malin & more
UB40 and The Wailers are playing Terminal 5 on August 23. Tickets go on Ticketmaster presale today at 10 AM and AmEx presale at noon and general sale starts on Friday (2…
We caught Nine Inch Nails in Japan (pics), they played some How to Destroy Angels too (video)
Nine Inch Nails, who play Primavera in Spain this May, kicked off a three night run of sold out shows at Studio Coast in Tokyo on 2/25. Since it’s right around the corner, we decided to stop by and here’s what we saw…
Coffins released new LP, ready 'Colossal Hole' 10" (streams)
Fucked up death doom freaks Coffins have a mammoth new LP named The Fleshland out now and, in true Coffins fashion, the band already has another release on deck…
Japan's Toe reissuing LPs, playing Beat Kitchen on first-ever North American tour
Japan’s Toe have been around for a little over a decade now, dominating mathy post-rock. They’ve released most of their records on their own Machu Picchu label, and this year, Topshelf Records will be reissuing many of them…
Envy celebrate their 20th anniversary with a 14-LP boxset (stream a track)
As discussed at InvisibleOranges, the great post-hardcore/post-rock band Envy are celebrating twenty years as a band, and doing so with a massive boxset that will compile all of their recorded output: 95 songs in total, across 14 LPs…
Future of the Left touring w/ Andrew Jackson Jihad (dates); updated lineup for The Fest
Future of The Left at Saint Vitus, June 2012 (more by Caroline Harrison)
Folk punk duo Andrew Jackson Jihad have tapped Welsh greats Future of The Left to join them on a three-week jaunt across the US…
Cherry blossom festival celebrates Japanese culture @ the Brooklyn Botanic Garden this weekend
Saturday, April 30-Sunday, May 1
As we celebrate Japanese culture this spring, we remember the victims of the Japanese earthquake and its aftermath and invite our community to support relief efforts…
Union Pool hosting benefits
Brooklyn bar and music venue Union Pool will host a Japan Benefit on April 10th (Sunday), and for $10 you’ll get seven bands, a raffle ticket, and piece of mind in knowing that all proceeds go towards AmeriCares & Direct Relief International…
