Japan

Why is this 25-year-old song a hit in Japan? Nobody knows.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

DOWNLOAD Chad VanGaalen - free Soft Airplanes b-sides EP (ZIP)

charity EP info is below...

Chad VanGaalen (photo by Jared Sych)

Chad VanGaalen, whose recent work includes making J Mascis's new video for "Not Enough," is welcoming a new LP, Diaper Island, on May 17th, via via Sub Pop...