World Watch: After Squall

Japanese pop-punk band After Squall shows a pristine mastery of the genre, and a fearlessness as they experiment outside of it

World Watch: Miyavi

Japanese rocker pushes the boundaries of post-punk guitar rock into dance, pop and electronica

Japanese punk band rocks hard, but sadly has little presence in the U.S.

Heading to Japan for two weeks, so signing off for now with Apparat’s “Goodbye”. Enjoy this beautiful, haunting track from Netflis’s “Dark”

In 1980, David Bowie appeared in a series of Japanese TV commercials for Crystal Jun Rock, a Japanese liquor. The … More