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Fujii Kaze @ Austin City Limits 2025 – A Japanese Artist’s Journey to The Best in Texas
read more >>>: Fujii Kaze @ Austin City Limits 2025 – A Japanese Artist’s Journey to The Best in TexasJazz/R&B/Pop artist Fujii Kaze has been on an absolute roll recently – going where no Japanese artist has ever gone before. He was just announced on the lineup for the most anticipated music festival of the year Coachella, opened for Billie Eilish‘s show in Tokyo, and appeared at Austin City Limits this weekend to perform…
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Fujii Kaze and Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour Tokyo Recap
read more >>>: Fujii Kaze and Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour Tokyo RecapAt the very last minute, Billie Eilish told the world she would have two of Japan’s biggest stars as a surprise guest performers for her Tokyo Hit Me Hard and Soft tour: Fujii Kaze and Yoasobi. With only two days to spare, I dropped all plans to attend Summer Sonic to go see the once…
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Shimokitazawa Sound Cruising 2025 – New Artist Top Picks
read more >>>: Shimokitazawa Sound Cruising 2025 – New Artist Top PicksSound Cruising is a unique festival that takes place in Tokyo’s best spot for emerging artists, curry, and antique shops – Shimokitazawa. The timetable is enough to induce lethal levels of FOMO. Take a look. These are some of Japan’s biggest emerging artists right now. Not large enough to be signed to a record label,…
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GROWING UP IS DUMB but Ging Nang Boyz Made It Worth It – USA Tour Recap
read more >>>: GROWING UP IS DUMB but Ging Nang Boyz Made It Worth It – USA Tour RecapOne of the most iconic Japanese punk bands of all time, Ging Nang Boyz (銀杏boyz), performed in the USA last month. GNBz has incredible USA-based friends who helped them reach overseas cult status and accompanied them on their west coast journey. If you are new to Ging Nang Boyz, check this out first. I was…
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SXSW 2025 Recap – Hideo Kojima Panel & Photos
read more >>>: SXSW 2025 Recap – Hideo Kojima Panel & PhotosI am writing this in a hurry because I get my wisdom teeth out tomorrow and I assume I’m going to feel like death the next few days. It’s my first surgery, so who knows. Maybe I will actually die. Glad my last week was fun. (Spoilers: I lived) Anyway, SXSW2025!! I was only interested…
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Who is Super☆Social Sandal?: Not the Average Punk Band 超☆社会的サンダル (concert review + kawaii yuna-chan lyrics)
read more >>>: Who is Super☆Social Sandal?: Not the Average Punk Band 超☆社会的サンダル (concert review + kawaii yuna-chan lyrics)How do you go from the underground to sharing your song to a million people on YouTube? For Super☆Social Sandal, the answer was a painfully honest, borderline-obsessive punk anthem about a girl named Yuna-chan. Anti-social Sandals… Formed in 2021 when singer Onizawa Mashiro was only 17, the band started out calling themselves “Anti-social Sandals”. Onizawa…
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