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📢Tickets Now On Sale!!🤩
tofubeats live in Tokyo 2026 “Angels On The Dancefloor”
🗓️Date:2026/11/29 (Sun)
📍Venue:Kanadevia Hall(Tokyo)
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!!CAUSION!! Admission is not guaranteed for tickets purchased through unauthorized resale sites.
SUSHIBOYS, the poets of everyday life from rural Saitama, performing tracks about the importance of good sleep, fertilizer, and white rice in Shibuya.
@sushiboys350
Some videos from Light pre. "HOPE" in Shimokitazawa on Monday!
Organizer @075_light runs these curated shows several times a year. Incredible and diverse lineup:
• iVy
• くゆる (Kuyuru)
• BROTHER SUN SISTER MOON
• SYAYOS
An amazing performance from the alternative idol group RAY with music ranging from shoegaze to electronic.
@_RAY_world
Revisit our interview with Botsu from Dos Monos.
japanesealternative.net/2026…
Dos Monos had their biggest show yesterday at Zepp Shinjuku! As always, an amazing set full of energy.
@dosmonostres
Dos Monos had their biggest show yesterday at Zepp Shinjuku! As always, an amazing set full of energy.
@dosmonostres
Sasagawa Mao live at Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO on Monday with Homecomings as guests!
Unlike May's show in support of his excellent album CULTURE DRUG ORCHESTRA, this set featured many older songs.
A few videos! (Mao's set only; recording Homecomings wasn't allowed)
@huyuyasumi_
Our mixtape compiling the best releases from June is up!
Featuring a review for our monthly highlight: Hakushi Hasegawa
Mixtape: Trooper Salute, TV Tairiku Ondo, Haku., Sleepinside, Letsu, Loupx Garoux, Odotte Bakari no Kuni, and more 📀
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日本のオルタナティブな音楽に特化したウェブマガジン、Japanese Alternative Magazine @JPALTMAG にインタビューを掲載していただいています。
japanesealternative.net/2026…
siraphの新曲sugar packの話を中心に、自分の音楽活動全般について話しています。
sugar packの楽曲と合わせてぜひチェックしてみてください。
youtube.com/watch?v=PTbgoZQz…
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TOKYO POST-HARDCORE: Butter Sugar Toast
"Visions of bands like Unwound or Nation of Ulysses arose in my mind. Never shying away from the noise, never capitulating, always cathartic and rage bearing."
Read our review of BST's first LP 'Long Play 1' below
GEZAN, a band featured on JP ALT reviews, have paused all activities after vocalist Mahito the People admitted to sexual abuse
We stand with those affected and will be removing our review
【GEZANよりお詫びと一定期間活動休止のお知らせ】
このたび、Vo.マヒトゥ・ザ・ピーポーによる性加害事案が発生し、被害者の方に多大な苦痛と傷を負わせてしまいました。
まず何よりも、被害者の方に心より深くお詫び申し上げます。
また、ご家族、ご支援下さっている皆さま、ファンの皆さま、お取引先の皆さまをはじめ、多くの方々に多大なるご心配とご迷惑をおかけしておりますことを深くお詫び申し上げます。
バンドとしてもこのような事態を招いたことを重く受け止めております。
被害者の方への対応を最優先に考え、協議を重ねながら対応を進めております。
また、予定されていたライブ・イベントにつきましても中止・出演辞退等の対応を行いました。
GEZANは、一定期間活動を休止致します。
今後は、当事者本人による責任ある対応を前提としつつ、再発防止に向けた体制の見直しと必要な取り組みを進めてまいります。
被害者の方の尊厳と回復を最優先に考え、誠実に行動を積み重ねてまいります。
最後に、お願いがあります。
被害者の特定や誹謗中傷、詮索や憶測に基づく情報の拡散は、被害者への二次加害につながります。どうかそのような行為はおやめください。
また、この件について擁護や、正当化につながる発信もお控えください。
そのような発信は、結果として被害者の方をさらに傷つける可能性があります。
このたびは誠に申し訳ございませんでした。
GEZAN
For those enchanted by Susumu Hirasawa’s Fuji Rock performance!
JP ALT’s Seb is currently going through Hirasawa-sensei’s discography, extensively reviewing it and explaining the hidden themes.
Read the latest instalment of the series here:
japanesealternative.net/2026…
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Yoshimasa Terui, the mastermind composer behind JJK (S2-3) & Land of the Lustrous, speaks to JP ALT about his latest single with Siraph— 'Sugar Pack'
Diving deep into his influences, projects with Haisuinoasa, musical influence and practice, Terui reveals all about his career
Yoshimasa Terui, the mastermind composer behind JJK (S2-3) & Land of the Lustrous, speaks to JP ALT about his latest single with Siraph— 'Sugar Pack'
Diving deep into his influences, projects with Haisuinoasa, musical influence and practice, Terui reveals all about his career
Design: @disk_motif
Words: Jason Euceda
Translation/ interpretation: @HITman2302
Article:japanesealternative.net/2026…
Musician and composer of the cult hit '946 Pinocchio' Hiroyuki Nagashima speaks to JP ALT following his latest release with Dowser, Schema 1+2
Combining 15 years of daily recordings from the group's members in 2 tracks, Schema 1+2 explores the automatic, intrinsic and fragmented
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so, we just interviewed the composer for Shozin Fukui’s 946 Pinocchio ?!?!?














