Tokyo Gigs May 2024

MAY 1 SUSUMU HIRASAWA + EJIN Zepp Haneda ¥7,480

MAY 1 DAVID PAJO, GROUP, PASTORAL Fever, Shindaita ¥5,000

MAY 1 DAYSUKE TAKAOKA/YUJI ISHIHARA/TETSURO FUJIMAKI Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,000

MAY 1 PAED CONCA/NADIA DAOU/RISA TAKEDA/AKIO JEIMUS Hako Gallery, Yoyogi Uehara ¥3,000

MAY 1 FUMI ENDO/WAKANA IKEDA Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,000

MAY 1 HIDEKI ITO, HYOUU€A, EMAMOUSE (DJ), &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,300

MAY 2 THE OBEY UNIT, YAN/TERUYUKI KURIHARA, PHAZMIDI Polaris, Ogawamachi Free

MAY 2 SAD EXPRESS, BOTSU AKA NGS, YARYU Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥2,500

MAY 2 PERFECT YOUNG LADY (LIVE), ANÓUTA, TEGADETERU, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥1,500

MAY 2 FUMI ENDO/MITSUHISA SAKAGUCHI Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,000

MAY 2 KENJI TAKIMI, MONKEY TIMERS, LICAXXX, KEB DARGE, &c. Zerotokyo, Shinjuku ¥2,500

MAY 3 THE MAD LABORATORY OF ANTI-MATTER Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥2,500 (afternoon)

MAY 3 FUSHITSUSHA Showboat, Koenji ¥4,500

MAY 3 TONE GENERATOR & THE BODY WITHOUT ORGANS, DEFEKTRO, &c. Soup, Ochiai ¥4,000

MAY 3 DAVID PAJO, HERPIANO, &c. Nine Spices, Shinjuku ¥5,000

MAY 3 EDEATH, LOCUS SOLUS UFO Club, Koenji ¥3,000

MAY 3 NAOJI KONDO/YUTAKA NAKAMURA/HIROSHI YAMAZAKI Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,500

MAY 3 THE PRIM, MORE NOISE FOR LIFE, LIMITED EXPRESS (HAS GONE?), &c. Nakano Moonstep ¥2,400

MAY 3 THE MAD LABORATORY OF ANTI-MATTER/KEIKO HIGUCHI, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥1,500

MAY 3 ACIDCLANK, TEXAS 3000 Wall&Wall, Omotesando ¥3,300

MAY 3 SAM ALFRED, SAMO, R1KU X LUI, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,500

MAY 3 JOHN TALABOT, SATOSHI OTSUKI, YOSHINORI HAYASHI, &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥3,500

MAY 3 ADIEL, HARUKA, DANI SAVANT/STEFANO LOTTI, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥3,500

MAY 3 HAIZAI AUDIO, NETXMAN, TOMODACHI100, &c. WWW β, Shibuya ¥2,500

MAY 4 KEI MATSUMARU Aoyama Moonromantic ¥3,300 (afternoon)

MAY 4 TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO/MARTY HICKS Hako Gallery, Yoyogi Uehara ¥3,000

MAY 4 KEIKO HIGUCHI/JUN KAWASAKI Apollo, Shimokitazawa ¥2,500

MAY 4 BONDAGE FRUIT Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,500

MAY 4 DEFILED, GOTSU TOTSU KOTSU, HEBI KATANA, &c. Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥3,000

MAY 4 THE BATTLEBEATS, THE FADEAWAYS, THUNDERROADS, &c. Green Apple, Koenji ¥2,000

MAY 4 MIZUKI ISHIKAWA, LEO OKAGAWA, VITTORIA ASSEMBRI Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

MAY 4 KAISEI, IMUS, NOBI, OLEVV Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000 (night)

MAY 4 JASPER JAMES, SEKITOVA, BASARA-ZA, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

MAY 5 FUMI ENDO/MISAKI MOTOFUJI Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,000 (afternoon)

MAY 5 GUITAR WOLF, MIZUNO Shelter, Shimokitazawa ¥3,900

MAY 5 VMO, MORERU, PALM, NEGATIVE SUN, &c. Garret, Shibuya ¥2,400

MAY 5 KAZUO IMAI/NOBUYOSHI INO Ogikubo Velvetsun ¥3,000

MAY 5 THE BATTLEBEATS, FIRESTARTER, JET BOYS, &c. Club Heavy Sick, Hatagaya ¥2,400

MAY 5 MISAKI MOTOFUJI (SOLO) Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,000

MAY 5 NADIA DAOU/PAED CONCA/YASUMUNE MORISHIGE Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

MAY 5 KANGDING RAY, SO, AYAKA, DANDAN, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

MAY 6 THE J. MASTERS Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

MAY 6 MANSA, KAITO, KΣITO, K8, &c. Live Haus, Shimokitazawa ¥2,000

MAY 6 CORBATA, GODS AMERICA, SEEPING PROTOPLASM, &c. Soup, Ochiai ¥2,000

MAY 6 KEIKO TORIGOE, SOICHIRO NAGATA, JUNICHI KONUMA Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,000

MAY 6 HANAZONO DISTANCE, SHAIGANTI, 1000POUNDS, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥2,000

MAY 7 OTOMO YOSHIHIDE'S NEW JAZZ QUINTET Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

MAY 7 HIROSHI MINAMI/TAKUMA ITO/JUNICHI SATO/&c. Apollo, Shimokitazawa ¥800 + ¥1,000 tip

MAY 7 KEIJI HAINO, ERINA UOZUMI Chop, Ikebukuro ¥4,500

MAY 7 JUNICHI KONUMA, MSHUKAI, KEIKO TORIGOE, &c. Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,000

MAY 8 NÂR, MISAKI MOTOFUJI/PAED CONCA/KEIGO IWAMI/AKIO JEIMUS Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,500

MAY 8 TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA/TAKUMA MAKINO Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,000

MAY 8 DNAAK/YU OGU, MAYU AMANO, YUMI IWAKI, &c. Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥2,500

MAY 8 CHÂTEAU ROUGE, CRYUFF, MOMONESUKO, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,300

MAY 8 MARTY HOLOUBEK TRIO II Cotton Club, Marunouchi ¥6,500

MAY 9 PAED CONCA/NADIA DAOU, TORIKABUTSU Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,500

MAY 9 KAZUYA MATSUMOTO/TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO, &c. Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,000

MAY 9 RYOTA NISHI/NATSUKI KIDO Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

MAY 9 NOBUYOSHI INO/SHUICHI CHINO/KAZUO IMAI Ogikubo Velvetsun ¥3,000

MAY 9 ELEMENT, AIWABEATZ, AKIRAM EN Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥1,500

MAY 9 MAZLIKA, GOTH-TRAD, HELKTRAM, &c. Enter, Shibuya ¥1,500

MAY 10 TATSUHIKO ASANO, ANNA YAMADA/TATSUKI MASUKO, O'BO Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,500

MAY 10 DELPHINE DORA/TETUZI AKIYAMA/TOMO, ALBEDO GRAVITAS, &c. Hikari No Uma, Okubo ¥2,500

MAY 10 KAOSS SUMIKURA/YUJI ISHIHARA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

MAY 10 DONNA LEAKE, RINTARO SEKIZUKA, SHUNHOR, &c. Haremame, Daikanyama ¥3,000

MAY 10 HIDEKI UMEZAWA, TKD, YOLABMI Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,000

MAY 10 DJ SCRATCHY, RANKIN TAXI, THESE THREE WORDS, &c. Marz, Shinjuku ¥3,000

MAY 10 3D AKA UCHU (DJ), KΣITO, SHIRAKOSOUND, TECHNOWOLF, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000

MAY 10 LUCIEN CLARKE, RORY MILANES, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥4,000

MAY 10 HALU B2B H.A.L, FETUS B2B ITTI, MAYA BRIDGET (LIVE), &c. Club Asia, Shibuya ¥2,500

MAY 10 HISAO, SHINSUKE GOTO, KAZUYA, MARI SAKURAI, &c. WWW β, Shibuya ¥2,000

MAY 10 MARIE MONTEXIER, MAYURASHKA, LB3, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

MAY 10 AREXIBO, YETSUBY, CYBERHACKSYSTEM, &c. Enter, Shibuya ¥2,000

MAY 10 ELLI ARAKAWA, SAKUMA, TAKAAKI ITO, JMCEE, &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥3,500

MAY 11 IVY, KND, NOTHTO, SEAKETA, WORLD OF ECHO Yumenoshima Park, Shinkiba ¥1,000 (suggested)

MAY 11 TOKUTARO HOSOI & TAKOASHI EARPHONES, SHALLOW LEVÉE, &c. WWW, Shibuya ¥4,500

MAY 11 SAGOSAID, TEXAS 3000, TOMMY(BOY) (DJ), &c. Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,000

MAY 11 HIDEAKI KANAZAWA 4 Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

MAY 11 TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO/ASUKA MORI Hako Gallery, Yoyogi Uehara ¥3,000

MAY 11 EISUKE YANAGISAWA, KEN IKEDA, MINORU HATANAKA Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,000

MAY 11 SOFT, TONBO, JESUS WEEKEND Haremame, Daikanyama ¥4,500

MAY 11 DELPHINE DORA/MICHEL HENRITZI/RINJI FUKUOKA, &c. Yellow Vision, Asagaya ¥2,500

MAY 11 YOKUJITSU, JESUS WOUND, WANG-WANG, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥2,500

MAY 11 LAKSA, DIDI HAN, ALBINO SOUND B2B ROMY MATS, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,500

MAY 11 CLOUDS, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, MU”HE, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

MAY 11-12 KATSUHIRO CHIBA: CHROMATICSCAPES -IN THE BODY- Rittor Base, Ochanomizu ¥2,750

MAY 12 MICHIYO YAGI/TAKASHI SUGAWA Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,000 (afternoon)

MAY 12 TOKYO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: TAKEMITSU, BERG, &c. Suntory Hall, Akasaka ¥3,500-¥9,500

MAY 12 DELPHINE DORA, AYAMI SUZUKI Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,500

MAY 12 FACUNDO SOTO/HIKARU IWAKAWA Hako Gallery, Yoyogi Uehara ¥4,000

MAY 12 AKIRA SAKATA/TRIPLE EDGE Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,300

MAY 12 YAHYEL, THE HATCH Wall&Wall, Omotesando ¥3,800

MAY 12 YUMIKO MORIOKA, CHEE SHIMIZU, FELID/YENGO Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥5,000

MAY 12 KAN MIKAMI/TOSHIAKI ISHIZUKA Aketa no Mise, Nishi-Ogikubo ¥3,000

MAY 12 MARS89 (DJ), HARUHISA TANAKA, SUGAI KEN, &c. Live Haus, Shimokitazawa ¥2,000

MAY 12 ILLEQUAL, TELEMATIC VISIONS, YONEDA, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,300

MAY 13 MAGNET SCHOOL, MYNAMEIS, CONFVSE Fever, Shindaita ¥4,500

MAY 14 KUNTARI, KEIJI HAINO/FUYUKI YAMAKAWA Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,000

MAY 14 TOKUTARO HOSOI/SHINOBU KAWAI/RAIGA HAYASHI Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,500

MAY 14 YONLAPA, MONO NO AWARE Aoyama Moonromantic ¥5,500

MAY 14-16 BILLY CHILDS ELECTRIC QUARTET Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥8,800

MAY 15 SHUGO TOKUMARU, DYGL, THE BAGPIPES WWW, Shibuya ¥4,400

MAY 15 WHATEVER THE WEATHER, AUS Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥4,500

MAY 15 ADAM PIERONCZYK/TAKASHI SUGAWA, YAYUYO Haremame, Daikanyama ¥3,000

MAY 15 YONLAPA Aoyama Moonromantic ¥5,500

MAY 16 DAIKITI YOSHIDA/LEO HAYASHI Hako Gallery, Yoyogi Uehara ¥3,000

MAY 16 TOMO ANDO PERCUSSION SOLO Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Ueno ¥3,000

MAY 17 TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO/YOSHIKI ICHIHARA Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

MAY 17 KUNTARI, SHINJI WADA, KAZUKI KOGA, FUELPHONIC Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,500

MAY 17 SEIICHI YAMAMOTO Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

MAY 17 LORAINE JAMES, SHUTA HASUNUMA Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥4,500 (evening)

MAY 17 PAUL KIDNEY/AURAL FIT, KIF KIF, VIDDEKAZZ2 Yellow Vision, Asagaya ¥2,500

MAY 17 TECHMORIS, KUMACHAN SEAL, K∑ITO, PATCAR Basement Bar, Shimokitazawa ¥2,400

MAY 17 BOOTLICKER, FORWARD, LIFE, &c. Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥2,500

MAY 17 TOMONAO KOSHIKAWA/MASAMI TADA/KAZUO IMAI Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

MAY 17 DJ MARKY, STAMINA MC, VELOCITY, AYA, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥3,000 (night)

MAY 17 FUMIYA TANAKA, ZIP WWW X, Shibuya ¥3,000 (night)

MAY 18 YUKO IKEMA, GARIZABEN Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,500

MAY 18 KUNTARI, ENTANGLE, GROUNDCOVER, &c. Soup, Ochiai ¥2,000

MAY 18 MOURNING, TEMPLE GUARD, LOYAL TO THE GRAVE, &c. Nine Spices, Shinjuku ¥4,500

MAY 18 SAYAKA BOTANIC/MAKOTO KAWASHIMA Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,000

MAY 18 AUSTUR, MIKI NAOE, YXIMALLOO, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000

MAY 18 HIUCHI-NE, LES LUVROKAMBO Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,500

MAY 18 MAYA ONGAKU, MINHWI LEE, MANAKANA, SATOMIMAGAE Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥4,500

MAY 18 TAKUTO SAKAIBARA (SOLO) Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

MAY 18 JOE KAY, ANDRES URIBE, STARRO, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥3,000

MAY 18 QUIET VILLAGE, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

MAY 18 BONOBO (DJ), SOFIA KOURTESIS (DJ), DAITO MANABE, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥7,200 (night)

MAY 18 TIALA, AYATO, J.COLUMBUS x BLAHMUZIK, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥2,000 (night)

MAY 19 JOYCE WRICE Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥8,900

MAY 19 MATTHEWDAVID, FUMITAKE TAMURA, J FOERSTER/N KRAMER Soup, Ochiai ¥3,000

MAY 19 ATSUSHI TSUYAMA & TOMOMI NAGANO TRAD SONG DUO Hikari No Uma, Okubo ¥3,000

MAY 19 KEIJI HAINO, DELPHINE DORA Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,000

MAY 19 VAXINE, RAW DISTRACTIONS, POVLACION, &c. Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥3,000

MAY 19 AQUILES HADJIS/FUMI ENDO Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,000

MAY 20 MOEKA SHIOTSUKA, DODO, VOVIVAV, THIRD BRAIN, &c. Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥4,500

MAY 20 MITSURU TABATA/YOICHIRO KITA/KEIGO IWAMI/&c. Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,000

MAY 20 KEI MATSUMARU/TOKUTARO HOSOI/ONNACODOMO Hako Gallery, Yoyogi Uehara ¥3,000

MAY 20 TATSURO MURAKAMI, AUSTUR/MASAFUMI TERUYAMA, &c. Polaris, Ogawamachi Free

MAY 20 LÉO DUPLEIX/WAKANA IKEDA/TAKASHI MASUBUCHI/&c. Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

MAY 20 MASATAKA ABE/ZHAOZIYI/MASAHIKO OKURA Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

MAY 20-21 L'RAIN Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥7,700/¥8,200

MAY 21 LE MAKEUP WWW, Shibuya ¥3,000

MAY 22 THE MUSIC OF MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE Tokyo Opera City, Hatsudai ¥3,000

MAY 22 PATRICK BARTLEY'S DREAMWEAVER Cotton Club, Marunouchi ¥6,500

MAY 22 NAKAMURA MINAMI, YUKKYUN, TOKUTARO HOSOI Aoyama Moonromantic ¥2,500

MAY 22 SUISHOU NO FUNE Silver Elephant, Kichijoji ¥3,000

MAY 22 RYOSUKE KIYASU, RYOTARO MIYASAKA Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥3,300

MAY 22 YASUMUNE MORISHIGE, RICO KOBAYASHI Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,500

MAY 22 POHGOH, TODDLE Nine Spices, Shinjuku ¥4,500

MAY 22 BOTUS AKA NGS, KEI MATSUMARU, SANGO TSUBAKI Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,500 (both sets)

MAY 23 ALICE PHOEBE LOU Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥7,000

MAY 23 JIM O'ROURKE/EIKO ISHIBASHI, ERMHOI Wall&Wall, Omotesando ¥4,000

MAY 23 EUCADEMIX/YUCCA ŚATKI: FULL MOON AND FIVE WOMEN Sogetsu Kaikan, Akasaka ¥8,600

MAY 23 SAYAKA BOTANIC/YUJI KATSUI Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥3,500

MAY 23 AKE WHOO/FUMI ENDO/LÉO DUPLEIX/HIROYUKI URA Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,000

MAY 23 CONFVSE, FUMI, HAMMER HEAD SHARK, &c. Spotify O-Nest, Shibuya ¥2,500

MAY 24 MICHIAKI UENO CELLO RECITAL Suntory Hall, Akasaka ¥4,000/¥5,000

MAY 24 KAFKA'S IBIKI + GUESTS Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

MAY 24 CONNA HARAWAY, EPHEMEGRA, KOEOSAEME, YOLABMI Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥2,000

MAY 24 STRONGBOI Haremame, Daikanyama ¥5,000

MAY 24 LÉO DUPLEIX/KO ISHIKAWA Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

MAY 24 KAZUMOTO ENDO, ZHAO ZIYI Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,000

MAY 24 UNDERSCORES, SATOH, PAS TASTA (DJ) Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥4,000 (evening)

MAY 24 MILKFISH, ORBTLSTRK, ILLEQUAL, EICHI ABE, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥3,000 (night)

MAY 24 WOODY92, KAISEI, OLEVV, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

MAY 24 KUKNACKE, KISEI SHIOJIRI, CHAHAN, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥1,500 (night)

MAY 25 AT HER OPEN DOOR, RYECROFT, KΣITO, MON/KU, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,500

MAY 25 TAKAKO MINEKAWA/TAKASHI MASUBUCHI Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥2,500

MAY 25 KAFKA'S IBIKI + GUESTS Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

MAY 25 KUNIKO KATO, &c.: PORTRAIT OF IL-RYUN CHUNG Kiwa, Tennozu Isle ¥5,000

MAY 25 WAKANA IKEDA/ATSUKO HATANO/LÉO DUPLEIX Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

MAY 25 MAKOTO KAWASHIMA (SOLO), MIMI NO KOTO Hikari No Uma, Okubo ¥2,500

MAY 25 HARD-ONS, ROSEROSE, BAREBONES, &c. Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥3,000

MAY 25 HOT TUBS TIME MACHINE, PANDAGOLFF, WORST TASTE Green Apple, Koenji ¥2,000

MAY 25 SEX VIRGIN KILLER, KAOGANAI, ANISAKIS, IN THE SUN Pool, Sakuradai ¥2,500

MAY 25 DAVID LUCIANI, SOFHESO, NAOKI NOMOTO, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000 (night)

MAY 25 BLACK ASTEROID, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

MAY 25 HENRIK SCHWARZ & KUNIYUKI (LIVE), TOSHIYA KAWASAKI, CMYK, &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥3,000

MAY 25 DJ KARAN!, TTOTEN, AXELERATOR, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,500

MAY 26 COMPOSIUM 2024 Tokyo Opera City, Hatsudai ¥1,000

MAY 26 PAUL KIDNEY EXPERIENCE, KITO-MIZUKUMI ROUBER, &c. UFO Club, Koenji ¥3,500

MAY 26 PAK YAN LAU/DARIN GRAY/MICHIYO YAGI/ATSUKO HATANO Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,500

MAY 26 GORZ, HUH, FALLOPIAN DISCO FORCE, MEITEIMAHI, &c. Pool, Sakuradai ¥2,500

MAY 26 TATSU AOKI/HIKARU YAMADA/KEISUKE SAITO/RAIGA HAYASHI Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,500

MAY 26 AKAIHIRUME, YASUMUNE MORISHIGE Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,500

MAY 26 MASAHIKO OKURA/NAOTO YAMAGISHI/FUMI ENDO Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,000

MAY 26 ABIURO, GREEN TRIPE, HETEROPSY, &c. Nakano Moonstep ¥TBA

MAY 26 UNDERSCORES, PAS TASTA (DJ), TENNYSON, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥4,000

MAY 27 JUNGLE, DONGURIZU Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥7,300

MAY 27 MITSURU NASUNO/KENTARO NAKAO Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

MAY 27 SAYOZOKU, CHIE MUKAI/YONJU MIYAOKA, &c. Hikari No Uma, Okubo ¥2,500

MAY 27 RODOLPHE COSTER, ATSUKO HATANO, NABECO (DJ), &c. Knock, Koenji ¥1,500

MAY 27 TETUZI AKIYAMA/YUKIKO SAKURAZAWA SHIINA/MISAKI MOTOFUJI Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,000

MAY 27-29 JOSHUA REDMAN GROUP FT. GABRIELLE CAVASSA Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥9,900

MAY 28 MAC AYRES Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥7,400/¥7,900

MAY 28 TOMOHIRO MORI NY QUINTET: MUSIC OF MILES DAVIS Cotton Club, Marunouchi ¥6,500

MAY 28 MUSIC TOMORROW 2024 Tokyo Opera City, Hatsudai ¥1,500-¥3,500

MAY 28 DAN BARBENEL Haremame, Daikanyama ¥4,500

MAY 28 HOSOMI, TAMARU, YOUPY, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000

MAY 28 KENICHI HASEGAWA, KENICHI FUMOTO Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,000

MAY 29 DEATH RABBIT Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥1,300 (afternoon)

MAY 29 BAR ITALIA, &c. WWW X, Shibuya ¥7,200

MAY 29 MMM/EMERSON KITAMURA/KOZO SUGANUMA, &c. Live Haus, Shimokitazawa ¥2,500

MAY 29 AKIRA SAKATA/PAK YAN LAU/DARIN GRAY Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,800

MAY 29 RYOSUKE KIYASU (SOLO) Apollo, Shimokitazawa ¥800 + ¥1,000 tip

MAY 30 ELVIN JONES JAPANESE JAZZ MACHINE ALUMNI BAND Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

MAY 30 EIICHI HAYASHI/YUICHI USHIODA/KEIGO IWAMI/&c. Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥3,000

MAY 30 PHEELS, CHEE-SHIMIZU + MIKU-MARI, AKIRAM EM (DJ) Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000

MAY 31 SATOKO SHIBATA Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥5,000

MAY 31 THE SNUTS Kanda Square Hall ¥6,800

MAY 31 NATE RENNER TRIO Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,300

MAY 31 MIYA/MIYAMA MCQUEEN TOKITA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

MAY 31 AKIHIRO YOSHIMOTO/KEIGO IWAMI/RAIGA HAYASHI Apollo, Shimokitazawa ¥800 + ¥1,000 tip

MAY 31 HAJIME CHITOSE/MASATO SUZUKI/ASA-CHANG Haremame, Daikanyama ¥6,000

MAY 31 TOMAS NORDMARK/PER HÜTTNER Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

MAY 31 HUGEN, TENNISCOATS, XIANGYU Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,000

MAY 31 GENERATION Z, KOTONOHOUSE, LILBESH RAMKO, &c. Zerotokyo, Shinjuku ¥5,500

MAY 31 SHINICHI OSAWA, STONES TARO, ADEE. A (LIVE), &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥2,500


All prices are for advance tickets, unless otherwise noted. Schedules are liable to change at short notice.

Tokyo Gigs June 2024

JUN 1 TAKASHI MIYAMOTO/MITSURU NASUNO Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 1 INCAPACITANTS, PUCE MARY, YUKO ARAKI Wall&Wall, Omotesando ¥5,000

JUN 1 FORBEAR, TODDLE, ANORAK!, ELMO Shelter, Shimokitazawa ¥2,900

JUN 1 SHIBUSASHIRAZU ORCHESTRA Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,300

JUN 1 DROR FEILER/MASAMICHI KINOSHITA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

JUN 1 OLIVE OIL, SUNNOVA, VAJUWAJU, SOFABED Pool, Sakuradai ¥2,000

JUN 2 SCATRAW (YUKINOBU KAMI/MAHO FURUKAWA)/STEVE ETO Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 2 3L3D3P, DONGURIZU, ZOMBIE-CHANG, &c. Wall&Wall, Omotesando ¥4,900

JUN 2 AS SAHAR, REPUTDEATH, ANATOMIA, &c. Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥4,000

JUN 2 ELCHIN SHIRINOV TRIO Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥7,150

JUN 3 FUJI|||||||||||TA, OKKYUNG LEE Sogetsu Hall, Akasaka ¥6,000

JUN 3 BERNARD PURDIE Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥8,900/¥9,400

JUN 3-5 JOHN SCOFIELD TRIO Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥9,500

JUN 4 TOMOHIRO MORI W/ STRINGS WWW, Shibuya ¥6,000

JUN 4 AKIRA SAKATA, BENDIK GISKE, VALENTINA MAGALETTI Sogetsu Hall, Akasaka ¥6,500

JUN 4 MONTELL FISH Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥6,000

JUN 4 TORIKABUTSU (MAKI HACHIYA/RISA TAKEDA) + SHINPEI RUIKE Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,300

JUN 4 KID FRESINO EX Theater, Roppongi ¥6,000

JUN 5 TOMEKA REID QUARTET Baroom, Shibuya ¥5,000

JUN 5 KIEFER Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥7,900/¥8,400

JUN 5 VEGYN, &c. Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥6,800

JUN 5 OTOMO YOSHIHIDE SPECIAL BIG BAND Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥6,600

JUN 6 PASCAL VERROT/SENDAI PHIL: COPLAND, GERSHWIN Suntory Hall, Akasaka ¥4,500-¥8,000

JUN 6 FKJ Toyosu Pit ¥8,800

JUN 7 HIKASHU, OTOBOKE BEAVER La Mama, Shibuya ¥4,000

JUN 7 ROSARIO GIULIANI MEETS JAN LUNDGREN QUARTET Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥5,000

JUN 7 DAVIDE LUCIANI, KEN IKEDA/LEO OKAGAWA Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥2,500

JUN 7 KERNÉL KOVÁCS, CYK, 11PM, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥3,000

JUN 8 SA-YUU, SCARLETS, TOTSUZEN DANBALL Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,800

JUN 8 DYGL, URI GAGARN, SUGAR HOUSE La Mama, Shibuya ¥4,200

JUN 8 SWAMI SOUND, SAMO, HARA, DISCOPANTS, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,500

JUN 9 HANAZONO DISTANCE, HANAZONO NININ, LOLOET, &c. Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,000

JUN 10 IRUKA POLICE, CODY LEE Aoyama Moonromantic ¥5,000

JUN 11 PANDELIS KARAYORGIS/YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI/&c. Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,500

JUN 11 LIVE EDGE TRIO/STEVE NELSON Baroom, Shibuya ¥6,000

JUN 11 HAKUEI KIM/ROSARIO GIULIANI Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥5,000

JUN 11 MINYEN HSIEH/AKIHIRO YOSHIMOTO/TAKASHI SEO/&c. Hako Gallery, Yoyogi Uehara ¥3,500

JUN 12 PANDELIS KARAYORGIS/YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI/&c. Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,500

JUN 12 TAKIO ITO/AKIRA SAKATA/KAZUTOKI UMEZU/KIYOHIKO SEMBA Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,950

JUN 13 TRICOT, KIMONOS Loft, Shinjuku ¥4,500

JUN 13 MASATAKE ABE/KEN IKEDA/FUMI ENDO/&c. Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,000

JUN 14 HAKUSHI HASEGAWA, ∈Y∋, 2MUCH CREW, KEN ISHII, &c. WWW, Shibuya ¥7,500

JUN 15 DOS MONOS, ∈Y∋ (DJ) Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥5,000

JUN 15 YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI/MASASHIKO SATOH/JUNJI HIROSE/&c. Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

JUN 15 DMBQ, COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS, ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY, MORERU, &c. WWW, Shibuya ¥7,500

JUN 16 SLIGHT SLAPPERS, WRENCH, NUMB, &c. Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥2,700

JUN 16 DAIRO SUGA/TATSUYA YOSHIDA/KENJI SATOH/MINYEN HSIEH Ogikubo Velvetsun ¥3,500

JUN 16 ACxDC, NO/MÁS, FLOATERS, LEECH, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥3,000

JUN 17 YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI/SAKANA HOSOMI/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/&c. Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

JUN 21 DOUL, HARU NEMURI Space Odd, Daikanyama ¥4,000

JUN 21 SPECTRAL WOUND, PALE Nine Spices, Shinjuku ¥4,000

JUN 22 BUFFALO DAUGHTER, SASUKE HARAGUCHI Wall&Wall, Omotesando ¥3,800

JUN 22 SYCLES, NATSUKI FUJIMOTO, MIRU SHINODA (DJ), &c. Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,000

JUN 22 SHIN SASAKUBO/FABIAN0 DO NASCIMENTO Baroom, Shibuya ¥6,000

JUN 23 YUKO IKEMA AND NON-WORKING VILLAGE Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850 (afternoon)

JUN 23 JIKSEONG LEE COLLECTIVE, DAME G, REMON NAKANISHI, &c. Space, Shinjuku ¥3,000

JUN 23 BLACK BOBOI, BAUKHA, TEJINA NYA, &c. Wall&Wall, Omotesando ¥3,500

JUN 23 YUKO IKEMA AND NON-WORKING VILLAGE Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850 (evening)

JUN 26 SILICA GEL, BETCOVER!! WWW, Shibuya ¥5,500

JUN 26 DMBQ, THE HATCH, SPOILMAN Loft, Shinjuku ¥3,700

JUN 26 HIROSHI MINAMI/RYOICHI ZAKOTA/MASATSUGU HATTORI Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,300

JUN 28 KIN TAII Haremame, Daikanyama ¥3,500

JUN 29 OOLONG TOWN, PSP SOCIAL, PLOTOLEMS, &c. Pool, Sakuradai ¥2,000


All prices are for advance tickets, unless otherwise noted. Schedules are liable to change at short notice.

Tokyo Gigs July 2024

JUL 3 KEIJI HAINO/LAPIZ/HIGO HIGUCHI/MASATAKA FUJIKAKE Showboat, Koenji ¥4,000

JUL 6 MULATU ASTATKE, JUANA MOLINA, YUTA ORISAKA, &c. Tachikawa Stage Garden ¥13,000

JUL 8 ZUNO KEISATSU Duo Music Exchange, Shibuya ¥7,000

JUL 9 DEAFHEAVEN Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥8,500

JUL 13 TERRORAKT, BEGRÄBNIS, MAGDALENE JU-NEN, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥2,500

JUL 14 SHONEN KNIFE Fever, Shindaita ¥5,000

JUL 16 KAZUKI TOMOKAWA, JIRO YANASE La Mama, Shibuya ¥4,000

JUL 18 TEENAGE WRIST, HOLLOW SUNS Era, Shimokitazawa ¥5,500

JUL 21 ANDREW PEKLER, ALMINIUM, OTÖMIKA & LEO OKAGAWA Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥3,500

JUL 21 TEENAGE WRIST, HOLLOW SUNS The Game, Shibuya ¥5,500

JUL 23 UA Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥7,700

JUL 24 GAZ MAYALL, THESE THREE WORDS, TOSHIMI WATANABE, &c. Marz, Shinjuku ¥4,500

JUL 24 ESNE BELTZA, CARIBBEAN DANDY, LAWIND, &c. Marz, Shinjuku ¥4,000


All prices are for advance tickets, unless otherwise noted. Schedules are liable to change at short notice.

New (and old) music from Japan – Winter 2023 edition

Notable new Japanese releases and reissues

By far the most time-consuming thing I wrote this year was a guide for Psyche about listening to music in the age of abundance. It’s a subject that I think about constantly, and I’m still not sure if I have the answers (who does?). Looking through other people’s AOTY lists, I’m amazed not just by how much music the serious heads are managing to listen to, but that they manage to remember it clearly enough to compile a proper ranking. Patrick St. Michel’s exhaustive list for Make Believe Melodies runs to 100 releases, while Ryo Miyaichi has posted a bunch of 2023 round-ups on This Side of Japan, including a great rundown of his 60 best albums that are available on Bandcamp. I was planning to do something similar myself, but it would’ve meant relistening to a bunch of stuff from earlier in the year, and I honestly haven’t found the time. Instead, here’s a bumper wrap of some new releases and reissues from 2023 that I haven’t already written about on here.

New music from Japan – Summer 2023 edition

Notable new Japanese releases

I swear, if it wasn’t for the arbitrary deadline of Bandcamp Friday, I’d probably never get around to finishing one of these things. Here’s a selection of music from these fine isles that has caught my attention over the past few months. No reissues this time (though Music from Memory’s Dream Dolphin compilation, released in March, is making a weird kind of sense now that we’re swimming in an interminable summer heatwave).

New (and old) music from Japan – Spring 2023 edition

Notable new Japanese releases and reissues



It’s starting to feel a lot like spring in Tokyo, and there’s a lot of stuff happening on the music scene if you care to look, including a bunch of new venues and – finally! – a diverse range of international touring acts doing the rounds. That said, I feel like I’ve been spending a lot more time compiling listings of upcoming gigs than I have actually going to them, which is a balance I need to redress. Anyhoo, enough of my prattling: here’s some of the good stuff that’s caught my attention over the past few months, both new and archival. As ever, I’ve just focused on artists who are active in Japan, which means I haven’t written about Tujiko Noriko’s extraordinary Crépuscule I & II, though you should definitely check that if you haven’t already.

Favourite Japanese releases of 2022

A personal Top 10 Japan albums of the year



Given the absurd volume of music that’s getting released at the moment (plus the stacks of used CDs that I keep picking up at bloody Disk Union), I find it’s easy to keep grazing without ever spending long enough to forge a deeper connection with something. I’ve written about a fair number of new and archival releases this year, many of them pretty good (you can read my previous round-ups here, here, here and here), but there weren’t many that I kept returning to throughout 2022. These are the ones that have come to feel like good friends. The rest are just drinking buddies.