Tokyo Gigs June 2025

JUN 1 THA BLUE HERB, LITTLE TEMPO WWW X, Shibuya ¥5,000

JUN 1 KOJI OTA, SUZUERI, TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA, JU SEI, &c. Tomita Bldg, Asakusa ¥3,000

JUN 1 BUFFALO DAUGHTER, 2BD, KAORU INOUE (DJ) Haremame, Daikanyama ¥4,500

JUN 1 SHIBUSASHIRAZU ORCHESTRA Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

JUN 1-2 MARK LETTIERI GROUP Cotton Club, Marunouchi ¥8,800-¥10,000

JUN 2 SAM WILKES QUARTET FEAT. KAHO NAKAMURA WWW X, Shibuya ¥9,000

JUN 2 THE PHILHARMONIK Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥8,800

JUN 2 JFDR, MIAOU Fever, Shindaita ¥5,O00

JUN 2 KEN IKEDA/LEO OKAGAWA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,000

JUN 3 TAVITO NANAO, YUKO IKEMA La Mama, Shibuya ¥4,000

JUN 3 JOSEPH HAMMER/CARL STONE, A VIRGIN/T.MIKAWA, &c. Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,500

JUN 3 MASAMI TAKASHIMA/MINEO KAWASAKI, RYOKEN MIYAZAKI, &c. Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥3,500

JUN 3 SAM WILKES, &c. Baroom, Shibuya ¥7,000

JUN 3 ALEXIS FFRENCH Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥9,300-¥12,000

JUN 3-4 THE PHILHARMONIK Cotton Club, Marunouchi ¥8,800-¥10,000

JUN 4 KAZUHISA UCHIHASHI/KAORI KOMURA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 4 SNARKY PUPPY Zepp Shinjuku ¥9,500

JUN 4 FELICITA, CRACKPOP, SUDDEN STAR, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,800

JUN 4 FOODMAN W/ KOM_I, NTSKI (DJ), FREAKYNORIKY, &c. Bonobo, Harajuku ¥2,500

JUN 5 KAZUHISA UCHIHASHI/TAKAKO MINEKAWA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 5 KEIJI HAINO/NATSUKI KIDO Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,000

JUN 5 PAUL KIDNEY EXPERIENCE, NON (SOLO), DODOITTSU, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥2,500

JUN 5 DANIEL ALLAN, NUU$HI, SPRAYBOX, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,000

JUN 6 EIKO ISHIBASHI/JIM O'ROURKE, TORSO 440, Shimokitazawa ¥3,500

JUN 6 MAIKA LOUBTÉ Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥4,000

JUN 6 DARE DEVIL BAND (KAWABATA/HANO/TSUYAMA) Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥3,500

JUN 6 TOKYO MINYO CLUB Baroom, Minami-Aoyama ¥5,000

JUN 6 DENIS KAZNACHEEV, AOKI TAKAMASA, KOHEI Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,500 (night)

JUN 6 HAPPY, TŌ YŌ, HIRAFRAT (DJ), &c. Club Asia, Shibuya ¥3,000

JUN 7 SIDENERDS, MON/KU + TADASHI MACHIDA, MAO SASAGAWA, &c. Unit, Daikanyama ¥5,000

JUN 7 WAKANA IKEDA, MOTOKI OKAMURA, KENICHI FUMOTO Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥3,000

JUN 7 REONA/MASAYO KOKETSU/T.MIKAWA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 7 NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE, MENOU, MOSKITOO, &c. Soup, Ochiai ¥2,500

JUN 7 JULIAN SHORE TRIO Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥7,150

JUN 7 UNCIVILIZED GIRLS MEMORY/MU, QUEER NATIONS, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000

JUN 7 PHYSICAL THERAPY, YOSHIHAARAA, LB3, FELINE, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

JUN 7 PHASMID, LOWKI, RIII, &c. Bonobo, Harajuku ¥2,500

JUN 7 GLICO, HUE RAY, NUMBER COLLECTOR (LIVE), &c. WWW β, Shibuya ¥3,000 (night)

JUN 7 KNXWLEDGE, MNDSGN, ISSUGI & GRADIS, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥4,000 (night)

JUN 8 MADAMLOSS, THE NESO, APÖPA, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥2,000

JUN 8 REONA/TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA/JUNJI MORI Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 8 KAZUHISA UCHIHASHI/FUYUKI YAMAKAWA/TENKO/&c. Club Goodman, Akihabara ¥3,500

JUN 8 YOSHIKI ICHIKAWA/SHIBATETSU Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,000

JUN 9 MÔNICA SALMASO & ANDRÉ MEHMARI Shibuya Cultural Center Owada ¥8,000

JUN 9 SLIGHT SLAPPERS, MELT-BANANA, LACK OF INTEREST, &c. Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥5,000

JUN 9 +/- {PLUS/MINUS}, TODDLE Fever, Shindaita ¥5,500

JUN 9 CHIHO OKA/KANON AONAMI/YUKIKO SHIINA SAKURAZAWA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,000

JUN 9 AYAKO KANDA/TATSUYA YOSHIDA/TAKAYUKI KATO/CARL STONE Mandala, Kichijoji ¥3,500

JUN 10 YUMA ABE Fever, Shindaita ¥4,800

JUN 10 ALBEDO GRAVITAS/ATSUHIRO ITO Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,300

JUN 11 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Zepp Shinjuku ¥8,500

JUN 11 DURAN, BONGFATHER Fever, Shindaita ¥4,000

JUN 11 +/- {PLUS/MINUS}, TAKESHI IMORIYA 7th Floor, Shibuya ¥5,500

JUN 11 THE J. MASTERS Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

JUN 11 THIRD SPACE, MASAKI HANAWA, AMIGO3 (DJ), &c. Knock, Koenji ¥1,500

JUN 11 HIROSHI YAMAZAKI/JUNJI HIROSE/TAKASHI SEO Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,500

JUN 12 INHALER Toyosu Pit ¥8,500

JUN 12 THE MAD LABORATORY OF ANTI-MATTER, THIRD SPACE, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000

JUN 12 LENS, SAMO, MARZY, YUVIE, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,000 (night)

JUN 12-13 SPARKS EX Theater Roppongi ¥9,800

JUN 13 CHIHEI HATAKEYAMA, YUMI IWAKI, SHUTA YASUKOCHI, &c. Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥3,500

JUN 13 METORONORI, MORGAN GARRETT, TOIRET STATUS, YOLABMI Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥2,500

JUN 13 SRIRAJAH ROCKERS, ASUKA ANDO DUB U SET, YOUNG-G (DJ) Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥4,000

JUN 13 EMERSON KITAMURA, KUNIHIRO IZUMI, L?K?O (DJ), &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,500

JUN 13 MOOPIE, CHIDA, KAMOME, VINYL YOUTH, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,500 (night)

JUN 13 ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, FUJI TRILL, CORTEX, &c. Club Asia, Shibuya ¥3,000

JUN 14 MEDESKI & MARTIN, MÔNICA SALMASO & ANDRÉ MEHMARI, &c. Tachikawa Stage Garden ¥18,000

JUN 14 THE MAD LABORATORY OF ANTI-MATTER, WAT (DJ), &c. Knock, Koenji ¥2,000

JUN 14 TAKASHI MASUBUCHI/AYAMI SUZUKI/TAKASHI TSUDA Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥2,500

JUN 14 RAFAEL KALIL/MASAHIRO TOBITA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 14 MISAKI MOTOFUJI (SOLO) Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,000

JUN 14 MIKI FURUKAWA/KOJI NAKAMURA/GURUCONNECT/&c. Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,500

JUN 14 6EYES, ALGO RUIDOSO Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥2,000

JUN 14 KEIGO TATSUMI, LULLATONE, TATSURO MURAKAMI Baroom, Minami-Aoyama ¥5,000

JUN 14 JASSS, MAYUDEPTH, MARS89, GOTH-TRAD, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥2,500 (night)

JUN 14 ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, ECEC, WAGAHAI IS NEKO, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,500

JUN 14-16 BEN WENDEL Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥8,800

JUN 15 OSTRACA, WORST PARTY EVER, SOCCER, &c. Three, Shimokitazawa ¥4,500

JUN 15 MARCO SCIPIONE, PRECIPITATION Knock, Koenji ¥2,000

JUN 15 KAZUHISA UCHIHASHI/SHANIR BLUMENKRANZ Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 15 AKIO JEIMUS/TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA/TETUZI AKIYAMA Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥2,500

JUN 15 ATSUHIRO ITO/RYO KUSUNOSE, MAVO, VIDDEKAZZ2, &c. Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥2,500

JUN 15 TAKAKO MINEKAWA/TAKAHIRO KAWAGUCHI, THIEVES Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,000

JUN 16 JOHN MEDESKI (SOLO) WWW, Shibuya ¥7,000/¥8,500

JUN 16 DMBQ, CARTHIEFSCHOOL Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,000

JUN 16 ZAZZ, HINA/JAN URILA SAS, VOVIVAV, &c. UFO Club, Higashi-Koenji ¥3,000

JUN 16 JUNJI HIROSE/YUKI SAGA/TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,000

JUN 16 BLAH-MUZIK, CRISTEL BERE, RYUKI, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥1,500

JUN 17 MAHER SHALAL HASH BAZ Ueno Suijo Ongaku Do ¥1,000

JUN 17 DMBQ, TEXAS 3000 Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,000

JUN 17 SHOW ME THE BODY, NUMB, KLONNS Unit, Daikanyama ¥7,800

JUN 17 DOS MONOS, FEARDORIAN, CWONDO, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥3,500

JUN 18 BRUNO PERNADAS DUO, THE HATCH Wall&Wall, Omotesando ¥4,800

JUN 18 MOMOSE YASUNAGA/FUMI/ENDO/FUGA AKASE Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥3,000

JUN 18 RAFAEL KALIL, URBAN FUNGUS, VÏVÏ (DJ) Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥1,000

JUN 19 BED, ACE COOL, NO BUSES Unit, Daikanyama ¥3,500

JUN 19 LIGHTERS, STEREO GIRL Aoyama Moonromantic ¥3,500

JUN 19 OOIOO, ONI NO MIGIUDE Loft, Shinjuku ¥4,000

JUN 19 GREG FOX (SOLO) Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥3,000

JUN 19 HIGHSCHOOL, POL, LUBY SPARKS WWW, Shibuya ¥8,500

JUN 19 KEI YAMAZAWA CELLO RECITAL: BACH, XENAKIS, &c. Tokyo Concerts Lab, Waseda ¥4,000

JUN 19 AREN, NIRBORNA, DADDY VEDA, MARS89, &c. Enter, Shibuya ¥1,500

JUN 19-20 MONONEON Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥8,800

JUN 20 KOENJI HYAKKEI Koenji High ¥4,000

JUN 20 URSULA OPPENS: BEETHOVEN, RZEWSKI 'THE PEOPLE UNITED...' Gotanda Cultural Center ¥6,000

JUN 20 KEIJI HAINO/MASAYO KOKETSU/RISA TAKEDA Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,000

JUN 20 RAFAEL KALIL/MOMOSE YASUNAGA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 20 SHANIR BLUMENKRANZ/KOICHI MAKIGAMI/YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI Ogikubo Velvetsun ¥3,500

JUN 20 T.MIKAWA/JUN NUMATA/MARTIN ESCALANTE Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,800

JUN 20 *PBDB (MISAKI UMEI/FUKI KITAMURA), KΣITO, &c. Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,500

JUN 20 DJ PAYPAL, DJ FULLTONO, ILLEQUAL, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,500 (night)

JUN 20-21 CORY WONG FEAT. ANTWAUN STANLEY Toyosu Pit ¥8,000

JUN 21 PLANTAR, WAKANA IKEDA Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,500 (afternoon)

JUN 21 SHE TALKS SILENCE, ME ME ME, N'RALA UFO Club, Higashi-Koenji ¥3,000

JUN 21 KEN IKEDA/TETUZI AKIYAMA/TAKU SUGIMOTO Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥2,500

JUN 21 YORIYUKI HARADA/TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,500

JUN 21 TAKESHI ISHIHARA/JUN NUMATA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 21 EPROM, HERBALISTEK, DAYZERO, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥3,500

JUN 22 ERMHOI/KOHEI KONDO Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,000

JUN 22 HAZEL ENGLISH Kata, Ebisu ¥7,000

JUN 22 JIN HARADA/RYUICHI YOSHIDA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 22 MIYA/TAKUMI IKEDA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,000

JUN 22 SHOJI HANO/SACHIKO, SUN SHIH-MIN/NAOTO YAMAGISHI, &c. Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,500

JUN 22 WAR/ZIT, LIMITED EXPRESS (HAS GONE?), M.A.Z.E, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥2,000

JUN 23 SHAI MAESTRO Yamaha Hall, Ginza ¥7,800

JUN 23 HAZEL ENGLISH, &c. Fever, Shindaita ¥7,000

JUN 23 MINYEN HSIEH/HIROSHI YAMAZAKI/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/&c. Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

JUN 23 SHINTARO TANAKA PLAYS JÜRG FREY, TAIZO HIDA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,000

JUN 23 SHANIR BLUMENKRANZ/IPPEI KATO/YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,500

JUN 24 YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI/MASAHIKO SATOH/JUNJI HIROSE/&c. Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

JUN 24 SEAKETA, VQ Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥1,000

JUN 25 MINYEN HSIEH/HIROSHI YAMAZAKI/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/&c. Haremame, Daikanyama ¥3,800

JUN 25 RUBY NAKAMURA/SAYAKA BOTANIC/NANAO KOBAYASHI Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥3,800

JUN 25 ORQUESTA NUDGE! NUDGE! Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

JUN 26 MUSIC TOMORROW 2025 (JÖRG WIDMANN) Tokyo Opera City, Hatsudai ¥2,000-¥4,000

JUN 26 HOBEREAUX CLARINET ENSEMBLE: FUJIKURA, ISHIGE, &c. Sakura Hall, Shibuya ¥3,500

JUN 26 YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/SAKANA HOSOMI/&c. Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

JUN 26 NADIA DAOU/PAED CONCA/YASUMUNE MORISHIGE Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

JUN 27 IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT, AMORPHOUS DOMINION, &c. Unit, Daikanyama ¥9,500

JUN 27 ITOKEN WITH MEGAPHONES, HANAZONO DISTANCE Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥3,000

JUN 27 NII TETE BOYE Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 27 STEVIE RICHARDS/YASUMUNE MORISHIGE Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

JUN 27 KOTSU/NARI, ROMY MATS/ALBINO SOUND, ONOMATOPE Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,500

JUN 27 BRODINSKI, KIRI, LOOTA, SHIORIYBRADSHAW, &c. Enter, Shibuya ¥3,000

JUN 27 BARKER, JMCEE, GENKI TANAKA, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

JUN 28 KRONOS QUARTET/TERRY RILEY/SARA Sogakudo Concert Hall, Ueno ¥12,100

JUN 28 SATOMIMAGAE, AKHIRA SANO (DJ/LIVE DRAWING) Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥4,000

JUN 28 KRISSY BERGMARK/TRONG KALLEVÅG Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥3,000

JUN 28 AYANE SATO/MISAKI MOTOFUJI/YUMA TAKESHITA/MIKI NAOE Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 28 MATTHEW BYARS/TETUZI AKIYAMA/SUZUERI Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

JUN 28 ERYKAH BADU FEAT. THE ALCHEMIST Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥19,900-¥30,000

JUN 28 THE MAD LABORATORY OF ANTI-MATTER, NOBUKI NISHIYAMA, &c. Soup, Ochiai ¥3,000

JUN 28 KEI MATSUMARU/KAZUYA OI Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥3,500

JUN 28 HARUKO TAJIMA, SAILOR KANNAKO, HAIZAI AUDIO (DJ), &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,500

JUN 28 IGLOOGHOST (LIVE), MINNA-NO-KIMOCHI, JUN INAGAWA, &c. WWW, Shibuya ¥4,000 (night)

JUN 28 Ø [PHASE], CRAZY NEO, AYUMI, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

JUN 29 MASAYO KOKETSU/TOKUTARO HOSOI Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 29 DAVID BRYANT & FRIENDS Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

JUN 29 MICHIHIRO MORISADA/KENICHI TAKEDA/RIUICHI DAIJO Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

JUN 29 K-SUPERMOTEL, C BONG SAE, BBBBBBB, RUINS ALONE, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥3,000

JUN 30 DON MCLEAN/DAVID MCLEAN/LAUREN MCLEAN, &c. Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥3,000

JUN 30 PAED CONCA/KEIGO IWAMI/YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUN 30 YEONG DIE, OKACHIHO, TOMO TAKASHIMA, &c. Knock, Koenji ¥1,500

JUN 30 MARIKO HIROSE & PURPLE HAZE/DAIRO SUGA Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,950

JUN 30 BABYCHAIR, HALLEY, NAGS Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,500

JUN 30 YOUR ARMS ARE MY COCOON, GODFUCK, GINGERBEE, &c. Fever, Shindaita ¥5,000

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

Tokyo Gigs July 2025

JUL 1 RAFAEL TORAL, JIM O'ROURKE/EIKO ISHIBASHI Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥6,000

JUL 1 MARTY HOLOUBEK'S TRIO II Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,500

JUL 1 TOMBED VISION/MASAHIRO TOBITA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUL 1 ULCASIVA, AYAMI SUZUKI, LEO OKAGAWA/NAOKI NOMOTO Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000

JUL 1 RABITO ARIMOTO/HIROKI CHIBA/TETSURO FUJIMAKI Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,800

JUL 1 YOUR ARMS ARE MY COCOON, GODFUCK, GINGERBEE, &c. Moonstep, Nakano ¥4,800

JUL 1 VINI, FUKI KITAMURA, LBSTR Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,500

JUL 2 MASAYOSHI FUJITA & JAN JELINEK WWW, Shibuya ¥4,000

JUL 2 LAUREN MCLEAN/DAVID MCLEAN/DONALD MCLEAN/&c. Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

JUL 3 YUKI CHIBA Nippon Budokan, Kudanshita ¥10,000

JUL 3 TETUZI AKIYAMA/AYAL SENIOR/TONY CONRAD'S 'THE FLICKER' Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥3,000

JUL 3 HITOMITOI Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥7,900-¥10,600

JUL 3 AKIO JEIMUS/TOKUTARO HOSOI/MITSUHISA SAKAGUCHI Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUL 3 YOSHIO MACHIDA/TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

JUL 4 BÁRA ZMEKOVÁ TRIO/MIKKA MANGETSU, &c. Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,300

JUL 4 AKIO JEIMUS/SHIZUO UCHIDA/KYOSUKE TERADA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUL 4 HARTMAN/NAKAMURA/AKIYAMA, TINNY WORDS Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

JUL 4 BÁRA ZMEKOVÁ TRIO/MIKKA MANGETSU, &c. Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,300

JUL 4 SAM GOKU, K.E.G, CELTER, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

JUL 4 JAKOJAKO, WATA IGARASHI, MARI SAKURAI, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥3,000 (night)

JUL 5 SOEMON: SATO, ICHINOSE, SAWAI, PAGÉ, &c. Oji Hall, Ginza ¥4,000

JUL 5 AKBK, BLACKPHONE666, BLOW OUT, THE OBEY UNIT Soup, Ochiai ¥2,000

JUL 5 AKIO JEIMUS/T.MIKAWA/RISA TAKEDA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUL 5 HUDSON MOHAWKE, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, &c. Takanawa Gateway Zero-Site ¥5,500

JUL 5 4S4KI, SATOH, DOS MONOS, LIL ASH ZANGE, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥5,000

JUL 5 KAZUO IMAI (FIEDLE GAMBA SOLO) Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

JUL 5 BELGRADO, DILDOS, MADAME EDWARDA, &c. Flowers Loft, Shimokitazawa ¥3,900

JUL 5 TRAMHAUS, SUGAR HOUSE Three, Shimokitazawa ¥3,000

JUL 5 DJ MARCELLE, PORTAL, YELLOWUHURU, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

JUL 5 DJ NOBU, OCCA, TATSUOKI, &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥3,000

JUL 6 AKIO JEIMUS/CAL LYALL/TOMO Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUL 6 BELGRADO, SCHEDARS, SOLVENT COBALT, &c. Heavy Sick Zero, Nakano ¥3,900

JUL 6 AYAL SENIOR, LEO TAKIMI Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥3,500

JUL 6 ZAYDDC, SNOTNOZE SALEEM, OHTWO MOB, VOVIVAV, &c. Chitei, Otsuka ¥2,500

JUL 7 OTOMO YOSHIHIDE SPECIAL BIG BAND Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥6,600

JUL 7 KANAKO NUMATA (SOLO) Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

JUL 7 TENKO/YUMIKO TANAKA/RUBY NAKAMURA/&c. Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,000

JUL 7 SHOJI HANO/HIDEKI TACHIBANA/IPPEI KATO Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,300

JUL 8 VMO AKA VIOLENT MAGIC ORCHESTRA WWW X, Shibuya ¥4,000

JUL 8 RUBY NAKAMURA/MITSURU NASUNO/TATSUYA NAKAMURA Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥5,000

JUL 8 AKIRA SAKATA/TRIPLE EDGE Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

JUL 8 THOMAS FLORIN/REONA/KEIGO IWAMI/YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,800

JUL 8 TRAMHAUS, DYGL, TAKERU MURATA (DJ) Aoyama Moonromantic ¥5,500

JUL 9 EMMANUEL PAHUD SOLO: JOLIVET, BACH, &c. Tokyo Opera City, Hatsudai ¥5,000

JUL 9 UDAI SHIKA/AKIRA SAKATA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUL 9 DAIRO SUGA/TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

JUL 9 RIUCHI DAIJO/TAKASHI SEO/KOJI OTA/TOMOKI KONDO Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

JUL 10 TOKYO SINFONIETTA: BOULEZ Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall, Ueno ¥4,000

JUL 10 JEFF FUCCILLO/AYAL SENIOR/AKIO JEIMUS Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

JUL 11 JESSICA ACKERLEY/AYAKO KANDA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUL 11 LAUREN MCLEAN/DAVID MCLEAN/DONALD MCLEAN/&c. Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

JUL 11 CLOSET YI, FOODMAN, FRANKIE $, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

JUL 12 SHONEN KNIFE Fever, Shindaita ¥5,000

JUL 12 GEZAN/AKIKO NAKAYAMA, ICHIKO AOBA Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥5,000

JUL 12 DAIRO SUGA/AKIRA SAKATA Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

JUL 12 MANABU SUZUKI/KEIKO HIGUCHI Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

JUL 12 YASUMUNE MORISHIGE, VELTZ, SIMON WHETHAM, &c. Soup, Ochiai ¥2,500

JUL 12 RIRONGG, TRANSFLUXION, KAZUMA KUBOTA, RISARIPA Chitei, Otsuka ¥2,000

JUL 12 TOMBED VISIONS TRIO/TETUZI AKIYAMA Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥2,500

JUL 12 GONNO B2B HARUKA, KABUTO, DJ HI-C, &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥2,500

JUL 13 SPORT Nine Spices, Shinjuku ¥5,000

JUL 13 DAIRO SUGA/AKIRA SAKATA/SIBITT/IPPEI KATO/&c. Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

JUL 13 FUGURI KATAOKA, THE HALCYON, &c. Chitei, Otsuka ¥2,500

JUL 14 DO MAKE SAY THINK Fever, Shindaita ¥6,000

JUL 14 SHOKO NUMAO/MASATAKA ABE/RYOTARO MIYASAKA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

JUL 15 SEIICHI YAMAMOTO/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥5,000

JUL 15 HIROSHI YAMAZAKI/MAKOTO KAWASHIMA Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,000

JUL 15 AKIRA SAKATA/RIUICHI DAIJO Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

JUL 15 AYAL SENIOR/JEFF FUCCILLO Pianola Records, Daita ¥3,000

JUL 16 ALCEST, ASUNOJOKEI Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥8,800

JUL 16 SHINTARO SAKAMOTO BAND Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥4,800

JUL 16 OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA/JUNJI HIROSE Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,000

JUL 16 LOLOET W/ JUN HATTORI Aoyama Moonromantic ¥3,000

JUL 17 MAYUKO HINO/EROSLOVESYOU/AMI BIQUE/&c. Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

JUL 17 SETAGAYA TRIO Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,300

JUL 18 REFRACTED, KAI GALACTIC, LISA MIZUNO, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

JUL 18 NON WONK, NO BUSES, ALDO VAN EYCK, &c. WWW, Shibuya ¥4,500

JUL 18 GATEBALLERS, TEXAS 3000, SAGOSAID, &c. Spotify O-Nest, Shibuya ¥1,200

JUL 18 TOBIAS X DOLTZ (LIVE), YOUFORGOT, REE.K, &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥2,800

JUL 18 VLADIMIR DUBYSHKIN, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥2,500 (night)

JUL 19 INCAPACITANTS, COMPUTER FIGHT Aoyama Moonromantic ¥3,000 (afternoon)

JUL 19 MOODYMANN, &c. Takanawa Gateway Zero-Site ¥7,000

JUL 19 OMSB WWW X, Shibuya ¥5,000

JUL 19 MASATAKA FUJIKAKE/HIDEKI TACHIBANA/IPPEI KATO Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUL 19 NEPENTHES, GOD MOUNTAIN, REDNECKS, GREEN MILK..., &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥TBA

JUL 19 JESSICA ACKERLEY/MASAYO KOKETSU Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥2,500

JUL 19 KEIJI HAINO, KATSUREI Manda-La 2, Kichijoji ¥4,000

JUL 19 HEEJIN JANG, UQUWA, KURUMI KADOYA, WAKANA IKEDA Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,500

JUL 19 SOFIA RODINA, ALBINO SOUND, FETUS, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥2,500 (night)

JUL 20 KUNIKAZU TANAKA/MISAKI MOTOFUJI Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥TBA (afternoon)

JUL 20 TRIPLE FIRE Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥6,100-¥8,800

JUL 20 JESSICA ACKERLEY/TETUZI AKIYAMA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

JUL 20 HEEJIN JANG, TARO AIKO, KINNARA : DESI LA Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,300

JUL 21 MASATAKA FUJIKAKE/MITSURU TABATA/KEIKO KOMORI Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUL 21 SUZUMENO TEARS, HARIKUYAMAKU, CHEE SHIMIZU (DJ), &c. Haremame, Daikanyama ¥4,000

JUL 21 AYAL SENIOR, AYAMI SUZUKI, TAKASHI MASUBUCHI, &c. Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥3,000

JUL 23 FERMIN MUGURUZA, SOUTH CARNIVAL, RANKIN TAXI, &c. Club Asia, Shibuya ¥4,500

JUL 23 MASATAKA FUJIKAKE/HOPPY KAMIYAMA/EXPE Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUL 23 SHINPEI RUIKE/DAIRO SUGA/SHOJI HANO/&c. Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥4,000

JUL 25 LIMITED EXPRESS (HAS GONE?), SLIGHT SLAPPERS, 6EYES, &c. Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥3,800

JUL 25 MASATAKA FUJIKAKE/KAZUO IMAI/KEIKO HIGUCHI Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUL 25 MAI MAO/YUJI ISHIHARA, STRAYTONE, SIMON WHETHAM Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥1,500

JUL 25 KYLE HALL, YOU FORGOT, YUICHI UCHIBAYASHI, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

JUL 26 POWER, JON NO SON, UOO Polaris, Ogawamachi ¥3,500

JUL 26 TAKAKO MINEKAWA/TAKASHI MASUBUCHI Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥3,000

JUL 26 UVB, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

JUL 27 KEIJI HAINO/AKAIHIRUME/NANAO KOBAYASHI Gekkasha, Jimbocho ¥3,500

JUL 27 JAKA KOPAČ/LENART KREČIČ/MOTOI KANAMORI TRIO Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥5,000

JUL 29 YUJI ISHIHARA/EIICHI WATANABE Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUL 29 PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE/MASAHIKO SATOH Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

JUL 29 KAIWEI/YOUR FUTAGONO TAMASHI/TYLER BENNETT, &c. Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

JUL 30 THE ANCIENT HIGHBALLS Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,500

JUL 30 PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE/AKIRA SAKATA/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/&c. Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

JUL 30 YUJI ISHIHARA/MANABU SUZUKI Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

JUL 31 TADAHIKO YOKOGAWA/NAOTO YAMAGISHI Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

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

Tokyo Gigs August 2025

AUG 1 KOJI OHTA/BONSTAR Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

AUG 1 FUMIYA TANAKA WWW X, Shibuya ¥3,000 (night)

AUG 2 JIM O'ROURKE/EIKO ISHIBASHI, FRIDAY NIGHT PLANS Wall&Wall, Omotesando ¥4,300

AUG 3 BUN NOGUCHI, EIKO ISHIBASHI WWW, Shibuya ¥4,000

AUG 3 FUCKER/YAHHO, NI-HAO!!!!/MADAMLOSS, &c. Spotify O-Nest, Shibuya ¥3,800

AUG 5 AUDREY NUNA Unit, Daikanyama ¥7,000

AUG 6 DEAFHEAVEN Kanda Hall ¥9,000

AUG 6 HANAZONO DISTANCE, LOLOET, HUGEN, &c. Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,000

AUG 7 MITSURU TABATA/MATHIAS PREUSS/DORONKO Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

AUG 8 HARU NEMURI, BOTSU AKA NGS, E5, &c. Fever, Shindaita ¥3,800

AUG 8 MITSURU TABATA/KAZUHIDE YAMAJI/YUJI ISHIHARA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

AUG 9 CERO, EIKO ISHIBASHI, WOOL & THE PANTS, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥6,500

AUG 9 MITSURU TABATA/SHOJI HANO/ATSUHIRO ITO Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

AUG 10 MITSURU TABATA/T.MIKAWA/HIROSHI SASABUCHI Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

AUG 11 MITSURU TABATA/TENKO/SEIICHIRO MORIKAWA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

AUG 13 ICHIKO AOBA Suntory Hall, Akasaka ¥8,800

AUG 15 MASAYO KOKETSU/MITO Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

AUG 19 ALICIA KEYS Tokyo International Forum, Yurakucho ¥14,000-¥25,000

AUG 20 ICHIKO AOBA Sumida Triphony Hall, Kinshicho ¥8,800

AUG 21 KAZUO IMAI/JUNJI MORI/SHIRO OHNUMA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

AUG 22 MAYA ONGAKU, MINAMI DEUTSCH, GURUGURU BRAIN JAM WWW X, Shibuya ¥4,500

AUG 23 TREKKIE TRAX CREW, 4S4KI, MASAYOSHI IIMORI, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥3,500 (night)

AUG 23 TIALA, SEROTONIN MIST, REBEL ONE EXCALIBUR, KURUUCREW, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥3,000

AUG 24 GEORGES APERGHIS CHAMBER MUSIC PORTRAIT Suntory Hall (Blue Rose), Akasaka ¥4,500

AUG 24 COFFINS, SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY, LOOPRIDER, &c. Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥3,000

AUG 26 BIXIGA 70, AJATE WWW, Shibuya ¥6,500

AUG 27 HOWIE LEE, MANAMI KAKUDO WWW, Shibuya ¥6,500

AUG 27-28 FIEVEL IS GLAUQUE Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥8,800

AUG 28 JO KONDO COMMEMORATIVE CONCERT Suntory Hall, Akasaka ¥7,700/¥9,900

AUG 29 GEORGES APERGHIS ORCHESTRA PORTRAIT Suntory Hall, Akasaka ¥2,500/¥4,500

AUG 29 JAMES HOLDEN (LIVE), &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

AUG 30 NEW JAPAN PHILHARMONIC: WATARU MUKAI, &c. Suntory Hall, Akasaka ¥4,000

AUG 30 DOS MONOS Spotify O-Nest, Shibuya ¥5,500

AUG 30 OR:LA, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

AUG 31 PASOCOM MUSIC CLUB, TENDRE (DJ), TOKKURI, &c. WWW, Shibuya ¥4,000

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

Tokyo Gigs September 2025

SEP 3 CAROLINE WWW X, Shibuya ¥8,000

SEP 5 SÖNDÖRGÖ Haremame, Daikanyama ¥4,000

SEP 9 CADEJO W/ NAOYUKI UCHIDA, HOON Aoyama Moonromantic ¥5,500

SEP 11 MERCURY REV Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥9,000

SEP 11 LARAAJI Sogetsu Hall, Aoyama-Itchome ¥8,400

SEP 13 WOOL & THE PANTS, CHINZA DOPENESS, NONCHELEEE WWW X, Shibuya ¥4,500

SEP 15-16 MAMMAL HANDS Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥8,000

SEP 16 HORSEGIRL WWW X, Shibuya ¥7,700

SEP 17 HORSEGIRL Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥7,700

SEP 17 REMON NAKANISHI & SUZUMENO TEARS Aoyama Moonromantic ¥TBA

SEP 18 AARON PARKS/GREG TUOHEY/MATT BREWER/JONGKUK KIM WWW, Shibuya ¥7,800

SEP 19 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Nippon Budokan, Kudanshita ¥15,000/¥17,000

SEP 21 LAUSBUB Womb, Shibuya ¥4,800

SEP 22-23 MIHO HAZAMA M_UNIT Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥8,000

SEP 24 AKIRA NISHIMURA TRIBUTE CONCERT Tokyo Opera City, Hatsudai ¥5,000

SEP 24 JON CLEARY & THE ABSOLUTE MONSTER GENTLEMEN Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥7,000

SEP 27 BURDEN OF DESPAIR, DARKNESS, BELMADIGULA, COFFINS, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥2,500

SEP 29 AWICH, IRI Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥7,900

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

Tokyo Gigs October 2025

OCT 8 JON SPENCER Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥8,500

OCT 12 YAHYEL Zepp Shinjuku ¥6,000

OCT 13 NEW JAPAN PHILHARMONIC/JOE HISAISHI: GLASS, ADAMS Suntory Hall, Akasaka ¥4,000-¥12,000

OCT 13 THE CARDIGANS, CLOUDBERRY JAM, MEJA Tokyo Garden Theater, Ariake ¥12,000-¥28,000

OCT 15-17 BILL FRISELL TRIO Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥9,900

OCT 17 ANGIE MCMAHON Unit, Daikanyama ¥7,000

OCT 21 SWEDISH RADIO CHOIR: PÄRT, HILLBORG, &c. Tokyo Opera City, Hatsudai ¥3,000-¥7,000

OCT 22 KUNIKO KATO/STEVE REICH PROJECT Suntory Hall (Blue Rose), Akasaka ¥4,000/¥6,000

OCT 23 THE JESUS LIZARD Duo Music Exchange, Shibuya ¥9,800

OCT 23 FRENTE CUMBIERO WWW, Shibuya ¥6,500

OCT 24 LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC: ADAMS, STRAVINSKY Suntory Hall, Akasaka ¥25,000-¥45,000

OCT 25 TOE Ryogoku Kokugikan ¥8,800/¥9,800

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

Tokyo Gigs November 2025

NOV 1 CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥8,000

NOV 8-9 ADDISON GROOVE, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, &c. Ohba Camping Village, Hinode ¥12,000

NOV 27-28 OPETH EX Theater Roppongi ¥12,000

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

Tokyo Gigs December 2025

DEC 1-2 BETH GIBBONS Sumida Triphony Hall, Kinshicho ¥11,000-¥16,000

DEC 3 SOCCER MOMMY Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥7,000

DEC 10 BLACK COUNTRY NEW ROAD EX Theater Roppongi ¥8,800

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

Tokyo Gigs February 2026

FEB 4 AUTECHRE Zepp Divercity, Odaiba ¥8,800

FEB 9 MY BLOODY VALENTINE Tokyo Garden Theater, Ariake ¥18,000/¥20,000

FEB 21 MAC DEMARCO Kanda Square Hall ¥8,500

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

New (and old) music from Japan – Spring 2025 edition

Notable new Japanese releases and reissues

This might be a return to regular programming, but no promises. Things have been quiet on the work front recently, which has given me more time to sift through my Bandcamp pile and ferret out the good stuff. Here are some of the releases and reissues from the first three months of the year (plus one straggler from 2024) that have grabbed me. I should note that some of these snuck up on me gradually, rather than revealing all their charms on first listen. An album as subtle and intelligently crafted as Eiko Ishibashi’s Antigone wasn’t designed for the streaming era, which is all the more reason to cherish it.

Notable Japanese releases from 2024

Good music from a (mostly) bad year

I fell out of the habit of posting album reviews during 2024, partly because I simply wasn’t listening to as much Japanese music as I had done in the previous few years. Still, it felt remiss not to acknowledge a few of the highlights of a year that, by most objective measures, was pretty wretched. I’m grateful to the handful of people who gave me a much-needed nudge to write this, and also to my friend Ian F. Martin for showing how it should be done with his defiantly unpunctual zine, Last Year’s Music. (I’d post a link, but I’m afraid you’ll have to seek out a physical copy.)

From the archives: Ichiko Aoba, 2016 Japan Times interview

“I get most of my energy for creating stories from dreams.”

Ichiko Aoba, 2016. Photo by James Hadfield

Ichiko Aoba takes her seat at an old-fashioned coffee house in Shibuya, and places a sketchpad and a plump pouch of rolling tobacco on the table. During the hour-long conversation that follows, the tobacco goes untouched, but the sketchpad gets a thorough workout. As she talks, the 25-year-old singer-songwriter reflexively scribbles drawings and kanji characters to elucidate what she’s saying, the way a university lecturer might.