Tokyo Gigs September 2025

SEP 1 EIICHI HAYASHI/YUICHI USHIDA/KEIGO IWAMI/MASAKI NAGATA Chitei, Otsuka ¥3,000

SEP 1 YOAKE NO CHINDONYA, GAETAN NONCHALANT, &c. Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,000

SEP 2 OTOMO YOSHIHIDE'S NEW JAZZ QUINTET Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

SEP 2 FUTOSHI OKANO/RENA OTOHA, KAZUO IMAI, MN, &c. Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥3,000

SEP 2 ESV, MERMAID, ZOOCHEE4 Live Haus, Shimokitazawa ¥2,300

SEP 3 CAROLINE, KEI MATSUMARU WWW X, Shibuya ¥8,000

SEP 3 TAPEWORMS, METOME, TILL YAWUH, CWONDO (DJ), Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,300

SEP 3 NICOLE GLOVER TRIO Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥7,700

SEP 3 RYOSUKE KIYASU (SOLO) Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

SEP 4 ATSUHIRO ITO/YOKO HIGASHI, YVKO UNDER, THE OBEY UNIT, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000

SEP 4 JEREMY VINER/NATSUKI TAMURA/TETSU NAGASAWA Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

SEP 4 TURLCARLY, TETSURO FUJIMAKI, O'BO, RISA TAKEDA, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥1,500

SEP 4 MICHYO YAGI TRIO Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,500

SEP 4 OYUBI, MINAMI, TORU, FELINE Club Asia, Shibuya ¥1,000

SEP 4 CAMPANELLA (LIVE), ARU-2, KENGOTAKI, &c. Enter, Shibuya ¥2,000

SEP 4-6 GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥17,900-¥21,000

SEP 5 SÖNDÖRGÖ Haremame, Daikanyama ¥4,000

SEP 5 ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO UFO Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,000

SEP 5 SUBMERSE, AKIRA YAMANAKA, CHARLIE ABBOTT, &c. Knock, Koenji ¥1,000

SEP 5 JÚLIA KOFFLER/DIEGO BEHNKE, &c. Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,000

SEP 5 EIICHI HAYASHI/HIROSHI YAMAZAKI Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,500

SEP 5 AKUA Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥3,000 (night)

SEP 5 SANDRIEN, YSK, QMICO, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

SEP 5 MOODMAN, SHINSUKE GOTO, KOTSU, JAY ZIMMERMAN, &c. Club Asia, Shibuya ¥3,000

SEP 6 SLIGHT SLAPPERS, ENDON, HUSKING BEE, SEPPUKU PISTOLS, &c. Fever, Shindaita ¥3,500

SEP 6 TAKASHI TSUDA/YASUMUNE MORISHIGE Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

SEP 6 KARAVI ROUSHI, YUKKO! & PSYPAPA, FOX SPIRIT, &c. Heavy Sick Zero, Nakano ¥2,500

SEP 6 KENTARO HAYASHI, DUB-RUSSELL, KANNABI (DJ) Soup, Ochiai ¥2,500

SEP 6 THEO PARRISH (ALL NIGHT LONG) Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥6,000 (night)

SEP 6 DJ PYTHON, MAD MIRAN Vent, Omotesando ¥2,000

SEP 6 BAILEY IBBS, R1KU, ISSA, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,500

SEP 6 PASOCOM MUSIC CLUB, TAKKYU ISHINO, KEN ISHII, &c. Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥4,800 (night)

SEP 6 AOKI TAKAMASA, CHRUMI, RIRIKO, &c. Enter, Shibuya ¥2,000

SEP 7 CHAASE/AKIO JEIMUS/AQUILES HADJIS/&c. Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

SEP 7 RISA TAKEDA, YUMIKO TANAKA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

SEP 7 RAI TATEISHI, TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO/NANAO KOBAYASHI, &c. Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥2,800

SEP 8 APART, &c. Fever, Shindaita ¥3,500

SEP 7 NICOLE GLOVER TRIO Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥7,700

SEP 8 MARCO FIORINI/ANAÏS DEL SORDO/TETUZI AKIYAMA/&c. Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

SEP 8 PHIPT (KEN IKEDA/FUMI ENDO/MASATAKE ABE) Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,000

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

SEP 9 MASAYO KOKETSU/HIROSHI YAMAZAKI Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,500

SEP 10 TATSU/KOJI OHTA/LOUI YOSHIGAKI Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

SEP 10 YUKO IKEMA, MAMI YAMADA Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥3,000

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

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

SEP 11 JOHN ZORN'S COBRA (PROMPTER: KOICHI MAKIGAMI) Sengawa Theater ¥4,000

SEP 11 ERIC THIELEMANS/DAYSUKE TAKAOKA/MASAHIRO TOBITA/&c. Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,500

SEP 11 FARAQUET, SEMENTOS, MORETHAN Nine Spices, Shinjuku ¥6,500

SEP 11 TAKASHI UENO/MIRAI OUKURA, ATSUSHI TSUYAMA, &c. Aoyama Moonromantic ¥3,000

SEP 11 HANNA SCHÖRKEN, YOKO TOYOKAWA, YUKO YABE Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,000

SEP 12 KAFKA IBIKI/KOICHI MAKIGAMI Sengawa Theater ¥3,500 (afternoon)

SEP 12 UDAI SHIKA/KUNIKAZU TANAKA/NAOKO SATOH/&c. Sengawa Theater ¥3,500

SEP 12 MITSUHISA SAKAGUCHI/NAOKI NOMOTO/OKACHIHO Sengawa Theater ¥3,500

SEP 12 TATSUYA NAKAMURA/TATSUYA YOSHIDA UFO Club, Higashi-Koenji ¥3,500

SEP 12 HUGEN, VQ, MARUCOPOROPORO Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥2,500

SEP 12 HOSHII Haremame, Daikanyama Free (w/ drink order)

SEP 12 JOHN PLAZA, SO, KEITA, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

SEP 13 KOHSETSU IMANISHI/RHIZOTTOME/KO ISHIKAWA Sengawa Theater ¥3,500 (afternoon)

SEP 13 MAYUKO KATAKURA/MITSUHISA SAKAGUCHI/AKAIHIRUME/&c. Sengawa Theater ¥3,500

SEP 13 AKIRA SAKATA/GENE JACKSON/KIYOTO FUJIWARA Sengawa Theater ¥3,500

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

SEP 13 OTOBOKE BEAVER, VALKNEE Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,500

SEP 13 MERZBOW, MELT-BANANA, TATSUHIKO ASANO, SATOMIMAGAE, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥3,500

SEP 13 ARTURO LANZ, T.MIKAWA, BEING, SLIT THROATS, &c. Soup, Ochiai ¥3,500

SEP 13 DJ NOBU, DJ YAZI, KUGEL, &c. WWW X, Shibuya ¥3,000 (night)

SEP 13 PRASLEA, MASSA, JUNYA, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

SEP 13 DJ STRAWBERRY (LIVE), METOME (LIVE), DJ FULLTONO, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,500

SEP 13-14 ROBERT GLASPER Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥13,400-¥16,500

SEP 14 KOICHI MAKIGAMI/GREEMAN MITA/MAKOTO INOUE/&c. Sengawa Theater ¥3,500 (afternoon)

SEP 14 TOKUTARO HOSOI/TAKASHI HARADA/HIROMICHI SAKAMOTO Sengawa Theater ¥3,500

SEP 14 KOICHI MAKIGAMI/HIROMICHI SAKAMOTO/MITSUHISA SAKAGUCHI/&c. Sengawa Theater ¥3,500

SEP 14 ADAM GOLEBIEWSKI/YASUMUNE MORISHIGE/RIUICHI DAIJO Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

SEP 14 KIKI BAND Haremame, Daikanyama ¥4,500

SEP 14 OTOBOKE BEAVER, TV TAIRIKU ONDO Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,500

SEP 14 NICK YECK-STAUFFER/TETUZI AKIYAMA Gekkasha, Jimbocho ¥3,000

SEP 14 JUNJI HIROSE, MISAKI MOTOFUJI Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,000

SEP 14 TAKUMA WATANABE, TORSO, DJ YELLOWUHURU Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,000

SEP 14 TOT ORYX, SAYAKA BOTANIC, AKAIHIRUME, CHIRO (DJ) Soup, Ochiai ¥2,500

SEP 14 BOTSU VS DMT, LAUREN DUFFUS, EIJIN (DJ), &c. WWW β, Shibuya ¥2,800

SEP 14 TOMMY FOUR SEVEN, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

SEP 15 TOSHIYA TSUNODA Chitei, Otsuka Free (with drink order)

SEP 15 KA BAIRD/TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥4,000

SEP 15 MIHO WAKABAYASHI/TENKO/TATSUYA NAKAMURA/&c. Club Goodman, Akihabara ¥3,500

SEP 15 PARAQUET, MALEGOAT, MIRROR Fever, Shindaita ¥6,500

SEP 15 MARCO FIORINI/ANAÏS DEL SORDO/SHINPEI RUIKE Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

SEP 15 KIKI BAND Haremame, Daikanyama ¥4,500

SEP 15 FUGASI, YOYUUKU Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥3,000

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

SEP 16 PARAQUET, NINE DAYS WONDER Fever, Shindaita ¥6,500

SEP 16 HORSEGIRL WWW X, Shibuya ¥7,700

SEP 16 FABIANO DO NASCIMENTO Haremame, Daikanyama ¥5,500

SEP 16 ADAM GOLEBIEWSKI (SOLO) Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

SEP 16 KEIJI HAINO/VICTORIA SHEN, TATSUYA NAKAMURA, &c. Club Goodman, Akihabara ¥4,500

SEP 16 HANNA SCHÖRKEN/YUMIKO TANAKA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

SEP 17 HORSEGIRL Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥7,700

SEP 17 REMON NAKANISHI & SUZUMENO TEARS, NRQ Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,300

SEP 17 SHOJI HANO/SHINPEI RUIKE Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

SEP 17 TRIPLE FIRE, OOIOO Fever, Shindaita ¥3,900

SEP 17 SHOJI HANO/DAIRO SUGA/KENTARO NAKAO/&c. Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,500

SEP 17-18 ECHOES OF '70 PAVILIONS & ENVIRONMENTAL MUSIC Artware Hub, Nishi-Waseda ¥3,500

SEP 18 ERIC THIELEMANS/AKIRA SAKATA/TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA/&c. Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,500

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

SEP 18 RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ, MXXWLL (DJ) Aoyama Moonromantic ¥6,000

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

SEP 19 FUI, KAZUMICHI KOMATSU, YOLABMI, CELLULOSE (DJ), &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥TBC

SEP 19 NAILS, PALM, COFFINS, KING KILL Antiknock, Shinjuku ¥6,800

SEP 19 ENXIN/ONYX, LILII MAR, ZVIZMO, &c. Kagurane, Kagurazaka ¥3,800

SEP 19 ERIC THIELEMANS/HIROYUKI ISHIKAWA/TAKASHI SEO/&c. Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,500

SEP 19 ADAM GOLEBIEWSKI/KEIKO HIGUCHI, &c. Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

SEP 19 KIM LIGHTFOOT, DJ KOCO AKA SHIMOKITA, MINAMI, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

SEP 19 MARIUS BØ, DR. NISHIMURA, AKIE, &c. WWW β, Shibuya ¥2,500

SEP 19 DJ SHUFFLEMASTER, SUPERUSER, HAJIME KINOKO/TOKYO QQQ, &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥4,000

SEP 20 ECHINOCOCCUS, LESTER, CHATOE, BULBS OF PASSION Pool, Sakuradai ¥2,000

SEP 20 MASAMICHI KINOSHITA PLAYS TAIZO HIDA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,000

SEP 20 SCOT JENERIK, DIMMER (THOMAS DIMUZIO/JOSEPH HAMMER), &c. Soup, Ochiai ¥3,000

SEP 20 MOUNT KIMBIE (DJ), RRYOXYMORE & DJ PLEA, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥3,500

SEP 20 DJ KOZE, TOSHIYA KAWASAKI, KZA, &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥4,000

SEP 21 KEI MATSUMARU Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,000 (afternoon)

SEP 21 LAUSBUB Womb, Shibuya ¥4,800

SEP 21 TAKAKO MINEKAWA/TAKAHIRO KAWAGUCHI, JU-SEI Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,000

SEP 21 EIKO ISHIBASHI (SOLO) Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,500

SEP 21 TOMOKI TAI PLAYS TAIZO HIDA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,000

SEP 22 MOCKY, HOON WWW X, Shibuya ¥6,000

SEP 22 BIGYUKI, MXXWLL (DJ), RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ BAND, &c. Adrift, Shimokitazawa ¥7,700

SEP 22 FUMI ENDO, HAMACHI Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

SEP 22 POKETTO/EIKO ISHIBASHI Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,500

SEP 22 NICK WARREN, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

SEP 22 KHADIJA AL HANAFI, MIDORI, BRAIN NODE (LIVE), &c. WWW β, Shibuya ¥2,800

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

SEP 23 BIGYUKI/JHARIS YORKLEY, OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/KAHIMI KARIE, &c. Adrift, Shimokitazawa ¥12,100

SEP 23 AKIRA SAKATA/AMI YAMASAKI Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

SEP 23 KOKICHI YANAGISAWA/AI WATANABE/YOKO IKEDA Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

SEP 24 KOICHI MAKIGAMI/MASAYO KOKETSU/&c. Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥1,300 (afternoon)

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 24 AKIRA SAKATA/JIN HARADA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

SEP 24 TETUZI AKIYAMA/TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA/&c. Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,000

SEP 24 TOMI LEBRERO/TOMI MUTIO Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,500

SEP 24 LEIB (SOMMER/FERRARI/BRINER), FUKAFUKASASA Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,500

SEP 24 ODDGEIR BERG TRIO, &c. Haremame, Daikanyama ¥3,000

SEP 25 AKIRA SAKATA/KUNIKAZU TANAKA/TATSU/KOJI OHTA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

SEP 25 DAVE MOSS/RIUICHI DAIJO Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

SEP 25 LEIB, TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO/YUMA TAKESHITA Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

SEP 26 LEIB, THE RATEL, KYOSUKE TERADA/SAYAKA BOTANIC, O'BO Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥2,000

SEP 26 DYGL Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥5,000

SEP 26 SUBSONIC EYE, TEXAS 3000, SOCCER Three, Shimokitazawa ¥4,500

SEP 26 EDDIE PRÉVOST/SACHIKO M/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥4,000

SEP 26 YOMOYA, LOOLOWNINGEN & THE FAR EAST IDIOTS, SYAYOS Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,300

SEP 26 MEITEIMAHI Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,000

SEP 26 JUNJI HIROSE/SEO TAKASHI/YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,300

SEP 26 MATRIXXMAN, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

SEP 26 MADALBA, MARYISONACID, DSKE, &c. Enter, Shibuya ¥2,000

SEP 26 PANGAEA, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥2,500 (night)

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

SEP 27 SUBSONIC EYE, HAMMER HEAD SHARK, APRILBLUE, &c. Lush, Shibuya ¥4,500

SEP 27 EDDIE PRÉVOST/SACHIKO M, PRÉVOST/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥4,000

SEP 27 YUMIKO TANAKA/MASATAKE ABE/YUKIKO SHIINA SAKURAZAWA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

SEP 27 TAKASHI TSUDA/NAOTO YAMAGISHI Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

SEP 27 AKIRA SAKATA/KIYOHIKO SEMBA/CHIHIRO OHWADA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

SEP 27 TELEPHONES, BALDO, AL JONES, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

SEP 27 DENZEL CURRY, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥3,500 (night)

SEP 27-28 LANG LEE W/ UNNIE CHOIR Tokyo Kinema Club, Uguisudani ¥8,000

SEP 28 AMARO FREITAS Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥9,000

SEP 28 LINDA SMITH, PERVENCHE, RED GO-CART Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥3,000

SEP 28 YOSHIKI ICHIHARA/SATSUKI TSUCHIYA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

SEP 28 HOLLIE COOK, DR.IHARA (DJ), &c. Fever, Shindaita ¥6,500

SEP 28 DAVID TOOP/ANIA PSENITSNIKOVA/KEN IKEDA, JUN KITAMURA (DJ) Knock, Koenji ¥3,000

SEP 28 EDDIE PRÉVOST/KEI MATSUMARU, &c. Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥4,000

SEP 28 REONA/CHUCK BETTIS Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

SEP 28 RYUKI, SUWAWANDER (MINIMAL SET), FELINE (DJ), &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000

SEP 28 HIROYUKI NAGASHIMA, ARCHEUS, RINJI FUKUOKA/HIROYUKI NAGASHIMA Soup, Ochiai ¥2,500

SEP 28 VICTORIA SHEN/FUMI ENDO/RUBY NAKAMURA/PIKA/&c. Club Goodman, Akihabara ¥4,300

SEP 29 SALIF KEITA, PETER BARAKAN (DJ) WWW X, Shibuya ¥7,500/¥10,000

SEP 29 IRUKA PORISU, DSPS, GUIBA, HASHIRIKOMIES Aoyama Moonromantic ¥5,000

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

SEP 29 YANN JOUSSEIN/SHINPEI RUIKE/MAKI HACHIYA/&c. Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,500

SEP 30 IRUKA PORISU, DSPS, HOMECOMINGS Aoyama Moonromantic ¥5,000

SEP 30 ERIC THIELMANS, RIUICHI DAIJO, NAOTO YAMAGISHI Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

SEP 30 10KOPY (JULIA SHORTREED/KOPY), KAN KYO Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,000

SEP 30 MISAKI MOTOFUJI/ASAKA IGARASHI/TETSURO FUJIMAKI Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥3,000

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

Tokyo Gigs October 2025

OCT 3 LANG LEE/HYEJI LEE Gloria Chapel, Shinagawa ¥6,000

OCT 3 MIZUKI AITA PERCUSSION RECITAL Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall, Ueno ¥3,000

OCT 3 JOACHIM BARDENHORST/NANAO KOBAYASHI/AKAIHIRUME Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

OCT 3 DIMMER, SCOT JENERIK, THOMAS DIMUZIO, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥1,500

OCT 3 ZERO T, AYA, FONTS, VELOCITY, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,500

OCT 3 DJ DEEP, GONNO, VOYAGE VOYAGE, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥2,500 (night)

OCT 4 VINICIUS CAJADO/ATSUKO HATANO/NAOTO YAMAGISHI Gekkasha, Jimbocho ¥TBA

OCT 4 SKIN ON SKIN, TOHJI, UNDERSCORE, FUMIYA TANAKA, &c. Odaiba Aomi Area P Sector ¥9,000

OCT 4 DJ NOBU, GÁBOR LÁZAR, LYNNE & O-MA, &c. Unit, Daikanyama ¥4,500

OCT 5 LINDA SMITH, IAN SCHLEIN, USURABI Ongaku No Jikan, Mitaka ¥TBA

OCT 5 ZOMBIE-CHANG Wall&Wall, Omotesando ¥4,000

OCT 6 RILEY BANHART GEORGESON, YUMA ABE (BAND SET) WWW X, Shibuya ¥8,000

OCT 6 JAKOB BRO/MIDORI TAKADA Tessen-kai Noh Theater Training Hall, Minami-Aoyama ¥10,000

OCT 7 DMBQ, OOIOO, HOON Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥4,500

OCT 7 JUNNA & FOLK SHOW CREW Haremame, Daikanyama ¥3,000

OCT 7 BIG GHOST (AKIRA SAKATA/YONG YANDSEN/&c.) Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥4,500

OCT 7 MITCH & MITCH/TAKEO TOYAMA Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥3,000

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

OCT 8 RYOSUKE KIYASU (SOLO) Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

OCT 8 GIA MARGARET Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan, Nishi-Ikebukuro ¥8,000

OCT 8 BLACK ZENITH/CAL LYALL, TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA/AKIO JEIMUS Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,500

OCT 8-10 KASSA OVERALL Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥8,800

OCT 9 FLORIAN FAVRE, &c. Haremame, Daikanyama ¥3,000

OCT 9 FELBM, H.TAKAHASHI Yodobashi Church, Okubo ¥7,000

OCT 9 BLACK ZENITH, FALLOPIAN DISCO FORCE, ZVIZMO, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,500

OCT 10 REONA/KOJI OHTA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

OCT 11 ENVY, WORLD'S END GIRLFRIEND, BACHO Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥6,000

OCT 11 DRUNKEN FOREST/YU OGU, STRAYTONE/MASAYA KATO, &c. Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,000

OCT 12 BERT SEAGER TRIO FEAT. KAZUMI IKENAGA Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥4,000 (afternoon)

OCT 12 YAHYEL Zepp Shinjuku ¥6,000

OCT 12 SHOJI HANO/KATSUO KUNINAKA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

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 13 KOTA YAMAUCHI/ASUKA MORI/RYOTARO MIYASAKA Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

OCT 14 VINICIUS CAJADO/AKIRA SAKATA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

OCT 15 TERJE ISUNGSET Haremame, Daikanyama ¥4,000

OCT 15 SEIICHI YAMAMOTO Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

OCT 15 AKIRA SAKATA/VINICIUS CAJADO/TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

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

OCT 17 ANGIE MCMAHON Unit, Daikanyama ¥7,000

OCT 17 NTSKI Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥3,000

OCT 18 MIYAMA MCQUEEN-TOKITA, TADAHIKO YOKOGAWA Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥3,000

OCT 18 RYOJI IKEDA, RYOTO & THE FRANCHISE OWNER, DOS MONOS, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥9,500

OCT 19 TATSUO KONDO/SACHIKO M/NAOKO ETO Koen-Dori Classics, Shibuya ¥3,500 (afternoon)

OCT 19 MEI EHARA WWW X, Shibuya ¥4,500

OCT 19 YUMA TAKESHITA, TADAHIKO YOKOGAWA Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥3,000

OCT 19 AKAIHIRUME/CARL STONE Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

OCT 20 ANNIE & THE CALDWELLS Duo Music Exchange, Shibuya ¥7,000

OCT 20 HIATUS KAIYOTE Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥11,000

OCT 20 PEARL & THE OYSTERS, CHO CO PA CO CHO CO QUIN QUIN Fever, Shindaita ¥6,000

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

OCT 21 GLASS BEAMS Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥8,800

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

OCT 23 KEIJI HAINO, SHUN IKEGAI BAND Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,300

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

OCT 25 FINALBY () Zepp Shinjuku ¥6,500

OCT 25 CHAMPION, NOWAY, VECSILLE, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥3,500

OCT 26 PERSIAN EMPIRE, SUBLETVIS, SOFHESO, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000

OCT 28 SEPPUKU PISTOLS, KENTA NAKAGOME, MARS89, &c. WWW, Shibuya ¥5,500

OCT 28-29 AROOJ AFTAB Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥9,400-¥13,500

OCT 29 ENJI Baroom, Minami-Aoyama ¥8,000

OCT 29 TAKETERU KUDO/EIICHI HAYASHI/AKIHIRO ISHIWATARI Za-Koenji Public Theatre ¥4,000

OCT 30 YUTA ORISAKA SWU Hitomi Memorial Hall, Sangenjaya ¥6,800

OCT 31 SAGE HARDWARE, EULALIE, ANALSKULLFUCK, &c. Higashi-Koenji 20,000V ¥2,500

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 1 TAKETERU KUDO/YASUAKI SHIMIZU/CARL STONE Za-Koenji Public Theatre ¥4,000

NOV 2 HIROKO YAMAMURA, RISA TANIGUCHI, SAMO Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥5,500

NOV 2 JIKSEONG LEE COLLECTIVE, IN THE SUN, KASAI, &c. Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,000

NOV 3 NO.9 ORCHESTRA, HIROSHI WATANABE AKA KAITO, &c. Wall&Wall, Omotesando ¥4,000

NOV 5 PARLOR GREENS Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥7,000

NOV 5 ANAIIS & GRUPO COSMO, SESSA WWW X, Shibuya ¥8,000

NOV 6 ASOUND, TAMTAM Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,500

NOV 6 ANORAK!, TEXAS 3000 WWW, Shibuya ¥3,500

NOV 8 SHIN-ONSAI 2025: TAKKYU ISHINO, SUNNY DAY SERVICE, &c. Loft, &c., Shinjuku ¥4,000

NOV 8 PRAHA DEPART, LOUPX GAROUX, THE HALCYON Club Goodman, Akihabara ¥3,500

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

NOV 10 THE DARE, PENPALS Fever, Shindaita ¥4,500

NOV 12 MAGNÚS JÓHANN/ÓSKAR GUÐJÓNSSON Haremame, Daikanyama ¥3,500

NOV 14 SE SO NEON The Garden Hall, Ebisu ¥8,800

NOV 14 DEERHOOF, OONO YUUKI BAND Fever, Shindaita ¥5,800

NOV 14 MAYA ONGAKU, TOMO KATSURADA/JONNY NASH/KOTSUGUY Sogetsu Hall, Akasaka ¥5,000

NOV 15 SHONEN KNIFE Club Goodman, Akihabara ¥5,000

NOV 16 CHIP WICKHAM Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥7,000

NOV 17 DEERHOOF, HAINO KEIJI & THE HARDY ROCKS Fever, Shindaita ¥5,800

NOV 19 ADRIAN SHERWOOD (LIVE), MAD PROFESSOR, DENNIS BOVELL (DJ) EX Theater Roppongi ¥8,800

NOV 20 MARTIN MESSIER, EIKO ISHIBASHI/JIM O'ROURKE/JOE TALIA WWW, Shibuya ¥4,000

NOV 21 GOAT (JP), ALVA NOTO, GEZAN, MACHÌNA, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥4,000

NOV 22 NONOTAK, DAITO MANABE, JACQUES GREENE/NOSAJ THING, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥4,000

NOV 23 KYOKA/AMI KUSAKARI, OPEN REEL ENSEMBLE, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥4,000

NOV 25 L'IMPÉRATRICE Kanda Square Hall ¥9,500

NOV 25 PET SYMMETRY Fever, Shindaita ¥5,500

NOV 26 PARK STICKNEY Haremame, Daikanyama ¥3,000

NOV 26 ALEXANDRA GRIMAL/TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO/FUMI ENDO Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥3,000

NOV 27 PUULUUP Aoyama Moonromantic ¥5,500

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

NOV 28 BALMING TIGER Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥7,500

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 8 DELTA SLEEP, MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS, &c. Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥4,900

DEC 8 KEIICHI SOKABE, YUKO IKEMA La.mama, Shibuya ¥4,500

DEC 9 SAYA GRAY Duo Music Exchange, Shibuya ¥7,700

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

DEC 10 HARU NEMURI WWW, Shibuya ¥4,000

DEC 11 CHANMINA, HANA, HITSUJIBUNGAKU, &c. Tokyo Garden Theater, Ariake ¥11,000

DEC 11 KIYOHIKO SEMBA, KOKAI SHAKO Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥3,500

DEC 16-17 GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR Kanda Square Hall ¥9,500

DEC 22 KAZUKI TOMOKAWA, KATSUREI, SOUICHI FUTABA Haremame, Daikanyama ¥4,000

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

Tokyo Gigs January 2026

JAN 4 PET SHOP BOYS, UNDERWORLD, KNEECAP, &c. Makuhari Messe, Chiba ¥19,500

JAN 19 MOMMA Space Odd, Daikanyama ¥7,000

JAN 21 BAR ITALIA Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥8,400

JAN 22 MEN I TRUST, MEI SEMONES Tokyo Garden Theater, Ariake ¥9,800/¥11,000

JAN 23 MEI SEMONES Duo Music Exchange, Shibuya ¥7,800

JAN 23-24 KAKU P-MODEL Toyosu Pit ¥7,700

JAN 27 VIAGRA BOYS Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥7,800

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

Tokyo Gigs February 2026

FEB 1 MEI SEMONES Duo Music Exchange, Shibuya ¥7,800

FEB 4 AUTECHRE Zepp Divercity, Odaiba ¥8,800

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

FEB 18 WET LEG Toyosu Pit ¥8,800

FEB 19-20 GEESE Space Odd, Daikanyama ¥6,000

FEB 21-22 MAC DEMARCO Kanda Square Hall ¥8,500

FEB 27 LOLOET WWW, Shibuya ¥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 – 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.

From the archives: Fishmans, 2019 Japan Times interview

“We were ‘just doing it,’ but ‘just doing it’ takes real single-mindedness”

Kin-ichi Motegi of Fishmans, 2019. Photo by James Hadfield

In the eternal present of modern listening, when the entire history of recorded sound is just a few clicks away, some music reverberates for longer. That’s been the case with Fishmans, a cult 1990s act whose blend of dub rhythms and dream-pop reverie continues to lure new fans 20 years after the untimely death of frontman Shinji Sato.

Though they were able to sell out 2,000-capacity venues in their prime, Fishmans never enjoyed widespread commercial success. In an era when Japan’s top-selling artists were shifting millions of copies, they barely registered in the Oricon charts.

From the archives: Keiji Haino, 2017 Japan Times interview

“The difference is awareness”

Photograph by Kazuyuki Funaki

“I don’t want people to treat me like a god,” says Keiji Haino, chuckling. “I want to be a bad boy, right until the end.”

An audience with the 65-year-old iconoclast, a towering figure on Japan’s underground music scene, is always memorable. When I meet him at a coffee shop in Kawagoe, ostensibly to talk about the vinyl reissue of his 1981 studio debut, Watashi Dake? (“Only Me?”), the conversation sprawls for well over two hours.