Tokyo Gigs February 2026

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

FEB 1 KEIJI HAINO/GIOVANNI DI DOMENICO/TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥4,000

FEB 1 DAVID BINNEY/LOUIS COLE/PERA KRSTAJIC Cotton Club, Marunouchi ¥8,500/¥11,000

FEB 1 SLOW CRUSH, ANORAK! Nine Spices, Shinjuku ¥6,000

FEB 1 AYUMI ISHITO/AYAKO KANDA/YUMA TAKESHITA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

FEB 1 OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/HIROSHI YAMAZAKI Baroom, Minami-Aoyama ¥5,000

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

FEB 1 2BD (SUGAR YOSHINAGA/YUMIKO OHNO) Polaris, Minami-Aoyama ¥4,500

FEB 2 SLOW CRUSH, SANS VISAGE Shelter, Shimokitazawa ¥6,000

FEB 2 KANKI GENSUKE 3/GIOVANNI DI DOMENICO Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,500

FEB 2 KANAKO NUMATA/TAKASHI MASUBUCHI Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

FEB 2 RUBBER SNAKE CHARMERS, AZARAK, BLASTING ROD Fever, Shindaita ¥3,400

FEB 2 AYUMI ISHITO/KEN IKEDA/MASATAKE ABE Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

FEB 3 SHOJI HANO/MAKOTO KAWABATA/MITSURU TABATA Polaris, Minami-Aoyama ¥3,500

FEB 3 SHOKO NAGAI/KOTA YAMAZAKI/YUMIKO TANAKA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

FEB 3 EPHEMEGRA, POMKAN, SUPPA MICRO PANCHOP, &c. Live Haus, Shimokitazawa ¥2,300

FEB 3 AKIRA SAKATA/GIOVANNI DI DOMENICO Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,500

FEB 3 LILIUM, REMON NAKANISHI & SUZUME NO TEARS Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,500

FEB 4 AUTECHRE, KOHEI MATSUNAGA Zepp Divercity, Odaiba ¥8,800

FEB 4 ERMHOI, MILAN.RING, NTSKI (DJ) Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,000

FEB 4 RYOSUKE KIYASU (SOLO) Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

FEB 4 MASAHIKO SATOH/BENISUKE SAKAI/HIDEO YAMAKI Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

FEB 4 BEANSCLUB, COMMUTED, KEITO ADACHI, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,300

FEB 4-5 NELS CLINE CONSENTRIK QUARTET Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥8,800

FEB 5 KOENJI HYAKKEI Koenji High ¥4,000

FEB 5 TEXPACK, AONI, PAVILION, DEAD BY INCHES Nine Spices, Shinjuku ¥3,500

FEB 5 ETHEL MESERVE, THE CABS Fever, Shindaita ¥6,800

FEB 5 GHOST-NOTE Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥8,900-¥11,600

FEB 5 MASAHIKO SATOH/YOICHI OKABE/SHINICHI KATO Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

FEB 5 GIOVANNI DI DOMENICO/TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

FEB 6 SOICHI TERADA, IMAI, E.O.U (DJ), FELINE (DJ) WWW, Shibuya ¥3,500

FEB 6 SAINKHO NAMTCHYLAK/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE Umewaka Noh Theatre, Nakano ¥4,500

FEB 6 CATERINA DE NICOLA, NVR, TZII, KEI KOBAYASHI (DJ), &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000

FEB 6 HAMACHI, YAGIHIROMI Polaris, Minami-Aoyama ¥3,000

FEB 6 STURLE DAGSLAND, KOPY, SHOKA SUGANO & ONIOKOZE Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,000

FEB 6 TROTH, GO HIRANO/TOMOHIKO GONDO/TAKASHI UENO, TORSO Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,500

FEB 6 MASAHIKO SATOH/ROGER TURNER Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥5,000

FEB 6 KAMELIIA, TASHA, ERIMIYA, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

FEB 6 ESKHA, EMILIO, PARTY FISH, STRATAH, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥3,000

FEB 6 DOS MONOS, ODD FOOT WORKS, THE ORAL CIGARETTES, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥5,800 (night)

FEB 6-7 AVISHAI COHEN NEW TRIO Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥11,800

FEB 7 TENORS IN CHAOS, FREEDOM RIDERS WWW X, Shibuya ¥7,500 (afternoon)

FEB 7 TOKYO GAKUSO: NEW YEAR'S GAGAKU Suntory Hall, Akasaka ¥3,000-¥6,500

FEB 7 THE ALBUM LEAF, JEJUNE, ETHEL MESERVE Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥TBA

FEB 7 TG.ATLAS, UNRIPE, ROJIN NO SHIGOTO, &c. Nine Spices, Shinjuku ¥3,400

FEB 7 TAIGEN KAWABE, TEMPLE OV SUBSONIC YOUTH Polaris, Minami-Aoyama ¥3,500

FEB 7 TOKYO MINYO CLUB Baroom, Minami-Aoyama ¥5,000

FEB 7 HAMACHI/ITOKEN Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

FEB 7 KAZUMI TAKEI/SHIBATETSU/SHINICHIRO YAMAZAKI/&c. Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥2,500

FEB 7 NAO YOSHIOKA, KIEFER WWW X, Shibuya ¥7,500 (evening)

FEB 7 HAMDI, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥TBC

FEB 7 ANDREY KLING, ILDAR IKSANOV, VASYA SAIKO, YOLABMI, &c. Bonobo, Harajuku ¥2,500

FEB 7 ROZA TERENZI, GENKI TANAKA, GOLD PHASE, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

FEB 7 AURORA HALAL, DJ MARIA, DJRUM, PRIORI (LIVE), &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥4,000

FEB 7 OBJEKT X CCL (ALL NIGHT), ZUNDOKO DISCO, RYOGO, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥4,000

FEB 8 TG.ATLAS, UNRIPE, AKUTAGAWA Shelter, Shimokitazawa ¥3,400 (afternoon)

FEB 8 ANGELIKA NIESCIER/SATOKO FUJII/NATSUKI TAMURA Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,500 (afternoon)

FEB 8 NOTHING, WHIRR, ENVY Unit, Daikanyama ¥9,000

FEB 8 NERVE, MOXUS, CHIHO OKA, SUZUERI/NOBUKI NISHIYAMA, &c. Soup, Ochiai ¥2,000

FEB 8 HAMACHI/MASAHIDE TOKUNAGA/LEO OKAGAWA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

FEB 8-10 AVISHAI COHEN QUINTET Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥11,800

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

FEB 9 NOTHING, WHIRR, YURAGI Fever, Shindaita ¥9,000

FEB 9 BONJINTAN (SAKATA/O'ROURKE/DI DOMENICO/YAMAMOTO) Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,800

FEB 9 TAMANARAMEN, POISON GIRL FRIEND WWW, Shibuya ¥3,500

FEB 9 HAMACHI/RYOTARO MIYASAKA/MISAKI MOTOFUJI Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

FEB 10 INFINITY SONG Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥11,200-¥13,900

FEB 10 SHOJI HANO/FLORIAN STOFFNER/SHINPEI RUIKE Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,500

FEB 10 ERMHOI, MASAMI TAKASHIMA Polaris, Minami-Aoyama ¥3,500

FEB 10 JUNJI HIROSE/SAGAYUKI/RIUICHI DAIJO Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

FEB 10 OTTO BENSON, AYA GLOOMY, ERRYM, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥3,000

FEB 10 MAX COOPER (3D/AV LIVE SHOW) Unit, Daikanyama ¥5,000

FEB 10 ALDONNA, LIQUID EARTH, AL JONES, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,800

FEB 11 MANABU SUZUKI/WAKANA IKEDA Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

FEB 11 SACHIKO M Polaris, Minami-Aoyama ¥3,000

FEB 11 NAOTO YAMAGISHI/RIUICHI DAIJO Permian, Meguro ¥1,000-¥3,000

FEB 12 MONO NO AWARE, DOS MONOS, GOTCH Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥6,500

FEB 12 PETERPARKER69, SUSHIBOYS WWW X, Shibuya ¥5,000

FEB 12 AYAMI SUZUKI, RISA TAKEDA Polaris, Minami-Aoyama ¥3,500

FEB 12 JESSE RUINS, MOMONESUKO, PUKHA PUKHA, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000

FEB 12 FLORIAN STOFFNER/SHOJI HANO Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

FEB 12 NAO TAKEUCHI/TOMOAKI BABA QUINTET Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

FEB 13 MOE, MERZBOW, TRIADOF13TH, LFQ, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥3,300

FEB 13 250, STUTS, ICHIKO AOBA/KEIGO OYAMADA/U-ZHAAN, &c. Spotify O-East, &c., Shibuya ¥8,800

FEB 13 COURTNEY BAILEY, &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥3,000

FEB 13 SHHHHH, KABUTO, CONNOR Mitsuki, Shibuya ¥2,000

FEB 13 ALEX KASSIAN, SPRING CHILD, KASUMISTY, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

FEB 14 THE GENBAKU ONANIES, FORWARD, THE SLOMOTIONS, &c. Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥2,900

FEB 14 AT HER OPEN DOOR, RYECROFT, HOSHINA ANNIVERSARY, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,700

FEB 14 ROUJIN NO SHIGOTO, THE DEAD PAN SPEAKERS, HEBI KATANA, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥4,500

FEB 14 QUANTUM ARIA (CARL STONE/AKAIHIRUME) Polaris, Minami-Aoyama ¥3,500

FEB 14 SESSHOW NI ZETSUBOW, HANAZONO DISTANCE, &c. Nanahari, Hatchobori ¥2,800

FEB 14 MAIN PHASE, OGASAWARA, VECSILLE, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥3,000

FEB 15 YOKUJITSU, CUSPER, RERUN LANCE, PRAYMATE Soup, Ochiai ¥2,500

FEB 15 ACADEMY FIGHT SONG, NINE DAYS WONDER, MELT-BANANA, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥4,500

FEB 15 GUITAR ENSEMBLE NEGISHI Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

FEB 15 ENTH, HOTVOX, LILBESH RAMKO, PETERPARKER69, UNHOLY11 Unit, Daikanyama ¥4,500

FEB 16 SIX SCORE, ABC BUTCHER, SESTEAR Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥2,500

FEB 16 BRIAN FOG, △△△, ENTANGLE, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000

FEB 17 FRANKIE COSMOS, YANUSHI WWW X, Shibuya ¥7,500

FEB 18 WET LEG Toyosu Pit ¥8,800

FEB 18 LUCY DACUS Zepp Shinjuku ¥8,500

FEB 18 REONA/AKIRA SAKATA Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,500

FEB 19 ALEX G EX Theater, Roppongi ¥8,000/¥9,000

FEB 19 PINKPANTHERESS Toyosu Pit ¥12,800/¥32,800

FEB 19 BIGYUKI, WNFU, TOYO Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥4,800

FEB 19 MARINERO, JUAN LUIS GUZMAN, SHIN MIYATA, &c. Haremame, Daikanyama ¥2,000

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

FEB 20 MISAKI MOTOFUJI/TADAHIKO YOKOGAWA Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,000

FEB 20 JAVI.APART, AMEEVA, MENOU Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥2,500

FEB 20 BARA ZMEKOVA TRIO W/ KEI MATSUMARU Aoyama Moonromantic ¥3,800

FEB 20 NUJABES TRIBUTE: DJ KRUSH, DJ CHIKA, DJ MINOYAMA, &c. Wall&Wall, Omotesando ¥4,500

FEB 21 MASASHI YAMAMOTO/TETSU NAGASAWA/SHIBATETSU Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

FEB 21 AKIO JEIMUS/TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA/TETUZI AKIYAMA Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥3,000

FEB 21 SAKURAN-ZENSEN, TV TAIRIKU ONDO Red Cloth, Shinjuku ¥3,800

FEB 21 AKIRA SAKATA/YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI/DAISUKE FUJIWARA/&c. Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

FEB 21 MOE, PAINJERK, SHINJI WADA/TOXOBAM, &c. Soup, Ochiai ¥3,000

FEB 21 NECTAX, MANTRA, SUMO JUNGLE (LIVE), &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥3,000

FEB 21 DJ DUSTIN, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

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

FEB 22 FUMI ENDO Polaris, Minami-Aoyama ¥2,000 (afternoon)

FEB 22 ROJIN NO SHIGOTO, KANDARIVAS, BELMADIGULA, &c. Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥3,500

FEB 22 DOWSER, H. NAGASHIMA/M. TERAI/R. FUKUOKA Club Doctor, Ogikubo ¥3,000

FEB 22 GURO MOE/HAVARD SKASET/MASAHIRO TOBITA/&c. Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

FEB 22 TOXIDO MASK, YUKIMASA, DJ ZEN, &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥2,500

FEB 22 GARDNA, KLINICAL, WINGZ, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥2,000

FEB 23 FRANKIE COSMOS Fever, Shindaita ¥7,500

FEB 22 SHDW, DRUNKEN KONG, JIT, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥3,000

FEB 23 BARANAMBU, MAJUTSU NO NIWA Club Doctor, Ogikubo ¥3,000

FEB 23 GURO MOE/AKIRA SAKATA/IKURO TAKAHASHI/&c. Bar Isshee, Sendagi ¥500 + tip

FEB 24 THE BETHS WWW X, Shibuya ¥7,500

FEB 24 KAZUO IMAI TRIO, PRO ET CONTRA TOKYO UNIT/JUN MORITA Club Doctor, Ogikubo ¥3,000

FEB 24-26 BUTCHER BROWN Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥8,800

FEB 25 BEHEMOTH, NIDHOGG Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥12,000

FEB 25 NĒNĒZ Haremame, DaikanVyama ¥5,200

FEB 25 DUSTIN WONG, TATSUHISA YAMAMOTO Hako Gallery, Yoyogi-Uehara ¥3,000

FEB 26 DOGO, DOS MONOS/KEI MATSUMARU WWW, Shibuya ¥3,500

FEB 26 SHINPEI RUIKE/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,850

FEB 26 COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT, UNTITLED01, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,500

FEB 27 LOLOET WWW, Shibuya ¥4,000

FEB 27 SOUMBALGWANG, FUJAYOH, PROM, &c. Nine Spices, Shinjuku ¥2,800

FEB 27 ALMA, AYAMI SUZUKI, HARRISSON (DJ), &c. Knock, Koenji ¥2,000

FEB 27 KEIKO HIGUCHI/TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA/&c. Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥3,000

FEB 27 KEN ISHII Kata, Ebisu ¥4,000

FEB 27 SATURN, KENYU, HAYATO, SHIMPEI WATANABE, &c. Forestlimit, Hatagaya ¥2,000 (night)

FEB 27 LOEK FREY, BRENT JACKO, OCCA, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,000

FEB 28 324, SWARRRM, BROB, AKBK, OTUS Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥3,500

FEB 28 HAKUSHI HASEGAWA, PAS TASTA, PETERPARKER69, &c. Zepp Shinjuku ¥6,600

FEB 28 MASAMICHI KINOSHITA, MAHAKIT MAHANIRANON/YUJI ISHIHARA Ftarri, Suidobashi ¥2,500

FEB 28 DAISUKE FUWA/HIDEKI TACHIBANA/TETSU HIROSAWA/&c. Knuttel House, Iriya ¥2,500

FEB 28 SHINO YANAI, KEN IKEDA Otooto, Higashi-kitazawa ¥TBC

FEB 28 CHANGSIE, DJ HEALTHY, K WATA, SIMO CELL (LIVE), &c. WWW β, Shibuya ¥2,800

FEB 28 ELEVATOR (FFAN/YAMARCHY), KYOMI, KABUTO, &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥3,000

FEB 28 DORISBURG (LIVE), LAURA BCR, YUTA, &c. Vent, Omotesando ¥2,500

FEB 28 GOLDIE, AK SPORTS, &c. Circus Tokyo, Shibuya ¥3,500

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

Tokyo Gigs March 2026

MAR 1 SATOKO INOUE PIANO RECITAL: WORKS BY JO KONDO Suntory Hall, Akasaka ¥4,000

MAR 1 SHOJI HANO/KENTARO NAKAO/SHINPEI RUIKE/CAL LYALL Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,500

MAR 3 LUCA DELPHI/HIROKI CHIBA/KOTA YAMAUCHI/YATCHI Haremame, Daikanyama ¥4,800

MAR 4 ALEX VENTLING WAVEMAKERS, &c. Haremame, Daikanyama ¥4,000

MAR 4 SHALLOW LEVÉE, TOCAGO Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,500

MAR 4-5 FERGUS MCREADIE TRIO Cotton Club, Marunouchi ¥7,700-¥10,500

MAR 6 JUNJI HIROSE/YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI/MITSURU NASUNO/&c. Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥3,300

MAR 6 PARANOID LONDON (LIVE), DAVE HARVEY, SISI, &c. Womb, Shibuya ¥3,000

MAR 6-9 PINO PALLADINO/BLAKE MILLS/CHRIS DAVE/&c. Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥12,800

MAR 7 MANI NEUMEIER/KAZUHIDE YAMAJI/MITSURU TABATA UFO Club, Higashi-Koenji ¥3,500

MAR 7 GTO TRIO Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥7,700

MAR 8 ARTURO LANZ, PAINJERK, RADIO ENSEMBLES AIIDA, &c. Soup, Ochiai ¥3,000

MAR 8 BLACK BOBOI, LAUSBUB, COMPUMA (DJ) Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,500

MAR 9 MONETOCHKA Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥14,500

MAR 9 OTOMO YOSHIHIDE SPECIAL BIG BAND Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥6,600

MAR 10 FROST CHILDREN Space Odd, Daikanyama ¥7,000

MAR 12 KIM OKI LUV LUV, NRQ Aoyama Moonromantic ¥4,500

MAR 12-16 ROBERT GLASPER PIANO TRIO Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥14,000

MAR 13 ODISSEE & GOOD COMPNY, DJ MURO Unit, Daikanyama ¥6,000

MAR 13 WAGANE NDIAYE ROSE/OMAR GAINDEFALL/FALLOU SECK/&c. Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

MAR 15 GLIXEN Nine Spices, Shinjuku ¥7,000

MAR 15 JOHN CARROLL KIRBY Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥8,400-¥12,000

MAR 15 TENKO/PIKA/TATSUYA YOSHIDA/KENTARO NAKAO/&c. Club Goodman, Akihabara ¥4,500

MAR 16 GLIXEN, &c. Fever, Shindaita ¥7,000

MAR 16 ACID MOTHERS GURU GURU UFO Club, Higashi-Koenji ¥3,500

MAR 16 SILKE EBERHARD/NIKOLAUS NEUSER/TAKASHI SEO/&c. Shichoshitsu, Jimbocho ¥3,500

MAR 17-18 SAM GREENFIELD Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥8,800

MAR 18 KAZUTOKI UMEZU/FUMIO ITABASHI/NOBUYOSHI INO Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

MAR 18 TAKAHIRO ARAI/U-ZHAAN Haremame, Daikanyama ¥4,000

MAR 19 KAZUTOKI UMEZU/RYUICHI YOSHIDA/IPPEI KATO/&c. Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

MAR 21 TAEKO KURITA/KEIGO IWAMI/AKIRA SOTOYAMA Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥2,500 (afternoon)

MAR 21 KOJI SHISHIDO/SEIICHI YAMAMOTO/YUKI KANEKO UFO Club, Higashi-Koenji ¥3,500

MAR 21 KOMATCHA KLEZMER Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥4,400

MAR 21-23 LISA LOEB Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥9,900

MAR 22 SETAGAYA TRIO Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥2,500 (afternoon)

MAR 22 DANNY JIN, FLESH ON STAGE, WORST PARTY EVER, &c. Koenji High ¥3,000

MAR 23 TODD RUNDGREN NHK Hall, Shibuya ¥14,800-¥19,800

MAR 25 TOE, DAICHI YAMAMOTO Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥6,000

MAR 25 TEXAS 3000, DJ BOTSU AKA NGS WWW, Shibuya ¥3,000

MAR 25 ACIDCLANK, GLANS, BYORA, MICHIKA (DJ) Fever, Shindaita ¥3,000

MAR 28 AKIRA SAKATA/NANA OMORI/MANABU SAKATA Pit Inn, Shinjuku ¥5,500

MAR 28 RPR SOUNDSYSTEM (RHADOO/PETRE INSPIRESCU/RARESH), &c. Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥6,500

MAR 28 CAMPANELLA W/ SHOBBIECONZ, &c. Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥4,800 (night)

MAR 29 KOTO TANAKA (BAND SET), EIKO ISHIBASHI Kata, Ebisu ¥3,800

MAR 31 TAEKO ONUKI & YAMAGEN Billboard Live, Roppongi ¥8,600-¥11,300

MAR 31 JUN TOGAWA Tokyo Kinema Club, Uguisudani ¥6,500

MAR 31 NATION OF LANGUAGE Space Odd, Daikanyama ¥8,800

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

Tokyo Gigs April 2026

APR 1 PUMA BLUE Zepp Shinjuku ¥7,800

APR 2 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER Zepp Divercity, Odaiba ¥8,800

APR 2 DILLINGER FOUR, BABY LITTLE TABLETS, GAME & CHIPS, &c. Fever, Shindaita ¥7,500

APR 2-4 ISAIAH COLLIER Cotton Club, Marunouchi ¥7,700-¥10,500

APR 4 HIYAMUTA KEI BAND, PRAHA DEPART Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥3,500

APR 5 THE JOHN OTWAY BAND Koenji High ¥6,800

APR 5-6 THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama ¥8,800

APR 6 FOLK BITCH TRIO WWW, Shibuya ¥7,000

APR 7 THE WANNADIES, LOVELY SUMMER CHAN Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥9,500

APR 9 STELLA DONNELLY Duo Music Exchange, Shibuya ¥6,800

APR 10 MAYHEM Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥9,800

APR 10 DADDY G, DON LETTS Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥6,500 (night)

APR 13 HONG KONG FUCK YOU, ABIGAIL, MERZBOW, &c. Earthdom, Shin-Okubo ¥5,000

APR 13 OTOBOKE BEAVER Spotify O-East, Shibuya ¥4,000

APR 15 HEART TO GOLD, HAIKI Spread, Shimokitazawa ¥5,000

APR 16 FOUR TET Toyosu Pit ¥8,800

APR 19 HEART TO GOLD, HAIKI Nine Spices, Shinjuku ¥5,000

APR 20 EDDIE VEDDER Tokyo Garden Theater, Ariake ¥16,000/¥19,000

APR 23 INCAPACITANTS/MASATAKA FUJIKAKE/JUNJI HIROSE, KIRIHITO, &c. Showboat, Koenji ¥3,000

APR 24 SHAME Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥7,500

APR 26 SENSELESS APOCALYPSE, ANATOMIA, NEPENTHES, COFFINS, &c. Bush Bash, Koiwa ¥2,500

APR 27 NAPALM DEATH, MERZBOW, GROWL THE CLOWN Club Quattro, Shibuya ¥9,800

APR 29 ARNY MARGARET, ÅLBORG Three, Shimokitazawa ¥5,500

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

Tokyo Gigs May 2026

MAY 1-2 KRAFTWERK SGC Hall Ariake ¥19,000/¥20,000

MAY 3 KEIJI HAINO Showboat, Koenji ¥5,000

MAY 4 DURAN, BORIS Fever, Shindaita ¥5,000

MAY 5 SPARKS, CORNELIUS SGC Hall Ariake ¥11,000-¥16,000

MAY 6 SPARKS Duo Music Exchange, Shibuya ¥12,000

MAY 7 HOT MULLIGAN Nine Spices, Shinjuku ¥7,500

MAY 9 HOT MULLIGAN WWW X, Shibuya ¥7,500

MAY 10 SYMPHONIC METAMORPHOSES Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Ikebukuro ¥9,000-¥17,000

MAY 10 HOT MULLIGAN Fever, Shindaita ¥7,500

MAY 11 BATHS WWW, Shibuya ¥5,500

MAY 19-20 THUNDERCAT Toyosu Pit ¥9,000

MAY 23 HIATUS KAIYOTE, SNARKY PUPPY SGC Hall Ariake ¥9,800-¥14,000

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

Tokyo Gigs June 2026

JUN 3 J.I.D Ebisu Garden Hall ¥9,000

JUN 4 TORTOISE Zepp Shinjuku ¥9,500

JUN 9 THE BETA BAND Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥8,800

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

Tokyo Gigs July 2026

JUL 4 MAYA ONGAKU Liquidroom, Ebisu ¥5,000

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

Tokyo Gigs September 2026

SEP 24 BELLE & SEBASTIAN: 'TIGERMILK' Kanadevia Hall, Suidobashi ¥9,800/¥12,000

SEP 25 BELLE & SEBASTIAN: 'IF YOU'RE FEELING SINISTER' Kanadevia Hall, Suidobashi ¥9,800/¥12,000

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

New (and old) music from Japan – 2025 addendum

A few more notable releases from the year gone by

While I didn’t feel much appetite for putting together a 2025 albums of the year list (I already compile a few for different publications and end up feeling dissatisfied with all of them), there were a bunch of releases that kept nagging at me to at least acknowledge their existence in writing. The attention economy means that a lot of music seems to disappear from view almost as soon as it’s been released, a victim of our appetite for newness. So let me just take stock of a few more worthwhile albums (and one single) from 2025, some of which didn’t get nearly the attention they deserved.

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

Notable releases I’ve finally got around to writing about

We’re deep into Album of the Year review season – The Wire and The Quietus both just dropped theirs – so what better time to publish an article I started working on back in, er, August? No idea why this took so long to come together, though the usual feeble excuses (work, travel, inertia) apply. Over the past week, I’ve found a bunch more releases I want to write about, so there may be more to come before the year is out.

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.)