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The life of a musician is often documented; Tales of backstage parties and hard life on the road, signing record deals and messy breakups. However, whilst the artists themselves are under the spotlight, those who work behind the scenes, making the shows run smoothly, rarely...

A few years ago, a group of my friends and I had all gathered outside a venue, waiting in anticipation to see one of Japan's best, and most certainly most hard-working bands, Mono. The only thing is, half of us had travelled nearly 3500 miles to do so. We were waiting ou...

Described as Schizophrenic hymns for the musically starved. Birdeatsbaby send us their latest single. Chris Washington-Sare  - Sounds like: Mumford and Sons with a female lead singer. Looks like: Winchester Art School graduates with an unhealthy Goth / zombie obses...

Bloc Party are back with their latest single which is out now! Here is what we thought -  Robin Wallace - Hi. My name is Kele. I have been going to counseling to increase self awareness and build confidence as I used to doubt my own abilities. I drew the line at da...

Six years since their 'Noctambulant' release, Sweden's Spawn of Possession are back with a new album, Incurso, and a new label, Relapse. Featuring members who are, or were in other notable acts such as Blood Red Throne, Obscura and Necrophagist, you know that bef...

For those unfamiliar with Anoice, they are a five-piece ensemble from Tokyo, whose members include Takahiro Kido and Yuki Murata, whom you may already be familiar with, not only as solo musicians, but collectively in other projects such as RiLF and mokyow. Kido is also the o...

I've just submitted my interview with World's End Girlfriend, so it seems fitting that I continue the theme in reviewing another modernclassicalelectronicawithpost-rockinfluenceblahblah Japanese musician. But the fact that Kashiwa Daisuke's music is also hard t...

I'm in Tokyo for a month and I'm running late for the one thing I had a set date for. Great... I'm running around Shibuya (the place with the bloody great big zebra crossing thing) attempting to meet Maeda Katuhiko, aka World's End Girlfriend, in a bar th...

Previous to receiving the promo, I'd been checking Kranky's site every hour for a pre-order, looking around online for places that I might get to hear a brief sample and swearing at my laptop, basically anything I thought might get me closer to having the damn thin...