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Surprisingly, this showcase of Japanese post-punk, new-wave and hard-core bands was compiled by an English man in Tokyo who toured all around Japan by bicycle to look for great bands, and who wrote the book paradoxically named “Quit Your Band! Musical Notes from the Japanese Underground”. Melt-Banana, Otori, Panicsmile will destroy your head so that you can live a brighter life. Jebiotto, NoiseCon

An all-female trio from Kyoto, tricot (トリコ) perform complicated yet enjoyable rock’n’roll only Japanese band could invent. In 2016, they toured around Europe, but managed to release some new material as well: a five-track EP called “Kabuku” and a live performance DVD. We remain excited. ♪♫ Listen: “Setsuyakuka” + album stream (iTunes) tricot on www, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter + beehype. Two years

Last summer, I went to a concert in a local club to watch my favourite female trio CRUNCH, who played their own sensitive songs as well as a cover of legendary Japanese rock band Happy End. There, I also had a chance to see a quintet called never young beach who play folk and country rock, which also has something borrowed from Happy End. While their new LP, “Yashinoki House”, is kept in a gentle

Whatever you call it – garage punk, scream rock, or crash beat as Kelly Muff describe their own music – it’s hard not to be impressed by the trio’s inexhaustible energy and their ability to condense it into 3-minute songs. It seems quite inappropriate to call their new release a mini-album. ♪♫ Listen: “蜘蛛がペット” Kelly Muff on www, Twitter, Facebook. Legendary 90’s guitar/city pop trio broke up in 20