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Summer Sonic Lineup 2011

Summer Sonic Lineup 2011

Posted on February 28, 2011 in

February and March are big months for music fans in Japan - not because there are huge concerts going on, but because the Japanese summer music festivals begin making lineup announcements. The famous Summer Sonic (Tokyo and Osaka) music festival

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Scandal x Shibuya 109 Mens “Scandalous Winter Holidays” – Pictures and Video

Scandal x Shibuya 109 Mens “Scandalous Winter Holidays” – Pictures and Video

Posted on December 14, 2010 in

We've already shown you Shibuya 109's Christmas 2010 holiday collaboration with the South Korean band Girls' Generation (SNSD). Though KPop is huge in Japan right now, 109 couldn't leave JPop out in the cold - so they've collaborated with the

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Black Sun: Fannie Schiavoni & Simon Henwood Talk Art, Music, Collaboration & Japanese Fashion

Black Sun: Fannie Schiavoni & Simon Henwood Talk Art, Music, Collaboration & Japanese Fashion

Posted on December 2, 2010 in

Although Italian fashion brand Diesel, owned by the charismatic Renzo Rosso, is more known for its denim than its art, the company is also active in promoting exhibitions with young and established creators. In addition to stocking the company's complete

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Design Festa Pictures #32

Design Festa Pictures #32

Posted on November 28, 2010 in

This month, the 32nd edition of Design Festa was held at Tokyo Big Sight. Design Festa is billed as the largest art event in Asia, with over 7,000 artists from all over the world attending. The 2,500+ booths on display

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Boom Boom Satellites 2010 US Tour Dates

Boom Boom Satellites 2010 US Tour Dates

Posted on September 15, 2010 in

Boom Boom Satellites are coming to America! One of Japan's coolest live bands have announced a fall 2010 tour that will see them hitting clubs on both coasts, and playing with other awesome bands as well. (Gary Numan, anyone?) We

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B-Boy Park Tokyo 2010

B-Boy Park Tokyo 2010

Posted on August 24, 2010 in

This weekend, the annual B-Boy Park festival was held at Yoyogi Park in the Shibuya area of Tokyo. B-Boy Park started back in 1997 as a way to bring together Tokyo's B-Boys and B-Girls for a celebration of music, breakdancing,

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Courtney Love’s All Night Dolly-Kei Party in Tokyo

Courtney Love’s All Night Dolly-Kei Party in Tokyo

Posted on August 13, 2010 in

Courtney Love was in Tokyo earlier this week as her band Hole played the Summer Sonic music festival. But when Courtney is in Japan, she doesn't just play music - she also jumps right into the local fashion scene. Courtney

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Japanese Lady Gaga Fan Fashion Pictures – Day 2

Japanese Lady Gaga Fan Fashion Pictures – Day 2

Posted on April 19, 2010 in

On Sunday night (April 18, 2010), Lady Gaga presided over the the second of her two sold-out shows at Yokohama Arena near Tokyo. We had so much fun hanging out with Gaga fans on Saturday (see our previous article, Lady

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Lady Gaga’s Little Japanese Monsters – Pictures!

Lady Gaga’s Little Japanese Monsters – Pictures!

Posted on April 18, 2010 in

On Saturday April 17th 2010, Lady Gaga played the first of two sold-out shows at Tokyo's Yokohama Arena. These were the only two Tokyo-area stops on her sold-out-all-over-the-world "Monster Ball" tour. Lady Gaga is popular everywhere on the planet, but

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Summer Sonic 2010 Lineup – JayZ, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Pixies, The Offspring, Passion Pit

Summer Sonic 2010 Lineup – JayZ, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Pixies, The Offspring, Passion Pit

Posted on March 15, 2010 in

A couple of weeks ago, we let you know about the Fuji Rock 2010 lineup. Today we've got more big music news. Summer Sonic just made their first lineup announcement. The Summer Sonic music festival - the 2010 edition of

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