Tag: music

Some pretty crazy news from WWD today: ultra hipster Japanese fashion brand Comme des Garcons has announced that they've entered into a partnership with Apple Records to release a line of handbags featuring The Beatles. That's right, you can now

If you use Twitter or MySpace, and you're a fan of Japanese fashion, you've likely stumbled across some of the girls who use the term "Harajuku Barbie" in their usernames and updates. Last week, "Harajuku Barbie" was even a trending

Last night was the second night of Summer Sonic 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. There were a lot of great bands, but the act with the biggest hype was not the listed headliners Linkin Park or The Specials - not even

These two smiling Japanese girls were on their way to see Exile at Yoyogi National Stadium in Harajuku. Their fashion is a good example of the J-Pop fashion being worn by many of the fans attending one of the four

Tuesday night at the Apple Store in Shibuya, the Japanese electro band 80Kidz did a free concert to promote their recent album "This is my Shit!" The show was part of Apple Shibuya's "Summer Music Nights" series of free concerts.

Last weekend was Fuji Rock 2009, the year's edition of Japan's coolest outdoor music festival. Fuji Rock is held every July in the mountain ski resort of Naeba - about 90 minutes outside of Tokyo by fast train. This year's

Ultra-popular JPop singer Ayumi Hamasaki (aka Ayu) recently held several sold out concerts at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo. Like some of the other female Japanese pop singers, Ayumi has a lot of very dedicated male followers. Her fanclub is called

Many Japanese VK fans stayed up late tonight. Why? Because tonight around 2:30am Tokyo time, the first lineup was announced for V-Rock Fest - the big Visual Kei music festival coming to Tokyo in October. Not only will this be

Japanese promoter Creativeman just announced a new Tokyo music festival to add to your already crowded (and expensive) summer concert schedule. The new fest is called Warrior's Dance Fest, hosted by The Prodigy. It will be held at Makuhari Messe,

The 2009 edition of Japan's famous Fuji Rock summer music festival doesn't start until the end of next month, but the t-shirts for the event went on sale this weekend in Tokyo at a special popup shop in front of