BYE-BYE HONEYS
NEWS
Legendary Japanese garage-punkers 54 Nude Honeys have split up.
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Fuji Rock 07:
We came, we saw, we survived
LIVE REVIEW
From rioting with Iggy to bopping with The Chemical Brothers, JT writers mixed it up among the thousands at Naeba to bring you the highs - and lows - of Fuji Rock '07.
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MELT-BANANA TAKE AIM AGAIN
INTERVIEW
Melt-Banana are on tour in the United States promoting new album 'Bambi's Dilemma' and probably killing some animals while they are at it.
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TULIPS, NOT CHERRY BLOSSOM
INTERVIEW
What the funk is going on? Tulip Jacksons declare space war - and a love for NYC punk-funk - at Shinjuku Jam
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THIS ONE'S FOR BILLY
INTERVIEW
"Rock 'n' roll is scary. Rock 'n' roll can make a person die. Rock 'n' roll may kill," says Seiji, aka Guitar Wolf, last Sunday. And he knows all about that.
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BADBEE ROCK 'N' ROLL CIRCUS VOL. 3
EVENT PREVIEW
Six, Saturns, Red Bacteria Vacuum, Ed Woods and Factotums are set to spark a
riot at the next Badbee event on Feb. 17 at Shibuya Aoi Heya.
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BLITZKREIG DUB！
INTERVIEW
Noshinto talk Ramones, traffic misdemeanors and steel pans.
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SENSES WORKING OVERTIME
LIVE REVIEW
Cornelius breezes in and out of Shibuya to perform songs from new album, "Sensuous," five years in the making.
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KEEPING UP WITH TORI KUDO
LIVE REVIEW
Maher Shalal Hash Baz take their trial-and-error musical ethic to the limit at Shinjuku Motion.
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FUJI ROCK 2006 REVIEW
Richard Smart, David Hickey and Simon Bartz drink, puke and fight their way through
the 10th anniversary of Fuji Rock Festival.
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Badbee Rock 'n' Roll Circus
Vol. 2
LIVE REVIEW
The super Badbee Vol.2 extravaganza hit the ground
running at Shinjuku Jam this fine evening and what a
mind-blower it turned out to be.
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Badbee Rock 'n' Roll Circus
Vol. 2
LIVE PREVIEW
Melt-Banana headline the event. Nokemono come up from Kyoto to play. Factotums and Falsies on Heat complete the stellar bill at Shinjuku Jam on June 30.
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SHIBUYA GETS FACE-LIFT
LIVE REVIEW
Badbee never misses the annual Mods Mayday event - because it's one of the best parties of the year and we want to be seen!
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BEAUTY AND A BEAST
LIVE REVIEW
On your knees mere mortals! The Lord of the Japanese Underground Jungle is in town!
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THERE'S A (TEENAGE) RIOT GOIN' ON
Discover how performance punk artists Kiiiiiii turned notions of cute on their head with a kazoo and a kiddies organ at the Kyoto leg of the Judai Bodo (Teenage riot) DVD tour.
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GET INTO THE C.A.R.!
INTERVIEW
Thinking of starting a record label? Before laying down the yen and getting in touch with that Czechoslovakian vinyl presser, get the low-down with the brains behind Call And Response Records, the no-budget label behind the superlative "1-2-3-Go! Tokyo D.I.Y. Music 2005" compilation.
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ANADOREI R.I.P. (AGAIN)
ALBUM REVIEW
Punk-rock royalty Anadorei have released their sayonara
(farewell) album with nine new tracks, but is this really the last we will
hear from them!
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The Dreams that Teens are Made Of
INTERVIEW
Thee 50's High Teens were dumped by the label P-Vine so is
the world falling apart for Fukuoka's finest? You got to be kidding!
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BLITZKRIEG BOP
INTERVIEW
Psycho garage-noise punkers SATURNS put on live shows that
you will never forget - if you get out alive.
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DRUMMING UP AN APOCALYPSE, PART II
The rumble of heavy drumming and rolling percussion is getting louder as I carefully ascend the spiral metal staircase at Ebisu Milk, which has begun to violently vibrate. I enter a room packed with bodies, all moving to the beat and grinning like they've won the lottery...
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