February 28, 2006 – 11:21 pm
[Gothic Lolita Market] A quick heads up on Alamode Market. Gothic Lolita fashion brands, accessories, objet d’art, style books, Cd’s, and everything else you can think of. The event only happens a couple of times each year, so if you are curious or need to do some quality Goth-loli shopping (especially in preparation for TDC [...]
February 27, 2006 – 9:00 pm
[Rock/alternative live] Auto-mod gets together with a couple other legendary alternative rock bands for a special night celebrating the Gothfather’s 25-year career at the Loft.
Dubbed “Day of Auto-mod: From Tokyo Rockers to Eastern Gothic, 25 Years of Transition” the night promises to unlock the door on Auto-mod’s past, present and quite possibly future.
Aside from the [...]
February 27, 2006 – 9:00 am
Club Walpurgis began as a Goth/Punk club in the 1980s. 18 years after the original club closed down Walpurgis returned as a club event in 2005 with a heavy emphasis on 80s alternative, glam, gothic, industrial and electroclash. In 2006 Club Walpurgis will play the second Saturday of the month.
Tonight’s is tHe SpiRit oF DaDA+MachinA+MUSicA [...]
February 25, 2006 – 8:00 pm
[Uber-Goth :: Live & DJ'd] UPDATE! TDC#17 just got sexed up with the addition of ultra-industrialists, Despair, plus Jude and Wakana doing two extra DJ sets. That’s right! Auto-Mod, Destruct System, Phantasmagoria, Calmando Qual, Speed ID, PLUS DESPAIR! DJs Violet, Chihiro, PLUS JUDE (Sins of the Flesh) AND WAKANA!!
Jude is currently doing keyboards [...]
February 21, 2006 – 6:00 pm
I’m going to cheat and skype from Jude’s excellent introduction to the Osaka edition of this two-night series…
‘Industrial Harsh Beat Power Noise Technoiz Event’.
Latest instalment in a continuing series of events organised by Ordinateur himself (Takashi Koyamaguchi), who has previously brought Mimetic, Iszoloscope and Converter to these shores (get Manufactura, dude! Seriously! Please..?).
Along with Ordinateur, [...]
February 20, 2006 – 8:00 pm
w00t! Tactical industrial reaches North America (Canada’s part of North America, right?) 2Bullet’’s first CD, Democratic Violence, on sale via Wreckords.com.
Just C$18 gets you access to one of the hot new bands on the Japan Goth scene. This is the real deal, core dark underground stuff that I’ve been screaming about (NOT KEI!). 2Bullet is [...]
February 20, 2006 – 1:00 pm
[Emo Rock/Alternative] Last Nation last took their brand of post-punk emo rock to Tokyo back in October. Now they are back for another series of concerts in the land of the rising sun and grey concrete!
According to London press the band is “a trio who seem hell bent on success who should have angst teenagers [...]
February 19, 2006 – 12:00 am
Last week Satanyanko announced that it had officially split up. The band began in 2003 and rapidly grew from its catty beginnings (nyanko is Japanese for cat) to being a moody neo-punk outfit more than worthy of its September 2005 appearance at Tokyo Dark Castle. To Mina, Sion, Rie and Hal all I can say [...]
February 15, 2006 – 10:50 pm
[Electro-rock/hard alternative] Destruct System are back and on the prowl again after a strong Tokyo Dark Castle showing last month. One of the harder-edged industrial bands on the underground scene, Destruct System has experience, power and the stage-craft to excite the audience.
Electrock Circus itself, while being more general hard/electro/rock event, is a great venue to [...]
February 15, 2006 – 6:00 pm
Midnight Mess is back as a regular event, playing every 4th Saturday of the month. The Mess is an underground dance club offering DJ’d and remixed sounds plus performances. The club offers Gothic, fetish, dark, experimental and industrial sounds.
Details are slim for this month’s event.
Midnight Mess
When: Saturday, 25 February
Start: 24:00
Where: Marz Shinjuku (near Shinjuku)
Address: B1F [...]
