April 29, 2006 – 10:00 am
[Electro-rock/hard alternative] Along with regulars and semi-regulars, the upcoming iteration of Electrock will feature Sino (Re-build Projects), a righteous, instrumental powernoise industrial performer in urban Tokyo. Sino’s performances are heavy electro-noise assaults with infectious rhythms. Of course, this is just one of the eight acts set to wreak hard elektronicka on Saturday evening. Only costing [...]
[Goth-Visual Mix - Live] This is a nice dark three-band event at Area, Takadanobaba. Calmando Qual offer great rocking sets whether they’re playing nasty or nice, The Candy Spooky Theater offer a Tim Burton-flavored fantasy experience, and Sugar is a band I have never heard of before (but they look kind of sexy). Calmando Qual [...]
[Gothic-alternative - Live] Toge Toge Tokagee is a stylish laid-back dark live event. It is quite a nice place to chill at the end of the week with a variety of live acts, some exhibition/craft space. Head Power is split up with live space on the upper floor and a labyrinth with nooks for [...]
Two men were found in a car in the wilds of Kanagawa dead from asphyxiation caused by charcoal burners. According to reports it seems the two had met online. Statistically, the same day this took place somewhere between 80 and 100 other people had also deliberately killed themselves.
In another report from a week or two [...]
April 23, 2006 – 12:00 pm
Some people may have noticed that Tokyo Dark Castle’s tokyounderground.com site has experienced difficulties the last couple of months and that Midnight Mess has been dead for months. Now both are back.
Tokyo Dark Castle is now located at http://tokyodarkcastle.org. The site design returns to its original bloody color scheme including variations of the old logo [...]
[Alternative Rock] Yes, a more general event, but the reason for the announcement is 101A. This band has got grit and plays some hot alt-rock songs with a dark ambience. They also got a spot on one alt-goth CD a couple of years back (Daybook’s various artist release - that’s where I first heard them). [...]
[Goth/Industrial Live] The Golden Week edition of Tokyo’s main regular live Goth/underground event is back with regulars a couple of returning friends and a couple of new Tokyo Dark Castle acts… If I was to colorize TDC #19 it would be fluorescent green or perhaps soylent green - healthy, tasty and friendly on environmental resources [...]
April 17, 2006 – 11:00 am
Titled “Arabesque Rosario,” the third instalment of Sakinohaka is an overnight event taking place at fan J twice. The event features three live bands - Bat Cave, Psycho Dream and Phantasmagoria - other live performances and a bucketful of DJs in pear tree. Book to avoid the hefty door premium or drag a friend along [...]
This month has been owned by Agent Murder, and deservedly so - the new CD is a quality piece of work that brings out the heart of the band, and AM’s live intensity is inspiring stuff. Now there is even more to scream about with a video podcast on Dark-Horse.net! The emergence of Dark-Horse is [...]
I bet you are wondering WHY I am online this weekend (I am kind of on a health vacation). Well, I just realized that two years ago today, April 16 2004, I got the inkling to register the JPGoth.com domain name and doing a site. Woohoo, I have been at the computer desk for too [...]
