Monthly Archives: July 2006

Red Ill Princess @ Helluva Lounge KOBE :: Tue 8 August

[General Live] RIP’s angle remains a mystery, but they will be at Helluva Lounge with three other bands. It could be free or you may need to pay some coin.
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Three days of Evil Roll @ Chop Ikebukuro TOKYO :: Tue/Wed/Thu 8-10 August

[General Hard-Alternative Rock] Organized by Demons - veteran hard rock/metallers who have done a couple of TDCs over the years - Evil Roll is one of those hard-edged events worth keeping an eyeball on. Keep a special eye on day 2 (August 9) as this is the one with toxic Goth industrialists Despair!
After checking the [...]

Cut the Crap in Bruutalll!! vol.14 @ Hook SENDAI :: Sat 6 August

[Rock :: Live] Anyone from Sendai around here? I cannot comment on the other bands, but Cut the Crap is a hard alternative act with a lot of dark mojo. If you are in Sendai, I recommend checking it out for CTC alone.
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Charlotte’s Shadow (Spain) release Hush CD

This was something in the e-mail box coming from left-field… and I like it. Charlotte’s Shadow is an act that originated from Dublin in 2001. They moved across to Germany for a year or so to cut their teeth on the underground movement there, and now are located in Spain. What? No mention of Japan? [...]

The Dose PDF-zine TOKYO SPECIAL now online!

The Dose is a free, downloadable PDF-zine covering topics ranging from industrial and gothic music to indie game development, Japanese visual kei, eyecandy, cyberpunkness and lots of things that give them the adrenaline freight train. Featuring over 140 pages of news, information, interviews and whatever else they threw in, The Dose is going to show [...]

Club Mirage Vol. 12 @ Club Hoop, Shinjuku TOKYO :: Sat. 29th July

[Goth Industrial EBM - DJ'd] A late scream out for the fifth anniversary of Mirage! Featuring a mess of DJ’s and a prize giveaway @ around 1:40. Soundscape covers Gothic, new wave, industrial, EBM, positive punk, 80’s, 90’s and more.
Club Mirage Vol. 12 :: Fifth Anniversary @ Club Hoop Shinjuku
When: Saturday, 29th July
Open: 17.00 :: [...]

Nebulae @ Omiya Hearts Saitama (near TOKYO) :: Mon. 31st July

The absolute last event to be added in July is an interesting general gig with heavy spiritual rock outfit, Nebulae. Nebulae are a new band, but they have the right mix of flash and madness. I really enjoyed their set @ Electrock.
Nebulae @ Omiya Hearts Saitama
When: Monday, 31st July
Open: 18:00 :: Start: 18:30
Where: Omiya [...]

Harshrealm @ Drum Logos FUKUOKA :: Sun. 30th July

A last-minute announcement for Harshrealm’s next gig in the dying moments of July. I cannot comment on the other bands, but Harshrealm has a great gritty mode-esque sound. I know there’s at least one Fukuokan reading JGoth.com - I hope more will join soon!
Harshrealm @ Drum Logos FUKUOKA
When: Sunday, 30th July
Open: 17:30 :: Start: 18:00
Where: [...]

Press Release: Anders Manga (U.S.A.) Finishes Third Album!

(U.S.A.) — Anders Manga has just completed his new album in a Charlotte, NC studio. This marks the second album this year to be released by Anders Manga.
Anders Manga commented The album, “Left of an All-Time Low” was just released in March and I was very happy with it… however, I hit a positive songwriting [...]

SPEED-iD’s iNDEEP Darkened Nite release party @ Chop Ikebukuro TOKYO :: Sat. 22 July

[GOTH Big time!] Long-time Goth rock act Speed-iD have been getting back into the live scene since late last year and are now set to launch their new CD iNDEEP! Yes, it’s a release event. It is also unique in that Speed-iD is going to be playing the whole night! More details to come, but [...]