Music Playlist Update: New Music Encounters from Japan

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New additions (Week 16, 2026):
🍙 m/lue.
🍙 Dreamhaze
🍙 地底湖 (Chiteiko)
🍙 くらげ計画 (Kuragekeikaku)
🍙 TheΣ (Thes)
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📅Tour News

Legendary rock ‘n’ roll band Guitar Wolf will return to Europe for a spring tour to promote their new album ‘More Jet’

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Guitar Wolf to return to Europe for spring tour to promote new album ‘More Jet’

Legendary rock ‘n’ roll band Guitar Wolf will return to Europe with a brand-new album, titled More Jet, and another extensive tour. This will be Guitar Wolf’s first album in seven years.

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Ayano Kaneko goes on world tour with her band kanekoayano and ventures further into Europe for the first time

Ayano Kaneko’s band, kanekoayano, was in the UK on tour just last year, but this year is the year for her band to take things a step further in Europe, with the announcement of kanekoayano’s world…

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Risky Melody and Maki Oyama join forces for their first European tour

Hard rock band Risky Melody and rock musician Maki Oyama are joining forces for a European tour in May, entitled Tokyo Metal Night on Tour – The Lady’s Dance Ball. This will be the first time either…

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LOVEBITES to return to Europe for summer tour with new album ‘Outstanding Power’

This summer, the power metal band LOVEBITES are returning to Europe for a tour, during which they will perform in Austria, Hungary, Poland and Czechia for the first time. The Japanese metal band will…

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Iscream Never Ground to embark on first European tour this summer

The Osaka-based loud rock band Iscream Never Ground will be heading to Europe for the second time this summer, but this time for a proper tour. The four-piece band has several festivals lined up to…

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Minami Deutsch to return to Europe for mini-tour with Tschaikowsky & Kann

Krautrock band Minami Deutsch were on tour in Europe less than six months ago, but this spring the four-piece is returning for a short tour with German cosmic folk duo Tschaikowsky & Kann.

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Music Playlist Update: New Music Encounters from Japan (Week 15, 2026)

At the start of 2026, we launched a new playlist titled 'New Music Encounters from Japan'. Filled with new music encounters from Japan, lesser-known, new and intriguing Japanese artists.

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New additions (Week 15, 2026):
🍙 もゆら (Moyura)
🍙 ヨークシン (Yorkshin)
🍙 幻想痛 (Gensotsu)
🍙 RUCHKA
🍙 妄想楽園 (Mousou Rakuen)
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New Music Encounters from Japan (2026 Playlist)

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🎤 NEW LIVE REPORT

THE LET’S GO’s in Birmingham: "As soon as the first note is played, the crowd turn into a seething mass as if kindling lit by a match."

https://avo-magazine.com/en/2026/04/live-report-the-lets-gos-at-the-night-owl-in-birmingham/

Live report by Peter Dennis and photos by JJ Grant

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Live Report: THE LET’S GO’s at The Night Owl in Birmingham

Birmingham was once regarded as the “workshop of the world”, it’s engineering prowess placed it at the forefront of the industrial revolution. Those days are long gone, but in an area of the city…

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MONO unveil 13th album and part 1 of world tour, including stops in Europe

Along with the announcement of their thirteenth album, Snowdrop, which MONO will release this coming June, the Japanese post-rock veterans also revealed their world tour plans.

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