Revenge Recommends: "Israel" by Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees had a long and critically-acclaimed career (1976-1996), but their golden period was the early 80s, especially t...

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Album Review: Taylor Swift, "The Life of a Showgirl"

The dying eggs have taken over ! What are we to make of TAYLOR SWIFT's latest album, The Life of a Showgirl ? The best way is to take a ...

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Interview: Masayoshi Sukita on David Bowie

Sukita and Bowie (Photo by Mark Higashino) The photographer reflects on collaborations with the icon How did you first come to work with DAV...

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PREVIEW: GLASS BEAMS, TOKYO, OCTOBER 2025

GLASS BEAMS are a Melbourne-based trio led by Indian-Australian multi-instrumentalist Rajan Silva. After you get over the fact that they pla...

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PREVIEW: VIAGRA BOYS, JANUARY 2026, TOKYO

Variously described, VIAGRA BOYS sound mainly like dance punk/ surf music to me. They also sound the way you'd expect a "punky...

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Live Review: These New Puritans, Duo Music Exchange, Tokyo, 4th June, 2010

There’s a bit of an anti-showbiz thing going on here tonight. Instead of the band taking the stage all guns blazing, the hunched and rather ...

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Interview: Barney Greenway, Napalm Death

THE FOUNDERS OF GRINDCORE JUST WANT YOU TO TAKE IT EASY Formed in Birmingham in 1981, NAPALM DEATH pioneered a sub-genre known as grindcore—...

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Album Review: Japandroids, "Celebration Rock"

There's nothing quite like simplicity. Fuck your ukuleles, fuck your French horns, fuck your multi-voice vocal interplay and  especial...

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INTERVIEW: MAX VANDERWOLF & TB QUAGMIRE, NAKED SUN

Usually flamboyant, musically extravagant — that in a nutshell is New York quintet NAKED SUN, who have their debut self-titled album o...

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