The exhibition uses sheet music covers to reveal a radically changing society during the first half of the 20th century It’s still just April, so there will surely be exhibitions this year that sound ...

The West was trending in Japan 150 years ago. That might seem like a silly way to put it, but it’s also true. After two centuries of isolationist policy, Japan was forcibly opened up to foreign ...

Sigh, Sabbat, Abigail, Gallhammer — you’ve heard those names time and time again. They set the stage for Japanese black metal, and are forever etched in the history books of extreme music. But what ...