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NEWS #ART 2024.5.31

KOMIYAMA TOKYO G in Jimbocho Hosts Kim Laughton’s Solo Exhibition ‘In Undefined Times’

NiEW 2024.5.28｜15:30
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.6.1

Budweiser and CreativeDrugStore to Host Collaboration Event

NiEW 2024.5.28｜11:29
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.10.5

Ringo Sheena Announces New Album with Hikaru Utada, Perfume’s Nocchi, Daoko and More

NiEW 2024.5.28｜10:27
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.7.15

Iwate’s KESEN ROCK Festival Unveils Third Round Lineup: HAWAIIAN6, Tokyo Tanaka from MAN WITH A MISSION, and More

NiEW 2024.5.27｜15:59
NEWS #MUSIC

Ginger Root Announces 3rd Album for September, with Lead Single & MV Premiere

NiEW 2024.5.24｜18:52
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.8.12

EPISTROPH Presents Debut Collaboration: WONK × cero for August

NiEW 2024.5.24｜18:47
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.8.21

UK.PROJECT’s Summer Event Adds Helsinki Lambda Club, POLYSICS, and the telephones

NiEW 2024.5.24｜18:44
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.6.23

Black Boboi’s Label BINDIVIDUAL Releases Artists Compilation EP

NiEW 2024.5.24｜18:40
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.7.8

JJJ Announces First Solo Tour in July

NiEW 2024.5.24｜18:37
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.5.25

SPARTA LOCALS, Carnation, and SACOYANS Join Yanushi’s Tour

NiEW 2024.5.24｜12:29
NEWS #MUSIC

Ako（a子） Drops “GENE” Album with Unveiled Artwork, Includes “SXSW” Footage

NiEW 2024.5.24｜12:19
NEWS #ART 2024.6.29

KOTARO NUKAGA (Tennozu) Relocates to One of Japan’s Largest Spaces, Hosting Rhizomatiks’ Solo Exhibition

NiEW 2024.5.24｜11:50

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Fujii Kaze’s “Prema” Looks Outward, Recasting J-Pop for a Global Stage

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Ichiko Aoba’s Luminescent Creatures: The Enchanted Traditions of Isolated Hateruma

Hajime Oishi 2025.9.11｜15:57
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Yuransen Interview: Stepping Confidently into Adulthood with Their Latest Release

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NiEW Best Music is a playlist featuring artists leading the music scene and offering alternative styles in our rapidly evolving society. Hailing from Tokyo, the NiEW editorial team proudly curates outstanding music that transcends size, genre, and nationality.

EVENTS

#MOVIE 2025.11.7

“Princess Mononoke” Hits IMAX Across Japan with Dolby Cinema and English Subtitles

NiEW 2025.10.31｜18:51
#MUSIC 2025.11.8

Travis Scott to Bring His $200 Million Tour to Japan with Belluna Dome Show in Saitama

NiEW 2025.3.28｜13:18
#MUSIC 2025.11.8

Beer and Music Come Together at the “Brewin’ Groove Festival” in Tachikawa

NiEW 2025.5.14｜17:50
#ART 2025.11.8

EASTEAST_TOKYO 2025 Art Fair Returns to Tokyo with an Asia-Focused Vision

NiEW 2025.9.19｜11:07
#MUSIC 2025.11.9

NiEW’s Monthly Event “exPoP!!!!!” Expands into First-Ever Festival in Shibuya

NiEW 2025.5.30｜19:07
#MUSIC 2025.11.9

exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025 Announces First Wave of Lineup: WONK, Satoko Shibata, Dongurizu, and More

NiEW 2025.6.23｜21:48
#MUSIC 2025.11.9

“exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Adds 12 New Acts Including Helsinki Lambda Club, Khaki, HOME and More

2025.7.24｜10:50
#MUSIC 2025.11.9

“exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Reveals 3rd Lineup with 12 Artists, Including Dos Monos and More

NiEW 2025.8.21｜13:06
#MUSIC 2025.11.9

exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025 Adds Yasuyuki Horikomi, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, Summer Eye, No Buses, and Maika Loubté

NiEW 2025.9.19｜11:22
#MUSIC 2025.11.9

NiEW’s “exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Adds GEZAN, Fuyumi Abe, and Texas 3000, Reveals Timetable

NiEW 2025.10.10｜14:51
Ichiko Aoba’s “Luminescent Creatures” World Premiere Hits Global Streams Marty McFly’s Style Hits the Streets: “BTTF” x Converse Collab Launches City Hunter Marks 40th Anniversary with Special Exhibition
Hadouken Hits the Menu: Street Fighter Meets McDonald’s Tarsem Singh’s “The Fall” 4K Digital Remaster to Premiere Nationwide on November 21 From Drive My Car to the Studio: Toko Miura Unveils “condominium” Tokyo Nomino Ichi ’25 Autumn Set for Showa Kinen Park with Live Music Performances
The fin. Returns After Four Years with New Album Somewhere Between “Naomi Watanabe’s “(20) in Tokyo Dome” Pop-up Launches at Shibuya MIYASHITA PARK KAF Makes Major Label Debut, Announces First Solo Shows in Shanghai and Japan ONE OK ROCK Steps Up for MUFG Stadium Music Blowout
Hiromu Arakawa’s “Yomi no Tsugai” Anime to Premiere in April 2026 KNEECAP Announces First Solo Japan Show at EX Theater Roppongi “Oasis Film & Posters 1994/2025” Brings Remastered Live Concerts and Posters to Japan Hitsujibungaku’s Moeka Shiotsuka’s Signature Guitar Debuts from Fender