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downt Unveils Debut Album ‘Underlight & Aftertime” on Cassette and Vinyl

NiEW 2024.7.4｜10:40
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Keiichi Sokabe and JUNES K Release Powerful Anti-War Anthem “Breath” for Streaming

NiEW 2024.7.4｜10:35
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YOHLU Drops New Single “mokuren” and Announces Thailand Show with KIKI

NiEW 2024.7.4｜10:30
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.8.3

DONGURIZU Brings Free Two-Day Fest to Kiryū Yagibushi Festival This August

NiEW 2024.7.4｜10:25
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.9.28

Ringo Music Fes Adds 16 New Acts: Keiichi Sokabe, Tabito Nanao, Yurufuwa Gang, Roman Kakumei, and More

NiEW 2024.7.2｜21:18
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.6.1

Atarashii Gakko! Wrap Up Their Dazzling 13-Stop Tour Across Europe and Asia

NiEW 2024.7.2｜21:12
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Kenshi Yonezu Reveals Details for 6th Album “LOST CORNER” 

NiEW 2024.7.1｜20:52
NEWS #MOVIE 2024.9.6

‘Desert of Namibia’ Poster Revealed: Yuumi Kawai Stuns with Nose Piercing and Haunting Gaze

NiEW 2024.7.1｜20:43
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Uki, who presides over the “Kurashi no Schole,” thinks about how to live and be happy through tidying up.

NiEW 2024.7.1｜10:11
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Artist Iichiro Tanaka Expands the World with “Nonsense”

NiEW 2024.7.1｜09:46
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Filmmaker/director Kosaku Shimamoto’s monozukuri is to “somehow bring the one back to zero”.

NiEW 2024.6.29｜15:53
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Masashi Yoshida crosses over from the underground hip-hop scene to “Critique Rebirth School”

NiEW 2024.6.29｜15:13

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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.

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#MUSIC 2025.11.1

Rikon Densetsu Announces Nationwide Solo Live Tour for November

NiEW 2025.1.15｜16:47
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Mariah Carey Returns to Japan After Seven Years to Kick Off Christmas in Kobe and Yokohama

NiEW 2025.3.28｜13:05
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cero Sets Out on Five-City Solo Tour “Contemporary Tokyo Cruise”

NiEW 2025.8.14｜13:40
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Bruno Mars’ Music to Light Up Japanese Fireworks in Bruno Mars Fireworks 2025

2025.9.4｜12:40
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Tokyo Nomino Ichi ’25 Autumn Set for Showa Kinen Park with Live Music Performances

NiEW 2025.10.2｜17:02
#MUSIC 2025.11.1

“Sai Sei Sei 2025” Urban Environmental Music Event Set for Tokyo’s GREEN WISE Botanical Greenhouse

NiEW 2025.10.10｜15:07
#ART 2025.11.1

All-Night Art Event “BENTEN 2” Kicks Off in Kabukicho, Curated by Chim↑Pom

NiEW 2025.10.22｜13:43
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Arata Isozaki Retrospective Architecture as Archipelago Debuts at Mito Art Tower

NiEW 2025.10.22｜13:49
#MUSIC 2025.11.1

Record Day 2025 Brings Iconic Albums by Ayumi Hamasaki, TRF, and Every Little Thing to Vinyl

NiEW 2025.10.30｜17:49
#MUSIC 2025.11.2

Pixies Returns to Tokyo and Osaka After Three-Year Hiatus

NiEW 2025.1.17｜10:28
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