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#MUSIC 2025.3.8

GRAPEVINE to Launch Tour in March 2025; Spring Tour Footage Released

NiEW 2024.10.31｜14:15

#MUSIC 2024.4.6

GRAPEVINE and Kroi Set to Perform Co-Headline Show as Part of SYNCHRONICITY’24

NiEW 2024.1.26｜23:53

Kazumasa Tanaka × Isao Takano: The Aesthetics of GRAPEVINE’s Enduring Alternativity

Atsutake Kaneko 2023.9.28｜14:29

GRAPEVINE Drops Album “Almost There” and Lyric Video for ‘In a Black Out’

NiEW 2023.9.28｜10:29

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NiEW recommends alternative music🆕

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 2025.12.31

LIQUIDROOM Welcomes OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, Seiho, maya ongaku for NYE Festival

NiEW 2025.11.26｜17:59

#MUSIC 2025.12.23

Hi-STANDARD Announces “Screaming Newborn Baby Tour” Across Japan, Closing at K-Arena

NiEW 2025.10.10｜15:55

#ART 2025.12.20

Capcom’s Major Retrospective in Tokyo This Winter, Featuring Newly Revealed Concept Art

NiEW 2025.9.19｜12:46

#MUSIC 2025.12.19

Hoon’s Independent Series to Feature Dos Monos and Yuta Orisaka (band)

NiEW 2025.10.2｜17:18

#MUSIC 2025.12.19

Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter

NiEW 2025.12.4｜11:05

#MUSIC 2025.12.13

Tele Announces Nationwide Tour Starting in December with 13 Shows Across 9 Cities

NiEW 2025.6.26｜15:38

#ART 2025.12.12

Photographer Mikako Kozai, Known for Capturing Ayano Kaneko, Opens Solo Show in Hatsudai

NiEW 2025.11.13｜12:30

#MOVIE 2025.11.27

“Stranger Things” Finale Pop-Up Takes Over Omotesando’s V.A. This Winter

NiEW 2025.11.28｜12:18

#ART 2025.11.22

City Hunter Marks 40th Anniversary with Special Exhibition

NiEW 2025.10.2｜11:01

#OTHER 2025.11.21

Tamagotchi Collab Café Round 2 Brings Mimitchi and Milkutchi to Ikebukuro & Umeda

NiEW 2025.10.30｜18:18

Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter BLACKPINK Launches Exclusive Jerseys With Tokyo Pro Teams Giants, FC Tokyo, Sunrockers Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026 SUMMER SONIC 2026 Set to Mark 25 Years With Three Day Run

“Stranger Things” Finale Pop-Up Takes Over Omotesando’s V.A. This Winter Akeboshi Performs ”NARUTO” Ending Theme ”Wind” on ”THE FIRST TAKE” Celebrate 30 Years of “Evangelion” with This One-of-a-Kind Kabuki Performance Tarsem Singh’s “The Fall” 4K Digital Remaster to Premiere Nationwide on November 21

YOASOBI Announces Massive 10-City Asia Tour Spanning 2026–27 Tokyo Station Becomes Dragon Ball HQ with Exclusive Merchandise D.A.N. × Hitsujibungaku: First-Ever Co-Headlining Night at “Resonance” Takeshi Kitano’s Battle Royale Turns 25 and Debuts Legendary Tracksuit Collection

ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026 Fujii Kaze Announces Japan Arena Dates Ahead of Global Prema World Tour BABYMONSTER × UNIQLO UT Drops Late February 2026 Tamagotchi Collab Café Round 2 Brings Mimitchi and Milkutchi to Ikebukuro & Umeda