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I love mystery shows, and I love improv comedy. Bringing the two together though - that’s a tricky proposition. Mysteries are generally highly scripted affairs, where you start with the end and work backwards laying clues for the viewer.…

With his highly-anticipated debut album and feature film Duszt landing on May 1, emerging rapper Jody Bigfoot has returned with the new video for his latest single ‘Hands’. Following up the previously shared pair of trailers for his…

Yakima certainly offer something fresh musically. They’re intriguing, luring you in right from the first note, and their debut EP, Go Virtually, is out on April 3 via Moshi Moshi Records. The title comes from from Japan's "cry rooms", where…

Healing Spells, the solo venture of Japanese electronic producer Past Lives, is something of an experimental detour, garnering comparisons to OneOhTrix Point Never and Gold Panda. Vestiges is the culmination of musical and physical…

This week Sexy Beasts travel to Japan to swoon over a little stinky bit of animated fat. I know this sounds like a plot from a studio Ghibli but we are actually discussing the Nuppeppo. He may be small and disgusting but this cryptid has…

Formed in 2012, DYGL are an alternative/indie-rock group from Japan. Songs of Innocence & Experience is my first exposure to the group and a pleasant surprise. The first track, 'Hard to Love', caught me off guard. A catchy, melodic…

Every general needs his army and Santa’s Christmas army is comprised of miniature magical folks churning out billions of toys endlessly. They work their magic fingers down to nubs so some snot-nosed kid in Texas can get the latest fad toy.…

Have you been been a good boy or girl this year? If you have, congratulations Santa will shower you with gifts and you’ll have a jolly old Christmas. But If you've been naughty he will send his creepy, freaky mate, the Krampus, over to your…

When I was about 17 I drank two bottles of sáke, puked and got shouted at by my Ma. If I told this story to today's beast it would laugh in my face and call me a lightweight. We are talking about the long-haired sesh-monkey known as the…

Cyberpunk anime are as common in Japan as period dramas are in the UK. At least three are produced every year. More if people are especially concerned about the unstoppable forward march of technology. The influence for all these anime…