Light in the Attic Announces New Pacific Breeze Compilation

The Tokyo officially has a new start date after being due to the pandemic."The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be celebrated from 23 July to 8 August 2021," the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Monday, March 30.

Update 3/30/20: We know now when the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics will take place, after the event was delayed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the government of Japan, and affiliated organizations announced that the Summer Games will take place from July 23, 2021, until August 8, 2021. The Paralympic Games will follow from August 24, 2021, until September 5, 2021.

The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan have officially been postponed until July 2021 and new dates have been revealed.

Breakout rapper JP THE WAVY -- whose music video for "Cho Wavy De Gomenne" ("Sorry I'm Super Wavy," in English) created a buzz in 2017 -- shared the cover art and track list for his upcoming debut album, LIFE IS WAVY, due April 8.

Breakout rapper JP THE WAVY -- whose music video for "Cho Wavy De Gomenne" ("Sorry I'm Super Wavy," in English) created a buzz in 2017 -- shared the cover art and track list for his upcoming debut album, LIFE IS WAVY, due April 8.

Japanese rock band CHAI have shared a music video for their new song “NO MORE CAKE.” The visual, directed by Hideto Hotta, finds the quartet smearing their faces with colorful frosting, paint, and cake batter. Check out the full clip below, and scroll down for the single art, designed by CHAI bassist and lyricist YUUKI.

J-pop singer-songwriter Leo Ieiri is releasing her first EP, a short-but-sweet collection of covers of well-known songs by other Japanese acts, spanning from the 1970s to the 2000s.The 25-year-old artist chose what songs to cover from more than 10,000 requests sent in from fans. "I really appreciated so many people sending in suggestions for what songs they wanted me to sing," she shared.

Light in the Attic has announced the first-ever reissue of the late Japanese ambient pioneer Hiroshi Yoshimura’s 1986 album GREEN, slated for a physical release on June 26. The reissue of the long-out-of-print album features an original mix previously available only on the initial Japanese vinyl release, as well as handwritten track notes by Yoshimura.

J Balvin is giving everyone in self-isolation a whole bunch of new music to keep them occupied.

J Balvin is back with his latest album, Colores. As the title suggests, nine of the 10 songs are named after a Spanish word for a color. The sole exception is “Arcoíris,” which translates to rainbow in English. For the album art, the Colombia native collaborated with famed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami.

The 24th edition of Fuji Rock Festival, Japan’s oldest continuous summer rock fest, announced the lineup for its 2020 version on Tuesday (March 17). The bash will be headlined by The Strokes and Tame Impala.The legendary celebration is planned to be held at Naeba Ski Resort Aug.

Everything about Chanmina can be described with one word: “unique.”Well, there are a few more words.

Japanese melodic punk band WANIMA was one of the first major-label J-pop groups directly affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak in the country, when one of the first reported cases was a fan who had attended its early February concert in Fukuoka.

J-pop boy band JO1 (pronounced "jay-oh-one") shoots to No. 1 on the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100 (dated March 2 to 8) with its debut single, "INFINITY." The new 11-member group, formed through the audition program PRODUCE 101 JAPAN, led physical sales with 344,299 copies sold and also topped Twitter mentions, where they have charted for seven weeks.

Japan's Nogizaka46 continues its string of releases with a new music video for "Anastasia," the girl group's new song featuring its second-generation members.The nine second-generation members were scheduled to perform its Yoyogi 1st Gymnasium concert on Friday (March 6), but had to cancel due to coronavirus concerns and live-streamed via SHOWROOM instead.The "Anastasia" music video was premiered during the live-stream.

To say that it's been an incredible year to be BTS would be an understatement! Firstly, the release of their album, Map of the Soul: 7 broke records not just in South Korea but all across the globe as well. It peaked at #1 in the Billboard 200 chart while the title song ON reached #4 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Moreover, MOTS: 7 managed to earn the top spots in the UK, Japan and Germany charts as well!

To say that BTS is rewriting history in the music scene would be an understatement! The popular K-pop band, which has now become a worldwide phenomenon, is tasting some well-deserved global success thanks to their latest album, Map of the Soul: 7, which dropped in February 2020. In its first week, MOTS: 7 earned the #1 spot in the Billboard 200 chart while simultaneously being #1 in the UK, Germany and Japan charts as well.

Bob Dylan is heading back out on tour. He’ll play venues across North America this June and July, starting at Les Schwab Amphitheatre in Bend, Oregon, and set to wind up at New York’s Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on July 12. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and the Hot Club of Cowtown will join on tour.