Japanese Jukebox

Sakanaction represents the best of Japanese alternative rock music today.

What goes bump in the night? The bass in your speakers might, if you turn up this collection of Japanese music this Halloween.

This goes out to all the guys and girls who dig guys with nice hair and slick dance moves. Are they more cheerleaders than fighters?

It’s October. It’s time to get out your costumes, smile and have fun. It’s also an excellent reason to highlight extreme visual kei band Sendai Kamotsu.

Miila and the Geeks truly get geeky on their guitar, drum kit and saxophone in their 2011 album New Age.

Japan likes to roll that sticky-icky, hit that bong, and get lifted too. And they occasionally sing about it? Whoa! The good news is you don’t have to be higher than a mutha to enjoy the music. Take a hit.

Japanese bands have shoved their axes into this hellfire genre and wielded mighty guitars that warp wicked sounds of woe and misery.

This wolf gang has been howling their lungs out for the past year, determined to make 2011 the year of the wolf pack.

Dozan Fujiwara rocks the shakuhachi flute. It’s a beautiful sound, and he’s like the best in the business.

The ska scene in Japan is alive and kicking, and we’ve got proof it’s not too late to bust out your checkerboard pants for some sick running man moves.

Sowelu and her side boobs are being released into the wild this week…

We have sprinkled tidbits of J-rock music throughout Japanese Jukebox; now it is time for a strictly straight up rock n’ roll article.

Japan toots its own horn with a musical selection of sexy brass and saxophone instruments.

J-cock rockers Droog get a taste of the big time with their first major release under Japanese giant label Avex on August 3rd, 2011.

Japan has no shortage of jacked up videos that will make you scratch your head. From booger eating to faceless overweight dancers, we found the best of the worst.