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Sophie Allison, aka Soccer Mommy from Nashville, USA, has announced her first Japan tour in six years. Her latest album Evergreen, released in October 2024, has solidified her position as a key artist in the dreamy indie rock scene. It features somber yet evocative jangly guitar-driven songs that could soundtrack your 2000s rom-com fantasy. The supporting act has been confirmed as Mei Ehara, a rising singer-songwriter both domestically and internationally, with collaborations including Faye Webster and most recently a feature on a song with Haruomi Hosono on Hosono House Revisited.

One of the UK’s most beloved rock bands in recent years, Bar Italia comes to Tokyo to showcase their latest record, Some Like It Hot. Their new sound wields clashing guitars, dramatic strings and melancholic duets that stylistically call back to the annals of UK guitar rock. After releasing two albums on Dean Blunt’s label World Music, plus singles and EPs online, Bar Italia gained a cult following while remaining an enigmatic presence over London’s music scene. In Japan, they won the #1 spot on Big Love Records’ year-end chart, a globally recognised indie music source. In 2023 the band signed with Matador, all while touring sold-out shows and performing at major festivals like Glastonbury and Coachella. And this winter, they’re coming to Tokyo’s Liquidroom (and Osaka’s Shangri-La).