Summer Festival Update: Summer Sonic Gets Taylor Swift, Fuji Rock Welcomes OGRE YOU ASSHOLE

ByPatrick St. Michel

Spring has barely sprung, but ya still gotta start planning for summer festival season in Japan. Let’s see how the two behemoths have shaped up recently… Summer Sonic – Score one for the poptimists. Aw-shucks country pop star Taylor Swift will now play Summer Sonic. Please leave your horribly outdated Kanye jokes at home. The…

Fuji Man About To Rock: Fuji Rock Fest Announces LCD Soundsystem, Belle And Sebastian, Boom Boom Satelites, Many More

ByPatrick St. Michel

The Fuji Rock Festival announced its first wave of performers for this summer’s remote, tree-day fest. The big Japanese acts so far include Boom Boom Satelites, toe and Riddim Saunter. As for the foreign acts, heavy hitters include LCD Soundsystem (prepping a new album, Broken Social Scene (ditto), Belle And Sebastian (heading into the studio),…