Kushikatsu Records

16/10/2025

Advance tickets for Hibushibire (Psychedelic rock from Japan) + Ayu Okakita + Djabbic 3 tomorrow at The Victoria, Birmingham go off sale at NOON TOMORROW and there already aren’t that many left - we had to turn people away from our last show!!

https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/The-Victoria/Hibushibire-Japanese-psych-in-Birmingham/41097988/
Includes 2 for 1 advance deal for 18-25s

Doors at 7.30, live music kicks off at 8pm and we should be done by around 10.45.

15/10/2025

Don’t miss Ayu Okakita who will be opening for 秘部痺れ -Hibushibire this Friday 17th October at The Victoria, Birmingham city centre.

The Osaka based musician creates dreamy psychedelic trips with guitar, electronics and voice bringing to mind artists as diverse as The Sundays, Portishead and Ichiko Aoba.

Hibushibire (Psychedelic rock from Japan) + Ayu Okakita + Djabbic 3
£12 adv/£15 on the door
2 for 1 advance on Skiddle for 18-25s
https://www.skiddle.com/e/41097988

14/10/2025

Mass of the Fermenting Dregs from last week's sold out show at Hare & Hounds Kings Heath

Photos: James Grant
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14/10/2025

Retail Store from their Birmingham show with Mass of the Fermenting Dregs last week at Hare & Hounds Kings Heath

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13/10/2025

Local rockers Djabbic 3 release their new single ‘Retrospective’ on Friday 17th October, the same day that they support 秘部痺れ -Hibushibire at The Victoria, Birmingham city centre.

Don’t miss out on one of the remaining advance tickets (especially the 2 for 1 advance deal for 18-25s) especially as our last two Kushikatsu Records shows in Brum have SOLD OUT!!

Hibushibire (Psychedelic rock from Japan) + Ayu Okakita + Djabbic 3
This Friday 17th October at The Victoria, Birmingham
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/The-Victoria/Hibushibire-Japanese-psych-in-Birmingham/41097988/

https://www.facebook.com/reel/818937177167164

12/10/2025

Buy ‘Flashback Stonehenge’, the brand new album by 秘部痺れ -Hibushibire at their only Midlands show at The Victoria, Birmingham city centre on Friday 17th October.

Hibushibire (Psychedelic rock from Japan) + Ayu Okakita + Djabbic 3

https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/The-Victoria/Hibushibire-Japanese-psych-in-Birmingham/41097988/

2 for 1 advance ticket offer for under 25s

11/10/2025

WENDY live in Osaka.

The teen rockers have already been featured in Billboard magazine and on NHK’s ‘J Melo’ JPop and rock TV show. They play their UK DEBUT at The Victoria, Birmingham city centre on 15th November alongside I SEE ORANGE and JPU Records DJs.

Japan Underground ft. WENDY & I SEE ORANGE – Birmingham
Limited tickets at:
https://jpurecords.com/products/japan-underground-wendy-i-see-orange-london-birmingham

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17PD84Xh28/?mibextid=wwXIfr

10/10/2025

Thanks to Principle Photography for these great pictures of Mass of the Fermenting Dregs from Monday night’s sold out show at Hare & Hounds Kings Heath.

10/10/2025

I know everyone is getting excited to rock out wih 秘部痺れ -Hibushibire and Djabbic 3 next Friday 17th October at The Victoria, Birmingham city centre.

As a palate clenser, we've got the absolutely amazing Ayu Okakita from Japan making a very rare appearance in the UK - think Sigur Ros, Portishead and remember how huge Ichiko Aoba has got since that show at Tin Arts in Coventry in 2022!!

This is going to be something to remember!

Hibushibire (Psychedelic rock from Japan) + Ayu Okakita + Djabbic 3 17th October at The Victoria, Birmingham city centre
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/The-Victoria/Hibushibire-Japanese-psych-in-Birmingham/41097988/

https://youtu.be/FPZhm0sijSQ

From AYU OKAKITA's album "Grow, Grow" due to be released on the 20th of October.Thank you for being part of the shows, and thank you my friends for taking vi...

08/10/2025

Two new Birmingham shows for November!

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It's JPU Records' 15th birthday and they are bringing their Japan Underground night back to Birmingham - who remembers their great nights at The Victoria and the Hare and Hounds? It's been a while!

Japan Underground ft. WENDY & I SEE ORANGE at The Victoria, Birmingham city centre Saturday 15th November.

Rising Japanese rock stars WENDY have been hailed by Billboard US for “bringing rock to a new generation”. They have also been featured on NHK World's flagship pop program 'J Melo'.
Grunge-trio I SEE ORANGE's 90s-inspired sound has already struck a chord online, with nearly half a million views across their YouTube videos.

https://jpurecords.com/products/japan-underground-wendy-i-see-orange-london-birmingham (cheap early bird tickets available)
(JPU DJs will be playing until 11pm and you can also get a cheap combo ticket and continue partying with the venue DJs until 2am!)

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It's great to welcome back Shuya from Qujaku with his solo project KAMIKAMIKAMI presented in collaboration with New Weird Birmingham.

KAMIKAMIKAMI (dark electronica from Japan) + CRIES FROM THE LTN at Centrala, Digbeth Thursday 20th November

Now resident in Berlin, Shuya has absorbed the city's Techno and Krautrock heritage into his electronic and guitar-based sonic explorations. Expect dark ambient landscapes and haunting urban visions.

Support from CRIES FROM THE LTN, Birmingham based noise meddlers making experimental electronica Influenced by psychedelia, krautrock, techno and the brutalist city environment.

https://www.skiddle.com/e/41437586
(2 for 1 advance offer for under 25s)
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07/10/2025

Another sold out show, this time in the big room at Hare & Hounds Kings Heath.

Thanks to Mass of the Fermenting Dregs and Retail Store for an amazing night.

Next Kushikatsu Records show is Hibushibire (Psychedelic rock from Japan) + Ayu Okakita + Djabbic 3 on 17th October at The Victoria, Birmingham city centre.

https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Birmingham/The-Victoria/Hibushibire-Japanese-psych-in-Birmingham/41097988/