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Japanese Alternative Magazine (JP ALT MAG) prides itself in outstanding middle-class citizen journalism.
We are a collective of Japanese-music-obsessed English-speaking writers who live only to satisfy you: the reader.
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Best of ’25: Staff Picks
JP ALT’s Best of ’25
JP ALT’s Seb, Emily and Cam pick their favorite releases of 2025. This list is not ranked, and exists to showcase the best projects released in the past year, spanning from mellow indie rock to wildly experimental noise. Seb’s picks The Dresscodes- † For me, the current musical landscape lacks bands like the great 90s…
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