Years End Mega Hitt Party

Headbang your way into 2012 at this all-night onslaught of punk, hardcore and post-punk bands in Koenji. Firebirdgass and Bad Attack serve up solid, dumb punk rock, while you can expect something a little weirder from Groundcover – who occasionally recall the frenzied experiments of mid-period Boredoms – and Otori, a bunch of fresh-faced no wavers with one of the coolest vocalists on the Tokyo underground, period. Also keep an eye out for Gang of Four enthusiasts Steiner, then prepare to get thoroughly bummed out by experimental noise-hardcore quintet Omawarisunn. Who said New Year's Eve had to be normal?