25 things to do this weekend

Saturday

Chim↑Pom ‘Level 7 feat. Hiroshima!!!!’
Provocative art collective Chim↑Pom's nuclear obsessions are laid bare in their latest exhibition, which opens this evening by a live performance in collaboration with Mr. Children producer Takeshi Kobayashi. Read more

Contemporary Japanese Photography Vol. 10
The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography's latest survey of up-and-coming snappers selects five artists who've turned their back on the digital vanguard to explore some of the oldest techniques in the book. Read more

Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
Former Blind Faith bandmates Clapton and Windwood wrap up their five-date run at the Nippon Budokan tonight, in a magnanimous display of two middle-aged men playing purely for a pay packet. Read more

Going Under Ground
In what's being billed as a 'night of love and laughter', chirpy rock quartet Going Under Ground are teaming up with '90s indie heroes Sunny Day Service, stand-up duo Eleki Comic and Zazen Boys' Shutoku Mukai. Read more

#oshare in Liquidroom
Takahisa Gomi's #oshare in Dictionary collects portraits that the Lostage frontman drew for his pals to use as Twitter icons. He marks the book's launch tonight with guitar-wranglers 8otto, Asaparagus and others. Read more

Fasten Musique Concrete
It's amazing what a bit of badgering can do. French house producer Seuil hasn't been doing live sets recently, but when the organisers of Tokyo party Fasten Musique Concrete kept on asking, he finally relented. Read more

Funktaxi
Her self-titled album for Perlon was one of our favourite dance records of the year. Find out what it sounds like on a proper sound system when Margaret Dyas plays alongside Radiq at Warehouse702. Read more

Real Rock Design 15th Anniversary
One of a new breed of Balearic disco acts, Californian quartet Pacific Horizons are making their Japan debut at the behest of design crew Real Rock Design, who've invited them to play at their 15th birthday bash. Read more

Sound Circus
Eight years after giving Japanese audiences the first taste of his mellow Afro-Latin house project Elements of Life, Masters at Work mainstay Louie Vega is returning with a long overdue sophomore album. Read more

Mariana Dub Session 7
Former Tokyo resident Dave Twomey returns to the city with Dutch producer Conforce to revive his Mariana deep techno party, where part of the proceeds will be going to his own cancer treatment fund. Read more

Music is Connected to Universe
'Connected to universe,' indeed. Party promoters Mother give a nod to tonight's total lunar eclipse at their 9th birthday party, which features South African psytrance doyen Protoculture and the UK's Dino Psaras. Read more