An outside publication reported substantially on KAALA or its work.
Press,
not mythology.
Independent reporting carries different weight from an interview or a story KAALA helped write. This page keeps those relationships visible instead of flattening every link into an endorsement.
What the labels mean
An outside outlet reported a specific project, event or release.
An outside host interviewed a KAALA participant; the answers remain first-party statements.
KAALA contributed reporting, interviews or material under another publication’s editorial banner.
Work by a KAALA participant published elsewhere—not independent coverage about KAALA.
LaMaLi
Kaala Founder Matt Ketchum Interview ↗
An early video interview about the Tokyo extreme-underground project and the thinking behind KAALA.
Transcending Obscurity
Kaala’s Matt Ketchum’s Top 3 Albums from Japan’s Extreme Underground ↗
Matt Ketchum recommends three Japanese underground releases in an externally edited guest feature.
Transcending Obscurity
Metal Around the World Vol. 1: Japan ↗
Chris Dahlberg credits KAALA’s event calendar and editorials as a route to discovering active Japanese bands.
Invisible Oranges
The Perils of Being Punk in Japan ↗
A reported feature by Aaron Krall and Matthew Ketchum drawing on KAALA Radio interviews and KAALA-supplied material.
The Toilet Ov Hell
Tokyo Brutality: Asakusa Deathfest ↗
A KAALA-associated long-form report and photo essay on Asakusa Deathfest 2017.
Decibel Magazine
Bringing Metal Tourism From America to Japan ↗
Joseph Schafer profiles KAALA’s ten-day underground fan-tour model and The Tower Vol. 2.
SealCast
Matt Ketchum of Kaala Music ↗
A founder interview covering KAALA’s event database, hosted events, tourism and tour-logistics model.
Unite Asia
Japan’s Kaala Tries New Approach to Streaming ↗
Coverage of KAALA and ZAIKO’s ¥500 Floaters livestream test at El Puente.
Tranquilized Magazine
Matt Ketchum Interview: Livestreaming Under COVID ↗
Takamasa Kato documents the test-stream revenue, venue split and emerging Korona Nights plan.
The Japan Times
Promoters Push Online Concerts to Save Live Houses ↗
David Cortez profiles KAALA-produced Korona Nights within the fight to sustain Japan’s live-house culture.
Unite Asia
Kaala Releases First Fukushima Punk & Grind Set ↗
Coverage of the KAALA and Live Labo Scenes Aizuwakamatsu documentation project and OSER set.
Unite Asia
SWAZÖND Drop “Our Heresies” Music Video ↗
A video premiere explicitly crediting the production to Matt Ketchum of KAALA Japan.
Kokoro Media
Exploring the Japanese Underground Music Scene with Kaala Music ↗
An eleven-minute profile of KAALA’s fan-tour and band-tour access to Japan’s underground.
For editors, producers and partners
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