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Our goal at Shibuya HiFi is simple: To place our guests in the midst of a high-fidelity sound experience that offers a reset from the static and the noise of the modern world.
  • The Beatles - The White Album
    The Beatles - The White Album
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    Jun 23, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    We'll be listening to a rare copy of this record -- an original UK first press mono “top loader" with green Apple labels, earliest-1 Matrix and a UK tax stamp. This pressing is the closest to the Beatles ears in the studio as they come; John and Paul sat in and approved. Hosted by Kevin.
  • Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
    Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
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    Jun 23, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85–92 is a groundbreaking exploration of texture and mood, blending ethereal synthscapes with hypnotic beats to define a new era of electronic music. Haunting, achingly human, rhythmic, trailblazing. Hosted by Casual Hero
  • Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
    Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
    Jun 24, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a groundbreaking exploration of alternative rock and experimental soundscapes. Its inventive use of studio techniques and layered arrangements, alongside Jeff Tweedy’s introspective lyrics, crafts a deeply immersive experience. Hosted by Studio Q
  • Screaming Trees - Dust (30th Anniversary)
    Screaming Trees - Dust (30th Anniversary)
    Jun 24, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Dust is the sound of Screaming Trees turning grunge into a mystical sandstorm—rugged hooks wrapped in desert heat and existential cool. It’s their most refined mirage, a record that broods, blooms, and shines like a halo of ashes. Hosted by Studio Q.
  • Françoise Hardy - The Yeh-Yeh Girl From Paris
    Françoise Hardy - The Yeh-Yeh Girl From Paris
    Jun 25, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Françoise Hardy blends cool, understated pop with the emerging “ye-yé” sound, delivering songs that feel poised, romantic, and quietly modern. The record captures her signature restraint, where emotional distance becomes its own kind of intimacy. Hosted by Casual Hero
  • U2 - Achtung Baby
    U2 - Achtung Baby
    Jun 25, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    U2 reinvent themselves with a colder, more ironic edge, fusing industrial textures and electronic experimentation with arena-sized songwriting. Achtung Baby captures a band shedding its old mythology and embracing fragmentation, desire, and reinvention. Hosted by Dana
  • Primus - Pork Soda
    Primus - Pork Soda
    Jun 25, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Primus double down on their warped sense of humor and jagged musicianship, turning bass-driven funk metal into something darker and more surreal. Pork Soda is abrasive, absurd, and tightly controlled beneath its chaos, cementing the band’s cult identity. Hosted by Dana
  • Odesza - The Last Goodbye
    Odesza - The Last Goodbye
    Jun 25, 2026, 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM
    The Last Goodbye finds Odesza refining their emotional maximalism into something grand yet intimate, a polished elegy for fleeting moments. It's less a goodbye than a triumphant reminder of why their sound still feels essential in a crowded electronic landscape. Hosted by Dana.
  • Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream
    Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream
    Jun 26, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Monk's Dream is Thelonious Monk's masterpiece, where his signature dissonant chords and playful rhythms create a captivating blend of complexity and accessibility. With a mix of introspective ballads and upbeat swing, the album showcases Monk's unparalleled creativity. Hosted by Casual Hero
  • Prince - Purple Rain
    Prince - Purple Rain
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    Jun 26, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Purple Rain is Prince’s magnum opus, where blistering rock anthems, seductive ballads, and synthesizer-driven funk converge into a genre-defying masterpiece. Electrifying, charged, vulnerable. Hosted by Jason
  • Outkast - The Love Below
    Outkast - The Love Below
    Jun 26, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    OutKast's The Love Below is a genre-bending tour de force that playfully dismantles the boundaries of hip-hop, infusing it with funk, rock, and sultry R&B flair. Filled with clever lyricism and audacious production choices, a milestone of the early 2000s and beyond. Hosted by Jason
  • Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth
    Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth
    Jun 26, 2026, 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM
    Lupe Fiasco layers dense lyricism, jazz-influenced production, and abstract storytelling into one of his most ambitious records. Tetsuo & Youth rewards close listening, balancing technical brilliance with deeply personal and political reflection. Hosted by Jason.
  • Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
    Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
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    Jun 27, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    If ever there is an album that instantly transports you to another time and place with two opening chords, it is Buena Vista Social Club. A beautiful memory from a lost time, captured at exactly the right moment. Beautifully recorded and immaculately performed. Hosted by Casual Hero.
  • Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
    Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
    Jun 27, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Frank Zappa fuses jazz fusion, psychedelic rock, and virtuosic improvisation into a record that feels adventurous without losing its sense of groove. Hot Rats remains one of Zappa’s most accessible works, balancing technical ambition with playful, cinematic energy. Hosted by Andrew
  • Rufus du Sol - Bloom
    Rufus du Sol - Bloom
    Jun 27, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    RÜFÜS DU SOL’s Bloom unfolds as an immersive alternative‑dance odyssey, where rich synth textures and buoyant rhythms fuse with soulful vocals to balance introspective ambience and euphoric motion. Hosted by Andrew.
  • Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
    Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
    Jun 27, 2026, 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM
    Tame Impala trade psych-rock sprawl for glossy synth-funk and introspective pop, building songs around memory, time, and emotional drift. The Slow Rush feels meticulous and immersive, with Kevin Parker turning personal reflection into widescreen, danceable melancholy. Hosted by Andrew
  • The Beatles - Rubber Soul
    The Beatles - Rubber Soul
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    Jun 30, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Intimate, restless, and quietly revolutionary, Rubber Soul finds the Beatles shedding their pop skin in real time — folk, soul, and Eastern influences bleeding into sharper, more introspective songwriting that announced, without fanfare, that everything was about to change. Hosted by Kevin.
  • Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
    Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
    Jun 30, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Directly or indirectly, in ways both large and small, this is the record that influenced most bands that you love. It funded the Factory Records empire and defined the Manchester zeitgeist of the late 1970s. It sounds fresh and modern today. Hosted by Casual Hero
  • Rosalía - LUX
    Rosalía - LUX
    Jun 30, 2026, 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM
    LUX is Rosalía at the height of her ambitious artistry: a widescreen, genre-defying fusion of orchestral grandeur, avant-pop daring, and spiritual exploration. Recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra under Daníel Bjarnason, the album is sweeping in scale. Hosted Casual Hero
  • Gustav Holst - The Planets, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
    Gustav Holst - The Planets, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
    Jul 01, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Grand and richly textured, this recording brings sweeping color to Holst's interplanetary suite, with the Vienna Philharmonic's lush strings and brass underscoring its cinematic scope. Karajan favors drama and sheer sonic weight throughout. Hosted by Studio Q
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