Club Goodman

With all due respect to fans of AKB48 and anime theme songs, Akihabara is the last place we'd expect to hear good music. Club Goodman had staked out its spot long before the area turned into the Disneyland of otaku, and continues to provide some welcome, noisy respite in a sea of geekiness (the venue shares its building with a guitar shop and recording and rehearsal studios).