A lot of people took a deep breath when this popped out the other day:
[重要なお知らせ]
昨日7/24(金祝)中野サンプラザ公演を経て、この度ぜんぶ君のせいだ。は8月の初旬を目処に”一時”活動休止致します。いつも応援頂いている皆さまに突然のお知らせとなり誠に申し訳ありません。詳細は改めて後日アナウンス致します。 #ぜんぶ君のせいだ https://t.co/f35NxHEozS pic.twitter.com/S9hpQrk8zO— ぜんぶ君のせいだ。 (@zenbukiminosei) July 24, 2020
I think we all anticipated the other shoe to drop in that timeframe, and last night did/not disappoint: Continue reading
Actually by @VizMajor
One of the best things about listening to a concept album is immersing yourself into the music and simultaneously living in that moment of the sounds being produced almost as if you had astral projected directly into the experience. With MIGMA SHELTER’s newly released full album “ALICE” we get transported right into the wacky, twisted, animated world of the classic story of Alice in Wonderland. Anyone familiar with the Disney animated film adaptation can take one glance at the song titles in the tracklisting and notice words or phrases that relate to the story and even see that it is also in chronological order. One thing I will recommend here: wear headphones because you will want to hear everything on this album. Continue reading
I’m usually inclined to use a Let’s Discover Some Idols kind of title on these posts, but please, my friends, let’s dispense with formula for the sake of saying the thing that is good and true and pure, which is that there are many idols and many idol debuts, but only a handful of them truly excite. And one of them is Sway Emotions Slightly.
In our secret high-level Homicidols share-holder’s meetings, we sometimes bounce around stuff that one of us has discovered just to toss it out there to be shared amongst us, or to possibly consider it’s inclusion in Maniac’s Weekender, if not a full article in it’s own right. Today we’ve got something that Chris came across and brought to our attention. Whether it’s true sorcery or merely an illusion, I found myself taken in by their spell, so ladies and gents, please note that there’s nothing up my sleeves as I present MagicTime…
明日の配信ライブに関して
チケット購入者限定
物販ですがツイキャス(プライベート)にて行います。
Magic Timeでチケットご購入の方
リプもしくはDMお願いします。
合言葉をDMにて送ります。
物販時間内でのチェキ撮影などご希望がございましたらご連絡よろしくお願いします。 pic.twitter.com/urjfOEPkD9— Magic Time@大阪拠点ライブアイドル【公式】 (@MagicTime0203) June 5, 2020
Now I don’t know a heck of a lot about MagicTime other than they’re from Osaka, kick-started their activities in February of this year, and around six months later they still have the same three members, which in the idol world is quite an achievement! The members are Natsuki, Shizuku, and Mio. Natsuki (Megane girl) is the leader and Shizuku is also part of a duo called Strawberry♡Smile. Mio appears to have a superpower but we’ll get to that later. Now let’s check out their recent MV!
Today was a good day for fans of the blue, melancholic idol unit of Codomomental. While they announced their third album and its release dans (August 26!) a while back, they only just released its title, paradox soar, and its track list.
The new studio album contains five new songs, their recent singles as well as the solo songs of all members. Hue and Existence Metaphysical were previously released on the limited edition of exFallen, but have been re-recorded for this album.
The first track of the album was granted an MV, and it’s great! So, let’s talk Wish/~
Good morning! I hope you all had a safe and healthy and (at least as much as can be) fun week. I’m personally getting tired of watching the paint dry here at Maniac Mansion, but the heat and sudden downpours of late have made just getting out to meet with friends into a dicey proposition. It doesn’t even feel prudent to do something perfectly safe and quick, like change the oil in the Maniacmobile. Summer under quarantine sucks.
Of course, I guess I could live in Florida, pretend like nothing’s wrong and become a massive disease vector for thousands!
Anyway, interesting note: Team was approached recently to put together some edutainment content for an online fest, and we were trying to finalize some ideas last night. Of course we talked history, and D has been pointing out that we’re in the 10th year since Babymetal and BiS both sprang to life within a heartbeat of each other (late in 2010). That’s momentous and deserves more work in the future; I just wanted to note how wild that is. Like, Su-metal’s old enough to have a graduate degree.
So! With that in mind, doesn’t that put the weird-ass grab bag that is the Weekender into a whole new light? Like, 10 years on, this is what loudol has wrought? I personally think that’s neat — so much creativity and innovation! — and look forward to whatever might be next.
SAKA-SAMA!
▽新曲披露しました✨△
「ダンスを止めるな」
作詞: 柔粒あん 作曲・編曲: 野有玄佑
振付: 越智映昭みんなで一緒に思い切り踊れる日が来ますように…！ pic.twitter.com/NTeGk1zMSF
— SAKA-SAMA公式 (@sakasama_info) July 20, 2020
Remember that online WACK audition where anybody from any country of any gender could participate on Twitter? The chaotic mixture of WACK fans, girls from previous streamed auditions and children who should really have their internet usage monitored by their parents? Great news! It’s reached a mass voting stage so YOU, the reader, can be more involved than ever!
WACK and Avex’s collaborative group (no, the other one) have decided to get a little 70’s to switch things up and boy do these EMPiRE SOUNDS feel SUPER GOOD.
This isn’t new-news or anything, and the fact that I’m writing it shouldn’t be news per se, either, because of all of the online gaijin wota, I can think of exactly one other person who emphatically supported Ishido Natsumi the same way I do (hi!), but it’s important that I make good on something that I felt strongly enough about like two weeks ago to create a post draft for.
Anyway, yes, the title of the post! And I’d like for you to enjoy it, too:
I’m trying to remember my first Wonder Lander post. It very may well have been all the way back in Year 1, which is pretty wild considering the volume of disbandments among groups that were covered in that era (let’s call it the peak of Loudol 2.0, the Wonder Years), and all of the various membership ins and outs of Wonlan itself over that time. I sort of always felt that the group was destined for the same fate that ultimately befalls all idol projects … and yet, here we are, round about four years (I guess) since the first time I heard them, liked them, shared them, and a thing called Wonder Lander definitely still exists.
Different though! My very literal first thought was “oh wow, the group’s like a whole different thing now.” The most important thing of course being the music, which is, like, different! Not wholly so, mind you — Wonlan’s always been good for about 50:50 cool rock-like tunes and more conventionally idol material — but different maybe in the distribution of what they’re doing in relation to the core. You, obviously, can be the judge:
▽▲Wonder Landerリリース情報
全作品下記リンクからご試聴頂けます。■SINGLE
Lighthttps://t.co/SDDBqqbidY
Ready to uphttps://t.co/bcFxKNCNg4
marginalhttps://t.co/uXGJDlhJvg■ALBUM
IN the AIR— Official (@team_wonlan) June 26, 2020
