After their November announcement of signing with American multimedia platform 88rising, and their December participation in the DOUBLE HAPPINESS Global Holiday Festival, ATARASHII GAKKO! are continuing their quest for world domination with the January release of, “NAINAINAI”, their first international single and MV.
I took a break from the Spotlight for the holidays but have returned to make sure you are aware of the (FREE!) Online YOIMACHI festival being broadcast across four YouTube channels this Sunday (JST). The line up is pretty mind blowing:
【拡散希望!!】
1月17日開催
東京・大塚のサーキットイベント
YOIMACHIの無料オンラインフェス#オンラインYOIMACHI△▽△▽△▽△▽△▽△
タイムテーブル発表〜!!!!!!
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YOIMACHIサイト内特設ページから
各チャンネルご覧いただけます↓https://t.co/35Vjk3KlEF pic.twitter.com/m8mJ9EQNlr— オンラインYOIMACHI (@otsuka_yoimachi) January 14, 2021
If, like me, you have spent the COVID crisis bingeing chika idol livestreams from Japan, then you have probably come to be familiar with Dan te Lion. When I started keeping The Calendar back in mid-July, they had just hosted Volume 35 of their Diffusion Φ Brightness Twitcast performance series featuring agency mates Chu Kiss RIP, KANARIA and recurring guests like ZOMBIE POWDER and (personal favorite) Lil na Valley. This past weekend, they broadcast Volume 61, which is a remarkable pace made all the more impressive by the fact that they typically perform two-to-three other shows each week on top of that.
Dan te Lion took a break from their relentless live schedule to drop a new MV on Tuesday that serves as the first single from their new album, [GO], which they then proceeded to drop on Wednesday.
I have been having a harder time than anticipated processing the disbandment of Yukueshirezutsurezure on January 2nd. I had previously survived the graduation of Shidare and, just over a year ago when Komachi, the final remaining original member (and my long-time kami-oshi), disappeared for over a month without a word, I assumed that she was nearing retirement herself. So, almost a year ago, I had begun emotional preparations for this prospective eventuality. Apparently I was not as effective as I thought.
This is primarily due to when, half-way through 2020, Tsurezure released Paradox Soar, their freshest and most progressive album in years. On it, they explored new musical genres and, I thought, had well positioned themselves for a post-Komachi Tsurezure under the extraordinarily capable leadership of Mei Yui Mei. That album, on my short list for Best of the Year, buoyed my expectations for the group. These mislaid hopes meant that, when the imminent dissolution of the group was announced at the end of November, the crash of disappointment was from a much more traumatic height. Continue reading
You didn’t think we were going to let 2020 slip away without giving ourselves a chance to go off about our own personal Best Ofs, did you? No, friend, this annual ordeal may have begun with my commenting on community picks, but nowadays we have ourselves a proper Team post on top of the community. I like it this way — it really does highlight the difference between absolute individual preferences vs. community aggregate, maybe gives you all some leads to check out, and it gives us a chance to promote our favorites more! Continue reading
It looks like a Friends-of-Homicidols Weekend as we have not one, but two gigs featuring some of our favorite bands sharing the stage with some our favorite chika idols.
Before we get to that though, MERRY BAD END have invited you to a joint birthday party for Yuina and Chihiro that they have entitled, “-I will do whatever I want-“. Damn straight you will. It’s your birthday! You can snag a livestream ticket here.
https://twitter.com/MxE_Official/status/1332247881965735937?s=20
In my duties maintaining The Calendar, I stumbled across an upcoming livestream with a guest performance by one of my current trad-ol favorites, caeca. The headliner and presenter for the show is a unit named MIC RAW RUGA(laboratory) who have apparently been hosting a regular series of lives featuring site regulars such as Gu-Gu LULU, Los an Jewels and NELN. I was intrigued that a unit with such impeccable associations could fly under the Homicidols radar for so long, and decided to see what they were all about.
That choice made my life better:
We ain’t got no words for this right now.
[重要なお知らせ]
突然のご報告で大変心苦しくありますが、この度ゆくえしれずつれづれは2021年1月2日に解散する事となりました。コメント等の詳細は下記をご覧下さい。https://t.co/s29tFdJSSu#ゆくえしれずつれづれ pic.twitter.com/QESUxLT84o— ゆくえしれずつれづれ (@yukuetsurezure) November 29, 2020
Since even a socially distanced American Thanksgiving without family still involves stuffing oneself with turkey and pie, I’m putting this post together as I fight off a turkey coma. And even though Japan doesn’t do Thanksgiving, they seem to be treating this like a long holiday weekend with about 20 different livestreams to choose from. Visit The Calendar for the whole roster, but here’s a few that come highly recommend:
Check out the elegantly choreographed dreampop duo, LiLii Kaona, as they hold their COVID-delayed oneman live commemorating the release of EP-of-the-year contender, KIYOKU.
🌜3rd ONEMAN 情報🌛
11/28(土･昼)月見ル君想フ
LiLii Kaona
3rd ONEMAN LIVE
op11:15 st12:00
adv¥3000(+1D)
※75枚限定https://t.co/duG5eTv7M5
[受付]11/28(土)9:00まで
[入場](各番号順)
手売りチケット↓
TIGET[整列]15分前より⁰
有料配信¥1500
※アーカイブ1週間https://t.co/i8eHnVAYmw pic.twitter.com/aNICniBf6X— LiLii Kaona(リリカオ)【Official】 (@LiLii_Kaona) November 14, 2020
Atarashii Gakkou no Leaders have dropped the news that they will be kicking off 2021 with an international debut courtesy of a newly inked agreement with the US-based 88rising. Our favorite four-member piano funk meets post-punk and acid jazz unit will be be taking on the world under the name, ATARASHII GAKKO!
【【 大告知 】】
・アメリカや世界を揺るがすレーベル 【88rising】から2021年1月世界デビュー決定！！
・海外名義 は 【ATARASHII GAKKO！】
・12/2開催のオンライン音楽フェスティバル 【DOUBLE HAPPINESS Global Holiday Festival】日本代表で出演決定！ ！https://t.co/Liun7mTfWp pic.twitter.com/K0FkZ6dtUm
— 新しい学校のリーダーズ_ATARASHII GAKKO! (@japanleaders) November 24, 2020
