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It’s always rough putting together the final touches on these weekly digests of alt, indie, and underground idol happenings as the news and new releases never stop. Just as I was sitting here wrapping it all up and about to hit “Publish,” word of a notable reboot and graduation have both dropped. Ah well. They will have to wait for edition #442. Of course, if you want the news sooner, hop on over to the Homicidols Discord server to keep up with things in real time.
Here’s all the news that came in under deadline:
nonayu, MIHO, and Village in Maier are spending this weekend in the Netherlands at AnimeCon.
https://twitter.com/nonayu_dayo/status/1918428652003352607
https://twitter.com/mibom1986/status/1918568577801531448
Branching off from idol, YURAPICO was a surprise entrant in the Iwakuni Pro Wrestling WinDom battle royale and took home the championship belt!
https://twitter.com/yura_burstgirl/status/1917180291137130791
GANG PARADE channels H.R. Pufnstuf or whatever the Japanese equivalent of 1970s acid-fueled children’s programming is.
It’s hard to believe since they have been releasing PVs from their debut every week for the last several months, but this is only Chalca’s second MV.
PIGGS channel the Showa era in their latest single and MV.
ExWHYZ is typically too classy for this site, but they get down and dirty in their latest, something we always suspected they were capable of.
Rookie grindcore unit, XUDAN , cranked out their seventh single.
DIABLEVOIX gives us a preview of their live bluray being released on Wednesday.
YOLOZ have a simple approach: Just kick ass. For evidence check out their new PV and mini album .
Its been a while since we heard from Tokyo Psychopath . Here’s an MV for their new digital single.
lonlium, one of Nagoya’s best, dropped a new single and then headed off to a gig in Shanghai with AZ-ON.
Everyone’s side gig, Zissei no Imperial Doll, go hardcore in their latest PV.
Expressing sentiments that we can all get behind, NANIMONO merge dub step and hip hop to deliver the message that they hate cheerful music and want to be a cat in their next life.
If you like your idols dark, gothic, and metal, rookie give unit Made in Maiden a try.
Akumade Tenshi (which roughly translates to “angel until the end of the world”) released an MV for their self-titled song.
Kumorinochi. are just three songs into their career and have so far produced three very excellent tunes.
Oshiloss Corner
Mizuho Asakura is going on hiatus from Finger Runs for surgery to repaid a torn ligament in her knee. Upon her return, the unit asks for understanding as she will not be able to hold full-scale dance performances for the remainder of the year.
Maybe AqbiRec can bring Chair-chan out of retirement?
Ramy T Talata will retire from Koutei Camera Girl Vier in August.
Oshifound Corner
In one of the biggest shocks of the year, the LADYBABY 10th anniversary show turned into vintage LADYBABY vs. new, HEROINES-era LADYBABY featuring appearances by former members Rei Kaneko ( REIREI ), Emily Arima ( PassCode ), Nana Ikeda (NARLOW ) and Fuka Karasawa .
If it is your dream to be a member of PLANCK STARS , now is your chance! The bohemian bad kids are rebooting and holding their re-debut in Brazil.
Meet Ajisai wa Furanai , featuring Hayate Shion (formerly knows as SHiONEPiC of BiS). They debuted last weekend and just dropped their very first MV.
