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I am on the road this week and compiling the Weekender on a cranky laptop with sticky keys and an ailing monitor. Please take any random typos or errors as reassurance that the compilation of The Weekender is one of the few remaining recurrent, web-based features yet to be turned over to AI. We here at Homicidols dot com still deliver 100% fully organic written content via a vintage hybrid parallel processing system known as the human brain. Enjoy the imperfection.
First up! About four tons of overseas live news dropped:
Isiliel dropped the dates for this year’s world tour, Moonbow Legion.
https://twitter.com/Isiliel_jp/status/2049821093175918864
AFTERS is exporting their brand of insanity to France for Japan Expo in July.
GANG PARADE will be making one last visit to the UK this August so they can say “Good Bye” to Cal before disbanding.
https://twitter.com/GANG_PARADE/status/2050047568131027367
US Idol Fes will be returning to Redondo Beach this Halloween. No word on the line-up yet, but last year featured idols from several different countries including YURAPICO representing Japan.
MAD JAMIE will close out the year by returning to Sweden in early December.
We have gotten a rather large haul of Oshiloss announcements these past few weeks so, over on the Homicidols Discord server, several people have found themselves in the position of needing a new oshi. If you happen to find yourself in a similar predicament, here’s some ideas on where to find some promising candidates:
Culture core unit NARUKAMI continue to be one of the fiercest new groups in recent years.
For those who lean goth, maleficium aims to transverse the borderline between pure void and inescapable despair.
For those with a sunnier outlook, try youth punk unit BLUEGOATS.
The best current all-around unit in chika idol, RAY adds another single to the electronic section of their extensive catalog.
Proto-punk unit PIGGS shows off in their new PV.
9DayzGlitchClubTokyo demonstrate their prowess in electronic hardcore in support of their new EP.
The new MV for U3NEKO channels another cat-themed unit (our old favorite Kuro Neko no Yuutsu) who we loved for their one-shot videos of the members doing things like fishing or eating donuts.
Post-hardcore fans should be courting My Criminal Lovers’.
kamisama no iu tori shared their delightful new tune, “The Deformed God.”
Few units put our more consistently excellent music than Gekkan PAM. Like, every single new song goes straight into the playlist.
Happy birthday to XINXIN who celebrated their one year anniversary yesterday.
Axelight captured and shared “BRAINWARS” from a recent one-man live.
One of the best names in idol, Tsuki ni Ashiato wo Nokoshita 6-nin no Shoujo Tachi wa Ittai Nani wo Mita no ka… (translation: “What on earth did those six girls who left footprints on the moon see…”) aka Tsukiato, deliver a driving, hard rock anthem.
This title of this song by Everglitch makes my brain malfunction.
An unexpectedly riff-heavy electronica and guitar number from SPRISE.
Oshiloss Corner
Shizuku Kotoyama will graduate from RAY in September. She explained that she feels that her physical strength is not keeping up with the pace of RAY’s activities, and she wants to graduate while she can still give her 100%.
Kino Ochi is taking a two month hiatus from LADYBABY to undergo surgery for vocal cord nodules.
MIKAN made the decision to officially leave CHICKEN BLOW THE IDOL.
MANACLE has delayed their dissolution until December.
IRU is graduating from Zen Zero Ranker due to health concerns.
jirco is leaving Buddha TOKYO in June.
https://twitter.com/Buddha_TOKYO/status/2048613107119833150
Purin Negishi is taking a one month break from NANIMONO on Doctor’s orders. She says, “It’s been seven years since I first became an idol, and for the first time, my body isn’t listening to me anymore.”
Oshifound Corner
Meet Yuno Maedate, the newest member of punk unit HUSH HUSH. She’s married and her catch phrase is, “Can you make me happier than my husband?♡”
https://twitter.com/HUSHHUSHU/status/2049823161034875239
