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This was one of those weeks that emphasized why I still plug away at this site even though the RealWorld® leaves me little time and energy to do much besides work for a living. I won’t go into it too much, but suffice it to say, it’s been a rough few weeks. They are the kind of weeks where I lean on the music and the performances of the artists I love to get me through it, and they sure did deliver. So, for anyone else who’s having a tough time, I hope you find a similar life line below.
But first!
MAD JAMIE is playing the Punkkväll festival in Sweden today before heading to Italy for next weekend’s final stop on her European tour.
Satanic Punish announced that they will be re-releasing “Pray for Satan” during their October visit to the Netherlands and Germany with 14th Generation Toilet Hanako-San and Oguma Ayame.
NEO JAPONISM dropped an MV outfitted in their most fierce costumes yet to promote their stellar new EP.
Homicidols favorite besties, REIRIE take on a dark fantasy world together in this mind-bending MV for their best song of the year.
The new one from MAZARI lures you in with a lullaby before punching you in the face with hardcore aka it’s good!
Following their recent one-man and new outfits, Kaishin no Ichigeki (one of the few units with near universal approval over on the Homicidols Discord server) dropped a new single.
Coinciding with yesterdays one-man live, 9DayzGlitchClubTokyo unveiled new costumes and a new double-sided single.
The new one from NEKIRU deserves some heavy rotation.
THE PINK MINDS released a new single along with an accompanying Live MV. Interestingly, the Japanese song title,「素行悪い友達」(Sokō warui tomodachi), roughly translates as, “badly behaved friends,” but the English language song title is, “Bitch Idol.”
You, think, “What an unusually bright and sunny song from Saihate no Highlight!” until you realize that it’s called, “Goodbye, World.”
RETRORAIN, the most underrated unit in chika idol, just released this new single that feels like the sun breaking through clouds on a rainy day.
ERENCHAN is releasing a mini album next month produced by Kei Okubo of URBANGARDE. Here’s an MV sneak peak of the track “SUNSUN THE PANDA.”
Kei Okubo has apparently been very busy lately as he also handled arrangement and production on the new Miira Misato (wyenra, ex. drop) mini album, which was just released on her birthday.
This tune from the newly-major-label yosugala was picked as the September closing theme for the variety show, “Diane’s Late Night.”
ZenZeroRanker is dropping a new digital single every week all month long, so clean out your playlist and make some room
The new akistozeneco system dropped a new single in the run up to their first one-man live in November.
If you think upbeat, in-your-face techno should come with a warning label, Tnaka has you covered.
Oshiloss Corner
Gomes is graduating from MAZE and ending her 11-year career as an idol on December 28.
Sakura Tominaga of BELLRING Girls Heart was in an accident on her motorcycle and, in line with AQBIRec tradition, will be performing from a chair for the foreseeable future while she recovers.
Emiru is has gone on hiatus from Kingsari for medical reasons after consulting with medical professionals.
Uru Mayoi is leaving Scura on September 29th
Mei Tsumiki will be graduate from miis on September 20
Rushia Sumeragi has been suspended from CHECK×MATE after it was discovered that she was conducting private interactions and commercial activities from a secret SMS account without her agency’s knowledge.
Oshifound Corner
Meet AHNE, “the ultimate cutting-edge girls group project,” composed solely of producers and members who hail from Saitama prefecture. The project’s producers include Tribu (the same Tribu who organizes chika idol taibans featuring many of this site’s favorite artists) and Ryota Miyagi (producer of SAZANAMi Λug.).
The group’s members are Kyoko and Yukina who also provides keyboards, percussion, and digital manipulation. Their debut is scheduled for October 3rd.
NORMALIZE, the “triple guitar / vocal sound chaos pop band” including Mao ( RAY), Ui ( XUDAN ), and Kozue ( BELLRING Girls Heart ) just released their first song on streaming.
nonayu (ex. KAQRIYOTERROR, FRUN FRIN FRIENDS, XNDURE, and avandoned) tweeted for the first time since becoming a mom. She clarified that the picture is from a long time ago and that, as a mom, she has let her lip and belly piercing close but still has the tongue piercing.
DREAMY, the post hardcore band project fronted by Yumemi (ex. Candye Syrup and FaM) dropped a new MV.
