Good morning, lovely people! The holidays are practically upon us, but I’m breaking with a longstanding tradition around Maniac mansion: Instead of listening to Christmas music 24/7 until at least New Year’s Eve, I’ve been getting my rock on as much as possible and feel very, very motivated to try out some projects that I’ve always wanted to get involved with. Ain’t music grand?
There’s going to be a lot to take in here, so I’ll dispense with business. Everything eligible for the Best Of this year has now been released, so think about those late additions and whether they rate for you; we’ll kick off those last-minute addition opportunities on Monday. I do believe that some opportunities exist to gamify this sucker again, though not to the hilarious extent of last year (seriously, I spent as much on shipping as I did on the site for the whole dang year); Match a Maniac will definitely be part of it, if not the only part of it. Again: Monday.
For now, you know the drill: Play the fun, and check out all of this good stuff; idol’s really closing the year with a bang.
This had better be good, Maniac
So NECRONOMIDOL is recording:
本日は柿崎と瑳里がレコーディングでした!
シングル、全て新曲ですよ…✨
リリース日は1月末を予定しております!#ネクロ魔 pic.twitter.com/V7Pdf0tRWQ— NECRONOMIDOL (@NECRONOMIDOL) November 28, 2017
But first! If you wanted that sick DEATHLESS LP, you can order it now:
Preorders for Necronomidol’s Deathless LP and exclusive ouija board will start tomorrow, December 1st, at 4 PM (Paris time) on https://t.co/MDYmdCZs5Q#necronomidol #vinyl #jmusic #specificrecordings pic.twitter.com/qZSLYhyDk3
— Specific Recordings (@SpcfcRecordings) November 30, 2017
Kika has great taste:
流行りには乗れナィ…
#キカぷれ pic.twitter.com/Qt7ahwyj7F
— キカ・フロント・フロンタール (@KiKAFRONT_BiS) November 27, 2017
Check out Batten Show Jo Tai doing their best Maison Book Girl impersonation:
Good find, Axel!
How about an interview with Kaqriyo Terror Architect?
[Power Push公開中] 幽世テロルArchitect「ユビキリゲンマン」インタビュー|とにかく速く、面白く 急成長する3人 https://t.co/9FcbWggjZn pic.twitter.com/h92x903SiV
— 音楽ナタリー (@natalie_mu) November 29, 2017
Something’s up with Yuimetal, so those Legend S shows must be weird as hell:
BABYMETAL 広島公演「LEGEND − S − 洗礼の儀 − 」についてのご報告とお詫びhttps://t.co/xUiVyY7ZV7
Important Notice about the Hiroshima Performance LEGEND – S – BAPTISM XX –https://t.co/vdCczh2wc9
— BABYMETAL (@BABYMETAL_JAPAN) December 2, 2017
Looks like we get another chance to #DailyPartyRockets for Party Rockets GT:
Party Rockets GT ♪初恋ロケット2017/12/1〜2017/12/16まで毎日LIVE動画配信!https://t.co/cVgowQ1pd3#パティロケZDC#パティロケ
— Party Rockets GT (@Party_Rockets) December 1, 2017
Once again, you guys: Pirate idols:
Hell yes!
Make it a Gyū-Nō Fes-tive Holiday Season! Christmas Special Live! https://t.co/ZigdluZUh2 pic.twitter.com/9ffdgX4VcJ
— 海 (@AkaiPandemonium) November 26, 2017
I used to have an unhealthy obsession with Lawnmower Deth:
Thrash legends Lawnmower Deth have collaborated with 80s pop star Kim Wilde on the anti-Christmas track F U Kristmas: https://t.co/aWMsDFEBh5 pic.twitter.com/bniHY5cvUx
— Metal Hammer (@MetalHammer) November 30, 2017
SHiX waited until I posted about them to share their new image:
ShiX new image pic.twitter.com/tGkqjVDPZI
— ShiX (@shix6idol) December 2, 2017
It’s time for those You’ll Melt More! CMs:
Also, the YOUTOPIA album trailer:
I could not love Dots more:
始まりました!第8回定期公演
「Tokyo in Words and Letters」。これから約1ヶ月、・ちゃんたちが毎日記事を更新します。身体の #Tokyo_in_Sport から、想いと表現の #Tokyo_in_Words_and_Letters へ。
どんな変化をしていくか楽しみです!https://t.co/o4TK9O1I9m— ・・・・・・・・・運営 (@tokyo_tsukurou) December 1, 2017
To be honest, I expected something much darker from a group called Zombie Powder:
And speaking of Avandoned and Beni being pure musical joy:
You have to love what you’re doing to put up with the MIX every. damn. time
SHINGEKI:
Here’s all of the new and banded-up DISDOL:
🔥12/2(土)DISDOLバンド始動🔥
会場:目黒鹿鳴館
時間:開場16:30 開演17:00
出番:17:00〜(30分)
料金:前売り2500円/当日3000円新しい時代の幕開け!
目に焼き付けろ🔥ご予約お待ちしてますhttps://t.co/hhZdJzCubj pic.twitter.com/D2meUIDTmr
— DISDOL公式 (@DIS_DOL) December 1, 2017
Even more FunFunFun!
Aphrodite can’t catch a break:
【Aphroditeから大切なお知らせ】
本日代官山SPACE ODD
のライブでも発表になりましたが
Aphroditeから大切なお知らせがあります。 pic.twitter.com/a9OlVClCD1— Aphroditeアフロディーテ(公式) (@aphrodite_idol) November 29, 2017
My goodness, Charisma.com:
So mistress’s album:
I’m digging woltanative’s updated look:
【単独公演】「wo」開催!
12/30(土)11:30@渋谷CLUB CRAWL
▼オフィシャル先行(抽選):https://t.co/jTBw9nyYk6
▼詳細:https://t.co/v6mDvQRhGzオフィシャル先行絶賛予約受付中!
2017年の集大成ライブ!かなりお申し込み頂いております!
オフィシャル先行受付は11/30(木)23:59まで!! pic.twitter.com/quQSACdSTZ
— ヲルタナティヴ (@woltanative) November 28, 2017
This is what you call a festival:
暇なんだよなぁ pic.twitter.com/lch9zEgBaF
— Sumire@3日広島 (@smr_bm) November 27, 2017
Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da single cover art, etc.
[解禁]
12/6(水)発売、ぜんぶ君のせいだ。5thシングル「せきららららいおっと」収録曲公開&新アーティスト写真を公開!インストアも新たに日程追加があります!#ぜんぶ君のせいだインストア→https://t.co/yJluxMcnRs pic.twitter.com/XLwV9UyUxo
— ぜんぶ君のせいだ。 (@zenbukiminosei) November 29, 2017
Oh lord, Terry’s doing reaction videos now?
Savage:
I love this tweet so much:
【MERCHANDISE info】
A Ghost of Flare公式通販サイトに新作の『THE HANDS PULL OVER FOODIE』と『AERIALS CREWNECK SWEAT』を追加しました!
普段ライブ会場に来れない方も是非ご活用下さい。https://t.co/2REy12XJohmodel:@Alloy_official @mmkktn @enmtcom @nono_knzk
photo:@yhey_pho pic.twitter.com/BvVbMwtyZ8— A Ghost of Flare (@AGHOSTOFFLARE) November 26, 2017
Because you should like HAMIDASYSTEM a lot, here’s their set from the DARKNESS OVER THE PACIFIC support gig with Necroma:
Neu-chan from JyuJyu goes Latin!
Has FES*TIVE always been this cool?
Or Chu*Oh!Dolly?
THIS IS NATS!
Have a great weekend!
UNLOCKING THE TRUTH IS STILL ALIVE!
I gave my heart to Negicco, but I’d give it to Vanilla Beans if it were still available
My penguin had her birthday
たんじょうび どうもありがとう😇💐
覚えていてくださって言葉を送ってくださった方もいて
いきていると嬉しいことたくさんある
いつもありがとうおきにいり⛄️もこもこ帽子⛄️ pic.twitter.com/m5QvuHyYBX
—  ̄(=⌒・⌒=) ̄ (@_coooooooooo_) November 30, 2017
YOUTOPIA is super good. It makes me feel like I was taking YMM for granted in 2017. They were consistently peppering very strong singles throughout the entire year, and then you see it all lined up one one album and you remember that those are the 4 best girls in the game. I hesitated a moment before buying it for 15 bucks, but it’s like 25-30 in Japan, so I convinced myself it’s a steal. 😛
Speaking of high prices, we’re about 25% of the way to our goal for the BiS Cannonball subtitles. That’s 50% of the way for Disc 1 🙂