suji

^ Ditto. My CDs came fast and in great condition! Highly recommended! ♥ thanks Danao again!!

wow dadaroma has aged a bit

background info on the event: the event is dedicated to おはる (Oharu), who was recently diagnosed with malignant lymphoma. I'm not sure who she is, but she may be the owner of the livehouse where the event will take place (Takasaki club FLEEZ). Nonetheless, it's good to see all these old bands come back together for a good cause. https://twitter.com/STakahashi0823/status/1202160994702643200

Kaiki has tweeted more about the event, "Always with you 〜toおはる♡〜" and its upcoming guests. He has also tweeted about NéiL, which is why I decided to merge these threads together! [lineup] WITH-SEXY Vasalla Vasallaソレイユ (Vasalla Soleil) (I'm guessing this is a different lineup?) Mirage NéiL 2020 Romance for〜 キョウジ (kyouji) BEATLOOSE デッドポップスターズ (DEAD POP STARS) アンチフェミニズム (ANTI FEMINISM) UNCLOCKLOVER Noi'X CLeiR (Vo.NAKATA (カウス (Kausu)) /Gt.ATSUSHI/Ba.SPYKE (城戸葉月 (Kido Hadzuki))/Dr.HIMAWARI (JUN)) GLARD (with Kisaki?) Lucifer's underground UNDER FALL JUSTICE 爆弾ボンバーズ (Bakudan Bombers) (Vo.KoHey (Sleep My Dear)/Gt.Yuki/Ba.YOHMA/Dr.SHIRO) Katsura (Baiser) session Dai/Reina (S) session 龍夜 (tatsuya) session Silver Rose session Tomozo (ex-SHAPE SHIFTER)/Kaede session unnamed session band (Vo.DEAD (Merry go round,ANTIC DOLL)/Gt.由希 (DIE-ZW3E, ROUAGE)/Ba.Kusuba (Laputa, Lucide, Kraidhearz)/Dr.???) ドカチン (dokachin) (Vo:K助 (K-suke) (覇叉羅 (Vasalla) (Dr.))/Gt.YAYOI (Mirage)/Ba.KAIKI (ex-SILVER ROSE, ROUAGE, WITH SEXY)/Dr.ヒトデ (hitode) (ex-HEARTS)

Gt.Kaworu departed on Dec 13

vk bands mostly, aside from acme and kaya

GE+IM's website has been renewed and spoiler alert, both guys in the front are Naoki. http://geim-official.com/

ゼツ (Zetu) has announced that they will end activities - ie, disband - at their last oneman live on 12/19 at Electric Lady Land FITSALL. Their single, "この音源を聞いたら死にます。" (Kono Ongen wo Kiitara Shinimasu), which was supposed to be released in October, will now be released as their last single via mail order from 12/19~26. Original announcement: https://twitter.com/Zetu_Of/status/1190976984471326726

Phew. That makes a lot more sense.

^ they have changed to formal band XANVALA and will hold their first live on 1/30 at Ikebukuro Blackhole, where they will release their first limited single, "鮮やかな猛毒" (the first in a consecutive series of releases, it seems) if the above PV spot gets 200 RTs, then the full version will be posted XANVALA will also appear at Starwave Records 10th anniversary event on 2/18 at Shinjuku Blaze and will hold their twoman events on 2/22, 2/29, & 3/26.

otoiro:

it has been announced at Otoiro's revival live on 12/14 that Naoki (ex-yazzmad) has formed his own solo project, "dove dove dove"! His first mini album will be released in spring 2020 and his first single, "Sadgaze" will be released in a few days. [support lineup] Gt.健希 (Takeki) (Bräymen, ex-yazzmad) Ba.オイヌマ ヒロキ (Oinuma Hiroki) (ex-otoiro → MM FANTASY → AibeLL → CREEM , ニコラスカ (NICOLASHKA) → DISH → dishes are scheming) Dr.上村隼人 (Kamimura Hayato) (ex-GANEISHA → KLACK → THE NOSTRADAMNZ)

this is why nobody comes to us anymore

龍夜 (tatsuya) (ex-Syndrome) has announced that he will appear at a "legends event" at Takasaki club FLEEZ on June 22-25. He says that Kaiki (founder of the Soleil label) and many other visual legends will appear - I believe one of those appearances will be made by Mirage, whom Kaiki announced would be performing at some point.

Mirage will perform soon...oddly the date has not been announced as of yet. I believe it'll take place in June 2020, where Pami (Tatsuya, ex-Syndrome) will also appear, but details have not been announced. Lineup: Vo.AKIRA Gt.YAYOI Gt.TADAMITSU (GRUDGE CURSE) Ba.KISAKI Dr.SHION (Syndrome) Originally posted by Kaiki, founder of Soleil

holy shit he looks fucking beautiful!!!!!

Looks like the members will be revealed with each timestamp posted throughout the week... I guess there will be an actual announcement sometime next week.

Expect an announcement later today. They might become a formal band.

plural

and the cycle begins yet again

KAMIJO new single, "SYMBOL OF THE DRAGON" will be released on 2/26 in two types (limited ed (3500 yen), regular ed (1500 yen)). The limited edition will come with a book and a mini-poster, along with a hardcover book type jacket. [CD tracklist] 1.Symbol of The Dragon 2.CRIMSON FAMILY 3.闇夜のライオン (Yamiyo no Lion) 4.Symbol of The Dragon [Instrumental] (limited edition only) 5.CRIMSON FAMILY [Instrumental] (limited edition only) 6.闇夜のライオン (Yamiyo no Lion) [Instrumental] (limited edition only) He also has a special page dedicated to his 25th anniversary special project "PERSONA" (which is what these two recent singles are part of) and his upcoming tour schedules in 2020.

tax increase in Japan

they might as well have been on break all this time cuz they haven't done shit

天聞 (Amonn) (ex-MELLO) will hold his last lives on 12/24 and 1/10 (effectively retiring from music???) due to the worsening condition of his voice. Amonn says he's been trying to improve his voice for well over ten years, and has already had surgery about 4 times.