Banner image: YOLOZ. My trip to Japan is, sadly, drawing to a close. This is my last weekend in Tokyo for the foreseeable future and I am scrambling to get my last few shows in. Last night was YURAPICO's birthday party which was a blast. Shion dropped by for a mini-GUSO Drop reunion and Boss Rei's fancy animal punk band, Knuckle Chiwawa, performed for the first time in over a year. It was an very loud and awesome evening. Today is the finale of the "tie in reaction" concert series featuring about 20 standout shoegaze and alt-rock bands as curated by of…

Banner Image: kinopo. We got word of a bunch of new idol lives for our friends across the pond, plus the massive news of the BABYMETAL vs SEKIMA II battle in Japan this coming August. For anyone planning on heading to any of these lives, or just thinking about visiting Japan and scoping out the chika idol scene, make sure to drop by the Homicidols Discord server for any advice or help on coordinating things. I just wanted to make sure this link is out in the world since, whenever I share it in certain subreddits to try to steer folks to assistance, the post gets deleted.

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I have been back home from my 19-day excursion to Japan for a couple of weeks now and it’s taken me an unconscionably long time to put this report together. There are a few good reasons for t…

This will be the last Weekender filed from Japan for a bit. My visit is winding down. I spent the last couple of days in Hiroshima which, despite being the home of YABACUBE and PLANCK STARS , has n…

I have survived the first of my three weeks in Japan, however, after lasts night’s MAD JAIME one-man at ZEPP Shinjuku I must add the qualifier, “barely.” I was lucky enough to score premium ticket …