#akumatica

We are one half of the way through the Homicidols calendar year (which runs December through November for REASONS) so we thought it was time to make note of the songs, albums and MVs that Team Homicidols have had on repeat for the last six months.  This year’s entries so far seem to largely skew to the punk, shoegaze, and dream pop side of the spectrum, with only a few entries dipping their toes…

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 number five in the lottery which awarded me a place right on the rail. Between the crush of a thousand wota at my back and the near constant stream of crowd surfers passing overhead, I am battered and…

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 that. Not only did I have to recover from jet lag while immediately readjusting to work life, but I also had to withstand the culture shock of readapting to a world without light fluffy bread, rich earthy…