Indie Corner Week 5: layla

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layla is a four-member rock band that formed in 2016. Vocalist Ariake’s unique singing style harmonizes very well with main guitarist Taiki Miura’s melody, which helps the group stand out amidst a very crowded, guitar-heavy band scene. Their songs “Aparto no Nakade” and “Itoshi Hito” exhibit great examples of this harmonization.

layla currently only has one single, “さよなら、いとしい人 (“Sayonara, Itoshi Hito”)”, released in February of last year. Their mini album, あなた色に染まりたいの (Anata Iro Ni Somaritaino), was released later on in the year. Last year they were also in the semifinals of the RO JACK for ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2017.

You can check them out on thier Official Site and their Twitter 

layla Stars Taiki Miura (Guitar)

Usushio Makino (Bass) 

Ariake (Guitar/ Vocal)

Suwa (Drums) 

 

You can check out the music video for “Aparto no Nakade” below! 

Bushiroad Announces New Singles And Album For Their BanG Dream! Project!

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Bushiroad’s multimedia project “BanG Dream!” announced during their @Hello, Happy CiRCLE Broadcaster YouTube show that they will release a brand new album called BanG Dream Girls Band Party! Cover Collection Vol.1. As its title implies, the album will feature the cover songs that were used in the BanG Dream Girls Band Party! app game, and it will be released on June 27th. The album will feature full recordings of the cover songs.

Poppin’ Party--one of the bands in “BanG Dream!”--will also be releasing their 10th single, “二重の虹（ダブル レインボウ）/最高(さあ行こう)！ (“Double Rainbow/ Sa Ikou”)”, on July 11th.

Roselia will also be having a new single titled “R”, their 6th single overall, scheduled for release on July 25th. This will be the first single to have Yuki Nakashima take over the voice for the character Lisa following former voice actress Yurika Endo’s retirement.

You can pre-order all three CDs here!

Flower Companyz New Album Will Have A Unique Twist!

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Popular four-member rock band Flower Companyz announced today their brand new album,フォークの爆発第1集 ～29～ (Folk no Bakuhatsu Dai 1 Shu 29). With its release date of August 1st, this will be the band's first fully acoustic album. They also reported that their next live tour will feature an all acoustic setlist exclusively from this album. The tour is scheduled to begin in August and run until November.