Mixing The Meiday Melting Pot

If you haven’t heard of Meiday! Meiday!, it’s either you’re old, not in Facebook, or dead.

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Up Dharma Down: The Birth Of A Typhoon

“I always say that when you see something that’s very real, or true to its origin, it puts you to shame.” Armi Millare, vocalist of Up Dharma Down, pauses thoughtfully. It’s one of those strange weather days, where the morning is all sunshine and blue skies, and the afternoon is just sheets of rain. Outside, the storm has rolled in, charging the air with the music of a sustained downpour, the constant drumbeat of water hitting pavement, the syncopation of rushing footsteps on quickly formed puddles. Inside, I am with Armi and Paul Yap, the band’s bassist and one of the primary songwriters. Armi’s unfinished thought hangs like a raincloud. “You can’t hide the stuff that you put in it,” she continues, letting the idea seep into the earth.

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Get To Know Ang Bandang Shirley

If you’ve been quite a staple in the “underground” music scene, you would have heard about Ang Bandang Shirley by now—heart-wrenching lyrics, fantastic girl-boy vocal blending and lots of infectious dancing. Inarguably this year’s best new OPM discovery, the band is predicted to take the radio waves by storm. Consisting of eight members—Owel Alvero and Selena Salang on vocals, Ean Aguila and Joe Fontanilla on guitars, Jing Gaddi on bass, Heidi Pascual on keyboard and synth, Zig Rabara on drums and Kathy Gener as resident band manager-- they create this rather cute visual of a barkada shimmying, smiling and nodding to music they create. Truth is, it’s not a façade for immediate pop style branding. Ang Bandang Shirley is a happy mix of individuals who are friends in “real life”--each distinctly possessing their own style--but still leaving enough room to coalesce their creative worlds.

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The Glorious Masai Mara EP Launch

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Bring Your Friends

Since 2000, with the release of their debut album "Hello! How Are You Mico The Happy Bear?," the boys of Ciudad have been known to be purveyors of sweet and catchy melodies with their quirky and silly brand of rock, which continued on with their follow-ups, "Is That Ciudad? Yes, Son, It's Me." (2002) and "Its Like A Magic" (2005).

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Project Fusion

If you're looking for a band that combines the feel-good vibe of pop-rock with the competence of good musicianship, then Project Fusion is one such band that is certainly worth checking out.

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Bituin Escalante Releases Third Studio Album, 'Ur Luv Thang'

'Neo-Soul Diva' has finally released her independently produced third studio album.

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Purveyors of perfection

Paramita? Bodhisattvas? Come again?

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Twisted Halo's controlled violence

Twisted Halo is a familiar band in the independent rock scene. But for the benefit of the unenlightened ones, however, the question begs to be asked just who, or what, is Twisted Halo?

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