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While looking for aviators around Greenbelt and Glorietta, we chanced upon a few songs being performed by Pupil (one of my favorite bands, fuck yeah) at the Glorietta Activity Center. I’m not sure if they really meant when they said they were going to record their third album starting next week; whenever that is, I’m [...]

I bought quite a number of CDs this month (and who knows, I might buy a few more next week; somebody stop me!), all from Philippine artists. I’ve recently reflected on how I might not have been giving back enough to the local music industry after years of contenting myself with ripped files off original [...]

I found out about the tribute gig at Mag:net Cafe High Street the other day when I visited the Outcomm office; they advertised it as being fronted by Arch1pelago, Pupil, Sinosikat?, Itchyworms, and Sponge Cola, and that was it. I expected all the bands to sing at least one Gary Valenciano song, and that was [...]

I finished my bowl of tom yum and hurried back to the Fort for the rest of the festivities. When I got there, Up Dharma Down was already wrapping up their last song, but it was okay, it was worth being a bit late for. Thanks to Cyprus, we got VIP access to the event, [...]

Blame it on KC Montero for categorizing Cueshe and Hale under the Pogi Rock genre.
Blame it on them for being so damned annoying. Especially Cueshe. Stupid lyrics, unoriginal riffs, stupid lyrics, “pogi” band members, and stupendously stupid lyrics. Really, I’m having a hard time writing this: having thought back on their stupid songs (read: ALL [...]