 | Album: MISTAKEN FOR GRANTED
Band: SILENT SANCTUARY
The rock quintet behind the runaway success Fuschiang Pag-Ibig is now back with their third album under Universal Records, entitled Mistaken For Granted. Silent Sanctuary took the local airwaves by storm back in 2006 with a slew of hits like &ld... |
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 | Album: WALK DOWN THE ROAD
Band: CYNTHIA ALEXANDER
Amid beats, chanting and the strum of her acoustic guitar—whose strings she would sometimes break during her live performances—Cynthia Alexander pulls out intensely personal lyrics wrapped in poetry like gifts from heaven, and makes t... |
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 | Album: GOOD LUCK… GOODBYE
Band: SOAPDISH
It seems that almost every band on the radio is playing and using the same time tested formula which might be one of these scenarios: “girl leaves guy, guy chases her and begs her to stay” or “moving on, I don’t care about y... |
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 | Album: SULAT, ARAW, KWENTO
Band: LETTER-DAY STORY
Letter Day Story burst out into the local pop rock scene after nabbing the grand champion title from the 2008 Nescafe Soundskool competition, but it was the group’s collective enthusiasm for music-making that sustained them until their comm... |
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 | Album: TABLE FOR TEN
Band: SKABECHE
A rollicking, feisty and downright fun record several years in the making. Skabeche make their bid for a place in the Pinoy ska and reggae pantheon with a rude boi aplomb and a spirited, helter skelter joie de vivre. This IS the core vibe of ska after al... |
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 | Album: VISCERAL
Band: SWITCH
This is industrial music from Cagayan de Oro and the greater Visayas area. Though their music bears a great resemblance to Nine Inch Nails circa Downward Spiral and Ministry, the more I listen to them the more it becomes clear that they’re the missing pop link ... |
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 | Title: Fall Crash Infect
Artist: Zach Lucero
APPARENTLY, Zach Lucero can do the impossible. He can, for example, establish détente between natural enemies: Zach lives with two dogs named Bopya and Buffy, as well as three cats named Pavarotti, Sarah Brightman and Phoebe Cat. Yes, he&... |
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 | Title: Reasons for unrest
Artist: Intolerant
Label: Sonic Shape Records
Brutal is an apt term. Tracks brim in aggression and deadly thrash like “Blunt Force Trauma” and the paean to conflict that is “God of War” assailing your ears with a double guitar attack and braw... |
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 | Title: The Slip
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Label: Null Corporation
While certainly there are lots of musicians as monetarily rich as Trent Reznor, a band offering up free downloads does it for many reasons other than being able to afford to—many of them reactionary. Reznor’s reason i... |
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 | Title: Self-Titled
Artist: Itchyworms
Label: Sony BMG Music
Opening with the unapologetically raucous drinking anthem for late 2008, “Penge Naman Ako N’yan,” the Itchyworms are off to a good start in their follow-up album. Track three, “Gusto Ko Lamang Sa Buhay,” res... |
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 | Title: Bipolar
Artist: Up Dharma Down
Label: Terno Recordings
On their sophomore album, Up Dharma Down put in a bit more lounge in their loungecore sound, forgoing the rock vibe of previous songs in favor of sublime tunes, surreal trips into the urban wilderness with its agonies, ecstasies... |
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 | Title: Impiyerno
Artist: Lav Diaz
Label: .MOV Records
Many may know Lav Diaz only as the internationally acclaimed cinema giant who makes almost unwatchably long films like “Batang West Side” and “Death in the Land of Encantos.” Lav Diaz as musician, however, is ... |
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