Bright Moments
Kelly Pratt is awesome. For starters, he’s a multi-instrumentalist and can play the piano, the french horn, the glockenspiel… you name it (except the drums!). He has performed with Arcade Fire, Owen Pallett, and LCD Soundsystem among many others and was a steady member of Zach Condon’s Beirut, doing vocals and brass, up until recently when he decided to finally make time for his own musical endeavors. He now comes out with a lovely album called Natives with Bright Moments, a follow-up to his earlier band Team B. The record... Read The Rest →
Toro y Moi’s Jordan
Last month, Filipino fans finally got the Toro y Moi show they’ve been asking for. It started with a Facebook page created and managed by Bobby Benedicto and Kathy Gener. “We made it because we were planning on bringing them to Manila ourselves in June in line with their gigs in Japan and Korea,” Kathy said. “By that time, we had already emailed his booking agent regarding our offer and were exchanging emails. Sadly, we weren’t able to push through with it because of monetary constraints.” The Facebook page kept... Read The Rest →
On Loop: “Prophecy” by Adam & The Amethysts
Canada seems to be a great source of folk-pop music and it always delights me to no end whenever I find especially good ones online (oh, the joys of the internet!). Through the years, I’ve enjoyed the music of their local indie favorites like Chad VanGaalen, The Acorn, Ohbijou, and Woodpigeon. Despite having never set foot in Canada, I have a rather ideal image of it in my head aided thoroughly by the music that comes from there – relaxed, friendly, and inspiring. Now I’d like to add to the... Read The Rest →
A Week in Metro Manila: Up Dharma Down
Chicago-based filmmaker Tony Rago talks about the online release of his music documentary A Week in Metro Manila: Up Dharma Down.
On Loop: “Forget About Her” by Patience Dear Juggernaut
Watch Patience Dear Juggernaut's new music video for "Forget About Her" from the album Girl the Impaler.
On Loop: Beach Fossils’ Shallow/Lessons 7″
The dog day heroes from Brooklyn are back after their 2011 buzz-worthy EP, What a Pleasure, and this time, they offer us back-to-back tracks from their forthcoming 7” release. Beach Fossils’ early surprises were successively previewed online, and are currently causing a heavy rouse of anticipation for their upcoming full-length album, which according to reports, will be done by this year. On Loop is all about newly released songs and records we just can’t stop listening to. If it’s here, then it means really love it. Updated sporadically because let’s... Read The Rest →
Orcas
I remember when I was in film school, all I listened to was Benoît Pioulard’s music to get me writing. There’s something about it that is really difficult to put into words. Try listening to Tack & Tower, one of my favorite tracks of his. It could be the combination of his voice, the ambience of the song, and the poetic lyrics that puts you in such a dreamy disposition. Like you’re in a place you’re not quite familiar with and it’s totally okay. You don’t mind hanging there for... Read The Rest →
Wincy Aquino Ong a.k.a. Patience Dear Juggernaut
Wincy Aquino Ong, former bassist for Manila’s mid-2000s indie favorite Narda, eventually moved on to guitar and keyboard duties for the good music of Us-2 Evil-0 with other formerly-of’s. Now thirty and having grown weary of the scene, he has again left off for something else, this time for business school in Vancouver. Sure, he took himself away from the band, but one can’t take music away from him, hence the bedroom project PATIENCE DEAR JUGGERNAUT. Having released his horror comedy San Lazaro last year, people would also recall him... Read The Rest →
