Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana, Kimmy Baraoidan, and Bong Ranes. In this three-part series, Kimmy talks about some of the problems that plagued and continue to challenge metal bands and fans, her experiences as a former member of a metal band and her personal thoughts about the local metal scene and those…
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana Permit from Pagsanjan, Laguna is this year's Bandemonium II: Screen to Stage champion, besting six other bands in the second installment of the UP Jammers' Club's battle of the bands held on October 5, 2016 at Nesting Ground, LB Square in Los Baños, Laguna. Los Baños-based hard-rock group…
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan Rogel Africa is sitting by his lonesome by a table on the second floor of Daddy's Point Restobar & Cafe, watching the crowd, while a band is performing. He is a bit worried that the crowd's energy has dropped, that when it is time…
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan The adhan (call to prayer) echoes throughout the mosque and nearby houses in Los Baños, Laguna just before 6:00 a.m. While the town is still half-asleep, a hypnotic male voice chants over the loudspeakers, summoning members of the Muslim congregation to the mosque for…
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Comic strips courtesy of Manix Abrera “At dahil hindi natutulog ang balita, nakatutok kami beinte-kwatro oras (And because the news never sleeps, we are tuned in twenty-four hours),” goes the spiel of veteran news anchor Mike Enriquez of GMA Network–a mantra that everybody in the media would come to know as early…
Text by: Sheenah Tan Photos by: Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan Surely, funk is yet another common genre in the country’s indie music, but to fuse it with rock n’ roll? Now we’re talking. Enter Lovecore’s Funk n’ Roll, a 13-track album that was released just last month. The band further strengthened funk and rock…
Text and photos by: Kimmy Baraoidan There's a Filipino saying that goes, “Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay 'di makararating sa paroroonan (He who does not know where he comes from will never get to his destination). In pursuing any art form, an artist must know the history of the medium, its masters and…
Tapat Tula ni Maki de la Rosa Sapagkat madalas nating gamitin ang mga kataga upang ikubli yaong mga nais naman talaga nating ilantad, sa pinakasinungaling na paraan lamang tayo nagiging matapat. (mula sa kanyang librong Hanggang Doon Na Rin Lang, unang koleksyon ng kanyang mga tula) Minsang kinilala ang mga tula ni Ma. Cecilia "Maki"…
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan “Life happened,” says Lovecore vocalist Cy Sorongon when asked what took the band so long to release their first full-length album Funk n' Roll. Other bands would have stopped and quit, but for Lovecore, life goes on. Cy, guitarist Reg Gutierrez, bassist Frame Ong,…
Text and photos by Dax Simbol Sonny (not his real name) is sweating bullets. The water in the glass he's holding is half empty. No, he didn't drink it; he lost half of the water with his hands still shaking. Oplan Tokhang which means toktok-hangyo or knock and plead is the Philippine National Police's (PNP)…