Photo courtesy of Skygrid. A metalcore fan would appreciate SkyGrid's Faultless Vision, the Los Baños-based band's debut EP. The five-track EP brings together material from 2014 to 2019, mainly influenced by August Burns Red, Killswitch Engage, Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Valley of Chrome, and the nu metal sound. Anyone listening to the EP wouldn’t…
The UPLB INFOCUS Multimedia Guild, a university-based student organization catering to multimedia arts, will be holding IMG Week from April 23 to 26, 2018, at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. With the theme Connections, the four-day event aims to showcase the organization’s talent in the field of digital and traditional arts and to…
Text by Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan At some point in a band’s life, you will get to experience gigs that will test your patience and flexibility. For Manila-based pop-rock band One Click Straight, such a gig showed just how talented and adaptable the band is. Last January 25, One Click…
Gold Steps Productions is back with its second round of gigs in LB. Bimby in Wonderland will feature Manila-based indie bands One Click Straight and The Adamant. Los Baños-based bands Cold Summer, Lidjah, Red Light, and ALS will also be performing. The show will be held on January 25, 2018, Thursday, 7:00 p.m. at 77 Events…
The guys of pop-rock band One Click Straight—vocalist and bassist Toffer Marquez, guitarists Sam Marquez and Joel Cartera, and drummer Tim Marquez—are back again with another single. She is inspired by the tragic emotional disarray that people go through when faced with unrequited feelings, according to Sam. Tim initially started the whole concept and structure of…
Eighties-inspired pop rock seems to be all the rage lately, with bands sprouting left and right, making themselves heard on the radio and reaching out to gig goers in and out of the metro. If you're wondering which bands are worth checking out, listen to The Adamant, which recently released a single entitled Unpredictable. "Unpredictable is about…
Manila-based pop-rock band Once Click Straight recently released a new single called Small Talk. According to guitarist Sam Marquez, the song is about a common situation most people find themselves in when talking to a person they want to get to know. “It depicts the desperation a person is willing to go through for a…
Gold Steps Productions and Live for the Hype Movement present Bimb's Warped Tour featuring Snakefight September 14, 2017 | 7:00 p.m. Nesting Ground Garden Cafe, LB Square Tickets: 150 pesos with free beer The headliner, Snakefight, is a punk-rock/pop-punk band from Manila. Band members include Christian Tomacruz (vocals), Ron Dela Cruz (guitar), Francis Luigi Tuazon…
Anyone who goes to a rock gig is expecting the bands to put on a show, to rock their hearts out, to make the audience sing along or dance or bang their heads. Many upcoming bands have yet to master the art of performing, but Fratres certainly made an impression during their performance recently at…
Life Less Ordinary, a local indie band based in San Pablo City, Laguna, recently launched their four-song EP at 77 Grove Events Place in Los Baños. Their debut EP entitled The SelfTitled 4-Song EP is the product of weekend warriors Mark Dela Cruz (vocals/guitars), Prong Biglete (guitars), Marc Banzuela (drums), and Gibo Tan (bass), who…