For the very last time, I watched Sugarfree perform live. Everybody shared their sentiments about the band’s break-up both online and offline. The band played their very last performance at the Eastwood Central Plaza on March 1, 2011. One month was given to the fans to opportunity to watch their last performances in different rock joints in Manila such as Route 196, Sazi’s, 70′s Bistro, Checkpoint, Saguijo and 19 East. I was able to see them in Saguijo last Feb 10th however only got the chance to view them from the window while hugging the post outside. It was jam-packed and hugging the post was my only opportunity to see them. Read the rest of this entry »

I stumbled upon the album of Stone Temple Pilots while I was on my way to work this morning. I suddenly found myself getting too excited because I knew that they will be coming to Manila this March. It’s finally sinking in! Swarmed with work and other commitments, it’s quite hard to grasp this kind of reality. We are ditching Deftones because we realized that STP has a better venue – Deftones is at the World Trade Center vs. STP at the Araneta Coliseum. Plus, I have more favorite songs than Deftones. So, save the date! March 9 at the Araneta Coliseum. Read the rest of this entry »

Fresh from the Listener’s Party at Robot Bar, I am now listening the third album of Pupil entitled Limiters of the Infinity Pool at home. The album isn’t released yet and not sure when it will be released at the record bars. Glad to be one of the first to grab a copy. Just hate it that someone stole the album Karla bought for me. Thanks to Ryan for giving me her free copy. I owe you! Read the rest of this entry »

Bamboo during the MTV Exit gig in 2009

Ok, ok. Now here it goes again. It’s the season of popular and influential vocalists leaving bands. Although it is heartbreaking for us fans to hear this, WE MUST MOVE ON. Band vocalists have their personal reasons why they have to leave their respective bands. If it’s heartbreaking for us, it is definitely heartbreaking for them. Oh, sorry, forgot to tell you that Bamboo (the band), allegedly has called it quits as of today, Jan 10, 2011 (according to KC Montero’s tweet). On the other hand, Sugarfree hasn’t called quits yet, many say that they are not disbanding yet and that Ebe will be the only one who’ll be leaving the band. No official statement from Bamboo yet. Let’s wait and see. Read the rest of this entry »

Dear Ebe,

I saw your tweet yesterday and you said that you will be leaving Sugarfree. Why oh why Ebe? I won’t be selfish, if you decide to part ways with the band. Does this mean that Sugarfree will already disband? Before it was the Eraserheads that I really mourned for when they disbanded and now Sugarfree? Huhu.Good luck and in case you form another band, I will definitely support it. Don’t worry, I am not a purist.

Thank you for the music and hope to hear more from you in the future.

Your fan,

Sha

If you’re expecting me to give away tickets, sorry, I don’t have the power to do so. BUT, you can Splintr’s contest to avail a Silver ticket equivalent to PHP1500. All you have to do is upload the Deftones poster (refer to the photo above) in your Facebook, then tag 50 people on that photo. Just ensure that they won’t untag themselves the moment Splintr checks your Facebook profile and that photo is PUBLIC. When you’re done tagging your friends in Facebook, email contest@splintr.com with the subject title “Deftones Poster Tagging Contest”. They will randomly choose 50 winners.

I wanna watch Deftones but I am not sure if my work schedule and budget will permit me to do so. Have lots of traveling to do in the first quarter of the year.

It’s been quite a while when I first watched Doki perform and I’ve been dying to hear the whole album well guess what, I got to hear the entire album during the listening party at Votre Bar in Quezon City. Fellow Scholasticans were also there to support Doki – Mabie, Jihan and Nikki.

So about the album, it contains 12 songs. They usually perform these during their gigs so I am a bit familiar with those. One that I am not familiar with is “Kartada Diyes”. I guess older generations and music enthusiasts will know that this is a song of Rico J. Puno. Yes, Doki ( I mean Dorica) will sing the revival of her father’s hit song back in the 70′s. Of course the band gave a modern and yet soothing approach of the song. Read the rest of this entry »

Although we spent a lot of money for our trips this year, we still want to watch Gin Blossoms and nothing can stop us from watching this. I was really planning to buy but Karla surprised me and already bought the tickets. Our budget is really for Upper Box B tickets because Upper Box A tickets are expensive (around PHP 2,500 +). Since this is Araneta Coliseum, the view is much better because it has different levels.  Visibility of the band is impossible and you’ll be standing for more than 3 hours if you’re in SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds. Our seats weren’t bad anyway. We really planned to come early so that we can choose good seats. Read the rest of this entry »

Franco

This is it. The last NU Rock Awards happened last October 29, 2010 at the NBC Tent, Taguig. NU preferred to give away tickets by invitation only and the event became a private affair with no jumping Orcs , just like how the NU Rock Awards started back in 1994. I’m no VIP however I was able to score tickets courtesy of my colleague, Pax (you’re the best!) on the day of the Rock Awards itself. I wasn’t prepared to go but who could not resist those tickets??!!! Two of my motivations to go to the Rock Awards this year: 1) because this will be the last and I wanna be there and 2) I want to see my band photos on the AVPs for some categories (particularly Urbandub). This is the first time that my photos will be used in a big event like this Read the rest of this entry »

(photo from NU 107 website)

Rumor has it that NU 107.5 will now be reformatting to become more appealing to the “masa” and bigger crowd. Will this be the start of its new tagline, “Home of Nu Pop”? Got this news from a Facebook note of a former NU 107 jock, Jaedee (which she also posted in her blog here). Hmm, was this the reason that Quark Henares was being reminiscent of previous NU Rock Awards in Facebook? Read the rest of this entry »