Vocalist of Zoo

I arrived their early eager to see the bands perform in the Man Blog event dubbed as The Banana Gangbang Rock Festival. The previously announced band line up was cut down to 5 for some reasons. Most of the bands performed were TMB Bands such as Zoo, Tempestuous, Lose your beer belly and Marco Palinar (who’s supposed to play with Sanity Kit but went on a solo act instead. One non-TMB band was able to make it that night and that was Mannequin (managed by Julius Rocas). (more…)

Last Thursday, me and Sha unexpectedly spotted a Cambio gig at Podium (just outside UCC) that just started. There were only a few people there. If I’m not mistaken, they played around 8 songs from their new album Cambiomatic (played all songs in acoustic). Raymund Marasigan was not there. It was nice to see them at a gig after a long time. We were able to watch them last year (some time in December) just outside the Glorietta 4 entrance. More pictures of Cambio here.

This is the most awaited music event in The Man Blog history! It will be held on May 3, 2008 (this Saturday) at Bela Bar, Greenhills. And if you haven’t been there, take a look at this map. It will save you from trouble, believe me. (more…)

It was great to see Ria Bautista, Alsey Cortez and Marco de Leon, all from Paramita, perform again since the last time that I saw them was 2007 in one of their mag:net Bonifacio High Street gigs. The album launch is the second leg of the two-part series where the first one was held in Route 196 which Rain Contreras covered. (more…)

I was at the MTV Sessions earlier and after a long time, I was able to watch Pupil again. The mini-concert was not really shot live. In fact, they have to play the songs “Matador” and “Animal Lover” again since the MTV guys weren’t able to shoot it. (more…)

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Anyway, it was too late when I learned of Karl Roy’s Benefit Concert. In case you do not know, Karl Roy suffered a number of strokes. More details about this issue may be read in Jim Ayson’s blog post.

Karl Roy is one of the most prolific icons in the Pinoy rock scene. He’s the vocalist of the band Kapatid. The track being featured in this podcast is the song Luha which is included in Kapatid’s second album (Luha) that was released in 2006. I do hope that Karl Roy will get well soon.

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This is my first try in podcasting and this show is called “One Track Special Podcast”. The podcast show aims to feature notable OPM and of course, in promoting it as well. The track featured in this podcast is Pupil’s “Disconnection Notice” from their album Wildlife. (more…)

Tugish Takish is Pedicab’s debut album that was released in 2005 under Vicor Records. The title of the album is actually the sound of two consecutive drum beats imitated by the human vocal cords. The carrier single of this album is “Dizzy Boy”, the first track in the album. Their music, as Pedicab have put it, is Dunk Music which is equivalent to Dance + Punk. (more…)