Ang Dating Don Juan: Riding the Post-Pandemic Wave with Pop-Punk Fire
It’s 2022. The city is still shaking off the haze of lockdowns. Live music, once silenced, is crawling back into bars, clubs, and tiny backstreet venues. Somewhere in this slow-burn comeback, a few long-time friends—each from different bands that had gone quiet during the pandemic—look at each other and decide: “Tara. Buo-in na natin ’to.” […]
Carpathia PH: The Sudden Change of Plans That Led to Sound
There are bands that plan for years, grind in the underground, and wait for that one break. Then there are bands like Carpathia PH, who formed not out of ambition, but out of a shared itch to play music again—musicians once active, now “napaglipasan” or resting in creative hibernation, who found their way back not […]
SETSUNA: Seize the Moment, Burn With It
You know a band is serious when they name themselves after a fleeting moment. SETSUNA, a NuMetal band formed in 2024, might be the new kids on the block, but they’re already making waves in the local scene. A unique mix of heavy riffs, rap verses, emotional release, and live chaos—that’s what you get when […]
Ultimate Ube: From Skate Fails to Gig Stages
In the middle of Ibayo, Marilao in 2004, a group of skaters failed miserably at landing tricks. So what did they do instead? They started a band. No wild story, no lightning bolt moment — just a bunch of friends who swapped boards for instruments. And that’s how Ultimate Ube was born. “Wala e, frustrated […]
Prinsesani: The Island Girl Who Sang Her Way Through Silence
In a world where dreams are often postponed for practicality, Prinsesani—a singer-songwriter from the paradise island of Puerto Princesa—chose to pause, not give up. She calls herself an “island girl from the last frontier,” but don’t mistake her gentle tone for softness. Prinsesani is the kind of artist who wears multiple crowns: singer, poet, director, […]
Melissa Corpus: The Songwriter Who Chose to Stay
In the unassuming town of Montalban, Rizal, a voice quietly rose during the stillness of the pandemic. A voice that doesn’t belt like the power divas of the ’90s, but one that speaks — sings — truths that are heartbreakingly familiar and unmistakably her own. Melissa Corpus isn’t here to chase the spotlight. She’s here […]
Shallies: The Band That Almost Didn’t Happen, But Did—And Now They’re Just Getting Started
Some dreams are loud and urgent—they demand to be heard, seen, done now na. But some dreams, like the kind Gio and JL of Shallies had, simmer quietly in the background for years, waiting for the right moment, the right tools, the right time. For Shallies, that moment came in September 2024. It all started back in high school. […]
AIYANA: The Bloom That Refused to Wilt
Some bands are born in garages. Some in the flicker of a dream. And others, like Aiyana, were born in a haze of riffs, bar gigs, and quiet conviction — somewhere in the cool air of Tagaytay, where the fog never fully lifts but the music finds a way to rise. Formed in 2021, Aiyana […]
From JS Proms to Dream Stages: The Heartbeat Behind LunarLights
When you’re young, playing at your college prom feels like the peak of the dream. You set up, strum a few chords, the crowd yells, and for one brief, glorious moment—you’re somebody. But for LunarLights, that moment didn’t end when the lights dimmed and the decorations came down. It was just the start of a decade-long ride […]
FIGVRA: Songs Made of Scars, Stories, and Shared Chaos
Some bands are born in garages. Others form in the haze of drunken parties or from the disbanding of earlier dreams. FIGVRA began at home—literally. The name “FIGVRA” (pronounced as “figura”) came out of a casual discussion at home between Josh and his partner Zab. They were kicking around ideas with their original bandmates, searching […]