SECRET HANDSHAKES Tour - Manila Leg

here is tour flyer for the half asleep/ever after show in manila this coming tuesday, july 30, '09. as for the line-up, you can already see that this is going to be an amazingly fun punk rock gig, so if this music is your kind of thing then hopefully we'll get to see you in the pit. attend and support more DIY shows! cheers to NCI for making this possible. takits! :D

The Get-Up Kids - Red Letter Story

hello you. this is the first upload since i started to bring back my decaying blog to life... and so without further adieu here i present the get-up kids with the EP "Red Letter Story". not much to say about this one since i think you are quite acquainted already with this band and their story (or not, so refer here to wiki for an introduction). all i can say about this record is that it this is where they started using the piano as part of their band, and the transition from their earlier records to the later ones. i am not much a big big big fan of their sound but id like to think im pretty appreciative of them. got this cd from a good friend who was disposing some of his stuff (naunahan ako sa braid! yun lang) so i consider myself somehow lucky to get a hold of this one. shout-outs to him and his awesome post-rock band that's doing a cebu tour as of the moment. as to everyone, do try this piece of indie emo/pop punk and have fun with yer weekend. enjoy!

(click on actual pic to download)

P.S. MAIM's 6th year anniversary was a blast. if you missed it out then you missed it out badly. boo :P

the search for venues is ON.

found a probable venue for the show but (urgh) it is a bar so it's last on the list. next plox!




P.S. blog header now pimped. oyea >:D

if not now.. when

oh hai

well well well. hello there 2009, how you doin'? been gone for a looong time since when. anyway. some infos for y'all. couple of shows coming up here in the country, and this year looks like a very positive time for bands touring in our shores. first up: second combat/motivation tour (feb '09)

(no bulacan flyer yet btw)
if you still haven't checked out these bands then by golly you should right now:
http://www.myspace.com/secondcombat
http://www.myspace.com/xmotivationx
http:// www.myspace.com/deadpits

i'm specifically stoked to see second combat, ever since i heard their song "this is the reason i stay" i got goosebumps all over me. haha. dead pits also gets a nod in my book, tho i have yet to hear a song that i could understand since all the songs i've heard are in indonesian, maybe i'll have to check out more songs from them. will have yet to check motivation's music but i'm all for posi- bands, so it's probably good! i'm already sure on the manila leg, killer line-up btw, but i'd have to check if i could also be available for the laguna leg since the scene there is great and cookin'. mad props for all the organizers making this thing happen. kudos! :D


another wicked tour coming up: antagonist ad/mouthful of air/ forgive/ sidekicks:


note: listen to mouthful of air, listen to mouthful of air! hahaha.

this tour is gonna be around march 21-23 as i've read about it in diypinoy, so there's plenty of time for you guys to save up and listen to the bands here. there will be a baguio leg, manila leg and i think the last one will be in cavite but i'm not totally sure about that. anwyay, antagonist ad(australia) and mouthful of air(malaysia) is already a go for the philippine leg but forgive (singapore) will not be able to play here in the country for some reasons and sidekicks (singapore) is also still unsure. sad. btw, have i told you that i liked mouthful of air? no? hahaha! if you have time do check these guys here:
http://www.myspace.com/antagonistad
http://www.myspace.com/mouthfulofair
http://www.myspace.com/sidekickssg
http://www.myspace.com/forgivehxc

other notes:

*that plan, you know, that plan, will be pushing through this second half of 2009, so just wait up and help us out if you want, the more the merrier i say, tho i dunno if these things are still all worth it, as i am losing faith in the people around the pinoy skramozzsphere, but i'm still in it for the music, it'll always will boil down to the love of it, always. i assure you that i'll work my ass to make it happen and we'll take things from there, be it another show or the demise of it or whatever.

*a physical copy of ptwda yes? no? >:P

*school is starting to suck. argh.


have a great week you guys. til the next update. sorry if i haven't uploaded anything today, i'll make it up sometime. ciao

Oh Man! Oh God show today!

from a one-man band existence to a 3-piece barrage of humongous (literally & figuratively) screaming fury and passion comes Oh Man! Oh God!. this i think is their second show ever since the band's existence, as they are a very young (but old, screamo-wise hahaha) band so do check them out. this will also be my first time seeing these guys play so i'm stoked to get a dose of their music live, not to mention the pretty impressive line-up that they have included themselves into.

this will be just a short post as i'm not really that much empowered in updating this blog, tho you'll still expect me to up a CD or so every now and then to continue promoting this kind of hardcore punk in the country. much stuff has had happened these past few months, both good and bad but there is not much reason to make us stop spreading the word. we do have some aces hidden up in our sleeves you know, but it's not for discussion now. ok, that's it, weird/vague info overload, haha, my bad. have a good day yo. thanks for reading.


p.s. the WATT tour yesterday was a blast! kudos to sampcore collective for organizing grave new world 5. sa susunod ulit! :D

THE APOPLEXY TWIST ORCHESTRA/ KINETIC CRASH COOPERATION split

FINALLY! after eons of waiting for the scanner in the shop to be free of its duties, to have mediafire fix its uploading issues, and my own lousiness taking over in my not posting in this blog-o-ma-zine for weeks, now present to you this thrashing piece of German screamo hardcore from the bands apoplexy twist orchestra and kinetic crash cooperation.


according to what i've gathered, this is the first split release of the apoplexy twist orchestra as the original press of this album was on vinyl 2001 by react with protest records (this copy of mine was released by life on the edge records) before having this CD-version that you are about to download. further infos about this will be posted sometime this week as i am about to leave for the show in calamba laguna with jayMO(hahaha) and i have yet to prepare my belongings for that trip(a bag and shirt will most surely do anyway hehehe). thanks for dropping by and enjoy your weekend. be sure to download this shit for your listening pleasure. more updates wil be upped soon.

(click on photo to download)

P.S. if you want to own a copy of this one, i think the take-four collective's distro still has a copy of this CD. so if you like it, then buy it. stop making excuses you whiny skramoz. >:p