Wonderfruit, Thailand’s sustainable, cross-cultural, live celebration of the arts, music and ideas announces that it plans to pay its artists in trees. That’s right, T-R-E-E-S! Last year, Wonderfruit pioneered some eco-friendly initiatives, […]
By DANDI GALVEZ Speak to any local about the dirty South — the tri-city area that includes Las Piñas, Parañaque, Muntinlupa, and nearby — and you can sense a certain amount of […]
There is a fascination over flowers that’s hard to miss, and then, there are the melancholic photos of inanimate objects, cityscapes faded, alternated with band photos and palm trees at dusk. Each […]
Tommy Hilfiger announces Alex Pall and Andrew “Drew” Taggart, globally known as the pop music duo The Chainsmokers, will appear as the global brand ambassadors for Tommy Hilfiger menswear, including Hilfiger Edition, Tommy Hilfiger […]
Selena Gomez surprised two Los Angeles high schools with a special visit supporting the Coach Foundation’s initiatives to inspire and mentor teen girls to dream big. The surprise appearance of Gomez, the […]
On Sunday, June 18, 7 p.m., Chris Cornell fans will probably find themselves weeping, if not wildly singing “I’m going hungryyyyyyeah” at Handle Bar and Grill in Makati as a Chris Cornell […]
By MARGA MAGALONG You can say that music is a form of literature — it’s pretty simple to understand. The basic body of any pop song is a verse, a pre-chorus, a […]
By MARGA MAGALONG Right off the bat, if you ask you’re co-worker or PSYCH 101 seatmate what they think about jazz, don’t be surprised if they say “Starbucks music I can drown […]
Words by MARGA MAGALONG Unless you’ve been living in a rock for the past several months, you’ve probably heard of Black Mirror’s standout episode “San Junipero.” I say standout because if you’ve watched […]
AXN will kick off its search for Asia’s next global superstar from April 10, as the leading general entertainment channel calls for online auditions for the highly anticipated second season of Asia’s […]
Tribe, the go-to over-the-top (OTT) video streaming service for Asian content announces an exciting promo that gives 1 lucky app user 2 VIP tickets to multi-awarded K-Pop boy band Bangtan Sonyeondan a.k.a. […]
YouTube announces the return of YouTube FanFest to Manila on May 12 at the World Trade Center. Now in its third year in town, YouTube FanFest, co- presented by Globe Telecoms, is an […]
These are confusing times. We live in a world where it’s perfectly okay — even cool — to obsess over the lives and fashion of Auto-Tuned pop stars. I mean, I myself […]
The Tide couldn’t be more millennial as far as their origin story goes. Drew Dirksen (guitar and vocals) and Nate Parker (drums) were bandmates in Ohio and were spotted by the band’s […]
Incubus fans know that Brandon Boyd is a frisky, sentimental lad, what with lyrics like Love is a verb here in my room, or I smell your skin on the pillow next to […]
By GEO CABRAL Not a few days after the turn of the year, we got news that Ed Sheeran is coming back, and that he’s dropping some new music soon. Not long […]
By VERNS JOVEN “This is legit!” quipped Canadian pop singer, songwriter Shawn Mendes as he stepped inside a room full of reporters, bloggers, photographers and videographers from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, […]
“My voice was like on every fuckin’ house track,” sings Matthew Koma in Hard to Love, the second single from his first solo album. It feels weird typing those last few words as […]
Everyone knows Lea Salonga as the Disney Legend who provided the vocals of Disney Princesses Jasmine and Fa Mulan in Aladdin and Mulan. Apart from her work with the Walt Disney Company, she […]
Matthew Koma, Grammy-award winning songwriter and Billboard chart’s EDM hit-maker, will captivate Manila’s party scene on March 11, with his first salvo as the international resident DJ of Chaos Night Club at […]
Every year on the 8th of March, the world celebrates International Women’s Day in recognition of the achievements of women throughout history. Women have come a long way in the workplace and as […]
English band Alt-J is on the road to becoming the next Radiohead, if only for their level of cryptic-ness (and love binary code) alone. They recently teased a their new album with […]
// She thinks you love the beach, you’re such a damn liar.
Ed Sheeran’s latest album ÷ (or ‘divide’) is now available on Spotify. Since the release of Shape of You on January 6 th , the track has broken the previous record for the most […]
“It’s good to not be nominated in the same category as Bowie.” — Matt Shultz, Cage the Elephant
Earlier today, Coldplay announced the June 2 release of their five-track Kaleidoscope EP, together with the surprise release of a brand new song from the EP, Hypnotised. Hypnotised’s release coincides with Chris’s […]
Ovation Productions recently announced that Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher is performing in Manila on August 14 at the SM MOA Arena. What could he be performing without the band? The younger Gallagher has […]
MMI Live announced today that In The Mix 2017 will feature returning band 5 Seconds of Summer, Swedish singer-songwriter Zara Larsson, and Grammy Award-winner Daya among its first batch of performers. In […]
Always fun to walk down memory lane. I was just watching the music video of If life is so short and couldn’t help smiling. These pre-pubescent boys are wearing baggy — as […]
The success of La La Land, however much-protested, brought to the audience an otherwise niche medium of storytelling. Hopefully, this recent illumination that “bursting into song” isn’t all that bad will redirect both new […]
The original Beauty and the Beast theme song, performed by Celine Dion with Peabo Bryson, is one of the most memorable Disney film songs ever made. It perfectly captured the magic of […]
The brothers from Orlando are back. Before You Exit, composed of siblings Connor, Riley and Toby McDonough will perform tonight at the MOA Arena with British band The Vamps and California-based group […]
The words are simple and to the point: “We don’t want your tiny hands anywhere near our underpants.” According to TIME, Singer-songwriter Fiona Apple teamed up with composer Michael Walen for the […]
We miss David Bowie, so much so that we continue search for breadcrumbs in the product of his last creative birthing, “Black Star.” Artist Gavin Aung Than addresses — and appeases — […]
In the lone season of Cameron Crowe and JJ Abram’s Roadies, Wes was easily my favorite character. Uncomplicated, no drama, just “guitars, people and coffee” — in that order. When that episode […]
Wonderfruit Festival, Thailand’s pioneering globally conscious, cross-cultural live celebration of art, music and life, today revealed what is in store for Wonderers in The Fields this year. Built on six unique pillars, […]
Rico Blanco says Rivermaya — one of the most successful and iconic bands to emerge from Manila — probably was annoying as hell back then (and some might think he’s right), but […]
The air inside the Stillwater tour bus is thick with resentment. The band is a mess, spirits are low, and everyone is wrapped in some kind of fleece blanket of isolation. Tiny […]
Artist and performer FKA Twigs writes down her thoughts on sport and expression for Nike, as the creative director of Nike Women’s Spring Zonal Strength Tights campaign, “Do you believe in more?” […]
We bet you already know that Ariana Grande and John Legend are going to sing Beauty and the Beast in the upcoming live-action film adaption of the Disney classic (if not, yep, it’s confirmed). And that the ballad was […]
