RUDE MAYNILA SESSIONS IS BACK

GIVE IT UP FOR BATANGAS

When someone says something about Batangas City two things comes to mind one is the rare and exotic coffee called the Kapeng Barako most commonly associated with an image of a tough man and the other is the famed Balisong or fan knife made famous by actor comedian and the city's own Dencio Padilla. Urban legend has it that this knife is so famous that it's almost a de riguer accessory of every Batanguenos.

Besides those two popular contributions of this city to the world it is a little known fact that a great musical culture is being cultivated on this famed city the ancient war song called Kumintang later became a lovers serenade called Kundiman originated here.

Not only that this city had played a significant role in propagating Philippine music but poetry as well. If you think that battle raps originated in America better think again Bulacan and Batangas hold down the court on freestyle verses via Balagtasan which is a form of debate using improvised freestyle poetry set in a backdrop of a sing song rhythmic cadence think of Flip Top 1900's stylee.

Fast forward today the city now boast a handful of underground musical scenes from punk rock to hardcore and hip hop to ska you can find it here. One example of this is the band called CROOKEDBEAT. This band caught my attention when they message me here in this site about wanting to play in Manila so i took my chances and invited them in a Rude Maynila Sessions they immediately caught my ear and i told myself that this band have what it takes to be on top.

And now they are playing in Malabon City for their EP Launching. Please do support this band come and see them live on March 24, Saturday 8PM at The Spot and do not forget to buy their EP!.

So what are you waiting for? Ala eh tara na dine sa Malabon!

THE SIGNAL IS GO!

The Go Signals, one of the best in the country today. Read. Better yet, grab their CD and listen! - Al Dimalanta

"The underground scene is healthier now," says The Go Signals guitarist Mel Maniego. "There's more buzz and kids are starting to pick up guitars and instruments. Thanks to the Internet, kids now also understand the music style that drives our music."

During Pinoy punk's mid-80s heyday, Mel played guitars for rockabilly poster boys Private Stock. Now, with the power trio The Go Signals, Mel provides slashing chords and short sharp solo turns in the wake of the sturdy backbeat from his mates. His brother Dennis is a steady presence on bass while Spyk Dennis' son and Mel's nephew is a workhorse on drums.

At the group's album launch at Skarlet's Jazz Kitchen near Timog in Quezon City, Throw's Al Dimalanta introduces them as "the best band in the land."

Hooks, power pop and best album of 2011

Performing tracks from their debut, "Secrets & Lies," The Go Signals channel the power and the riffage of The Jam and the Clash with the melodic appeal of the Kinks and The Beatles.

They open with "Time", a hook-laden firecracker that draws the punks and two punkettes near the stage. By the time the title track, "Secrets & Lies" rolls in, a small moshpit erupts and the crowd happily jostles and shakes to the rhythm and the beat.

"Bullet for Your Eye" bites like something borrowed from Hilera but the mass of slam dancing bodies hardly bats a critical eye. A bit of new wave power pop shows up in the winning "Never Ending Cries."

In fact, the debut is so winning, it was named by Philippine Star columnist and Esquire editor-in-chief Erwin Romulo as one of the best albums of 2011. He called it "a true sonic testament to his status as the Filipino Modfather."

To avail of their debut album Secrets & Lies add them up at their facebook page or go to Bad Omen's axeman Jon Fisbone in his shop called Middle Finger Clothing at Cartimar, Recto

This article was taken form Tony Maghirang's Yahoo! OMG Pinoy Rocks segment

HERE WE GO AGAIN AT THE SPOT

After punk was hemogenized and hip hop lost its impetus for social change. The counterculture that energetically challenged the status quo, smashing social standards and revolutionizing every aspect of music, art, government and civil society is now a culture that is lost in the superficiality of its past and unable to create any new meaning.

According to Wikipedia, today's encyclopedia for the internet savvy dumb ass. Counterculture is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a subculture that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day.

It's time to bring back the movement that have challenged the dysfunction and decadence of their elders and the doomed shallowness of mainstream society. Let's bring back subversion and originality.

Join the Counter Culture!

REMEMBERING JANUARY 18, 2008

Tomorrow will be the 5th year death anniversary of Luis "Weslu" Guiang drummer of seminal punk rock bands Private Stock, George Imbecile and The Idiots and the finest ska band in the Philippines Put3ska.

Not a single day goes by that we think of you dearly, We miss you my friend.

GIGS TO GET PISSED DRUNK AT THIS COMING NEW YEAR

Question: What do Einstein Chakras, Halfmast, Nevertheless, PinkCow, The Strayguns, Steady Movin Beat' and The Exsenadors have in common?

Answer: These bands have all been part of the Bisikleta Productions family in one way or another. And what better way to celebrate new year is to be with FAMILY.

As you have supported Bisikleta Productions in the past years, please support Indokumentado Productions and D' Kwatro Productions this coming new year, these groups are the keepers of the faith, they are keeping up the good fight please help them keep the fire burning. Mabuhay kayo!

I'VE GOT FOUR WORDS FOR YOU: MALABON NAVOTAS HARD CORE

Besides Dolor's kakanin, the iconic pansit luglug, jazz legend Angel Peña and poet Ophelia Dimalanta. The twin cities of Malabon and Navotas is a hotbed of talented artist and musicians that played out a pivotal role in the emergence of one of the most important form of rebel music as well as its subculture in the 80's non other than punk rock. These cities had produced some of the infamous bands this side of Asia the likes of Third World Chaos, Dead Ends, Private Stock, and G.I. and the Idiots to name a few that had swept underground Manila during those years giving birth to the Malabon-Navotas Hardcore scene.

In case you readers do not know, it is a wide known fact that Malabon and Navotas were two of the several important regional centers fostering the spread of hardcore punk in the Philippines. Their contribution to this subversive type of music is hard to deny it is still significant today as it was back then. Suffice to say that the Malabon-Navotas Hardcore scene in one way or another had influenced countless new school hardcore bands of today.

On December 17, Saturday come and witness the rebirth of this mighty hardcore scene in the northern coastal town of Manila. Featuring the twin city luminaries Throw, The GoSignals, Against Man and Nekbu. Joining them are Hard K, Wolfshaman, Class Bunkers and Red Corpse. This event will be held at The Spot in Rosas Arcade, Concepcion, Malabon City and is lovingly produced by my good friends who stayed true to the game hardest to the core since day one. Long live Tambobong and Nabutas! Don't forget your roots, hardcore for life!