Written by Elijah P. Since 2021, solo singer-songwriter Toneejay has gone through different phases: beginning in the trip-hop lockdown apocalypse of a debut concept album Odyssey and a woeful slowcore-folk of Kasama Kita. Now the Pasig-based artist has switched gears in โParang Magicโ – a loosie based on leather jackets, fun green screen shenanigans, and […]
Author: Elijah Timothy Pareno
TRACK REVIEW: Showtime Official Club – ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ธ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ณ แญแฉแชIGOY-แชIGOY แEแฐIแญ TIK TOK VIRAL 2023 !! ๐๐
Written by Louis Pelingen In the Philippines, noontime variety shows capture the attention of the general public. For the past few decades, every household looks forward to shows like Eat Bulaga and Itโs Showtime for a few hours of joy. These shows have become mainstays in our entertainment consumption, observing different segments featuring games, contests, […]
TRACK REVIEW: Japanese Surplus – unceremoniously
Written by Elijah P. Soundcloud in 2023 is rich in material to the point that solo artists are still celebrated to this day, whether it would be a bedroom musician making random notes on a toy piano to the nearest black metal project found in your local barangay. And one of them that shares the […]
TRACK REVIEW: raccoon eyed ronan – kailan(cover)_05โฅ01โฅ23
Written by Louis Pelingen & Elijah P. In the Philippines, the 2000s is a decade filled with early technological booms with the Nokia phones and the internet; y2k fashion smacked on the pop glinting magazines, commercials, and internet forums; the trends that keep the 2000s kids enlightened from the likes of watching anime, playing pogs […]
TRACK REVIEW: kyleaux ft. Never Paco – angel
Written by Elijah P. Makatiโs prodigies kyleaux and Never Paco rep the 25hearts banner in a hazy collaborative track titled โangelโ. After being filtered in webcams and IG love stories, the duo worked on a track that envisions a purple house show with smoke machines and contemporary r&bโdousing in cloudy production and vocal layers that […]
TRACK REVIEW: Sintasan – Sin In October
Written by Louis Pelingenย Among the sea of up-and-coming bands slipping across blends of gentle and effervescent murmurs of Dream Pop and Shoegaze, and the thorny and magnified observations of Post-Punk and Emo, Sintasan wriggles on the latter side, bringing another niche along the way. Popping up since early December of last year, this quintet […]
TRACK REVIEW: Jeff Grecia – Elevate
Written by Elijah P. I have a proposition for all local hip-hop listeners: close your eyes, listen to Jeff Greciaโs โElevateโ and imagine a time in 2017 when Al James exploded in the scene and somehow spawned imitators in the scene to the point there was no turning back. Jeff Greciaโs โElevateโ takes the worst […]
TRCK REVIEW: PETTE SHABU – bulbulin ka na
Written by Louis Pelingen & Elijah P. When it comes to looking further into the hip-hop that rumbles in eclectic and queer stripes, Pette Shabu follows through with pure, uncompromised ethos. From the multiple tracks she has released so far, she never dumbs down her brand of transgressive hip-hop tapestries as she nimbly steps into […]
EP REVIEW: Lil JVibe – WHOLE LOTTA LUVSHIT
Written by Elijah P. Lil JVibeโs โWHOLE LOTTA LUVSHITโ without a shadow of a doubt, has transcended the level of pop rap songwriting to the point that itโs impossible to retrace back to the days of piano-led โlove rapโ that was prominent in underground DIY hip-hop music in the mid to late 2000s in the […]
TRACK REVIEW: Hev Abi – WELCOME2DTQ
When it comes to a territorial takeover, Hev Abi does it in the most sinister way by inviting you to 1103 aka South Triangle, Quezon City. Beginning in the Memphis Rap influenced production to the modern-day ominous trap house presence, Hev Abi is looking forward to taking the entire region by storm this year.ย โWELCOME2DTQโ […]