Year Ender in Music for 2011, part 3: Pop & Hip-hop
Hip and Pop Go the World (On 36 New Pop and Hip-hop Albums Released in 2011) New Wave and Metal are admittedly my most favorite genres of music, but I don’t let this prevent
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Year Ender in Music for 2011, part 1: Rock
(On 55 New Rock Albums Released This Year) Last year I ended my music column with an article listing my recommended albums released in 2010, proving that the music industry in general has a
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Year-Ender in Music for 2011, part 2: Metal (On 40 New Metal Albums Released This Year)
Many music fans and journalists claim that Metal—from Glam to Funk, to Progressive and Death—died in the 1990s. They’re wrong! Their interest in Metal music is the one that died, not Metal music itself;
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Parokya ni Edgar Comes to Winnipeg (Nov. 16 at Republic Nightclub)
(On Supporting Touring Philippine Artists and Performers) Since the 1990s, the Philippine Alternative Rock music scene has been very diverse, prolific, and vibrant. It has produced so many interesting bands whose music encompasses genres
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The Wave Splashes Eternal, part 14
(On Gang of Four and The Human League) In the previous issue, I profiled the classic New Wave bands Blancmange and Crowded House. Now, here are another two pioneering bands from the genre each
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The Wave Splashes Eternal, part 15 Reflections on the Heart of Glass
(On Blondie, One of the Earliest Pioneers of New Wave) As I have already written in previous articles, the earliest roots of New Wave music may be traced back to the mid- ’70s. And
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The Wave Splashes Eternal, part 13
(On Blancmange and Crowded House) Contrary to what many people say, I regard the Internet age as also the golden age of music because in this age a music enthusiast has the power to
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A Tribute to the ’80s Philippine New Wave Scene
Part One: On the Cosmic Journey of Khumb Mela Band Arguably one of the most underrated and poorly promoted Filipino Alternative Rock bands that emerged in the 1980s was Khumb Mela Band. Although the
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Watching The Seagulls Fly Once Again
(On Our Trip to Kenora to Watch A Flock of Seagulls) On July 29, 2011, Inna, I, and Evawwen went on a road trip to Kenora, Ontario—about two and a half hours away from
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