A new dawn for AURORA
This kind of imagery permeates the teasers leading up to the release of Aurora Aksnes’ latest single, “The Seed,” which came out on April 4. Aksnes, known professionally as AURORA, delivers a fierce environmental call to arms.
This kind of imagery permeates the teasers leading up to the release of Aurora Aksnes’ latest single, “The Seed,” which came out on April 4. Aksnes, known professionally as AURORA, delivers a fierce environmental call to arms.
In under two hours, Swedish rock band The Royal Concept transformed the ABS-CBN tent in Vertis North into a bright, sonic playground with a performance that could have metaphorically blasted the roof down—on a freaking Sunday night.
K-pop has a place in anyone’s heart. The opening ceremony of Season 81 of the UAAP is a clear testament of that. One of the treats that host National University prepared for the students and fans was the performance of South Korean singer, songwriter and former 2NE1 maknae (youngest) Minzy.
The best live performance I’ve ever witnessed as a Super writer would be HONNE’s Wanderland set in 2017. The crowd was cramped in front of the festival’s smaller stage, but it didn’t stop anyone from having a great time. Nothing but perfect tunes were sung by Andy Clutterbuck, HONNE’s vocalist, and the giddy crowd matched his heartfelt performance.
It’s no longer a surprise when a record company signs up an A-list YouTube singer. The act’s growing number of viewers often indicate that it’s just a matter of time before they step out of the confines of their makeshift studios to the real thing, collaborating with multiawarded producers and going on a music tour of their own.
FKJ is a mirage. On the stage is a musician who loses himself in the plurality of his compositions, but he is also in complete control of it.
You must have been listening to your Wanderland playlists featuring this year’s golden lineup of Kodaline, Jhené Aiko, Lauv, FKJ, Daniel Caesar, Bag Raiders, Jess Connelly, QUEST, IV of Spades, Ben&Ben and newcomers to the local music scene Asch, Carousel Casualties and Basically Saturday Night nonstop. If Wanderland: Pixels will be your first Wanderland ever, here are some notes from one (former) Wandervirgin to another:
We were trying our luck with the claw machine, an arcade game filled with Inquirer’s Guyito stuffed toys, when a familiar high-pitched, sweet and skipping melody began playing.
I first heard about Linkin Park in 2001 when I was a kid in sixth grade, in Xavier School, still listening to Backstreet Boys, Westlife, Moffats and other bands. I was this huge kid who spoke with a soft voice, didn’t have too many friends, didn’t excel in school, didn’t participate in sports, was bullied because of my family name and, most of all, was already exposed to things I didn’t understand at the time. When I first heard their song “Crawling” and “Papercut” through classmates, I’d already written the band off as being too rock for me. That was until toward the end of the year when heard their song “In the End.”
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