...And Punishable Act is Coming Over, Too

If you have been little observant, you may have gone through our posters at the siderail and noted that Punishable Act, the German hardcore band hailing from Berlin, is coming over to the Philippines this week. One Voice Asia is bringing over the lads for a series of gigs in the Southeast Asian region. Providing support to the band is Meaning from Japan.

On January 16, Friday, Punishable Act will be at the Balibago Sports Complex in Sta Rosa, Laguna. They then fly over the next day to Cebu to do another gig (in time for the Sinulog festival, luckies), and Davao the day after. Sorry folks, no Manila leg as far as I know.

To give you an idea how the band sounds, I am attaching an mp3 of their song entitled "Hardcore Preacher" off From The Heart To The Crowd CD. Click to listen here; the mp3 will be available for a week. And for more info on both Punishable Act and Meaning, check out their MySpace sites. Better yet, hie off down south of Luzon and be treated to a night of brutal hardcore. And yes, check out the posters as well. Yay!

Coming Up On Trash Radio Manila

Trying to find a better reason for our prolonged absence in the, uhm, blogosphere, rather than state the overused excuse: We have been busy. I'd better not risk seeing you roll your eyeballs and mutter "Palusot!" in dreadful unison.

So to appease you, why not tell you what we have in store for you in the next few weeks, instead? Here goes:

1. Ever heard of NFM? NFM stands for NoFuckingMorals, and half of this band, as far as I know, is now part of the melodic hardcore outfit The Beauty Of Doubt. You might want to know that NFM actually released an album in February 23, 2002 titled "We Who Walk The Earth". I heard that NFM might, just might, make the entire contents of the said album available for download ... soon. If you have never seen this band ever and are itching to find out how they sounded, then just wait up for our upcoming playlists, as we will be playing samples from the album here, in Trash Radio Manila.

2. I can easily come up with a couple of reasons to believe that good things, indeed, come to those who wait. This is definitely a good testament to this trusty saying.
Anis, our friend in Singapore who happens to be part of the band Sideline (fresh from their rollicking gig at the Queen City of the South a few months before) and the moving force behind One Voice Records, sent us some cds and merch. The package has reached us at last, and the wait is well worth it. Patience does pay off. (Many thanks, Anis.) We are featuring some songs
from these albums pretty soon.

3. What happened during Bisikleta Productions' Rude Maynila?

One word to describe the gig: overflowing.

And since pictures can very much describe how the event has been (it was held last August 30, 2008 at Ten-02 Bar in Quezon City), we are posting some photos of the gig. Again, soon. ;)

Plus, the usual playlists, write-ups, side comments in our ever-reliable chatbox, and what-have-you's. Keep it here, people. Right here.

More, More Updates

Take note of these changes.

I received notice some days ago on our MySpace account regarding the change of venue for Sideline's One Voice Asia Unite Tour.

Note that it is going to be at CLUB NUVO (formerly Kasadja beside Sunflower City, Salinas Drive, Lahug, Cebu City, Pilipinas). Same date, June 21, 2008. Show starts at 4pm. All you need is php35 to get in, plus a little more extra to buy some merch like T-shirts and CDs. Promises to be one noisy night. :D

Also, for those of you living in Metro Manila and the nearby areas, you can still catch the Swiss Ska delights Skaramouche as they return from their rounds in Gingoog, Cagayan De Oro, and Cebu. Skaramouche will be playing at the Fete de la Musique at SM Mall Of Asia on June 21, Saturday, at 7pm (NOT 8pm), after which, they will be heading towards Handle Bar in Makati for their farewell set. This band is awesome live, so don't miss this opportunity to see them.

Will be posting more about Skaramouche. Very soon, my friends.