Believe it or not (for my non-Filipino readers, if there are any) there is only one Rock station in the Philippines and it has served a whole generation of dedicated rock music lovers proudly for all my years of being a music fan, as well as converted a lot of casual music fans on to rock. It is sad that as of midnight last night, NU 107 played its last song on the air and bid goodbye to a lot of emotional listeners all throughout the country as well as outside its station in Luzon. Truly, a sad day for music in the Philippines. The end of an era For their last song, the station played one of the greatest Filipino rock classics of all-time, The Eraserhead’s “Huling El Bimbo”.
It feels like a part of my youth has been taken away from me. I mean, we all have access to a lot of music these days what with all the new technology out there, but there’s nothing like good old radio, you know? NU 107 is #3 in my car’s radio preset, sadly all I hear now is static. We will miss NU… may we meet again someday, here’s hoping.
To the few loyal readers who remain to visit this blog every few days, I apologize. I will have time to post more stuff on here really soon. If you wanna know what’s been keeping me busy these days (”busy” is an understatement lol), well, this…
Keith Urban’s got a new album coming out November 16th called Get Closer. The record is currently in the works, with Keith himself and Dann Huff on the producer’s chair. The first single, “Put You In A Song”, premiered on country radio last Monday to good reviews. Its a typical Keith Urban song but I can’t complain coz he’s the only one I could think of doing this sound at the moment. Its yet another collabo with singer-songwriter Sara Buxton. If you liked his hit “Kiss A Girl”, you’ll love this one… its like “Kiss A Girl” on steroids haha.
Keith Urban – “Put You In A Song“ (from the upcoming album Get Closer)
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Wanna watch a feel-good music video? Jason Reeve’s video to “Helium Hearts” fits perfectly for that.
After much much love from the UK and Australia last year, English folk rock band Mumford and Sons is slowly finding success in America. I am quite baffled that a folk/bluegrassy song of theirs called “Little Lion Man” is, little by little, getting some mainstream love in the US. Thank you radio station PD’s for noticing this uber-talented band!
Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man” (from the album Sigh No More)
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Jimmy Eat World, one of my favorite bands in the world, returns with a new album on September 28, 2010. It will be called Invented. This is the album’s first single, “My Best Theory”… one of those songs that don’t necessarily make the best first impression but slowly creeps up on you with every repeated listen.
Jimmy Eat World – “My Best Theory” (from the upcoming album Invented)
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Did you guys watch the MTV VMA’s last Sunday? What did you think about it? I really liked the stage haha. I thought Florence and The Machine’s performance of “Dog Days Are Over” really stood out that night. It was amazing.
And of course, Kanye West closed the show with a bold statement of a song admitting that he indeed is (or was?) a douchebag. The performance was mesmerizing and his new song is great! Don’t worry Kanye, Taylor apparently forgives you as her song stated “who you are is not who you’ve been” and that at 32 you’re “still an innocent”. I have to admit I kinda liked Taylor’s song despite the sometimes overly melodramatic hands-on-face performance. I could have done without the flashback intro, but whatever.
Kanye West feat. Pusha T – “Runaway” (from the upcoming album Dark Twisted Fantasy)
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I’ve been listening to Ra Ra Riot’s new album The Orchard the past few weeks. I don’t know about you guys (the ones who have heard the album) but I really really like track #8, “Foolish”.
Ra Ra Riot – “Foolish“ (from the album The Orchard)
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If you haven’t done so already, head over to Rap-Up [click here] and download JoJo’s new mixtape, Cant Take That Away From Me, for free. Jojo has grown up very nicely and comes on really strong with this album. Check out the mixtape’s viral video/single “In The Dark”. Very tastefully done! Very nice job, JoJo! Can’t wait for your real new album to come out.
Take a listen to this! It’s Santana and Chris Daughtry covering a Def Leppard song! I’ve always loved this song coz its one of my all-time faves. Santana’s music could use a bit of a jolt on this but Chris sounds really really good on it. It’s electrifying! Haha i gotta go easy on the superlatives.
Santana feat. Chris Daughtry – “Photograph”
(from the album Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time)
The new Sara Bareilles album Kaleidoscope Heart comes out next week on the 7th of September! I’m beyond excited to hear the rest of her new songs. Here is one of the new tunes that I heard a preview of when she posted a “making of” video on her website some months ago. The full track, “Uncharted”, is in every little bit what I expected to hear from Sara… a quirky, frank and intelligent upbeat number glazed in pop perfection. Buy the new album when it comes out please. Thank you!
When it’s all said and done
And the night has come
I’ll disappear
Take flight on the wind
of wishing you were here
Fading light
Like a star whose life has been gone for years
And I’ll fly, fly across the sky
And I’ll leave, leave it all behind
If you’ll be here, here with me tonight
I’ll be fine… I’ll be fine… I’ll be fine…
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Kanye West feat. Pusha T – “Run
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Santana feat. Chris Daughtry – “Photo
