Pulse.ph : MUSIC + CULTURE
January 15th, 2012
WATCH: PAUL ZIALCITA ON KALI DRUM AT “DALOY”
A SHORT VIDEO WE SHOT AT “DALOY” (NOVEMBER 2011) GOT US THINKING ABOUT THE NATURE OF PERCUSSION AND THE DRUM SOLO. THANKS TO PAUL ZIALCITA AND HIS KALI DRUM.
December 31st, 2011
READER CONTENT: BEST SINGLES OF 2011
READER-CONTRIBUTOR IAN URRUTIA PRESENTS AN EXCITING MULTI-GENRE LIST OF THE SINGLES THAT TICKLED HIM PINK THIS YEAR. SOME WILL MAKE YOU NOD IN RECOGNITION, OTHERS WILL MAKE YOU LOOK NEW ARTISTS UP. AND THAT’S NEVER A BAD THING.
December 27th, 2011
THEN AND NOW: OPM RIFFS THAT STICK (PART 2 OF 2)
THE CONCLUDING INSTALLMENT OF “OPM RIFFS THAT STICK,” COURTESY ONCE MORE OF CONTRIBUTOR MARCO HARDER.
December 26th, 2011
THEN AND NOW: OPM RIFFS THAT STICK (PART 1 OF 2)
MARCO HARDER MUSES ON THE ELECTRIC GUITAR, AND HOW ITS BRIGHTEST PRACTITIONERS IN THE P.I. SPEAK ITS POTENT TONGUE. A SHORT LIST OF MEMORABLE GUITAR MOMENTS IN OPM, PART 1 OF 2.
December 20th, 2011
NOTES ON OPM: MUSIC BY THE TINGI
INA SANTIAGO EXPOUNDS ON NICK JOAQUIN’S “HERITAGE OF SMALLNESS” THROUGH A LOVING (YET, AS ALWAYS, CRITICAL) DISCUSSION OF POP-TO-GO A.K.A.“TINGI” RECORDS. DOWNLOADABLE SINGLES: THEY’RE THE NEW CANDY, THE NEW “YOSI.”
December 2nd, 2011
“ADMIT ONE,” THE GRAND-DADDY OF THE “PRODUCTION” SHOWS, IS NO LONGER. IN THIS, READ OUR HUMBLE LITTLE TRIBUTE, AND ALSO VIEW ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF “PULSE + IMPULSE,” WHERE VIN DANCEL AND JASON CABALLA BID THEIR RESPECTIVE GOODBYES ON CAMERA.
October 17th, 2011
A LETTER TO THE ONE WHO WALKED AWAY
“IT SEEMED WE BROKE UP WITH YOU AND YOU CAME BACK A NEW PERSON,” INA SANTIAGO WRITES AN OPEN LETTER TO EBE DANCEL, WHOSE SOLO DEBUT “DALAWANG MUKHA NG PAG-IBIG,” WHILE PARTLY BEING ABOUT DEPARTURES, IS MORE IMPORTANTLY A DEPARTURE FROM THE USUAL.
September 14th, 2011
THOUGHTS: INDIE, METAPHORS FOR
THOUGHTS ON A WEEKNIGHT OUT WITH SOME MUSICIAN FRIENDS.
August 30th, 2011
COVERING THE TRACKS, TRACKING THE COVERS
GAIJIN’S JESSE GRINTER DEBUTS ON PULSE.PH WITH AN IMPASSIONED CRITIQUE OF COVERS, AS WELL AS A STERN REFUSAL AGAINST THE SUGGESTION THAT ORIGINAL FILIPINO MUSIC MAY ALREADY BE DEAD. AND HE’S AMERICAN.
August 5th, 2011
ALDUS SANTOS’ THOUGHTS ON QUARK HENARES’ “RAKENROL” AS FILM, AS DOCUMENT, AND AS CREATIVE NONFICTION PIECE.
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