Newsletter: ASEAN-India Music Festival returns in 2024 with an incredible showcase of unity through music and culture

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The festival celebrates 10 years of India's 'Act East Policy' and cultural partnership with ASEAN, in line with the 21st ASEAN India Summit decisions

This year's unique features include collaborations with music institutes and international performances, including a Bangkok edition

The ASEAN-India Music Festival (AIMF), an initiative that aims to present the richness and diversity of each participating country’s musical heritage, has officially announced its comeback this year.

Newsletter: The Ransom Collective’s Leah Halili appreciates simple things in life on new single “River By The Sea”

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The Ransom Collective’s Leah Halili marvels with childlike wonder on the release of her new single, “River By The Sea.”

Newsletter: MURI DOCUMENTS LIFE AWAY FROM HOME ON NEW SINGLE “AFTERNOON”

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London-based, Filipino indie-pop artist Muri releases “Afternoon,” the first official single off her upcoming debut EP.

Newsletter: The Ransom Collective’s Muri teases the release of her newest single “Afternoon” ahead of her debut EP

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The Ransom Collective’s Muri is slated to drop “Afternoon,” the first single off her upcoming debut EP to be released this year.

Newsletter: Leah Halili teams up with The Ransom Collective girls on breezy pop track “Clear To Me”

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Filipina singer-songwriter Leah Halili teams up with her fellow The Ransom Collective bandmates Lily and Muriel Gonzales on “Clear To Me,” a dreamy pop tune inspired by her relationship with now-husband, Nikee Banares. 

Leah Halili drops debut single 'Fourth of July'

07/11/2021 03:18:47 PM

Leah Halili has formally made her solo release this past Fourth of July. 

69 Filipino songs that rocked my life in 2010s (Part 3)

01/30/2020 08:42:56 PM

It's a shame that it took me two months to finish this personal project. I initially had this in mind since late November and worked on the draft by mid-December. Anyway, here it goes... 

PlayBack: The Ransom Collective – Traces (Album)

06/08/2017 10:13:32 AM

This band has always been living to their promises with the sound of their kind of folk and pop. The six-piece crew called The Ransom Collective has been the solid (if not one of) example of the indie, and they had done it literally and figuratively, from being just a bunch of merry-making kids to being one of the underrated bands in the overall outlook of the country's music scene.

The Scene Around: Jack Attack

12/26/2016 11:09:32 PM

On a random time in July, I strolled around the nearest hangout place Eastwood City just to (well, obviously) hangout and get away from all those personal breakdowns I ever had for the past few months of my life. It has been a rocky year and yet I managed to utter these words despite just hitting the halfway point of 2016.

The Scene Around: Docdef Productions' Eccentric

05/14/2016 07:08:18 PM

Docdef Productions heads back to Route 196 for the first time since their latest big event Pour Out What's Special as things turned Eccentric on 15 April 2016 at the hottest gig venue at the northern side of the Metro.

PlayBack: The Ransom Collective – Settled

04/11/16 11:59:41 AM

From small gigs to the big-time festivals, The Ransom Collective has rocked them all. This indie-folk band has been wooing aficionados, fellow musicians, and even critcs. Perhaps that speaks for a lot of reasons such as on why they made it on the Wanderland Fest 2014; why they almost won that year's edition of Deezer Young Guns (placing just next to Hungary's Middlemist Red); and why they were part of Spotify's Spotlight Artists for 2016.

The Scene Around: Kaleidoscope

12/27/2015 11:45:49 PM

Barely three months ago, after watching Heneral Luna at a mall in Manila, I decided to jump to another coast after seeing a poster containing some of my favorite bands in one night: Jensen and the Flips, The Ransom Collective, Cheats and even Anj Florendo. The event was situated at Mow’s bar, just at the basement of the famed Kowloon House branch at Matalino Street, Quezon City.

The Scene Around: Tagaytay Art Beat Hangover

11/1/2015 1:27:25 PM

Just when you thought the first ever Tagaytay Art Beat was already in the books, last October 1, Docdef Productions, Museo Orlina and The Brewery at the Palace teamed up and produce the post- show called Tagaytay Art Beat hangover.