Soundtrack of 2014

January

"Robbers" by The 1975

"Montana" by Youth Lagoon

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February


"Avid" by Nantes

"Trying To Be Cool" by Phoenix

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March


"Anagram" by Young The Giant

"Jet Black Crow" by Sons of the Sea

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April


"Formidable" by Stromae

"So Good At Being In Trouble" by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

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May

"You & Me (Flume remix)" by Disclosure feat. Eliza Doolittle

"Sleepless" by Flume feat. Jezzabell Doran

"Insane" by Flume feat. Moon Holiday

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June

"Know Where" by Holy Other

"Drop The Game" by Flume & Chet Faker

"I Blame Myself" by Sky Ferreira

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July


"Carried Away" by Passion Pit

"Constant Conversations" by Passion Pit

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August

"Friends" by Friend Crush

"Messages From The Stars" by Rah Band

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September

"Stay High (Hippie Sabotage remix)" by Tove Lo

"Go Outside" by Cults

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October

"Free Your Mind" by Cut Copy

"Stolen Dance" by Milky Chance
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November

"Kiss Me Again" by The Drums

"Problem" by Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea
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December


"Moments In Love" by Art of Noise

"Two Weeks" by FKA Twigs

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What was your 2014 soundtrack?


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Wanderland Music & Arts Festival 2014

Second time watching my favorite Aussie dinos! <3

Best in costume: Architecture in Hesinki!

I can't believe I finally saw (and met) The Drums. Although it was bittersweet since the only original members left are Jonny and Jacob but...good enough! They sang all my requests! "We Tried" and "What You Were"!!! 

Watch The Jonny Pierce in his signature 80's mom jeans and dance moves -- CHECK!

Thank you Karpos Multimedia!

All photos by Beverly Kho and Nicole Navarro

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soundtrack of 2012

(Make sure to play all videos in 360p / 480p for better video and sound quality)

January

Ritual Union by Little Dragon

This song is so uniquely done I cannot stop listening to it up to this day. I'm in love with Yukimi.
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February

Scale It Back by DJ Shadow Feat. Little Dragon

Obviously still on a Little Dragon high.
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March

What You Were by The Drums
My favorite from their latest album entitled 'Portomento'.
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April


Everlasting Light by The Black Keys
There is so much freshness in this song don't you think? I'd want to watch a Black Keys show someday.
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May


Conversation 16 by The National
The National. Matt Berninger's voice. Dessner twins. Bryan Devendorf (who looks exactly like John Lennon). Need I say more?
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June


Reunion by M83
The live version of this is way better. M83 is such a great band it makes me cry sometimes...
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July


Truth by Chiddy Bang Feat. Passion Pit
For my upbeat hiphop cravings.
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August


Girl I Love You by Massive Attack Feat. Horace Andy
So mysterious. So real. So dark and eery. Beautiful...
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September


Call It What You Want by Foster The People
I never gave attention to Foster The People even though their songs were everywhere! But this particularly one stuck out to me because of its unique tune and that music video...wow.
And they're as good live!
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October


Ghost Dream by Blouse
I love this song so much I decided to make a whole fashion collection out of it.
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November


Entombed by Deftones
My 'tear enhancement' song.
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December


Winter Beats by I Break Horses

This song is annoying but I like it at the same time. Weird...
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What have you been listening to?

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The Pains of Being Pure at ♥ ♥ ♥

When I heard The Pains of Being Pure at Heart were heading to Manila, I knew I couldn't miss it! I went with my friend Nicole who I haven't seen for ages! We saw Peggy, Kip and Alex outside! Who knew we would meet them right away and the show hasn't even started. Good thing we were a bit early!

Spotted Kurt (drummer) a few minutes upon entering the venue!

Bee Eyes were the first opening act. I've seen them play before but only last night that I realized how good they sound.

The Camerawalls (fronted by Clem Castro of Clementine/former guitarist of Orange and Lemons) went on stage next. I don't know any of their songs except for "A Beginning Of Something Wonderful" which was an Orange and Lemons cover. Looks like I'm downloading a few EPs tonight...

Attending gigs always lead me to a discovery of great songs. Double whammy.

Finally, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart went on stage with "This Love Is Fucking Right" for song number one.

So the rumors that Connor Hanwick of The Drums will be playing with them was confirmed when a fifth member hit the stage. He plays drums for The Drums. The Drums plays him for drums. Plays drums him for The Drums. Okay, I'll stop...

He was smooth on guitar as he is on the drums! Despite the technical difficulty...

I got a few favorite tracks on video. Forgot "Say No To Love" though. I was too busy being in awe...

"Heart In Your Heartbreak"

"Falling Over"


"Young Adult Friction"

Peggy Wang is a hipster Cousin It on keyboards! I love it.

Pop dance party!!!

Kip did a mini solo segment of "Contender" in between the encore...
Funny how I created this "prediction setlist" playlist on my iPod (of course based from recent previous shows) and it's the exact set! Hah

After the show, I looked for Connor. Even though it was a Pains of Being Pure at Heart show, I wanted to seize the opportunity and meet at least 1/4 of The Drums.

Me: "Hi!!!"

Conner: (Looking unsure why this girl is waving at me) "Hiiiii..."

Me: "Can we have a picture with you?"

Conner: (Still looking unsure) "Oh, sure…"

Conner: "Let's hide here so no one will see."

He's not a big fan of mingling with people obviously but he was kind enough to chill and talk to us backstage.

We stayed and chatted with him while Kip was being raped by fans outside.

I asked him when are The Drums planning to visit Manila and he said he doesn't know but they've been to Jakarta so maybe they'll stop by Manila too someday. He was so beautiful I ran out of things to say good thing my friend Nicole kept the conversation going.

Check out Connor (on drums) in one of my favorite The Drums songs!

Watching that, now that I've met him makes me giddy all over! (plus goosebumps)

(Top and leather shorts from Forever 21, Vintage denim vest, Bag from Bangkok, Loafers from H&M)

Over all, it was a pretty awesome show. Another check off my "Bands I need to see" list!

Thank you Kind Assault and Joff Cruz!


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