Your June 2014 gig guide
If you thought the music scene would quiet down with the end of summer, then get a load of this list. Along with the school opening and the rains of June come a whole bunch of gigs. They just moved indoors. Check out who’s up and coming in the metro’s live music scene.
And check in from time to time as we update this list as needed.
JUNE 6, Friday
TAYLOR SWIFT LIVE IN MANILA
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, 8 pm
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Pop superstar and one of the prettiest faces in music these days bless her adoring fans with her endearing and ear-friendly chart-busting country crossover. She’s on a whirlwind world tour behind her latest release “Red” which counts among the slickest mega-pop albums of the past two years.
NO ORDINARY SUMMER 2014
B Side, The Collective, 7274 Malugay Street, Makati City, 8 pm
P500 at the gate
Three of the biggest names in Pinoy rock, Razorback, Wolfgang and Franco, once more bridge the peons and peninsulares with their loud euphoric metal. With opening performances by Join the Club, Midnight Meetings and Paranoid City.
JUNE 7, Saturday
WE THE KINGS LIVE IN MANILA
Skydome, SM North EDSA, Quezon City, 7:00 PM
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Survivors of the late-2000s emo scene re-arm themselves with even more polished emocore that should leave their fans teary-eyed in their wake. Expect a lot of black clad, pale skinned weirdoes for company.
SLAPSHOCK STRONGER TOUR USA 2014
Beyond the Stars Palace
417 1/2 N. Brand Blvd.
Glendale, California, USA
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If you happen to be in the Bay Area, check out your kababayans as they smash out hits from their rapcore years to their current renaissance as an international heavy metal band.
JUNE 9, Monday
YAHOO ON THE ROAD
Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Freedom Plaza
Aurora Boulevard corner Araneta Avenue, Sta. Mesa Manila, 10 AM-6 PM
Yahoo Celebrity Awards goes bigger this year with the addition of a touring air-conditioned purple bus on which fans can vote and check out the new Yahoo mobile apps. Lined up for the PUP leg of the tour are Rocksteddy, Absolut Play and Emerging Bands of the Year nominees Brisom, Yolanda Moon and Chocolate Grass.
JUNE 9-12
2014 INDIEPENDENCE MUSICFEST
Tiendesitas Activity Center, C-5 Road, Pasig City, 8:00 PM
Four consecutive evenings of four indie band showcases nightly from the likes of Chocolate Grass, Steady Machine, Autotelic, Cheats, Squid 9, Imago and Peso movement.
JUNE 10, Tuesday
URBAN MUSIC AWARDS 2014
Samsung Hall, SM Aura, Taguig City
Wave 89.1 gives props to local hip-hop and R&B artists by holding the Urban Music Awards. Some of the awards include Best New Artist, Best Male R&B Artist/Best Female R&B Artist, Club DJ of the Year, Best Rap Artist, and many more. Set to perform are Gloc-9, Blaze N Kane, Jay-R, Q-York, and many more, along with a special production number by US hip-hop pioneers Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.
JUNE 11, Wednesday
#ONEVIBEPH: ONE NATION, ONE PRIDE CONCERT
SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds, Pasay City, 8:00 PM
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Unleash the party animal in you in a massive dance concert featuring Laidback Luke, Funk Avy, Mars Miranda, Motherbasss, Hardrock Sofa and Infected Mushroom on the eve of Independence Day.
BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY LIVE IN MANILA
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, 8:00 PM
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Grammy-award winning foursome make run once more through a set of gangsta-loving hip hop and melodic R&B ballads. With guest performers include Gloc-9, Jay R and DJ Scratchmark.
JUNE 12, Thursday
DAN HILL: THE KING OF ROMANCE LIVE
Grand Ballroom, Solaire Resort & Casino
Entertainment City, Parañaque, 8:00 PM
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Spend a sentimental evening with singer songwriter Dan Hill, the man behind the soft-rock favorite “Sometimes When We Touch” as he unveils more of the same sweet music about heartbreaks and other personal matters. With special guests Jenine Desiderio and Lara Cuevas.
JUNE 14, Saturday
INDIE JAM 2014
A. Venue Open Ground, Makati Avenue, Makati City
P200 at the gate
As Oktaves, Pupil main man Ely Buendia together with punk popsters Hilera! and Nitoy Adriano on lead guitar deliver a rocking good time in music mix that references ‘50s rock & roll and bits of ‘70s and ‘80s rock. Expect a few detours to the Eraserheads canon for maximum fun. Introducing Talahib, GinRum&Truth, Pasimuno, BanatBoys and more.
CLUB DREDD INDIE DAY
2/F Gweilos Eastwood City, 12:30 pm onwards
P200 at the gate
The legendary Club Dredd lives once more in a grand re-opening bash reminiscent of the golden nights at its old EDSA haunt. It’s a special event to mark this year’s Independence Day as a cabal of old school indie heroes such as the return of Tropical Depression following Papadom’s passing and Reklamo celebrate freedom with even newer school underground rockers such as Mr. Bones and the Boneyard Circus, Wilderness, Flying Ipis and Tarsius, among others.
JUNE 11 & 13
HILLSONG UNITED LIVE IN MANILA
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Cubao, Quezon City
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Former youth ministry band upgrades their name to Hillsong United then gives traditional worship music an alt-rock sheen. Influences from Coldplay and U2 are being named-dropped in their heaven-seeking love missiles.
JUNE 16, Monday
HOSTESS CLUB MANILA
Samsung Hall, SM Aura Premier
26th St. Corner McKinley Parkway, Taguig City, 8:00 PM
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Onstage will be Sonic Youth-loving Blonde Redhead, sadwave multi-instrumentalist Sohn, and indie rock/psychedelic Brit rockers Toy.
JUNE 17, Tuesday
HOSTESS CLUB MANILA
Samsung Hall, SM Aura Premier
26th St. Corner McKinley Parkway, Taguig City, 8:00 PM|
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Featuring exquisite singer-songwriter Cat Power, lo-fi popsters Cloud Nothings, and alt singer-songwriter Perfume Genius.
HOTDOG TOGETHER AGAIN
Dusit Thani Manila Ballroom, Makati, 8:30 PM
Manila Sound originators Hotdog reunite with frontmen and chief songwriters Rene and Dennis Garcia, toether with sometime members and vocalists, including Gina Montes and Mso Diez. The reunion will benefit rebuilding projects in Tacloban.
STOMP
Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (main theater), Cultural Center of the Philippines
Roxas Boulevard, Manila 8:00 PM
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The show is a strong argument that dancing, stomping in this case, is a whole new way of making music, one that predates the current thinking that you need instruments to produce music of any sort. It’s such an ancient practice it sounds avant-garde today.
JUNE 20, Friday
CHINA CRISIS LIVE
Grand Ballroom, Solaire Resort & Casino, 8:00 PM
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British pop-rock group presents its influence on present-day synth wave/electro music. There’d be a bit of everything: dance music, slow ballads, ersatz jazz and their massive new wave associated hit, “Wishful Thinking.”
JUNE 21, Saturday
FETE DELA MUSIQUE
A. Venue, Makati Avenue, Makati
Details of Alliance Francaise’s annual shindig still to be announced next week. Last year, the fest featured a main stage at the A. Venue parking lot with pocket stages in bars and hotels around the area devoted to jazz, blues, indie, hip-hop, etc.
NEON DETONATION: DANCE LIKE NOBODY'S WATCHING!
Featuring Ace Ramos, X Factor, Jet Boado, Marvin De Guzman
World Trade Center, Gil Puyat Ave. Extension cor. Diosdado Macapagal Blvd.,Pasay City, 9:00 PM
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It’s a two-in-one indoor event: a glow-in-the-dark blacklight party and a showcase of International and local DJs that hope to add a fresh dimension to the partying experience. Three things are for sure though: pile-driving beats, quaking bass drops and glamorous people a-plenty.
JUNE 24, Tuesday
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO LIVE IN MANILA
Black Market, Warehouse 5, La Fuerza 2 Compound
Sabio corner Don Chino Roces Ave , 9:00 PM
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The acclaimed electronic dance act has been hailed for taking rave music to another level by using analog equipment to lift acid house beyond its 90s roots. Their set is described as a cluster of laser-guided club anthems rummaged from old-school soul, R&B and disco. With special LIVE DJ sets by Clyde Harris, Manolet Dario and Badkiss.
JUNE 25-26, Wednesday and Thirsday
SAM TSUI AND KURT HUGO SCHNEIDER LIVE IN MANILA
Function Room 5, SMX Convention Center, Pasay City, 8:00 pm Ticket info
YouTube sensations take their online medley videos on the road in what promises to be a wildly entertaining evening encounter with fans. Part of the fun is seeing through the sonic references that the duo’s inventive collaboration produces in concert.
JUNE 28, Saturday
RED BULL THRE3STYLE
URBN Bar and Kitchen, Bonficaio Global City, Taguig, 9:00 PMTicket info
One more leg in a series of DJ clashes across the nation to select the country’s representative to the World Finals in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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