Thai indie artist Neuter Lover [Apichaya Chaipayom] will be doing a week’s worth of touring across well-known performance venues across Manila as part of her first set of gigs in the Philippines. She’s gotten a good deal of recognition from her native Thailand and she definitely has more than her share of fans from overseas.

She does it all – she provides vocals for the tracks, plays the guitar and even dabbles into the art of programming to create the otherworldly bleeps and synths that she uses to create her brand of shoegaze/ ambient music. Her main influences include very familiar ambient artists like Portishead, Massive Attack and Enigma among others. True enough, Neuter Lover channels a very ethereal and relaxed mood that just lingers in the air as an emotional stimulus.

She has many videos of her performances online so you may want to check it out to get a better feel of what her sound is like.

Neuter Lover will be playing in these following venues:

July 7 – Cafe Alfonso (Makati)

July 8 – Future (Cubao X)

July 9 – Route 196

July 12 – Conspiracy

July 14 – Saguijo

July 15- Cafe Clay

For more information, please visit http://gogocarabao.tumblr.com or call/text +639274408474.

Enemies of Saturn and Subscapular – two bands whose awesome albums were reviewed on Splintr – are combining forces along with other bands to go around the metro for a series of shows that will run for the rest of the month.Cushe Footwear is presenting the Vintage 2011 Deuce Bar Tour that would send EoS and Subscapular to B-Side at the Collective, Sazi’s, Saguijo and Route 196! That’s more or less the four most popular gig venues of the past few years.

Enemies of Saturn embraces a very visceral and almost sensual approach to their musicality. The tracks that they’ve dished out on their self-titled album are quite catchy and one could only imagine that it would be even better live.

Subscapular on the other hand goes towards a more ‘experiment rock alternative pop’ route and their themes are rooted on youth, self discovery and nostalgia.

Catch the shows on the following locations:

June 3 – B-Side ( with Six The Northstar, Hijo, Audible, Taken By Cars, Miscellaneous)

June 11 – Sazi’s (with Inday Bote, Faintlight, Maryzark, Mr Bones)

June 17 – Saguijo (with Malay, Kjwan, Blue Boy Bites Back)

June 24 – Route 196 (with Butchercons, Kuwago, Hansom, Tonight We Sleep)

This tour sure covers all the hot spots. Whether you’re in Makati, Manila or Quezon city, you’ll definitely get a chance to see the show.
See you all there.

The Dawn will be celebrating their 25th year as a force in local rock at Jam Music Fest!  The show will be at Eastwood Central Plaza, Libis, Quezon. 7 PM. The Dawn is certainly in the pantheon of the most venerable rockstars that the country has ever seen and it would be a fitting tribute for them to be feted in a grand event. If you’ve ever sang along to any of their anthemic songs like “Iisang Bangka”, “Tulad Ng Dati” and the song “Enveloped Ideas”, please do try to come and rock hard to a band that has survived the best and worst times of the past quarter century. The band has gone through personel changes but you can count of The Dawn to play the songs that you know and love.

Other bands and artists for the show include Nyoy Volante, Imago, Sandwich, Peryodiko, General Luna, Rivermaya, Ebe Dancel, 6 Cyclemind and Lahi.

Splintr will be covering The Dawn’s set and the footage would be featured on the site soon!

The Late Isabel has always been a cult-favorite among people who loved a quirky mix of pop and rock. Their first release Doll’s Head was well received and made the band one of the most sought-after bands left of the mainstream. Fans of the first set of The Late Isabel would be surprised though that the band has a different take on things for the new album Lackadaisical. In their own words, the new album channels the little girl from the first album who has stepped out of her doll house to sing with more grit and brash power.

THE LATE ISABEL–Allan Hernandez on guitars, John Pete Agcoili on drums, Rudolf Bacale on bass, and Wawi Navarroza-  The independent release features 4-tracks in a Limited Edition CD of only 200 copies featuring photography and signed artwork by Wawi Navarroza.

The new album will be formally released on April 5 (Tuesday) at B-side – The Collective along Malugay St. Other bands playing that night include Mr Bones and the Boneyard Circus, Turbo Goth, Skies of Ember, Blue Jean Junkies, Blast Ople, Cinemacabro, Halik ni Gringo, The Sleepy Heads and Krispy Kunst. There will be NO DOOR CHARGE. Here’s the Lackadaisical official album launch page link.

Coincidentally, Wawi will be leaving for further studies in Madrid for a year so this EP is a record that the band would leave for fans right before they go on a mini-hiatus.

You may listen to the title track “Lackadaisical” via Splintr! The audio stream is exclusive to Splintr for the moment so do tell your friends about it.

Jack Daniels will be presenting the last show in its series of concerts for The Long Sets on April 1, 2011 at Handle Bar (Polaris St, Makati City). Seven of the 13 bands that were part of the concert series lineup will be back for one last time. The show will start at 10pm and would feature perfomances by Mr Bones and the Boneyard Circus, Cosmic Love, Blue Boy Bites Back, Paramita, Jack Versus the Crab, Stories of Now and Playphonics.

Invites to the very exclusive JD Reveal Night on April 15 will be also up for grabs for those who show up on Friday’s show. See you all there!