The World of Hastang

Our sincerest thanks to Mario and Kai for inviting us to their awesome Rockstar party last Sunday, October 28, 2007 in the Outpost. Thank you for the fun, and we apologize for whatever hassle you had to go through. We had no idea that there was some sort of tension in the background, and we […]

What is indie rock? Here’s a nice, little dissertation about defining “indie rock”. Many thanks to Yan for sharing this.

Guile seems too lazy to update this blog, so I’ve taken it upon myself to look for ways to update this. (No, Guile, you can not bully me into retracting this statement - here or elsewhere.)
Since we moved from blogdrive to this self-hosted blog, we’ve had a grand total of 11 posts! […]

Before I became an indie musician …
… I listened to MC Hammer. I was in fourth grade and I used to borrow my father’s trousers (held by my Boy Scout belt and buckle and the ends cleverly tucked in my Mighty Kid socks) and stand in front of the mirror (with my uncle’s oversized Aviator […]

Weeks ago, Hastang did an interview with Y101 FM Cebu on their late Sunday night radio show Eskina. For the record, Eskina is “a two hour radio show that is all about indie music. Not just about music, the show also features interesting conversations with in-studio guests, tips for musicians and home producers, product reviews, […]

The music. It’s a mystery, actually — how the bang of the drums, the bass line, the power chords and guitar solos, as well as the vocals and lyrics, mesh into one coherent form that evokes various kinds of emotion.
I get to play and make music with incredibly creative people like Makoy, Roy, Gaw, Isyat, […]

I admit it. I plead guilty to all charges.
I haven’t been updating this blog that much (a criminal understatement — the last entry is dated February 24, so I guess it’s been almost two months since the last update). So, since I promised Isyat that I would be doing something about it, that something is […]

Thursday, February 16, 2005:
Post No Bill - no showbands! no cover bands! thank goodness!
in cooperation with
Lighter Press, RockEd Philippines, IndieCulture Online.com, and the Home of NU Rock NU107
present
INDIEOLOGY (U.P. Cebu edition)
the official launching of RockEd Cebu Philippines
Feb16 | Thurs 4pm | U.P. Lahug
with performances by:
Sheila and the Insects
Missing Filemon
Hastang
The Ambassadors
Faspitch
Balde Ni […]