Listening to
Aikostar, Your Words. I think that's my fave song by them. B and I FINALLY went to watch them perform at
Philippine Fiesta Village, a newish Pinoy restaurant/bar/videoke/club that's just 10 minutes from my house but seemed like the middle of NOWHERE. Dang, I was even afraid to park my car there. At one point there was an announcement that a car actually got hit in front of the freakin' restaurant. But more importantly, the food was pretty decent. A bunch of other bands played, but Aikostar blew them out of the water. Bigay na bigay talaga yung boses ni Ivy (who incidentally just discovered this site, hehe, hello there:), the lead singer. Unlike another certain female lead that performed that evening, when Ivy danced to the music you could really tell she was feeling the music. I love it when female singers don't sing in the stereotypically "girly" way. Maybe that's why that
other singer annoyed me, plus the fact that when she was speaking into the mic it was totally clear but her singing voice was barely audible and she was doing some weird floating fairy dance that embarrassed even me. Ivy on the other hand, was totally raw, unleashed in her movements and her voice. They were the 4th band to play that night so you could really tell the difference with the band's full, tight sound compared to the other band's "unsureness." I mean the other bands weren't terrible, but they could definitely use more practice. Unfortunately, B and I couldn't stay long enough for Mike Hanpol's (yea he's here, hehe) set.
Oh, checkout Aikostar's band profile on maARTe!
