This is the fourth article in a six-part retrospective of the Skins soundtrack. You can find part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here. You can also listen each of these playlists at our Spotify page. As we look back on Series 4's most memorable tunes, I'd also...
A Skins Soundtrack Retrospective: Series 3
This is the third article in a six-part retrospective of the Skins soundtrack. You can find part 1 here and part 2 here You can't talk about Skins without talking about the music. By the time Series 3 hits, the show had already established itself as a launchpad...
A Skins soundtrack retrospective: Part Two
This is the second article in a six-part retrospective of the Skins soundtrack. You can find part 1 here. Skins was a teen drama series in the UK that ran from 2007 to 2013 - think a more edgier, sexier version of Degrassi or a predecessor to Euphoria (which I...
10 Favourite Songs That Found a New Life on TikTok
via Adobe Stock Did you know that the last time I did one of these lists was in 2010? Way before listicles were a trend, and way back when blogs where a thing, we had List Addicts Fridays where I'd list down 5 or more songs that thematically, had something in...
The Year Ender
Here's a little bit of trivia for you readers out there: did you know that the first List Addicts was posted way back in 2008 as a New Year's songs list? Bet you didn't know that - and rightly so, since this is practically useless trivia. Putting the year into...
Short But Sweet
They say good things come in small packages – for others, good things come in short bursts -- like songs done in two minutes or less. I’ve always had a thing for songs that go over that the five minute mark (without you feeling that it’s going for longer than...
Indie Music Hotties
Seeing the title, you might think - when did this site transform into Seventeen magazine? For lack of any other ideas for topics for the Friday's list that's coming on a Tuesday, and seeing as to how I always think guys in the indie music scene are underrepresented...
High School Crushes and Unrequited Love
It's List Addicts Friday time - and today's topic is high school crushes and unrequited love. Why? Just because I'm in the mood for it and these two always go together. High school has always been a memorable time for me - not because of the nice memories I've shared...
I Miss You, Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
This isn't an EBTG post, sorry to disappoint, though it was that song that inspired me to make up this week's list. As an alumni of the Long Distance Relationships club, I have compiled many-a-song to my list of tunes to soothe the weary heart. A particular song that...
The Cover Edition
It's been a while, so I thought I shouldn't put this off any further. Yes, it's List Addicts Fridays once again, and today's theme is 'covers'. In the history of List Addicts, I have never made a covers post before, mainly because a lot of other blogs do. They even...
I LOVE EYES CANDY : Music Videos from the Philippine Islands
Back in the mid 80’s there used to be show called Video Hit Parade in one of those Marcos owned TV stations. It was during those times that I first saw Aha’s Take On Me, Rick Astley’s weird yet strangely appealing hair dance and the heyday of the New Wave movement. I...
Songs for PEACE from Buffetlibre and Amnesty International
We take a break from the usual List Addicts Fridays to make way for some amazing stuff from Buffetlibre. If you haven't heard the news yet - Buffetlibre and Amnesty International Catalunya has teamed up to form the first music atlas on the web. Called PEACE - it's a...
A Song List by Paolo (The World Autism Awareness Day Special)
To anyone who's ever cared to read the About Us section of this site, you would know that part of the reason why I made this site was for my son Paolo - who loves indie music, as well as surfing on the net. Another cool thing about him is that he's autistic. When I...
Five Unconventional Songs for the Faithful
The Friday list comes on during Saturday again. I blame it on the migraine - which has slowly been killing me over the past years. Migraines aside, in this week's list, we go a bit spiritual (I think) - since it's Lent, and something in my Catholic upbringing...
Twice As Nice
Not counting last week's robot T-shirt design post (since it wasn't even music-related), it's been a while since I've posted a Paolo related music post. If you've been keeping tabs, the last song he got obsessed with was Who Left the Lights Off, Baby. Now, I'm happy...
Overplayed in the 80s: Yes, indulge me
I know, this post isn't at all indie - it's going to be more retro than indie. But then, in my defense - it's the sort of music that most of you guys reading haven't heard of, since these songs came from an era where you were still a twinkle in your parent's eyes. I...
5-Piece Generation X Sushi Roll
I love the 90's! What's not to like, the Philippine Peso was 25 to a dollar. We witnessed the return of the Adidas Samba and Gazelle for your daily footwear needs. There's various states of curious experimentation, but that of course is another story. Best of all, I...
I (heart) the Vancouver Olympics
I will miss the buzz of the Olympics when it's all done. It might not have felt like winter in Vancouver - especially with the dreadful rain that we're having today, but I do think the Winter Olympics was quite a success. I will particularly miss the free concerts and...
Five Filipino Indie Music Picks
Our Guest blogger for this week is Boowy, a dear old friend from Manila, who shares to us his top five faves from the Filipino Indie music scene... - Cris I am not VJ Lucky, VJ Sib, VJ Wu-Man, VJ Mike Casem nor VJ Danny McGill...I am not advocating any of those music...
It’s Just, Marital Bliss…
Another day, another list, and before you know it, it's already February. The obligatory chocolate giving holiday is just a couple of days away and everyone is seeing hearts. For our Friday's list, what better way to welcome Valentine's than to showcase some...
How to Spot Indie Using Five Telltale Signs
When I started this site, one of my goals was to define what ‘indie music’ is. After listening to many a song from the pool of what popular culture defines as ‘indie’, I’ve come to realize that though you can’t really sum up...
List Addicts Fridays – Relief for Haiti Edition
Yep, I've joined CBC Radio 3's call for a webathon. Today, our list will be focused on the Haiti Earthquake Relief efforts and the different organizations and groups that are helping out with this cause. Of course, since it wont be List Addicts Fridays without the...
Geek Chic : Five Songs for the Geek In Love
I'm not going into semantics here on what defines a geek (or geek vs. a nerd for that matter) . Everyone knows what a geek is, and frankly, geek chic is still in. Not surprising, since everyone is going techie. You have to have at least some basic technical knowledge...
Ten Songs from Ten Films, Over the Past Decade
It's the start of another year and won't you believe, it also marks a year of the Friday's lists. I started out my first ever list with New Year's songs which I think is still the best list of indie songs about the New Year out there 😉 I really didn't think I could...
25 Indie Songs of Christmas
Happy Christmas! It's Christmas and New Year's is just a few days away. For the Friday's list, we recap our 25 Indie Songs of Christmas beginning with our Christmas Indie single of the day - Hallelujah. Since Christmas is indeed the time for covers, why not cap it off...
Stuff I’ve Been Watching
Due to the busy Christmas season, List Addicts Fridays has been bumped to Saturday...and if you're big fans of Fresh from the Post Tuesdays, unfortunately it'll be on hiatus until next month. But not to worry, there's Christmas cheer all 'round since we've still got...
About A Girl
I'm running out of ideas here for the Friday's list - so this week will be an easy one: songs that have girls names in them. There are tons and pretty much plenty to choose from - so here I share five songs, off the top of my head, that are about a...
It’s All About Sex
The title says it all. This weeks list will be songs about sex. Not exactly the Marvin Gaye kind since I don't think much of the songs in this list will let you get in the mood for some lovin. They're songs that simply put, have the main topic of sex in their lyrics....
List Addicts Fridays : It’s Over When It’s Over
They say, songs are a great way to express what you're feeling and that there's always a song for any given situation. Take that one episode of Glee for example - the one about ballads and singing out how you feel. While Mr. Schuster, was singing a very apt for the...
List Addicts Fridays : Lush Instrumentation
Nothing de-stresses me than listening to songs that have lovely instrumention and arrangement, especially ones that only musical instrument players can truly appreciate. We break away from the usual guitar heavy / synth heavy music to a more unplugged, acoustic style...