Bulacan’s choice Anglophiles investigate the kundiman, alternating between reverential and iconoclastic, simultaneously familiar and deconstructive, and we’re all the better for it. I’m always a bit skeptical of thematic material, and even more so when it involves archaic forms. So when I started hearing odds and ends from O&L’s fourth proper record, ‘La Bulaqueña,’ I [...]
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Orange & Lemons’ New Smalltown-Disco Romp is an Irresistible Listen
Orange & Lemons put on their ‘80s Pinoy-pop dancing shoes in this irresistible new picker-upper, a track that eschews the hardline-indie grammar in which they’ve always toiled, in favor of simpler, more idyllic charms. With each new page in their still-unfurling rebirth saga, one thing becomes increasingly clear: Orange & Lemons have no intention of [...]