In the 2010s, there was a shift in the status quo of Filipino music. The prior decade saw the rise of acoustic — singer-songwriters wielding their acoustic guitars and waxing poetic about love, loss, and life. The country had seemingly moved on from rock and bands in general; radio stations and battle-of-the-bands competitions closed down, as well as the live venues that gave a platform for emerging rock acts to play in front of a crowd. However, when the 2010s came, the acoustic solo acts that dominated the mid-2000s slowly gave way to a new age of sound. The bands were back. A new wave of bands slowly emerged in the independent music scene, cultivated by new live music venues that nurtured their steady growth. However, it wasn’t the loud and heavy sound that the older rock heads were used to. This was a new brand of rock — relatively..
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