By MC Galang and Ian Urrutia Illustration by MC Galang It’s a brand-new month and the Palace just shifted Mega Manila back to general community quarantine (GCQ) until August...
And a few thoughts on music streaming Words and Header Art by MC Galang For the latest volume of THIS SIDE, we decided to expand our selection to include...
Words by MC Galang and Ian Urrutia Illustration by MC Galang New Music We Love is back after a one-week break! While we’re briefly away, we released a primer...
Words by MC Galang and Ian Urrutia Illustration by MC Galang Last week, we published our first electronica selections for Heavy Rotation and had a chat with Nick Lazaro...
GLENDALE, Ariz.–Roki Sasaki pitched three scoreless innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers in his spring training debut against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night. Sasaki allowed two hits, struck...
NAHA, Okinawa Prefecture–Spring training for Japanese baseball looks familiar; hitters in the batting cage, infielders taking ground balls, and fans lining up for autographs. But it’s also quite different...
ASPEN, Colo.–The biggest life-changer for snowboard champion Ayumu Hirano since he won an Olympic gold medal: He became a father. That, as much as triple corks or big airs,...
Hundreds of fans at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, who lined up 10 deep and hoped to catch a glimpse of Shohei Ohtani as he arrived on Thursday, saw nothing of the Los...
KOSHIGAYA, Saitama Prefecture–In an online auction four years ago, Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura’s father purchased his first piece of Shohei Ohtani memorabilia: a rosin bag, the soft pouch containing...
BY MC GALANG Since 2018, we’ve been expanding our programming to include foreign artists at our shows and in our curated content online (e.g. THIS SIDE playlists). Last year,...