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,...
By MC Galang and Ian Urrutia Header Art by MC Galang This week was tougher than usual. It seemed like our threshold for pain incrementally increased with each report...
By MC Galang and Ian Urrutia Header Art by MC Galang Walang mahalagang hindi inihahandog Ng may pusong mahal sa Bayang nagkupkop; Dugo, yaman, dunong, katiisa’t pagod Buhay ma’y...
Words by Aldus Santos Even a cursory sweep of early press on Singapore’s Subsonic Eye will tell you they’ve been aggressively pigeonholed: dreampop this, shoegaze that; angular post-rock here,...