Love, dAriA, now an alternative pop punk trio, played next. They delivered songs from their first full-length CD "TheSelfTitledDebutAlbum." I sensed a variety of influences from this pop trio, from the grunge style of "Full Moon," alternative riffs of "Spin Around" and "So Far," Green Day-influenced "Taglish Waiting" and "Ethylene," and Beatles-meets-Radiohead style of "I'm All right, You're All right." The trio played one of their best performances ever.
Two girls, two guys and an alternative rock attitude, first timers in the festival, Enda, gave the regular piNoisepop crowd a taste of their music. Having played the San Francisco club circuit for a period of time, Enda has gained the recognition from the local bay area indie bands. Their set list included "Karisma," "A Bitter Spill," "Spacious," "Intelligentsia," "Pyro" and "Eden." These songs can also be heard in their Spacious EP from Solana Records.
If you are into emo-rock and harmonizing feedbacks, Rubymar headlined the Friday night show. They changed their name from Paperplanes to Rubymar and added a hard-hitting drummer which definitely changed the music style of the band. Famous for having long mesmerizing intros and tribal drumming, there wasn't a three-minute Rubymar song in their set list, which included "In Ribbons," "Trans Atlantic," "Sleven," "To No Avail" and "Rewind to Zero."
"I've never played in front of so many Filipinos before," said Kokoy Severino of Houston, Texas' political Pinoy rock band Kayumanggi. "I hope my lyrics made sense... it never mattered before" added Severino. Amazed by the number of Filipino Americans who showed up at the last day of the festival, Kayumanggi was welcomed with cheers and praise from the Bindlestiff crowd. Mixing indigenous instruments together with their regular drum, bass and guitar set-ups made the band more interesting to listen to and watch at the same time. They started the set with a continuous sound of a kubing (a wooden mouth-harp), followed by a full piece kulintang (a set of plate-sized gongs suspended in a wooden rack), and Kokoy walked in and started reciting one of his poems in his native dialect.
