What were the best albums of the year? As time goes by, it only gets harder and harder to answer that question. With an audience of listeners with shorter attention spans and a seemingly infinite amount of music released to compete for that attention, finding a favorite album that you can truly sink your teeth […]
In the chaotic and confusing world that was 2025, I couldn’t help but find solace in music. While the world was burning around us (quite literally for us Southern Californians), it became a necessary escape from what felt like the apocalypse that was happening at that moment. As I’m writing this in 2026, it doesn’t […]
A little preamble here. Melina Duterte is a lore figure at From the Intercom. We often cite a prophetic 2018 show at The Glass House Pomona featuring Jay Som and headliner Japanese Breakfast pre-Jubilee, pre-NYT Best Selling author as a foundational reason for the FTI’s existence; in no small part to founder Li-Wei Chu living […]
Halfway through Rosemead, Irene (Lucy Liu) overhears some of her fellow immigrant mothers gossiping about her teenage son at a party. She confronts them in a slight and curt way, insisting that there’s nothing wrong with her son before angrily storming away – much to the shock of the two women on the receiving end […]
History is rarely clear cut. Even having visual archives to comb through aren’t guaranteed, and for the most marginalized, under-resourced communities, archiving history is all the more essential. Thankfully, Because of You (Dahil Sa ‘Yo): A History of Kilawin Kolektibo anchors the intersectional, radical organization Kilawin Kolektibo against the backdrop of a disparate queer Pinay […]