Nameless Kids to Play at Bangkok Music City in Late January 2027
They also just released their sophomore album dinner4two where they zero in on infectious indie-pop bliss.
by JV Ordoñez
Published on Nov 12, 2026
Nameless Kids, the vibrant Filipino indie-pop band and resident mood-setter music merchants, is headed to Thailand for Bangkok Music City 2027, which runs Saturday, January 30, and Sunday, January 31, at the Charoenkrung Creative District in Bangkok.
The band, composed of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Nhiko Sabiniano, guitarist and vocalist Kim Allen, and drummer Imay Alconaba, shares the poster with fellow Filipino act Ben&Ben. They are the only two Philippine names among the nearly 70 acts announced so far, and the organizers say more are still to be announced.
Thai acts make up most of the bill, among them Slowwves, Salad, Death of Heather, The Photo Sticker Machine, and Sounds of Future Siam. From the rest of Southeast Asia and East Asia, the lineup includes Grrrl Gang and Dinda Ghania from Indonesia, Chivan and Mỹ Anh from Vietnam, Amateur Takes Control from Singapore, The Filters from Malaysia, Whizz from Hong Kong, Kyoyoko from China, and The Colors from Mongolia. Japan is represented by Crazy Wowow, Doona, and Natsudaidai, and South Korea by Dept, Eddie, and the Bricks, Hoa, Memi, and Sion.
India brings Elsewhere in India and Tamil Jazz Collective, while the European and Oceanian slots go to Mui Zyu from the United Kingdom, Yard from Ireland, Smag på dig selv from Denmark, Bøl from France, Kagami from the Netherlands, Oligarkh from Russia, and Chloe Parché and Rum Jungle from Australia. Aurus is listed under Réunion, and Mitsune is listed under both Germany and Japan.
The initial lineup for Bangkok Music City
Unmarked Adolescents Since “Midsummer High”
The official lyric video for "mental"
We first took notice of the band through “Midsummer High,” the summer 2021 anthem that landed just in the nick of time, and then “Outlaws,” a biker-tinged banger that made youthful nostalgia sound a good deal cooler than most of us remember it being. “Sinungaling,” part of their sophomore album dinner4two (pending our review), which just dropped, takes on the habit of lying to yourself re: feelings for your object of affection, a pastime most of us have practiced with far less polish.
We last saw Sabiniano and Allen perform at the Esquire Philippines Man at His Best 2025 Awards Night at the Hilton Manila Newport Resorts in Pasay City, where the frontman credited Valley as instrumental to the band’s artistic growth.
The uplifting instrumentation against the poignant introspection of the lyrics is a dead ringer for Toronto’s Valley, whose Manila show at the New Frontier Theater in Quezon City was one of the best we covered in 2025, and to our ears the track carries the same euphoric and melancholic sonic signature as cuts from Rob Laska and company’s Lost in Translation, which also hones in on self-reflection and reconnecting with people from your old stomping grounds. The vocal chemistry between Sabiniano and Allen is more electric than ever, with the returning Alconaba’s drumming forming the backbone of the track, and together those elements make up a formula for songs with insane replayability that the band keeps refining.
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