Archive for January, 2009

Live: Black Lips @ Campus Rock Idols, Pune

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Black Lips kicked off their India tour with a headlining spot at the zonal finals of Campus Rock Idols in Pune. Koregaon Park saw a turnout of nearly 1,500 people for the CRI show

New Pentagram Album This Summer

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Ever since the release of It’s OK, It’s All Good Vishal Dadlani and Co have been basically performing the same material live over and over. So, while the live act is fun, if yo

Watch: ‘Hold Time’ – M. Ward

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Watch: ‘Hold Time’ – M. Ward It’s been about three years since singer-songwriter Matt Ward’s breakthrough release Post War. Since then he’s mucked about with Bright Eyes, Zooey Deschanel and a bunch of late night talk shows. The follow up to Post War is the 14 track Hold Time (Merge) scheduled to be released Feb [...]

This Week’s Top Gig Picks

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Your guide to the top gigs in town (Mumbai town), weekly.

A new week, and a whole bunch of reasons to be in Mumbai.

On Tuesday, Jan 20, head to the Land’s End amphitheatre i

Black Lips Get Bottled In Pune, For Fun

Monday, January 19th, 2009

Black Lips kicked off their India tour with a gig at Pune as the headliners of the zonal finals of the Campus Rock Idols event (full review in a bit). The whole gig was a series o

Check Out: Heartless Bastards

Monday, January 19th, 2009

Ohio trio Heartless Bastards have been at the receiving end of some well deserved indie blog hype. With two solid albums behind them they’re now sitting at that very The Nation

Live: Bauchklang @ Blue Frog

Monday, January 19th, 2009

We have never, since the time the folks at Blue Frog opened their lovely music venue, had to wait outside for entry to the club. With the new metal detector and (extra careful)

Live: Silver, Pentagram @ Hard Rock

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Hard Rock Cafe was packed for the Jim Beam Silver/Pentagram showcase. A crowd comprising amateur guitar players, Pentagram fans, the regular ‘I’ve come to Hard Rock for my birt

Darshana & Sowmya To Play SXSW

Friday, January 16th, 2009

If you thought Darshana & Sowmya were like some unknown Chennai indie version of Tegan & Sara, you’d be mistaken. Or not, based on your impression of Chennai indie.

Download: ‘The Rake’s Song’ – The Decemberists

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Colin Meloy and Co’s much anticipated new studio release The Hazards of Love will be out Mar 24. As with all The Decemberists’ albums, Hazards is also a story.
The Hazards Of

SXSW 2009 Bands List Revealed, Not As Awesome As Expected, But Still Pretty Awesome

Friday, January 16th, 2009

SXSW 2009 Bands List Revealed, Not As Awesome As Expected, But Still Pretty Awesome A non-exhaustive list of bands scheduled to play at South By South West 2009 has been released. Among the ‘biggies’ scheduled to perform are Andrew Bird, The Raveonettes, Cursive, Ida Maria and Peter Bjorn and John. While we’re still waiting on [...]

Swarathma On Tour: Day 6 – And After The Last Day, They Rested

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Jishnu (bass) of folk-fusion act Swarathma tells us about life on the road with the band. Get up close and personal with Swarathma as they travel the country. Head to the official

Black Lips India Tour

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Black Lips India Dates Finalised, Finally Black Lips’ fluctuating India tour schedule has been the cause of much bother for peeps looking to catch the US indies in the country. Finally now we seem to have a definite (in the relative sense of anything in India being definite) set of dates that the band is [...]

Download: ‘People Got A Lotta Nerve’ – Neko Case

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

New Pornographer and alt-country singer-songwriter Neko Case is prepping the release of her new studio album Middle Cyclone (Mar 3, ANTI-). Turns out she’s a big animal lover a

Blender India List ‘Trooper’ #2 Best Song Of 2008, 1983 Called, Wants Glory And Bad Joke Back

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Blender Writer #1: Dude, let’s make the most awesome year end list ever.
Blender Writer #2: Yeah, let’s blow people’s minds with some killer tracks.

Blender Writer #1: So I’m

Swarathma On Tour: Day 5 – The ‘Kill The MC’ Show

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Jishnu (bass) of folk-fusion act Swarathma tells us about life on the road with the band. Get up close and personal with Swarathma as they travel the country. Head to the official