Archive for February, 2009

Interview: Kesang Marstrand

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Born to a Danish mother and Tibetan father, Kesang (pronounced kay-song) Marstrand is not your ordinary mixed-origin singer-songwriter. Now out with her debut album Bodega Rose, Ma

Watch: ‘Not For Sale (live at Blue Frog)’ – Half Step Down

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Delhi;s Half Step Down played the Blue Frog earlier this month. The set comprised a judicious mix of original material and covers. The five piece act played to a crowd of not m

Live: Goldspot @ Hard Rock Cafe, Mumbai

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Goldspot played Hard Rock Cafe, Mumbai on Wednesday, February 18; their first gig in the city since their 2008 appearance at the One Tree festival. We were there.

Indian Bands Nominated For AVIMA 2009

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

The nominees for the Asia Voice Independent Music Awards 2009 are out. The awards are a first-of-its-kind event scheduled to take place on Mar 29, with entries from bands from

Win Boymongoose CDs!

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Remember when we interviewed the creators of animated pop act Boymongoose and you were like, “That’s all swell Indiecision but I want to get my hands on their CD Chirstmas in A

Download: ‘My Maudlin Career’ – Camera Obscura

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

We fell in love with Tracyanne Campbell’s countryside pastiche on Camera Obscura’s 2006 breakthrough Let’s Get Out Of This Country. The band’s Merge debut saw them jump from Be

This Week’s Top Gig Picks

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Your guide to the best gigs in your town (*new), weekly

We’re moving to a new Gig Picks format folks with gig picks for two cities! So peeps in Mumbai and Delhi, here’s your we

Something Relevant Gear Up For Debut Album Release With Promo Vid, New Website

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Something Relevant have been a busy bunch readying their debut album Feels Good To Be Live for a release this April. They recently played the Kala Ghoda festival where they preview

Resul Pookutty Before He Pwned All

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

You’re probably tired of Slumdog mania by now and one more loop of ‘Jai Ho’ will probably make you sick, but AR Rahman wasn’t the only Indian picking up an Oscar on Sunday night/Mo

Sridhar/Thayil To Perform ‘Opera Noir’ At Prithvi

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

We met contemporary urban pop duo Sridhar/Thayil after their gig at the Kala Ghoda festival last weekend and they told us that the setup for their ‘Opera Noir’ would pretty much be

Watch: ‘Eons’ – Ashu

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Ashutosh Phatak’s last video was a no/low budget affair shot on a webcam and edited using a laptop. For the song (‘Fix Me’), the video fit in with the theme reasonably well and the

Lucid Recess Carved EP Up For Download

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Guwahati alt act Lucid Recess are giving away their debut EP Carved as a free download on their website. The seven song EP (plus one bonus song) was released in 2007 and features t

(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

In case you’ve been wondering why you’ve frequently been seeing ads on Indiecision asking you to vote for LK Advani during the upcoming general elections, blame it all on Google Adsense, and Mr Advani’s ginormous online ad budget. We’d just like to make clear that we have no control over the ads you see on [...]