Archive for September, 2010

Pics: Shlomo @ Opus, Bangalore

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

British beatboxer Shlomo played the last gig of his short India tour at Opus, Bangalore recently. The gig featured collaborations with folk fusionists Swarathma and morchang player Raeis Khan.

New Documentary On New Delhi Metal Scene

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Capital Metal – “The Story of Delhi Metal Scene” is now available for purchase. The documentary features most notable (in the last decade) metal bands from the capital. Trailer inside.

Watch: ‘Ganga’ – Mrigya

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

New Delhi fusion act Mrigya are out with a pretty unimaginative, vector swirlie video for their song ‘Ganga’, off the album The Composition of World Harmony.

Watch: ’2 Guys, 600 Pillows’ (Backwards Music Video)

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Rhett and Link, propagators of the internetainment business, are back with an ode to their favourite pillow. Watch the music video backwards, forwards, Haywards and Gaylord. Okay, not the last two.

NERVECELL to Tour India

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

The Dubai metal giants will hit three cities over the coming few weeks, playing gigs with a bunch of local metal acts including Albatross and Devoid. Dates and deets inside.

PentaTV Episode 5 Now Online

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Say hello to Papal Mane, “silent” bassist of India’s most influential electro rock band. The new PentaTV episode is a profile of Makarand ‘Papal’ Mane.

Live: Shlomo @ Hard Rock Cafe, Mumbai

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

British beatboxer Shlomo kickstarted a mini-tour of the country at Hard Rock Cafe, Mumbai. The gig saw the lanky, slightly-awkward 25-year old (who’s performed with the likes of Bjork and Damon Albarn) play a short set of his own material followed by a few poorly rehearsed collaborations with Sidd Coutto (of Tough On Tobacco), morchang player Raeis Khan and percussionist Vivek Rajagopalan. We were there.

Making The Video: Something Relevant

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Mumbai jam band Something Relevant will release their first music video, for the song ‘City In A Situation’ on Thursday. We speak with director Payal Kapadia about the making of the film.

Live: Spook @ Zenzi Mills, Mumbai

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Alternative rock newcomers Spook launched their debut EP Underwaterseabird at Zenzi Mills, Mumbai recently. One-man acoustic act SlowDownClown opened. We were there.

Ameeth Thomas To Release Solo Single Next Month

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

The Chennai singer-songwriter will release ‘Movie’ from his now-titled debut EP The Broken Half in October. The Junkyard Groove frontman is currently in-studio.

Watch: ‘White Knuckles’ – OK Go

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Awesomesauce videosmiths OK Go are out with another wowtastic video for the single ‘White Knuckles’ off their coming new album Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky. Features band, dogs, and a goat.

Thermal And A Quarter Give Away Unreleased Music

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

The Bangalore rock act is giving away unreleased demo versions of back catalog songs, along with streaming a bunch of rarities. Details of the ‘TAAQ Retrofestival’ inside.

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

We’re taking the day off tomorrow to celebrate the sinking elephant god. Susheela Raman sends her wishes.

Interview: Das Racist

Monday, September 20th, 2010

“I would describe us as “rap music” or “rappers”.”

A new label is invented for Das Racist almost every day. The now-two-mixtape-old Brooklyn rap act invite tags and listener polarity in the same breath. We catch up with front-ish man Himanshu Suri for an interview about Baba Ram Das, working with Diplo and Chairlift, and a possibly upcoming India tour.

Pics: Soulmate @ Opus, Bangalore

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Shillong blues act Soulmate played Opus, Bangalore on Friday, Sep 17. The performance was part of the ongoing Pubrockfest series of gigs. We have pictures.

‘The Simplest Thing’ – Jackson Vijayan feat Avial

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Kerala unknown Jackson Vijayan has collaborated with Malayalam rock outfit Avial, and Singapore singer-songwriter Naomi Stafford to create an entirely unimaginative track called ‘The Simplest Thing’.