Archive for September, 2010

Goethe-Institut Looks For Bands To Record With Moses Schneider

Monday, September 20th, 2010

The Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore is organising a music workshop in October, giving bands the opportuntity to record with the acclaimed German producer.

Cymbals Eat Guitars Give Away Four New Tracks

Monday, September 20th, 2010

The Staten Island quartet are giving away four tracks they performed on BBC’s Radio 6 Music recently. The tracks will feature on the follow up to 2009′s much acclaimed Why There Are Mountains.

Watch: Jayen Varma’s ‘Unconventional Slap Bass’

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Jayen Varma, the self proclaimed ‘Innovator of Indian Slap Bass’, performs at the Thiruvilwamala Temple in this uber-awesome video. Watch now.

The Drums Lose Guitarist

Monday, September 20th, 2010

The Brooklyn post punk quartet’s guitarist Adam Kessler has left the band. The band is currently on tour with Surfer Blood.

“I really want the music to stand alone, so that it’s not just a gimmicky thing.” Shlomo, one of the world’s biggest beatboxing artists is in India for a three-city tour. We caught up with the lanky, slightly awkward 26-year old and talked about how he started out, performing with Bjork, and how he dropped out of college to tour with a hip hop band.

Review: Mark Of Teja – Scribe

Friday, September 17th, 2010

Mumbai hardcore band Scribe’s second studio album The Mark Of Teja is a crucial evolution of the band’s sound. Deriving inspiration from videogames, street food and Bollywood, Teja is 2010′s most listenable Indian metal record. We’ve got a full review inside.

Pics: Shaa’ir + Func @ The Bflat Bar, Bangalore

Friday, September 17th, 2010

Mumbai electro rock act Shaa’ir + Func took the launch tour of their third studio album Mantis to The Bflat Bar, Bangalore recently. We have pics from the gig.

Kaav Releases Free Debut EP

Friday, September 17th, 2010

Kochi intrumental-prog three-piece Kaav have released their eponymous debut EP as a free download. Kaav features three tracks produced by Baiju of Motherjane.

Toto Music Awards 2011 Call For Entries

Friday, September 17th, 2010

India’s Mercury Prize has called for entries for its seventh edition. We have details of how your band can apply for the 2011 TFA music awards.

Jack White Invents New Type Of Vinyl

Friday, September 17th, 2010

The Dead Weather man is releasing the band’s single ‘Blue Blood Blues’ as a Triple Decker Record. What’s that? See inside.

Behind-the-scenes: Shlomo In Mumbai

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

British beatboxing artist Shlomo arrived in India for a tour of three cities. His first stop, on Wednesday, Sep 15, was Mumbai. Before the gig at Hard Rock Cafe however, the young vocal artist spent some time teaching a bunch of schoolkids the art of beatboxing. He then proceeded to the gig venue to practice his collaborations with Sidd Coutto, Raeis Khan and Vivek Rajagopalan. We stalked him.