Goldspot played Blue Frog, Mumbai on January 24 as a part of their recent visit to the country. The band has previously played at the One Tree Festival in 2008 as well as Hard Rock Cafe, Mumbai in 2009 (review here). As evidenced by the teen mass suffocating the Lower Parel venue on Tuesday night, the band’s popularity has only risen since their last visit – a clear indication of the thriving popularity of their teeny-bopper music (our editor was left feeling a little too old in his hoodie, sans Blackberry Messenger).
The band kicked off their set with one of their bigger hits, ‘Rewind’ which was featured on the hugely popular show How I Met Your Mother. The band went on to play material mainly from their sophomore release, And The Elephant Is Dancing, and even newer material like ‘The Abyss’. Amidst starstruck teenagers and other zealous fans, frontman Siddharth Khosla indulged in stage antics that involved jumping into the crowd, awkward dance moves, kneeling down and even sprawling completely horizontal during the show.
Their encore, expectedly, comprised of their best known songs, ‘Ina Mina Dika’ (watch here) and a Hinglish version of ‘Friday’ (which they had similarly done in their 2008 gig. This had won them pride of place as one of the Indiecision ‘o8 Best Gig Moments). Though the band has seen several new members since the 2008 visit, they played a better, tighter set than they did during their last visit to the city. Yet, their sound is yet to evolve.
Setlist (partial)
‘Rewind’
‘Call Centre Girl’
‘Paper Boats’
‘Emily’
‘One Year Anniversary’
‘The Grocery Store’
‘Tale of a Fish’
‘What’s Under The House’
‘The Guard’
‘Cusp’
‘It’s Getting Old’
‘Cusp’
‘Aye Mere Pyare Watan’
‘The Evergreen Cassette’
‘The Abyss’
‘Time Bomb’
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‘Ina Mina Dika’
‘Friday’
Take a peak at the Goldspot gig below.
Siddharth Khosla of Goldspot @ Blue Frog, Mumbai
Goldspot @ Blue Frog, Mumbai
Goldspot @ Blue Frog, Mumbai
Goldspot @ Blue Frog, Mumbai
Goldspot @ Blue Frog, Mumbai
Photos by Naman Saraiya
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