In Pictures: JD Rock Awards 2013 @ Mehboob Studios
Running Into Awards
Blek played the first set at the JD Rock Awards 2013. Their half-hour-long set included 'Dancing With Wolves', 'Running Into Walls', and 'Fog + Strobe', which earned them a nomination for Song Of The Year (our picks, and other NH7 coverage of The JD Rock Awards here)
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P-Man @ The JD Rock Awards
P-Man partially hosted the event, going around the audience to interview attendees. "Welcome to JD Land," he says here to Blek's biggest fan.
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And Blek finally emerge.
The first award presented was for Best Emerging Band, bagged by Blek.
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What's awards got to do with it?
Uday Benegal picked up the award for Best Keyboard Player on behalf of Indus Creed's Zubin Balaporia. Benegal and the host had very different perceptions of what actually should constitute the award.
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Rocking With JRK
Jai Row Kavi (Indus Creed, brother of Vasant) won the award for Best Drummer.
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You Could Be Dreaming, But You're Not
Something Relevant played a half-hour set, mostly comprising tracks from their new album We Could Be Dreaming. Read more about the album here.
There are more awards left to give! Krishna Jhaveri picked up Skyharbor's award for Best Metal Band.
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Miss World spotted in Bandra
Yukta Mookhey appeared to present the award for best album, bagged by "Advait" for The Silent Sea.The band also won the award for Best Cover Art, tied with Swarathma.
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And it's a wrap
And the award for Band Of The Year goes to Indus Creed, making that three for them on the night.
So, that about wraps up NH7's visit to the JD Rock Awards 2013. We covered the run-up to the awards extensively, and you can check all our coverage out here. Till next year...
