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Listen Up!: The Black Keys Edition

Monday, December 12th, 2011

The Black Keys dropped their seventh studio album this month. That, and three bands you should check out this week.

Live: Toumani Diabaté, Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt @ Turf Club, Mumbai

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

After waiting for over two hours at what could be mistaken for a government function, Toumani Diabaté played solo for all of ten minutes.

Listen: The Official Buddh International Circuit Anthem

Monday, October 31st, 2011

‘Hum Mein Raftaar’ was composed by Lesle Lewis, who performed the song along with Daler Mehndi, KK and Lucky Ali.

Good Shoes To Play BITS Pilani

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

The Brit indie rockers will play their first gig in Asia at the college’s annual cultural festival, OASIS.

This Octane Deo Commercial Rips Off Chris Isaak

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Not only did they rip off the music, they ripped off the music video!

This TVS Apache Commercial Rips Off Hans Zimmer

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Don’t look so perplexed Mister Zimmer. This sort of shit goes down here all the time.

This Olay Commercial Rips Off Cults

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Their new clip starring Kajol Devgn rips off the track ‘Go Outside’ by Cults.

This Nokia Commercial Rips Off The xx

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

You’d look miffed too if someone ripped off a song from your Mercury Prize-winning album.

‘Beautiful Crime’ – Junkyard Groove

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

The Chennai alternative rock act’s new single is a significant departure from their DMB-inspired sound.

Press Charges: Bombay Times

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

The Mumbai rag proclaims that Imogen Heap is the frontwoman of Massive Attack.

Watch: ‘No Contest’ – Motherjane

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

This is the band’s first release since guitarist Baiju Dharmajan left the band.

Live: menwhopause @ Blue Frog, Mumbai

Monday, June 6th, 2011

The New Delhi alternative rock act brought their Easy tour to Mumbai recently. The gig was one of the best we’ve checked out this month. Head inside for our review.

‘Visionary’ – Goddess Gagged

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

The Mumbai post-hardcore quintet recently released a new single, presumably from an upcoming EP/album. We’ve got a review, a download and a stream of the track inside.

Pics: Control ALT Delete – Chapter II @ B69, Mumbai

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

The second edition of the Control ALT Delete series of gigs saw performances by local acts Artificial Red, Forcefield, The Riot Peddlers, The Lightyears Explode, Split and Sridhar/Thayil. It also featured a surprise performance by Zero.