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Live: Stiff Kittens’ The Medicine Show

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Delhi has never been quite so kooky, so fruity, and so fun. For those of us sick of the same old scenes – rock, metal, trance, hip hop, whatever – it’s wonderful to be exposed to a

Review: The Exit Plan – Teddy Boy Kill

Friday, July 10th, 2009

With all the new, modern architectural marvels dotting the Indian landscape, like fancy-shmancy shopping malls with neon night clubs on the top floor, it’s only fitting that the In

Interview: Grandmaster Flash

Friday, June 19th, 2009

It’s not every day that a living legend suddenly materializes in your South Delhi backyard, thousands of miles away from where he would normally be kicking it – around 520 Sedgwick

Review: The Seven Seas – Elephant Stone

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Montreal-based, ethnically Indian multi-instrumentalist Rishi Dhir left his mod rock/power pop outfit The High Dials to concentrate on the sitar and his own catalog of compositions

Interview: BASSFoundation

Friday, June 5th, 2009

BASSFoundation has carved a vital niche in Delhi for drum & bass. Fused with the related genres of reggae and dubstep, they have been taking Delhi on a wild ride of left-of-cen

Interview: Mouse On Mars

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

We’ve discovered that the diet of a Mouse On Mars consists mainly of paradoxes and ironies. Thus, it is not surprising that the fecal secretion of such a displaced creature would c

Live: Mouse On Mars @ New Delhi

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Teddy Boy Kill, Shaa’ir + Func and Mouse On Mars played the Goethe Institut, New Delhi on March 21, 2009.
Mouse On Mars rock. Despite being generally proclaimed as pioneers of “ele

Live: Phobia, Rabbit Is Rich, Vishnu @ Turquoise Cottage, New Delhi

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

RSJ Live Nites is presenting a healthy series of gigs featuring local bands all February, mostly hosted at the new Turquoise Cottage in the Priya market area. It’s a shame the

Live: South Delhi Block Party Part 2 @ Barcode, New Delhi

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

First off, we give major props to Delhi based label and promoters Aftershock International for attempting to import the ‘block party’ vibe to India. Next, we big it up for the

Live: DJ Batuta, DJ Gareth, Kirti Das @ D.E.S.U. Phase 10, Cafe Morrision, New Delhi

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

D.E.S.U. – Delhi Electronica Supply Unit – is a sprawling DJ collective that borrows its name from the local government’s electrical power utility. Its semi-regular ‘Phase’ events