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Sky Rabbit Reveal Debut Album Details

Indiecision — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:27:14 +0000

Mumbai electro rock act Sky Rabbit (erstwhile Medusa) recently announced details of their anticipated eponymous debut album. The quartet will embark on a tour of the country this month, that goes on to January next year (deets here) in support of the album, which has been co-produced by Ashish Manchanda of Flying Carpet Productions.

CDs of Sky Rabbit will be available in stores via EMI from January 10, 2012 onward, but the band will also be selling copies over the course of the tour. The album will also be available on iTunes, and other online platforms.

Frontman Raxit Tiwari spoke to us about the songwriting process on the album

Sometimes it starts from a loop, sometimes it starts from a single riff of an acoustic guitar. And then everything around it falls into place. A lot of electronic samples have been used in parts where we wanted to fill the space and create good flow.

Tracklist
‘Anti-coke Ganpati’
‘Oil’
‘March’
‘Sweet Smile Diving’
‘Swimmer’
‘I Become I’
‘Try’
‘Clone’
‘Hilltop’

Check out the album cover below.

Sky Rabbit

Sky Rabbit Plot Album Launch Tour

Indiecision — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:01:13 +0000

Mumbai eletro-rockers Sky Rabbit (erstwhile Medusa) recently announced their album launch tour, which hits six cities over several dates this month, and January next year. The band recently opened the Eristoff Wolves Den on day one (deets here) of the Bacardi NH7 Weekender.

The quartet announced the change in name at a gig at the Blue Frog, Mumbai a couple of months ago (deets here), and have since been working on their long-overdue debut album.

Dates
December 15, 2011 – Hyderabad – Hard Rock Cafe
December 17, 2011 – Bangalore – The Bflat Bar
January 4, 2012 – Mumbai – Blue Frog
January 6, 2012 – Pune – High Spirits
Kolkata and New Delhi – TBC

More from Sky Rabbit soon. In the mean time, check out this video of the band performing at Live From The Console.

Sky Rabbit – Maybe is Open Tonight (Live Performance video) from Black Balloon on Vimeo.

Medusa Rechristened Sky Rabbit At Blue Frog

Indiecision — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:49:14 +0000

Mumbai electro-rock act Medusa played the Blue Frog on Thursday, September 8. The gig saw the band announce their change in name to Sky Rabbit.

At the start of the set, frontman Raxit Tewari announced that this would be a special set by the band; chronologically charting the music of the band. The band opened with the first song they ever wrote (in the non-metchul Medusa era) ‘Who’s Your Daddy’ and played all their tracks including a selection of covers. Playing to a sizeable Thursday night audience, the band announced the change in name midway through the set. The band will release their debut album this year.

Setlist
‘Daddy Loves Us All’
‘Hilltop’
‘Anti-Coke Ganpati’
‘I Become I’
‘Clone’
‘Birdcatcher’
‘A ‘n’ B’
‘Sweet Smile Diving’
‘Swimmer’
‘Oil’
‘Ceremony’ (Joy Division cover)
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‘One’
‘In…’
‘Maybe Is Open Tonight’
‘Where’
‘In Our Times’
‘Over The Rise’
‘Jack In The Box’
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‘Someone Great’ (LCD Soundsystem cover)
‘Anti Coke Ganpati’

Photos by Naman Saraiya

Medusa @ Blue Frog, Mumbai

Pics: Medusa @ Blue Frog, Mumbai

Kunal Kakodkar — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:34:30 +0000

Mumbai electro-rock act Medusa played Lower Parel venue Blue Frog this past Wednesday, May 18. With non-existent front lighting and projected visuals that were largely lost against the yellow backdrop, the band played a fairly lengthy set that comprised old material like ‘I Become I’, ‘Hilltop’ and ‘Clone’, as well as newer songs. Frontman Raxit Tiwari’s deadpan vocal delivery lent a low-intensity, mellow vibe to proceedings, despite his best efforts at livening things up by jumping up and down between verses. Perhaps by the virtue of not playing all that often, the band managed to pull a fair number of people to the Frog, similar in number to Ankur Tewari’s set at the same venue the previous night.

During the set, Medusa announced that their new album would be released later this year, possibly in the next three months. Stay tuned for updates!

Setlist
‘One’
‘I Become I’
‘A n B’
‘In Our Times’
‘March’
‘Try’
‘Oil’
‘Where’
‘In Dance’
‘Over The Rise’
‘Sweet Smile Diving’
‘Clone’
‘A Punchup At A Wedding’ (Radiohead cover)
‘Hilltop’
‘Who’s Your Daddy?’
‘Anti-Coke’
‘Swimmer’
‘Maybe Is Open Tonight’

Photos by Kunal Kakodkar

Raxit Tiwari of Medusa @ Blue Frog, Mumbai

Medusa @ Blue Frog, Mumbai

Gig Alert: Kill the Fry Day

Indiecision — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:01:25 +0000

After their Kill the Weekday mammoth metal gigs, Mumbai live venue B69 is set to kill the Friday. The super-gig presented by ennui.BOMB (of Stupid Ditties), Kill the Fry Day, happens this Friday, March 25 and features a never-before-at-B69 lineup including electro rock act Medusa, new hip hop kids on the block Bombay Bassment, jam band Something Relevant (who were recently too big to be contained by the stage they’d last played), Dischordian, The Mavyns, alternative rock act Blek, and more.

Extra awesome: Free entry, beer at 50 bucks. Check out the poster art below.

Check out Kill the Fry Day, March 25, 7.30 pm onwards at B69.