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The Groovebox: Pseudo Echo

Amit 'The Groovebox' Gurbaxani on sex, drugs, lungis, ghungroos and rock n' roll.

The Feed - A quick look at whats keeping the internet alive

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“On Monday, May 21st, we celebrate seven years since we first shared YouTube with the world. To commemorate this occasion, here’s an updated video with some of the crazy statistics and incredible things you’ve been a part of in that time. Thanks for the amazing things you watch, create, and share!” - YouTube peeps

On Ke$ha’s track ‘Woo Hoo’, which recently got leaked online, she seems to have sampled Blur’s ‘Song 2’. It is not known whether Blur have authorised the usage of their song. Have a listen and you’ll know what we’re talkin’ about. More info here.

A strong cast turns out for this gangster flick which is seems to be a no-nonsense action thriller.

Conan O’Brien decides to help the younger generation out and put Corbin Bernsen on the job to tell us a little bit about The Museum Of Old Pop Culture References.

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Amitabh Bachchan, and Isla Fisher. It’s directed by Baz Luhrmann who made Romeo and Juliet, Moulin Rouge and more recently Australia. Don’t miss Jack White’s cover of U2’s ‘Love Is Blindness’ in the trailer.

According to this video, Huey Lewis and The News = PUNK! Punk, I am disappoint more and more.

The Credit Mac Daddy is in da house.

This beautiful time-lapse video shows how May 20, 2012’s solar eclipse progressed and ended. It was made by amateur astronomer Cory Poole.

BBC sketch show That Michell and Webb Look show us how suspense can truly be thrilling.

In three days, this video has over 697,000 views. This definitely deserves to be watched.

Hell yes!

Word on the grapevine is that the Indian Metal Festival will be held in Bangalore this October. The headliners are yet to be confirmed so far but the other acts include Cerebral Bore (UK), Xerath (UK), Bloodshot Dawn (UK), Inner Guilt (Lebanon) and Flayed Disciple (UK). More news on Indian Metal Festival when we hear it. Until then check out Cerebral Bore’s ‘The Bald Cadaver’.

Monmouth in Wales has decked the entire town with QR codes - over a thousand of them. More here.

Bachchan will be playing the role of sleazy businessman Meyer Wolfsheim in Baz Luhrman’s F Scott Fitzgerald adaptation. Supposedly he asked for no remuneration for the role too. More here.

This is a true carrot dangling in our midst.

Posts tagged ‘The Groovebox’

The Groovebox: Billy Idol

Amit Gurbaxani

Amit 'The Groovebox' Gurbaxani on Indian bands and phoren inspiration.

The Groovebox: The Cure (Part II)

Amit Gurbaxani

"There’s a lot wrong with music journalism in this country but at least some of the time, the musicians themselves are partly to blame..." Amit 'The Groovebox' Gurbaxani says bands have to meet journos half way.

The Groovebox: The Cure (Part I)

Amit Gurbaxani

"Journalists need to stop expecting to be spoon fed by PR people..." Amit 'The Groovebox' Gurbaxani has some valuable advice for young music journalists in India.

The Groovebox: Art Of Noise

Amit Gurbaxani

A Sridhar/Thayil soundtrack to the next staging of The Vagina Monologues? A Lounge Piranha album to accompany a George Mathen graphic novel? Amit 'The Groovebox' Gurbaxani examines the phenomenon of music inspired by other art forms, and how it might apply to the Indian indie scene.

The Groovebox: The Clash

Amit Gurbaxani

The release of the soundtrack to the Hindi film Break Ke Baad, which as you may have read features a number of Indian indie musicians (including Monica Dogra of Shaa'ir + Func and Nikhil D'Souza), gets Amit 'The Groovebox' Gurbaxani thinking about how the co-option of rock by Bollywood may help indie musicians increase their fan bases.

The Groovebox: Simple Minds

Amit Gurbaxani

A new novel by an Indian author Avishekh Das about an engineering student who forms a band is rife with clichés and errors. Should we be happy with poorly written, factually incorrect media coverage of Indian independent music? Or grateful for any column inches the scene gets in the mainstream press? Amit 'The Groovebox' Gurbaxani opines.

The Groovebox: Joy Division

Amit Gurbaxani

How does an Indian indie band define success? Amit 'The Groovebox' Gurbaxani says it's more than just about how many records you sell, or how many venues you pack out.

The Groovebox: Talk Talk

Amit Gurbaxani

You've probably never heard of Fatimah Loren. And while her performance in Mumbai a few months ago went largely unnoticed, Amit 'The Groovebox' Gurbaxani brings us some valuable insights from the American singer's gig.

Rock Off!

Amit Gurbaxani

A recent article in Tehelka claimed that the Indian rock scene is a sham. We completely disagree. Amit Gurbaxani explains why. The headline was full of promise: "The Truth and Li

Indie-pendence Daze

Amit Gurbaxani

Indiecision contributing editor Amit Gurbaxani on the last decade (the noughties) in Indian independent music. To understand just how far Indian rock has come in the last decade, click through.

Pop On

Amit Gurbaxani

The Groovebox guests his impression of the Rock On!! dilemma. According to the Sunday Times of India, Rock On!! is being â??touted as the first authentic Hindi film on the Indi

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