Check out our new music video for Jewish Girls Who Went To Art School Know All The Angles , from our new album Volume Four , coming out this Saturday on Bandcamp, iTunes, and in person at the Blue Nile in New Orleans! Enjoy, & tell a friend! Much love ~ DBRS
Survive the weekend? Congrats. Now, prepare for another onslaught of Trap Tuesdays! In addition to a helping of today's hottest trap beats, we're also a running a contest for Datsik and Mad Decent's trap party this Saturday in Hollywood. You can enter to win a pair of tickets here on Facebook as well as another pair here on Twitter . Bro Safari & UFO! - Burn The Block (Original Mix) Bro Safari is one of the most consistent [...]

Version 2.0 of NH7 and Blue Frog's The Scene is gonna take place at the Blue Frog, Mumbai, on May 29 , and will feature performances by ambient metal act Pangea , Delhi psychedelic rock band The Circus and Pune's Drawing Short Straws (look out for features on all the bands in the upcoming NH7 Scene zine ). Just like last time around, NH7 is holding a poster competition for The Scene where interested fans can send in their The Scene (v2.0) posters [...]

Come out tonight to the 5 Points Lounge in Fort Lauderdale for a night of music, burlesque and sideshow acts! We will be joined by the lovely women of Cupcake Burlesque and Mikie the monkey! Doors at 9. Show starts at 10.
Remember The Scene ? Sure you do. It was that absolutely awesomesauce free gig at Blue Frog, Mumbai last month that featured the likes of The Lightyears Explode , Big City Harmonics and Skrat . Hell, we even released a zine about it with interviews and stories. The first in the monthly series was a huge success and it's back for the month of May. Version 2.o of NH7.in and Blue Frog's The Scene will take place on May 29 at Blue Frog, Mumbai, and once again, it won't cost you a dime! [...]
El grupo estadounidense TEEN lanzará un EP titulado Carolina en las próximas semanas y para prepararnos nos muestra el video de una de sus nuevas canciones. En el video de "Circus" podemos ver fragmentos del espectáculo en vivo de la banda y parece ser una experiencia única:

Join us tonight at the Local 506 in Chapel Hill for our last show of the tour! Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands start the show at 9, followed by yours truely at 10pm. Show'll probably sell out, so get your tickets in advance here: http://www.local506.com/event/ 218843/

There’s a lot happening in the world of Indian indie music and culture every day. We thought we’d give you the pick of the daily news, served up right here in one handy spot. This is your Quick Fix. Escape Festival dates announced Summer time is time to run to the hills, and that's exactly what the organisers of the Escape Festival of Art & Music in Naukuchiatal hope you'll do this May. The sixth edition of the festival is scheduled to take place from May 24 to 26, [...]
Society Tea and NH7.in are pleased to bring you the second episode of Chaiwala Sessions . This episode features Delhi alt-rock act The Circus . The four piece group features Abhishek Bhatia on vocals, Arsh Sharma on vocals and guitars, Abhinav Chaudhary on bass and Anshul Lall on drums. We caught them when they were in Bombay last month to launch their sophomore album, Bats , and they played us their track 'Insert Name Here' off the album. The Circus have been around since 2007, and first appeared on the Indiecision radar courtesy their performance [...]
Taking a cue from the irrefutable king of ripping and running, we bring you the sweetest, the most bomb dot com deals in digital music this week. And, we answer the three Ws for you too. What: Scribe - Mark Of Teja Where: NH7 Music Store - Rs. 69 Why: This last record put out by Mumbai metal outfit Scribe was deemed their best. The band is now readying the release of their new record [...]

There’s a lot happening in the world of Indian indie music and culture every day. We thought we’d give you the pick of the daily news, served up right here in one handy spot. This is your Quick Fix. Delhi Indie Night Battle of the Bands Announce Contestants We'd announced the Delhi Indie Night Battle of the Bands in March and had called for entries through NH7.in. If you don't already know about it, the Delhi Indie Night is a series of monthly gigs in the capital that showcases [...]

It's finished! Volume Four is now tracked, mixed & mastered, the album art is done, and it is by far our greatest work yet!!! It will be the last volume in the four part series, and in tradition, there will be 10 songs on this album: 01) Ballad of the Oompa Soca Man and the Orangutan Factory 02) Mama, I've Been Abducted by Creatures of an Unholy Sound! 03) Dear Grandma 04) Ode to Sophie Loren 05) Chromatic Circus Fantasy (Brass Redux) 06) I Need Your Love 07) Honey, You [...]
Last month, we announced a spanking new season of our busking series, Chaiwala Sessions, will be coming your way courtesy our friends at Society Tea. Chaiwala Sessions sees indie acts play stripped-down versions of their songs at your friendly neighbourhood tea stall and the new season of Chaiwala Sessions will feature some incredible indie talent from around the country performing original music at chaiwalas everywhere. The first episode of the season saw a spirited performance by emerging Mumbai band Spud In The Box (watch 'Attention Please' ). Previous editions of the Chaiwala Sessions have also featured performances [...]
The Indiecision Five at 5 is our attempt at sharing our musical tastes with you, and showcasing music from around the world. Each weekday at 5pm sharp, one NH7 writer or staffer will bring you five songs he/she is listening to on the day. Nikhil Udupa wants to kill you today. Or not. 1. Clutch - 'Earth Rocker' Rock 'n' roll is immortal. Ask Clutch. They will shortly be dropping their tenth album of grit-and-filled rock 'n' roll bangers. Over the years Clutch have come to signify everything there is to [...]

We've been sitting on this track for over a month now, so we figured it's about time we show it some love, especially considering we've been listening to it non-stop. If you put a track like this, with it's crunchy synths and heavy-hitting basslines, in front of us it's pretty much guaranteed we're going to love it. This collaboration between London's funk aficionado Blende and the Istanbul-based duo Surrender! is amazing, and the comparisons to the sounds of Justice and Daft Punk are easily justified. Circus is one cut off Synapse, their three track EP released [...]
On The Circus’ sophomore effort Bats , the New Delhi trio find a comfortable middle ground between guitar and laptop music. The one word I associate with The Circus is ‘open-minded.’ Intentions not considered, the record is a big fuck you to ‘rockism.’ Nine out of ten people don’t believe ‘rockism’ is a word but they’re wrong. There’s not just an Urban Dictionary entry but also a Wikipedia page legitimizing the word. A ‘rockist’ is someone in opposition to anything that works in opposition to the ways of rock music; someone who thinks [...]

KRWG Music Spotlight I visited KRWG when I was in Las Cruces, NM in January and recorded a few songs live for their Music Spotlight . It's now aired and you can check it out here ! And when you're there make sure you check out my friends in Secret Circus as well, you can find their music spotlight here !
We’re not the only people who cover the Indian music scene, you know. The Media Capsule is a roundup of some of the stories about Indian music being covered in the press. Madras Special The Hindu, February 27 Madras-born percussionist Ramesh Shotham tells The Hindu about his journey as part of Human Bondage, a rock group from the '70s, to playing with various European and American jazz stalwarts through the '80s, among other things. ‘Jahan-e-Khusrau is not [...]

There’s a lot happening in the world of Indian indie music and culture every day. We thought we’d give you the pick of the daily news, served up right here in one handy spot. This is your Quick Fix. Domination The Death Fest V Announced Event organizers +91 are bringing back 'Domination The Death Fest' after nearly a decade as a part of a new series of gigs which they have dubbed 'The Bus'. Domination The Death Fest V will be held on March 10 at Shockk, Mumbai and it will [...]