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January 20-21 saw the postponed Storm Festival ( from February 11-12 due to persistent rains ) taking their moniker very seriously, as they took Coorg by storm. The fest was headlined by bands Indian Ocean , The Raghu Dixit Project , Leslie Lewis and Swarathma , along with DJs Richard Durand, Judge Jules and Henrik B (the rest of the lineup is here ). The performances were split across two stages, and a little over a 1000 people. The attendees camped out as did the musicians, in tents a la Glastonbury style-y. The festival grounds were [...]

In early 2011, we published the Indiecision Guide to Upcoming Releases 2011 . In the guide, we listed (claimed) release dates of upcoming albums and EPs of Indian indie artists. Few artists stuck to their promised release dates, while most either postponed releases or didn't release records at all. In this yearbook, we've listed chronologically all the albums and EPs (that we could find) released in 2011. In case we missed a release, leave a comment or email kvlt at nh7 dot in and we'll add it to the list. January [...]

Storm festival, which was slated to take place on November 11 and 12, got postponed due to heavy rains . They have now announced their new domestic lineup for the January 20 and 21 dates. Most of the bands and DJs performing at the festival have remained the same, except the exclusion of Rishi INC, Projekt Square and Astitva. Check out the line-up below. Bands Indian Ocean The Raghu Dixit Project Lesle Lewis Swarathma [...]

Here at NH7, we love cheesy titles for music-based properties (ref MTV Presents Kurkure Desi Beats Rock On Bring It On or MTS Red Energy Presents MTV Independence Rock XXVI ). With a couple of days to go before the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (pimped as "Delhi's most phenomenal annual sporting event" ) kicks off, the telecom giants have decided to host a series of "rock shows" featuring "8 electrifying bands". The finalists of this event, selected from a total of 27 bands in all, will perform at "hot spots" across the event. These finalists were [...]

We earlier reported the dates of the Storm Festival to be held at an unnamed location near Coorg, home to the cancelled Tamara Confluence . With a revamped website , the festival recently announced a first lineup of artists who will be performing at the event, still leaving the option of suggesting a DJ and/or a band open to fans. Tickets will go on sale sometime in mid-September. The organizers have also changed the outlook of the festival from electronic and EDM-based artists to more folk and pop rock acts such as Swarathma (pictured) [...]

New Delhi Hindi pop rock band Faridkot are releasing their debut album 1 on January 20. The band recently signed to Times Music and their CDs will be in stores soon. They're previewing three songs from the new album on their ReverbNation - 'Laila', 'Meherban' and 'Khel Khel Mein' - songs that the band have been playing live for quite a while now. Vocalist IP Singh had earlier said of the upcoming album, "It should be something new that people have not heard of – it's Hindi pop-rock, and there aren't many [...]

New Delhi Hindi-rock band Faridkot will release their debut album 1 on Jan 20, 2011 at Hard Rock Cafe, Delhi. The band recently signed to Times Music and will be releasing their music on this label. The album will be available on the internet and on CDs in stores shortly. A three-city album tour is in the works, details soon. The album features the songs 'Madho' and 'Jashn' which you can stream on our Faridkot page . We spoke with vocalist IP Singh about the album We'd [...]

At 3pm on December 12, day three of the Bacardi NH7 Weekender , New Delhi band Projekt S played a short set to open The Dewarists Stage. The band is comprised of Advaita members Suhail Yusuf Khan and Aman Singh Rathore, along with singer-songwriter Donn Bhat. They were followed by Hindi rock act Faridkot who played a five-song set after their slot was advanced by half an hour. They played tracks like 'Laila' and 'Beparwah Sanam', and were met with an approving, enthusiastic crowd. Kolkata band PINKNOISE followed with an impressive [...]

This December is packed with music festivals. The South Asian Bands Festival is an annual three-day music festival held in New Delhi. Organized by ICCR (who brought down Israeli rock act Rockfour last month) in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs, and Seher , the multi-genre-spanning event takes place every year at Purana Qila, New Delhi, and features bands from all the SAARC countries. Last year, bands like Pentagram , Faridkot , and The Raghu Dixit Project performed. This year, the fourth edition of the festival, [...]

Ye dil hai kaagaz ka, barsaat ka mausam. On Tuesday November 9, New Delhi band Faridkot played an unfortunately near-empty Hard Rock Cafe. Their commercial but enthusiastic pop-rock set was a little lacklustre to begin with - but the band picked up steam with 'Laila'. By then, as the energy started to spill over off the railing of the overhead (fail) stage, the band proved themselves a worthy import. They played an almost-two hour set comprising originals and taking on old popular Bollywood numbers. The band stayed tight and melodic, their earnest [...]

The Great Indian Octoberfest is barley major Kingfisher's three-day beer-music jaunt in Bangalore. This year's edition will be hosted at the Palace Grounds between Oct 22-24. A "tentative" lineup for the all-day affair has been announced and includes Italian goth metal act Lacuna Coil and British black metallers De Profundis. Lineup FRIDAY Medusa: Electronica Rock The Other People: Classic rock Bedouin Soundclash: Reggae Rock Mohit Chauhan: Bollywood/ Hindi DJ Swing: House DJ - Lost Stories: Electronica SATURDAY Theorized: [...]

The South Asian Bands Festival is an annual music festival held in New Delhi. Organised by the Ministry of External Affairs and Seher, the three-day affair sees bands from the SAARC countries perform at the Purana Qila in the capital. The lineup has consistenly been pretty solid, at least with respect to Indian acts; last year's bill (for an event that happened this year in February) included Shaa'ir + Func (watch video of their performance ), Swarathma and Skinny Alley . This year's lineup maintains the QC, but throws in [...]

RSJ's other big October gig Rocktoberfest returns for its sixth edition this year at the end of the month. Rocktoberfest, which is usually a series of pub gigs, takes a more conventional festival form this year. The three day affair at the Garden of Five Senses in New Delhi sees two stages and a club gig every night. The lineup includes several top Indian indies including Da-Saz , Skinny Alley , Thermal & A Quarter and Faridkot (pictured). Rocktoberfest comes just a week after RSJ's Great Indian Rock [...]

Last month, the Eastwind festival organisers promised that they were "going to be dedicating 40% of the slots for international acts" Over 40 acts performed at Eastwind '08 . Under the assumption that at least that many will perform at Eastwind '09, we're looking at a good 16-18 international acts this year. The first of these were announced on the Eastwind website . They include BENGALA (Mexico) Black Sonora (Brazil) Cardamom (Netherlands) Pambo (Mexico) The Aston Shuffle (Australia) [...]

Indiecision's picks of the best gigs to attend this week in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore. Big and bouncy. Mumbai An eclectic mix of pop-rock, jazz and classic awesomeness rock hits Mumbai this week. Kick off your gig week on Tuesday, Aug 11 with Tough On Tobacco at Hard Rock Cafe. The project of Sidd Coutto (Zero, Helga's Fun Castle), TOT's brand of reggae-tinged pop rock is fun to watch, largely driven by Coutto's own endearing persona. We've [...]

Indiecision's picks of the best gigs to attend this week in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore. Fashionable and trendy. Mumbai It's a quiet gig week this in Mumbai. Kick off your Tuesday with Something Relevant at Hard Rock Cafe. The jam collective have been gigging regularly in the city, and promise new material at this gig. Check out pics and notes from their gig at the Blue Frog last month . Head to [...]

Indiecision's picks of the best gigs to attend this week in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore. White and nerdy. Mumbai Another gig packed week welcomes Mumbai bearing gifts of 'vocal groove', post-grunge alternative, and um, jazz. Kick off your gig week with Bauchklang at the Blue Frog on Tuesday. The Austrian beat boxers played a very well received gig at the venue last week and this is perhaps your last chance to see them in Mumbai for a [...]

The Soundpad album is now in record stores proving that it is actually possible to complete an Indian rock project on schedule. We'll be checking to see how many of these acts deliver their CDs on time: Soulmate's Moving On will be out on June 11, and next month should also see the release of an album by Teddy Boy Kill. The Supersonics' debut has now been rescheded to July, while Them Clones's forever-in-the-making Love.Hate.Heroes will "drop" in August. Also set for release "sometime this year" are albums by the prolific Shaai'r + Func, [...]

The final Launchpad elimination gig was held at the Blue Frog on Monday, Feb 9. The four remaining bands in the competition participated for the final three slots. With Cassini's Division and Faridkot being almost shoe-ins for two of those three, it was up to Reverse Polarity or The Circus to step up their game and make it to the final. Ashutosh Phatak joined Bobby Talwar and Vishal Dadlani as a judge for the evening's proceedings. Hit 'More' for the full review, pics and [...]

The second gig at the Blue Frog for Channel V Launchpad III saw five bands battle it out playing two original songs each in front of a jury that consisted of Vishal Dadlani, Bobby Talwar and Raghu Dixit. The gig was held on the morning of Feb 5, which meant that very few people showed up to audience. The aftermath of the first Launchpad Blue Frog gig was the elimination of Blank Noize from Delhi and Prachir from Kolkata. One band would get the boot on the basis of this second gig. [...]