As December is upon us and the nip of the wintry wind sets in (arrey, it went down to 16 degrees celsius and all last night), Chhatarpur hosts some yuletide festivities. Presenting (drum roll please) - Dog Day Afternoon, "a day to chill in the sun, a day to have some fun, a day to put in the pun but please don't leave a mess after u done. A tasteful concoction of art, music & cheer; while you have your cake & sip your beer," says their event facebook page. A coming together of music and art, [...]
We've picked the 10 best photos from gigs we've attended so far in 2011. Photos by Shiv Ahuja , Prateek Biswas , Jason Manners , Naman Saraiya, and Kunal Kakodkar February: Pentagram @ Sulafest 2011, Nashik April: 11th Hour @ Meghalaya Icon 2, Shillong [...]
A picture-perfect setting can only get you through the weekend, but making it a memorable experience takes a lot more. Anuj Gupta brings us an attendee's view of the recently concluded Escape Festival in Naukuchiatal. Advertised as " 3 Days. 3 Stages. Over 200 Artists. ", the Escape Festival's claims were much larger than reality. The festival wasn't exactly a multi-stage festival, but instead, each stage ran for a part of the day before all programming moved to another stage. The total number of artists performing was approximately 30, a sum total of [...]
The third edition of the Escape Festival was held at Naukuchiatal last weekend, between May 20 and 22. Escape is one of the few Indian "music festivals" that stays true to its claim - the experience for attendees isn't just about the music. Inclement weather meant that the seven-hour journey from New Delhi to Naukuchiatal took us 15 hours. It also meant that the first day of the festival was rained out completely, and the event was reduced to one stage down from three. The setting was picture-perfect; the lake, [...]
As previously announced , the Escape Festival of Art & Music will be held at the Lake Resort in Naukuchiatal in Uttarakhand between May 20-22. The three-day festival will feature three stages and over 30 acts. Tickets are priced at Rs 2,500 for a three-day pass and Rs 2,000 for a two-day pass. To purchase tickets for the Escape Festival on NH7, click here . Schedule Day 1 - May 20 Soul Garden 2.00 – 3.15 pm: Dhruv Sangari 3.30 [...]
The third edition of the Escape Festival has been announced. The three-day event will be held at The Lake Resort in Naukuchiatal in Uttrakhand between May 20-22. The festival will feature three stages for the genres of jazz/fusion, rock/electronica and "experimental/chill." The lineup announced thus far has some fairly prominent names like Ranjit Barot, Five8 , Teddy Boy Kill , menwhopause (pictured above), Indigo Children , PINKNOISE , and Ashwin (from Jalebee Cartel ). Aside from live music, adventure sports, film screenings, and workshops on subjects ranging from yoga to photography will [...]
Word, Sound & Power: The Bant Singh Project showcases legendary folk singer and dalit icon Bant Singh's music, his story, and a detailed look at his collaboration with DJ Chris McGuinness, Delhi Sultanate, and Samrat B aka Audio Pervert - meant to bring his music to wider audiences. We spoke with Taru Dalmia aka Delhi Sultanate about the project, the process, the experience, the future and journey of Indian hip hop so far. How did the project come about? Well it [...]
"It's been 30 years since I've been singing." Dalit folk singer Bant Singh, who spoke at last year's Unconvention in Mumbai , talks about finding his strength 18 days after his arms and legs were amputated. "I was lying in bed with doctors surrounding me listening in awe, and wondering how I found the strength to sing. But I never felt that way, because I still had my voice." Word, Sound and Power: The Bant Singh Project is: An attempt to showcase the legendary dalit icon Bant Singh and his [...]
The Indiecision Decade In Review is our retrospective of the last 10 years in Indian independent music. These are our picks of the best Indian indie albums of the last decade. #25: This Is It – Thermal & A Quarter It is perhaps a candid admission that Thermal & A Quarter chose to title their latest album This Is It. For a band that's been around over [...]
The Global Groove festival/convention is an electronica affair set to be held in New Delhi this December. Organised by RSJ and the Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan the festival will see some top Indian electronica acts perform in the capital alongside a bunch of German artists. The convention takes place at the Tivoli Garden on Dec 17-18, and the festival, at the same venue, on Dec 19-20. Those are the facts. And then there's the website . A treasure trove of kvlt gems, Global Groove's official website is, well... here's the first line from the General Information [...]
Once more, here is October's edition of the Music Alliance Pact . For those of you who don't know about MAP, it's a collection of music blogs from around the world who band together once a month to shed light on up-and-comers from their home countries. It's sort of like the WTO without the human rights violations. This month we've welcomed one new country: Estonia !. This edition showcases 34 tracks from bands around the world and marks the one-year anniversary since IGIF's inaugural edition of MAP debuted [...]
The Music Alliance Pact is a collective of 34 of the world's top music blogs and webzines from 34 countries spanning six continents. Every month, each of these 34 sites picks one hot local song that gets posted on all these great blogs and zines. It's been a year since the MAP was launched, and Indiecision is proud to have been part of it for the past three months. This month we picked New Delhi electronica act Teddy Boy Kill 's 'Tonic' as the Indian representative on this massive international indie mixtape. The [...]
Es 15 de Octubre, momento de otra edición de MAP, ya te comentaba ayer que hoy se cumple un año de creada esta comunidad cuando, te invito a checar los detalles aquí. Emergency Blanket son nuestros representantes para esta edición, la banda está integrada por Paco Holguin - Voz, Gino Solano - 1ra Guitarra, Jaime Urteaga - 2da Guitarra, Lufo Armestar - Bajo, Jeremy Castillo - Bateria, los Blanket han venido haciendo mucho eco en nuestra escena a base de logros y esfuerzo, el pasado mes de Noviembre del 2008 lanzaron su segundo trabajo titulado [...]
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Lipgloss - Land Of Lords This band from Buenos Aires released their first EP a couple of months ago and Land Of Lords is our favorite song from it. Lipgloss sound like they've been listening to British rock all their life and you sure can feel the influence of bands like The Stone Roses at the end of the song, with the psychedelic guitars and all. If you like it, [...]
It's the 15th, Music Alliance pact day! Here is this months M.A.P., 34 songs by 34 bands from 34 countries presented by 34 music blogs. Music Alliance Pact is a collaboration between 34 blogs from all over the world, and every month, each of us present a new band from our country. All presentations is put together in this huge blogpost, and presented on the same day in all 34 blogs. Massive promotion for the bands! This month we have been joined by Popop ( http://popop.wordpress.com/ ) from Estonia, while Deaf Indie Elephants [...]
well, what do you know? this month marks the 1st year anniversary of MAP , with its original contingent of 12 countries rallied and led by jason from scottish blog the pop cop . we here at i'm waking up to are honored as always to be bringing you the best music from singapore, especially through the recommendations of our local music ambassador brian koh . this month, our treat is the beautiful voice and music of inch chua , whose latest ep the bedroom is available for free download on her website [...]
Astazi e un an de cand The Pop Cop a inceput Music Alliance Pact alaturi de alte 11 bloguri. Astazi sunt 34 de bloguri care lunar incearca sa schimbe perspectiva asupra muzicii de pe intreg mapamondul. Din Romania, avem pentru octombrie, Vive La Noiz, cvartetul de rock alternativ din Bistrita/Cluj. Vive La Noiz - Bird Song Vive la Noiz could be seen as the usual alternative/indie band. Two girls and two boys starting a band in [...]
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SwedesPlease
Popop
Eardrums Music
i'm waking up to...
Babylon Noise
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Download: The Violet Lights - "Sex and Sound"
Listen: Burial - Kindred [EP]
