Author Archives: Sohan Maheshwar

Bursting onto the scene with their unique sound, The Bicycle Days have emerged as a breath of fresh air in the Bangalore rock scene. When most Bangalore bands these days just tend to explore the different sub-genres of metal, these young chaps have the cajones to meld a variety of influences into their music. Taking inspiration from esoteric sources such as Radiohead and Bill Hicks(!), TBD have gained a considerable reputaion for themselves in a very short span of time. With Douglas Adams as their guide, they released an EP called 42 earlier this year. While it may not be the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything, 42 is certainly…

The Dixit brothers should count themselves lucky. Both of them have been blessed with incredibly powerful voices, musical sense and an ability to speak and thus sing in a few languages. While Vasu, the younger of the two, plays for Swarathma, Raghu Dixit leads the hugely popular The Raghu Dixit Project. Raghu started his musical career with the short-lived Antaragni(sidenote: Antaragni = awesome) but they soon disbanded and Raghu went on to recruit noted musicians like Vijay Joseph and Gaurav Vaz to form The Raghu Dixit Project. Melding folksy Indian music with catchy guitar hooks, TRDP released their album in 2008 to massive audience response as the eponymous album became the highest selling non-film music…