The complete lineup for the fourth edition of Trendslaughter Fest scheduled for February 1st 2014, has been announced. In addition to the legendary Death Metal band Ugra Karma from Nepal, the festival will feature Impiety (Singapore), Dying Embrace (Bangalore), Orator (Bangladesh), Serpents Athirst (Sri Lanka) and Necro Deity (Kolkata). Book your passes and await the best underground line up South Asia has witnessed!
Storm festival announces the first part of its line up. More artists to be announced soon. Stay tuned!
The full artist line-up for Sunburn Goa . 7 massive stages, 3 days, 120+ artists and YOU! Tickets available on www.sunburn.in
The Psuche Delose festival scheduled for December 30th – January 1st 2014 claims to offer a unique experience to celebrate Life, Liberty, Spirit and to realize individuality through Music, Dance, Art and Yoga. With two days of music, adventure and celebrations marking the dawn of the New Year with renewed energy, this festival aims to provide the means to unite Faith and Freedom, Peace and Belongingness, Spirituality and Joy. Conceptualized and organized by g.O | Advya live, the festival will feature the emerging talents of India from the Spiritual and Psychedelic genres. The festival also…
Over the last few years, independent music in India has mushroomed into something vibrant and wonderfully alive and thriving. High Spirits Cafe, Pune has been witness to this phenomenon, and prides itself in providing a platform for musicians as well as attracting an audience that is open-minded and ready to give a chance to anybody who’s brave enough to take the stage. As a homage, The High Collective, a High Spirits community initiative, will be hosting an exhibition of photographs that document this beautiful growth of Independent music in India on…
Storm Festival 2014, that recently announced Shankar Mahadevan as its ambassador, will be held at an even bigger, greener and a more accessible location just at the comfortable outskirts of Bangalore. This year, the camp-out music festival will last for 3 nights and 2 days of festivity and will take place on January 31st, February 1st and February 2nd 2014 at Stormfields, Gonighattapura village, Sarjapura Hobli, Karnataka. The Storm Festival is the first of its kind that redefined the concept of a ‘destination festival’ with its debut in 2012. This year…
Decibels, the semi-professional band competition at IIT Chennai’s Saarang is back this time, bigger than ever, with the winners getting an opportunity to open for British Metal-core act, Architects. The winners also get to record a 3-song EP at Krimson Avenue and a gig at Blue Frog, Mumbai. This year, the winners get a total prize money of a whopping 1.6 Lakhs! Registrations for Saarang Decibels 2014 close on the 20th of December. For more details visit http://saarang.org/2014/main/
Underground Authority declared winners of Hornbill International Rock Contest 2013!
The results of the much-awaited Hornbill International Rock Contest are out! This year, the winning band that bags the coveted 1 Million Rupees cash prize is Kolkata’s Underground Authority. Kolkata nails it yet again with a successive win this year after Gingerfeet‘s win in 2012 similar to its successive win in 2006(Joint Family) and 2007(Hobos). The first runners up were We the Giants from Nagaland and the second runners up were The F16s from Chennai. Underground Authority bagged the top prize of a whopping INR 10,00,000/- , followed by We the Giants who won INR 2,50,000/-…
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Come January 10th, Chennai will witness one of its largest parties with Sunburn Campus at IIT Madras’ Open Air Theatre. This time there’s going to be triple the party with Dualist Inquiry, Nucleya and Lost Stories x Anish Sood spinning their chart-topping mashups. The night will be opened by DJ Murthovic. This looks like one party Chennai does not want to miss! Lineup: Dualist Inquiry: (Guitar-driven electro rock) Sahej Bakshi is a pioneer of his unique guitar-driven EDM in the country. After the runaway success at Saarang , last year has been phenomenal….
Salim Sulaiman the musician brothers who have provided background scores for popular movies such as Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Kurbaan, Chak De! India, Fashion, Heroine, Aashayein, Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl, Band Baaja Baaraat among others, have been announced as the main act for IIT Chennai Saarang 2014‘s Popular Night. Salim Sulaiman have also collaborated with South African singer Loyiso Bala and Kenyan singer and song writer Eric Wainaina to record the anthem for 2010 FIFA World Cup, Africa, youre a star. And of course, Salim Merchant is well known for his popular song,…
The legendary British singer, song writer, and blues musician Dana Gillespie with acclaimed boogie-woogie pianist Joachim Palden will be touring India this December. Dana has been nominated 3 years in a row, as the Top Female Blues vocalist in UK and an inductee into the British Blues Hall of fame, with over 60 albums to her credit. Joachim is a hot favourite on the European circuit and brings his special blend of boogie-woogie to the mix as well. Dana Gillespie has performed with music legends Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Jimmy…
DNA Networks, the pioneers in mega live entertainment in India are back with the Second Edition of their well-received Electronic Music Property Sound Awake. The festival will be held in Bangalore, Karnataka on December 1, and will see many spectacular live performances by national and international favourites, including the likes of American Electro House DJ/ Producer Steve Aoki and Italian Electro- House & Dance- Punk producer, Congorock and Jacob Plant, UK based elctro/dubstep DJ/Producer. The festival will feature 4 Live Stages namely DNA Live – Featuring headliners – American Electro House DJ/ Producer Steve Aoki, Italian Electro- House DJ/Producer Congorock and Jacob…
Congo Square, a non-profit music society dedicated to the promotion and exposition of jazz, blues and associated music is bringing to Kolkata a musical manna of sorts, as they have for many, many preceding years. JazzFest, in itself grown into a significant titular event in the global jazz circle is bringing artists of international renown to the east Indian city on November 29, 30th and December 1st. In collaboration with numerous art counsels, consulates, art agencies and jazz organisations operating across the world, Congo Square creates an intimate yet expansive…
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Magnetic Fields Festival scheduled for December 13-15 at Alsisar Mahal, Rajasthan has announced the following lineup for the festival: Performing Artists Robot Koch (Berlin, DE) Midival Punditz (Live) (New Delhi, IN) Shiva Soundsystem (London, UK) Shaair + Func (Mumbai, IN) V.I.V.E.K. (London, UK) Engine Earz (DJ) (London, UK) Orifice Vulgatron Foreign Beggars (London, UK) Peter Cat Recording Co. (New Delhi, IN) Sky Rabbit (Mumbai, IN) Bay Beat Collective (Mumbai, IN) Kutle Khan (Rajasthan, IN) Donn Bhat + Passenger Revelator SnowShoe (Mumbai, IN) Sandunes (Mumbai, IN) GRAIN (Live) (New Delhi, IN)…
The International Jazz Live Festival (IJLF), the first of a series of social and cultural festivals in Goa, has been planned this month as part of Live Festivals – an initiative of Art Escape – The Live Music Project. IJLF will be a yearly event featuring young and upcoming international and Indian jazz acts as well as some legends from the genre. Live Festivals is an initiative to promote and put Goa on the International map as a cultural tourism global destination using art, dance, film, theatre and music as a medium. Live Festivals will…
The Hornbill International Rock Contest and music festival, organized every year by the Music Task Force, Government of Nagaland promises to be be the longest music event in the country this year. In the previous editions, there have been some great performances by bands from all over the country and Hornbill has managed to discover amazing talent year after year. This year, the festival is back with some attractive cash prizes and promises to be a unique experience for performers. The selected bands are competing for the top prize of a…
After a recent update by The Sunburn Festival about the second day of Sunburn Bengaluru being called off due to a massive electoral rally planned on November 17th, the Sunburn team seems to have figured out a workaround by moving the venue to Ezone Club, Bangalore to ensure that the festival will be a 2-day affair after all. The Sunburn team claims to have put in their best efforts in ensuring the best combination of 19 artists who will play at 2 stages over 2 days, at over 20 experience zones….
On the 16th and 17th of November, Bangalore hosts its first ever Sunburn party. The biggest festival in Asia, which is a yearly ordeal for most of the EDM fans in our country, is expanding its teaser campaign down South. With mini festivals in Mumbai, Noida and now Bangalore, Sunburn are looking to re-kindle the relationship between party goers and their Goa festival. So what can we expect to see? The Sunburn tag guarantees big crowds, amazing stages and good all round music. There will be no one big headlining…
Mumbai, and possibly Indias most popular jam band, Something Relevant is no more. The long standing act have reinvented themselves as BayCity Lights, as a result of some significant changes in lineup and style. The shift , which comes a bit abruptly is explained by Aalok as a sort of rebirth into untrodden territory – We recently reunited with Rohan and started writing a whole bunch of music. What we realised was that the songs we were writing were in a completely different space. We weren’t a jam band…
You know how they say that India is the land of festivals? Well, they just might be right. The month of October promises to bring you a mad rush of sights and sounds! Music festivals have lined up, but based on their reception last year, The GoMad festival is definitely one to look forward to. Inaugurated into existence in 2012, the 3 day music and art extravaganza conjures up images of a Thai full moon party coupled with an ambience reminiscent of Woodstock. The concept, to situate the festival in…
Bullseye Entertainment & Brandwidth Events have announced the 3rd edition of Oktoberfest Goa which will be held at the Nazri Grounds – Baga, Goa on October 25th, 26th and 27th, . Since its inception in 2011, Oktoberfest Goa has witnessed 2 years of adrenaline pumping Electronic Dance Music with patrons attending the festival from across the globe in huge numbers. This year they up the ante with bigger parties throughout the country and an even bigger festival that culminates in the party capital of the county- Goa. Oktoberfest Goa will play host to over 30 national and international music…
DNA Networks are back with the Second Edition of their well-received Electronic Music Property Sound Awake. The festival will be held in Bangalore, Karnataka on December 1, and will see many spectacular live performances, including the likes of American Electro House DJ/ Producer Steve Aoki – one of the major headliners at the festival. DNA Networks recently also announced Italian Electro-House & Dance-Punk Producer Congo Rock- best known for his hit single Babylon as one of the other international headliners. Sound Awake, brings forth a single platform for performances by top national and international artistes and seeks to redefine EDM, and change the perception of Electronic…
In a first-ever association of its kind between an Indian music festival and a top-ranking mainstream musician, Shankar Mahadevan is all set to strengthen his ties with the Storm Festival. Mahadevan headlined the second edition of Storm Festival which was held in Coorg, Karnataka earlier this year. Mahadevan collaborated with the revered Indian band Indian Ocean to mark the grand finale of Storm Festival in February . Apart from Mahadevans name and face the festival will see his participation in identifying hidden musical gems from across the country and the world. Speaking about the association, Shankar…
The 9th edition of Kingfisher The Great Indian October fest is scheduled on 18th 19th & 20th October . Let the good times begin! 18th October Kingfisher Premium Kingsland Stage: Arijit Singh, Point of View, Core 304, All The Fat Children Common Colors World Stage: Exist Immortal, Inner Sanctum Nocturnal Cell DJ Clement, DJ Rohan Kapoor 19th October Kingsland Stage: Hoobastank, Indus Creed, One Nite Stand, Skrat, Slapdash Tavern World Stage: Avial, Shankar Tucker, Aabha Hanjura, Beat Gurus Nocturnal Cell: DJ NDS and Blue, DJ Ajit Pai, DJ Inferno…
It takes a bit more than a brilliant set of musicians to pull off a truly successful musical extravaganza. Anytime a large number of people are going to gather in the same place, probably at night, drinking and abandoning themselves to music and movement, arrangements have to be made to ensure that injuries accidents and assaults do not occur and tarnish the evening. In particular, it is the journey home that proves troubling because hailing a cab, finding a bus and boarding a train when you just want to lay…
LIVE Viacom18 has roped in Indias much loved DJ, VJ and dance music promoter, Nikhil Chinapa and one of the worlds leading electronic music promoters to launch a truly world-class dance music festival in North Goa this December. The five day festival will offer music lovers an unparalleled, immersive experience coupled with quality music across a number of popular and underground electronic music genres. With Viacom18s huge broadcast strength, leverage of iconic music brands like MTV & Vh1 and considerable knowledge of events across all platforms and with Chinapas in-depth…
Theres some remarkable news for electronic music enthusiasts across India. UK superstars Above & Beyond, along with Indias largest electronic dance music promoter, Submerge, will be staging a landmark trio of events: Group Therapy India scheduled for November 22 in Bangalore, November 23 in New Delhi and November 24 in Mumbai. On the occasion, Nikhil Chinapa, Director, Submerge, states, We created history last year in the city of Bengaluru and aim to deliver the same success this year. Im incredibly proud to be bringing Above & Beyond to India for the first ever…
Asia’s biggest and favorite festival is going around the bend giving its fans and followers a unique experience again and again. This November is mighty special as they bring you the Sunburn Mumbai and Sunburn Bangalore editions as a prelude to the annual extravaganza in Goa. Mumbai will host it’s second year of the festival goodness once again on 15th & 16th of November. The back to back fun will continue in Bangalore, as the city will host the first debut edition on the 16th & 17th of November, with two spectacular…
Reptilian Death have announced their debut appearance in the UK at the prestigious Hammerfest 2014. The 6th edition of the festival which is taking place from 13th till 16th March at Hafan Y Môr Holiday Park, North Wales is being headlined by Kreator and Overkill. “We’re stoked to be playing at Hammerfest 2014. Our album releases 15th October in the UK and Europe on Old School Metal Records so we know that we need to tour and get as many people to listen to us. Hammerfest is a kickass place to make our UK debut and we hope to follow…
Bangalore-based Heavy Metal band Kryptos recently released an official statement stating that the band has amicably parted ways with their long-standing members Jayawant Tewari and Ryan Colaco and thanked them “for their unwavering dedication and for all the fantastic times shared over the years.” Founding member Ganesh Krishnaswamy (Bevar Sea, Witchgoat) rejoins the band as the bassist and Anthony Hoover (Witchgoat, Neolithic Silence) replaces Colaco on the drums. The band also went on to announce that they will not be playing any gigs until they get back up to speed and that they…
