The goMAD Festival created quite a stir when it made its debut last year in April 2012 as a travelling destination music festival that allowed you to camp out at the beautiful Fern Hills Palace and have a great time with music, nature and friends. The second edition of the goMAD Festival will be a musical extravaganza played out from atop the Fern Hills Palace, Ooty between October 25-27, . This year, the festival will showcase over 55 acts with over 400 performers across various genres of Music, Arts and Dance. With a greater…
Robbert van de Corput has come a long way from being that quiet yet confident 16 yr old boy who on Dutch TV announced his ambitions of being the #1 DJ in the world some day. With his now signature style of electro house and a growing international fan base , DJ Hardwell ranked #6 in the year 2012 by DJ Mag is not too far from realizing that dream. You probably have heard at least one of his incredible singles Spaceman, The World or Apollo. You may even know some of his famous…
One of Indias best semi professional rock band competitions Livewire, is all set to rock the nation once again this year. A part of Mood Indigo, the cultural fest of IIT Bombay which happens to be Asias largest of its kind, Livewire has completed over 3 decades and churned out some of the best rock music talent in India which includes bands like Parikrama, Bhayanak Maut, Zygnema, Slain, Demonic Resurrection, Vayu, Zero, Something Relevant. Apart from the very lucrative cash prizes, the highest in the college circuit, this year there…
Sunburn Season 7, Asia’s premier dance music festival, is bringing down the Platinum selling No #03 on the worldwide Dj Mag polls and the maker of stupendous hits such as ‘Le7els’, ‘Bromance‘ & ‘Silhouettes‘, and ‘Wake Me Up‘ super-star of all time- AVICII. He will be back again for Sunburn Arena scheduled for 6-7-8th December after his debut, sell out Arena tour of India in 2011. Fans and followers of The Sunburn Festival and Avicii lovers now have reason to rejoice, considering he had to cancel out in April due to ill health just before his tour of India…
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, including the likes of American Electro House DJ/ Producer Steve Aoki – one of the major headliners at the festival. The Early Bird tickets are out and are priced at Rs.1000, while the regular tickets are priced at Rs.1500. SOUND AWAKE, brings forth a single platform for performances by…
The third edition of Les-Fest 2014, touted as ‘Scotland’s only Rock and Metal festival’ has announced the first 10 bands confirmed to play, including Mumbai’s very own Demonic Resurrection, slated for 27th – 29th June, . They are billed alongside Sacred Mother Tongue, Revoker and Mask Of Judas on the second day of the festival. Also scheduled is Deadly Fire Circus, Cypher16, Fallen Fate, Falling Red, The Wild Lies and Fury. Early bird tickets are out, more details available on the Les-Fest website.
Line Up Parikrama, Agam, Emergence, Jeremiah Ferarri, Luke Jon Shearer, Prem Joshua & Band, Shobana Dance Company, Kutle Khan Project feat. Queen Harish, Baiju Dharmajan Syndicate, UNK: The Radha Thomas Ensemble, Loryn, Noori, Ska Vengers, Gandu Circus, Peter Cat Recording Co., Chronic Blues Circus, Bala Bhaskar, Blot, Blind Image, Lucidreams, Inner Sanctum, Parvaaz, The Vinyl Records, Bombay Bassment, Clown With a Frown, Live Banned, Moonarra, Kaivalyaa, Gravy Train, Vidwan, Soulmate, The Shakey Rays, One Night Stand, The Down Troddence, Lagori, Grey Shack, Black Letters, The Bicycle Days, De’SaT, Sky Rabbit,…
Rumour has it that Mike Portnoy, co-founder of Dream Theater and one of the premier prog rock drummers will be headlining the ‘Livewire Nite’ at IIT Bombays much-touted Mood Indigo this year. The core members of the Mood Indigo team were tight lipped when approached for comments on the topic.The festival will officially reveal their headlining act on August 30th, at 8:30 p.m. Meanwhile, we’re keeping our fingers well crossed in the hopes that the news, if true, will treat the festival-goers to some delightful progressive musical goodness.
Turqoise Cottage, the bastion of Rock music in the Capital, is one place that has embodied the dingy garage, the dark and amp basement and any other characteristic a venue can be obliged with. From the main venue in Adhchini that went through its fair share of ups and downs to the somewhat forgotten Vasant Vihar address, TC now has now moved to another new location. August 22nd saw the brand open doors to another new venue in the city, this time one in a locality that is the hallmark…
Pune Date: Oct 18-20 Venue: Laxmi Lawns, Next to Magarpatta City Line Up: Ankur Tewari, BLOT vs. Kohra, Blackstratblues, Chase & Status DJ Set, Devoid, Donn Bhat + Passenger Revelator, Dualist Inquiry, Indian Ocean, Karsh Kale Collective + NH7 All Stars, Krunk All-Stars, Maati Baani, Midival Punditz (Live), Nischay Parekh, Nucleya, Papon & The East India Company, Parvaaz, Pentagram, Prateek Kuhad Collective, Scribe, Shankar Tucker, Simian Mobile Disco, Skindred, Sky Rabbit, Slow Club, Suman Sridhar feat. Jiver, Textures, The Raghu Dixit Project, Vachan Chinappa, Vir Das’ Alien Chutney, Your Chin…
Bangalore Rockers Thermal and a Quarter win the Mervyn Stutter Spirit of the Fringe award, and will play a showcase gig on Sunday, 25th Aug for the grand finale of Mervyn’s show at the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh. Mervyns Spirit of the Fringe Award is one of the longest-running awards at the Edinburgh Festival, given out every year since 1992 and Pick of the Fringe showcases 90 minutes of the top acts from the Fringe festival with the best of theatre, dance, music and more. Thermal and A Quarter are currently in the middle of their…
BACARDÍ NH7 Weekender, Indias happiest festival, has caused quite a flurry with its cap of 9000 tickets in Pune this year, after having sold 15000 tickets in 2012. Tickets for the edition go on sale on the 20th August , and are available at http://nh7.in/weekender/. Bacardi and Only Much Louder bring the fourth edition of the festival featuring more than 200 bands across six stages in four cities with its signature festive spirit. This year, the festival starts out in Pune from 18th 20th October, then travels to Bangalore…
At a secret gig tonight at Bonobo, OML announced Chase & Status as one of the main headliners for Bacardi NH7 Weekender in Pune. Chase & Status are a British Electronic music production duo composed of Saul Milton (Chase) and Will Kennard (Status). In addition, MC Rage & Andy Gangadeen also make up the live band. The duo have released two studio albums and have collaborated with major artists such as Plan B, Cee Lo Green, Rihanna, Example and Tinie Tempah. They have also headlined at festivals as big as Glastonbury.
This first round of artists for this year’s Bacardi NH7 Weekender has been announced, here is the city wise split: Delhi: Meshuggah, MUTEMATH, Michal Menert, Benga, Arooj Aftab, Nucleya, Dhruv Vishwanath, Kailasa Pune: Textures, Manu Chao, Skindred, Simian Mobile Disco, Papon and The East India Company, Scribe, Parvaaz, Suman Shridhar with Jivraj Singh, The Raghu Dixit Project, Blackstratblues, Prateek Kuhad, Midival Punditz, Vir Das’ Alien Chutney, Devoid, Nucleya, Dualist Enquiry Bangalore: Tesseract, Kailasa, Nischay Parekh & The Ocean Orchestra, The Raghu Dixit Project with special guests, Nucleya, Sulk Station Kolkata:…
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The Flying Eyes, Psychedelic rock band hailing from Baltimore, Maryland, have officially announced that they will be headlining the Antaragni, IIT Kanpur festival that is scheduled for 24th – 27th October . Antaragni is the annual cultural festival of IIT Kanpur that started way back in the 1960’s as Culfest, the festival is in its 48th edition now and has witnessed performances by ShankarEhsaanLoy, Poets of the Fall, Sunidhi Chauhan and Raghu Dixit in its previous editions. Watch this space for more information.
Oranjuice Entertainment and Barker Productions will be creating India’s first ever Under-20 dance music experience. Programmed by Submerge, #uXX is providing India’s next generation of music fans with an unprecedented opportunity: a series of concerts that’s ONLY for those who are 20 years old and younger. The primary focus of #uXX is on giving young Indian electronic music fans access to young and upcoming talent from around the world – talent that is delivering fresh sounds. What makes #uXX different is that it will provide the platform to ensure that these young fans play an integral role in…
India, July – AR Rahman to conceptualize his First India Road Tour after two decades and to travel to four different cities In India & Sydney for one of his most highly anticipated tours. The legendary icon will embark on a one-month long expedition touring Kolkata and Ahmedabad in October to give fans a once in a lifetime opportunity to witness a live interactive theatrical experience encompassing his award winning musical renditions over the years blended with state of the art technology, great visual effects, synchronised choreography and powerful dance arrangements. The tour aims to…
SPIC MACAY and Doordarshan have come together to host a national level competition in the form of a Reality Show that is looking for the next Classical Maestro. This National Competition of classical music will be broadcast all across the DD network, including DD National & DD Bharati. With great maestros of Indian classical music such as Shiv Kumar Sharma, Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Amjad Ali Khan, TN Krishnan, R Vedavalli, TV Sankaranarayanan, Vikky Vinayakram and Parween Sultana as judges along with the host of the show Shabana Azmi, SPICMACAY and…
French Progressive Band Uneven Structure are set to tour India this October and will perform at an event hosted by Orka Networks. More details to be announced soon. Watch this space.
Reptilian Death has inked a deal with California-based record label Old School Metal Records. The label will be releasing the band’s latest album The Dawn Of Consummation And Emergence worldwide on 10th October . “I’m really happy and grateful to sign up with OSM. I’ve known Patrick (OSM CEO) for a while now and he’s very passionate about the music and I couldn’t have asked for a better label to release the album on. The album released a while back in India and now finally our fans overseas can get their hands on a…
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Echoes From Beneath announces ticket details: Venue: No Limmits, Bangalore Date: September 7th Passes: Early bird at 700/- available from August 2nd to September 2nd, limited to 150 passes only. Regular entry 900/- at the gate. Pick up locations TBA Final Lineup Genocide Shrines (occult death metal from Sri Lanka) Bevar Sea (doom from Bangalore) Manifestator (black/thrash metal from Sri Lanka) Shepherd (sludge from Bangalore) Witchgoat (black/thrash from Bangalore) Djinn & Miskatonic (drone/doom from Bangalore)
What is a Mud Rush ? A fun all day activity that claims to be ” an all-terrain Mud Run stretched across a 5km+ muddy trail with smartly and vigilantly designed obstacles encompassing of 30 feet stacks of hay, water bodies, 8 feet barrier walls, 100 feet stretch of tires, 45 degree hills, fire, ice, and a whole lot of mud ” – scheduled for August 31st, Book early bird tickets at 1500/- before 31st July More information on the facebook page
The Ziro Festival of music has announced the list of artistes who will be performing at the Festival: Lee Ranaldo Official and Steve Shelley, Whirling Kalapas, Menwhopause, Peter Cat Recording Co., Sky Rabbit, Shaa’ir and Func, Imphal Talkies, Dosser’s Urge, The Vinyl Records, Gandu Circus, Donn Bhatt, Your Chin, Sulk Station, The Bicycle Days, Yesterdrive, Omak Komut Collective, Still Waters, Digital Suicide, Dayglocrazie, Polar Lights, Purple Fusion, Frisky Pints. Tickets are priced at Rs 2500 for a three-day pass and Rs 1000 for single day. Venue : Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh Date : 20, 21, 22 September
Echoes from Beneath confirms Manifestator as the 2nd international band on September 7th
Echoes from Beneath announced Manifestator as the second international band playing at the festival. Featuring Members of Genocide Shrines, Folorn Hope and Funeral in Heaven, Manifestator plays Black Thrash metal influenced by the Masters of the Old! After playing several shows in Sri Lanka and Thailand, they are now all set to perform live in India for the first time. Members : WARTEK – WARKILLZ BLASPHEMOUS WARGOAT – SHREDDER KHAOSHIVA – BASSTIAL NUKLEAR TOXIKATOR – GRINDER
The GoMAD Festival is back with 3 days of Music, Arts, dance and camping out in the wilderness of the Nilgiris on the 25-26-27 October at The Fern Hills Palace, Ooty. GoMAD’s annual music festival is dedicated to the most eclectic motley of creative arts; from fusion rock to pop, electronica to metal, from whirling dancers to art installations, GoMAD is a unique annual festival with no headlining acts – only a pure celebration of the arts. 2012 was their first foray into music festivals. Now theyre back, with bigger names,…
Bacardi NH7 Weekender has announced this year’s festival dates. The festival kicks off in Pune between the 18th and 20th of October, moves on to Bangalore on the 23rd and 24th of November, makes a stop in Delhi on 30th Nov and 1st December and finally reaches Kolkata for the first time on 14th and 15th of December.
Indo-acoustic popband, Emergence, is joining forces with Soundar Rajan, as the new drummer of the band. The first concert with the new look of Emergence will be this coming Saturday; June 22nd at B Flat , Indira Nagar – Bangalore. Krishna McKezie: I am delighted that Soundar brings in new creative vibe and spark, adding new percussive elements as well as tasteful grooves on the drums Soundar plays drums and percussions. He is the drummer of E flat, an eclectic band and winner of Saarang decibels IIT Chennai. He is also…
Mad Orange Fireworks has been around for well over two years now. While theyve been rigorously touring the circuit with their special brand of Orange (their words, not ours) rock, weve been appreciating this four-piece bands unique mix of alternative and pop with a little bit of blues-rock vocals thrown in. See, they really are difficult to categorize! Made up of Michael (vocals and guitar), Ramanan (guitars and vocals), Kaushik (bass and vocals), and Shravan (drums and vocals), the last two years, and quite a few before, have given them a lot of…
