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She goes pop!

SPOTLIGHT Anusha Dandekar opens up to PAYAL CHHABRIA on her new album “Better than your ex”, on experimenting with films and her future plans…

After VJing and acting, why did you choose to diversify into music?
The only thing that I was sure about was that I wanted to be a VJ. Acting and music just happened. […]

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Differences that blend

Belgium-based metal band Thurisaz’s music is a unique blend of genres. NICKY

The first Belgian Metal band to perform in India, and the first international band to play a show in India post-midnight to a packed audience, Thurisaz, is known for its unique genre of music that’s the result of a blend of different genres of […]

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Princess of pop

Sixteen-year-old Shruthi Jayashankar is a pop star back home in Malaysia. She was in Chennai recently to prove that she truly is one! PRAGADISH KIRUBAKARAN

It’s been said that good music as an art form is often derived with either great pain or the will and patience to endure and explore the self and the […]

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Blast from the past

BANDED “The Beatles meets Green Day meets Panic at the Disco meets Ray Charles” is how SAROOP OOMEN describes Shakey Rays’ genre of music!

Shakey Rays is a distilled product from the defunct Easy Street that stomped Chennai rock around 2006. The recent album “Tunes from the Big Belly” is completely fresh with musical ideas, well […]

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Sounds like curiosity

TALENT SPOTTING Harsha Iyer has taken the word multi-task seriously in bringing front his debut album Curious Toys. HARIN CHANDRA

Indian rock music is going through a rapid transition. Now is the time to discover our own rock stars. Here is one such emerging talent. Harsha Iyer, a 19-year-old from Chennai, will soon be a name […]

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On a high note

MUSIC After winning a series of competitions including NXg Rockstar, Chennai-based Franks Got the Funk is all set to release its first album. SAROOP OOMMEN

Winners at MCC, Technofest, CMC Vellore in 2010 with individual prizes; Saraang 2011 finalists; champions of the All State ‘NXg Rockstar’ 2011; Last month, headline act at PIMS, Pondicherry… Franks […]

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New sound of Rewind

Band Called Nine, members are well established in Bollywood, has released a non-film album — “Rewind”.  Band Called Nine comprises a power packed team led by award-winning journalist, author, Bollywood script-writer and lyricist Neelesh Misra. Its lead vocalist is Bollywood singer Shilpa Rao. Neelesh and Shilpa are credited with some huge Bollywood hits over the […]

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Music Unlimited

Album: Dark night of the soul
Artist: Brian Burton and Mark Linkous
Buy?: If game for a unique musical experience.

Dark Night of the Soul is a period filled with intense darkness, desperation, and self-doubt, a feeling of almost complete separation from God, when all actions seem pointless and all prayers feel unanswered. The album ‘Dark Night of […]

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Music Unlimited

SHRUTHI BHAT

Album: Yodhakaa
Artist: Yodhakaa
Buy: Must!

Divine. That is Yodhakaa in one word. Finally, here’s something that overshadows hardcore head-bang metal and it is undeniably one-of-a-kind. Their first album revels in its “Indian-ness” and musical grandeur. It boasts of a line-up that whips out one gem after the other.
Every lyric has been unearthed from primeval Sanskrit literature […]

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Music unlimited

Album: Just as I am
Artist: Danny Bryant – Redeyeband
Buy? Yes!

I love good guitaring and Danny Bryant never disappoints. Danny Bryant’s characteristic voice borders on gruffness and it still manages to evoke an excellent sense of rhythm and most importantly of music. His seventh release, ‘Just as I am’ packs in some really good music. Beginning […]

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