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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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Hard rock, unplugged
Manoj and Mihir are rewriting rule books with their two-man band and powerful music… SAIRAM SRIDHAR
Forming a band these days is not the easiest job. When you’ve got the guitarist and drummer, you get stuck finding a bass guitarist. When you have a guitarist and a bass guitarist, you take forever to find a drummer. […]
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Rocking Down Under
Upbeat after their first international concert tour, Blind Image’s Krish talks to HARIN CHANDRA about the Australian experience.
Known for its traditional and classical music, India is now waking up to a growing number of bands that are looking at a variety of Western genres. And Chennai has made its mark in this scene as well. […]
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They mean business!
BANDED Though still in its nascent stage, Acid Free is sure to make heads turn with its talented line up. RACHEL PAMELA JOSEPH
Acid free. Yes, they’re anti-substance abuse but what draws these musicians together is their passion for music. Acid Free consists of four exceptionally talented individuals — Nikitha, Abraham, Joel and Prince. So talented, […]
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Bhangra to Bollywood!
POP ACT Canada-based duo Rup and Qurram of Josh bring their own desi flavour from the West. KUSHNEET KUKREJA
Their jugalbandi goes beyond borders. They have worked with international biggies such as Sukhbir, Nelly Furtado, Apache Indian and others. Their single Mausam has been a rage with music buffs. Their desi remixes of Nelly Furtado’s Promiscuous […]
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Desi revolution
The borrowed-from- the-West hip hop gets a local flavour thanks to DNOAX. SANGEETA G.
Hip hop as an art form grew to popularity in the 1970s as part of block parties which were danceable, entertaining, voiced their views on the things that matter and brought people together at the same time. The true roots of hip […]
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Cypher deciphered
BAND ACT The metal band from the U.K. gets candid about its music and plans, ahead of its performance in the city on Saturday. NICKY
Metal is not always synonymous with distortion and growling vocals. Here is Cypher16 from United Kingdom, whose music is defined by a unique blend of Trash, Classic metal, Industrial and a […]
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Back to a new grind
BAND ACT Little Babooshka’s Grind (LBG) is back after almost two years with a new line-up, new sounds and plans for their future. SAROOP OOMMEN
Apart from the recent onslaught of school bands stomping the rock scene, Chennai is witnessing an upheaval of older bands making a come back! Last week, classic rockers Rusty Moe wooed […]
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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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Method to their madness
BANDED Being goofy comes naturally to them as does their unique brand of music. SAROOP OOMMEN tries to decipher the TWKC foursome.
TWKC or Tundu Beedi-Water Packet-Kuchi Ice-Curd Rice. That is Chennai’s (possibly India’s!) only experi-metal band. Classmates from kindergarten, (PSBB-K.K. Nagar) banded together in 2008, TWKC recently placed second at IIT-Saarang and Technofest Anna Univ, […]
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