“The great thing about the Internet is that even though we haven’t released an album yet, the freedom of distribution and nature of file sharing, has allowed our music to spread regardless of labels a

Mumbai and Delhi were recently (November 23 and 25) paid a fleeting visit by identical twins Tegan and Sara on their whistle-stop maiden India tour and all indications point to a successful debut on t

In India, anything and everything that isn’t Bollywood is independent or indie music,” declares digital head, EMI, N.S.

Tiredness, weakness, a feeling of being unwell, depression, paranoia and messy mood swings are some of the side-effects associated with speed (methamphetamines).

Household name British drumming magazine Rhythm marked its 25th anniversary last month by organising an online poll to create a listof the 20 greatest drummers of the past 25 years.

“We played at a festival in Morocco (Festival Awtar in Benguerir, outside Marrakech) this year and it was the first time we had ever played with choreographed dancers all around,” muses Swarathma lead

“We played at a festival in Morocco (Festival Awtar in Benguerir, outside Marrakech) this year and it was the first time we had ever played with choreographed dancers all around,” muses Swarathma lead guitarist Varun Murali a few hours before the band’s show at Mumbai’s Hard Rock Café last week and adds, “They said they wanted a more vibrant and energetic feel from the Indian representatives at the show.”

On the day that Mumbai received its highest rainfall of 2010, with an average of 116.17 mm of rain, the city’s six major lakes did not receive a lot of water. the rains did not manage to paralyse the railway services completely, but succeeded in drowning the timetable. According to Central Railway chief spokesperson Srinivas Mudgerikar, the water had submerged tracks at Sion and Wadala in the afternoon, and there was also a point when the water from the civil areas was flowing onto the tracks.

There was an anecdote that began doing the rounds circa 2000, about the members of three bands on the US Tattoo the Earth tour and their bizarre pre-show rituals.

Nationalist Congress Party leader and MP for the Mumbai Northeast constituency Sanjay Dina Patil admitted that while work is on in full flow to achieve the goals chalked out a year ago, the actual res