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Team Neram talks about Pistah with AAT

Those three special words that’s gone viral these days: Pistah Suma Kira. We talk to the guys who made the song at AAT, Chennai.

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Gig Review: Parvaaz fills CounterCulture with blissful Hindi Rock!

WHEN & WHERE A bout of heavy rains and stormy weather did not prevent scores of people thronging into CounterCulture on the night of 11th May to watch Bangalore-based Parvaaz take on the stage. The venue was filled up to the last seat and the audience had no qualms about standing up and enjoying the [...]

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Alaa Wardi: From Youtube, with love

Alaa Wardi, the A Cappella mastermind, breaks the growing vocal trend down for us.

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Song Preview :: Ramaiya Vastavaiya :: Jeene Laga Hoon

2013 marks the debut of Girish Taurani (son of Tips Film’s head honcho, Kumar Taurani) in Prabhudeva’s directorial venture, Ramaiya Vastavaiya. The first song – Jeene Laga Hoon – is out. The soundtrack has been composed by Sachin-Jigar. Read on to find out more.

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Thomsun Music House Star of the Month is Dualist Inquiry- May 2103

Dualist Inquiry|Sahej Bakshi. One man, two sounds.

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Music Review :: Gippi

Modern film-makers are exploring the horizon with a lot of experimental films such as Gangs Of Wasseypur and the most recent, Dharma Productions’ Gippi – directed by debutant Sonam Nair. Gippi is a coming-of-age story of an ordinary, overweight girl, who, through the course of the film, learns to love herself for exactly who she is. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it? The soundtrack, which has been composed by the dynamic duo of Vishal-Shekhar, is out! Read on to find out more.

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Song Preview :: Raanjhanaa :: Tum Tak

After delivering a scintillating soundtrack in Yash Chopra’s swan song, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, the globally renowned music maestro, A.R. Rahman, is back with his sole Bollywood outing of 2013 – Anand L. Rai’s Raanjhanaa. The first song promo – Tum Tak – is OUT! Read on to find out more about it.

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Soulmate is our Band of the Month – May 2013

Blues, the soulmate to a lot of people. Soulmate, the blues that a lot people know. Putting the two together? Always a fascinating task.

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The Score Magazine – May 2013

We round up the summer for you with Bombay Jayashri, Dualist Inquiry, Akriti Kakkar, Soulmate, Dj Tiesto…Yep, there can’t be enough name dropping!

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Music Review :: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

2013’s most awaited romcom, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’s music is finally out! Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Aditya Roy Kapoor & Kalki Koechlin in pivotal roles, the movie has been directed by Ayan Mukerji (of Wake Up Sid fame). A lot has been said about this album courtesy the sensational song promos that are on air. Moreover, this movie will feature Madhuri Dixit in her first ever item song along with Ranbir Kapoor. The soundtrack has been composed by Pritam. Read on to find out more.

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Song Preview :: Aurangzeb :: Barbaadiyaan

After a smashing debut, Arjun Kapoor is back with his second film, Aurangzeb, which has been directed by debutant Atul Sabharwal. Aurangzeb tells the story of a family of policemen and a family of gangsters and the drastic measures taken by the law enforcers to take down the enemy. The music of Aurangzeb has been composed by Amartya Rahut (of Aagey Se Right fame) and his first track from the movie, Barbaadiyaan, has just come out. Read on to find out more about it.

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Song Preview :: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani :: Dilliwaali Girlfriend

2013’s most awaited summer rom-com, Ayan Mukerji’s Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, might still a month away but the makers are fully utilizing this waiting period by teasing their die-hard fans with yet another song from the movie – Dilliwaali Girlfriend. The music of YJHD has been composed by Pritam. Read on to find out more.

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Music Review :: Kaafiron Ki Namaaz

Ram Ramesh Sharma’s independent flick, Kaafiron Ki Namaaz, has been slowly creating a buzz all over the internet. Kaafiron Ki Namaaz means the prayer of disbelievers. Being an indie flick, we had absolutely no expectations from Advait Nemlekar’s soundtrack but we are very happy to say that it is amongst one of the most sophisticated soundtracks we have heard in a long time. Read on to find out more.

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Furtados Open Jam Session

Know how to play like a God but don’t have the right instruments? Fret not. Furtados to the rescue.

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AAT’s Quirks and Queries with Vasuda Sharma

The many phases of Vasuda Sharma. Here in explored. Read on.

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AAT’s Mix With The Best

These days, most artists add a touch of electronic music. AAT gives you the details.

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Tracklist :: Go Goa Gone

India’s first zom-com, Go Goa Gone, is just around the corner. Starring Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das & Anand Tiwari, this one promises to be one helluva dead-ly ride. Check out its tracklist !

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Tune Patrol’s April Accroach to Indie Bands

Virgin Creep, Grey Shack, The Scratch Cards and Blues Sheriff. What’s the connecting thread? If you’re wondering what it is, check our review out and listen to them on your truly, Tune Patrol.

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Song Preview :: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani :: Balam Pichkari

2 songs in the span of 3 days! Dharma Productions has released the second song promo from their upcoming rom-com Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – directed by Ayan Mukerji. Titled Balam Pichkari, this track is centered on the Indian festival of colours i.e. Holi. Read on to find out more!

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Bhargava’s Musik with Monojit Datta

Monojit Datta gives us the 101 on percussion instruments with Bhargava’s Musik.

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Junkyard Groovin’ at Hard Rock Cafe

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As usual they started late. More than an hour late.   Some neat bass tones in between distorted riffs gave a charged atmosphere for the alcoholic-packed crowd, who were quite drunk by the time JYG got on stage.   Going through most of their songs, I really liked the cover of Animal by Pearl Jam. [...]

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Swedish House Mafia Press Release

Swedish House Mafia

Yes, it’s true, the famed act compromising of Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso, that sold out at the world’s biggest venue, the celebrated Madison Square Garden in nine minutes flat proving to the world that electronic dance music industry was big enough to compete with legendary pop, hip-hop and rock acts, will be enthralling dance music revellers during their second stopover in the sub-continent in January 2013.

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Storm Festival finally releases its PR

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The Storm festival- is the first-of-its-kind Camp Out Music festival – that redefined the very concept of a ‘destination festival’ with its debut last year. Storm 2013 will feature 45 plus artistes across 4 brilliant stages to showcase some of the biggest and brightest Bands, Singer-Songwriters as well as Electronica artistes from the country and across the world.

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Muzik Lounge Audiophilic: With Vijay Rathinam

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Our Muzik Lounge Audiophile of the month, Vijay Rathinam!! Vijay is a sound design specialist with well over nine years of experience collectively in Indian motion picture and British television industries. He has worked on more than 70 south Indian feature films as a sound editor; performing various roles in the audio industry. Also featured inside: Bringing in the Margazhi season with a [...]

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Indie Reviews – January

Indie Review Snapshot January

Our review of several bands that have been featured on OkListen. Check it out and do give us your opinion if you’ve heard these amazing artists! Also featured inside: Bringing in the Margazhi season with a new resurgence Modi Digital’s Band of the Month. Agam. The Swans in Flight!  The changing trends of EDM in India today.. Of [...]

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New Years at Aamby Valley City!

Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra performing at Glitterati 2013, Aamby Valley City

Aamby Valley City celebrated the New Year with flair and flamboyance at “Glitterati 2013” with celebrated singer Mika Singh, and outstanding performances by Parineeti Chopra, Arjun Kapoor and Anjana Sukhani,     Once again, Independent India’s first planned Hill city, Aamby Valley hosted the most extravagant New Year bash for its patrons. The night unveiled [...]

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The Score Magazine – January 2013

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Welcome to the January issue! Featured on our cover this month is the handsome and talented Sonu Nigam! Get up and personal with this survivor as he talks to us only on our January issue! Also featured inside: Bringing in the Margazhi season with a new resurgence Modi Digital’s Band of the Month. Agam. The Swans in Flight!  The [...]

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Muzik Lounge: Audiophilic!!

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Muzik Lounge has recommended to us the highly talented Sound Engineer Sreejesh Nair. Read on to find out over a decade of his experiences in the field of Sound Engineering!!

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Thomsun Music House Star of the Month: Dhruv Ghanekar

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Dhruv Ghanekar has been in the spotlight recently for his acclaimed score of the Bollywood hit Drona. However, the Blue Frog director has way more under his belt than one might think!!

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Modi Digital’s Band of the Month: Hip-hop Tamizha

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Welcome to our Band of the Month in November… If you are clueless when I say ‘Hip Hop Tamizha’, then you might want to sit up and take notice. These dudes are taking the new world of modern Tamil Hip-hop by storm!!! Also featured inside: The Desi Blues: An insight into the origins and motives of a very old genre The Colonial [...]

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