Shantanu Hudlikar, chief engineer at Yash Raj Studios, in an interview with Split Magazine.
“ I would attribute the burgeoning of independent music, actually, to Bollywood — the Hindi film industry. I believe they are actually responsible because today, musically, Bollywood is omnipresent — it’s everywhere, so people need an alternative to that. ”
Stone Temple Pilots Debut New Album
This is the band’s first album in nine years, after 2001’s ‘Shangri-La Dee Da’.
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You’ve already heard “Blue Memories” from his debut album, ‘Transcend’. Now listen to “Inner World”, from Sridhar’s other solo project, ‘Melakartha’. It’s something different and definitely worth a listen!
Liked what you heard? Listen to more of his tracks here.
Also, watch out for Sridhar’s interview to be up on Split Magazine soon!
Google shuts down music blogs without warning
The Guardian reports:
In what critics are calling “musicblogocide 2010”, Google has deleted at least six popular music blogs that it claims violated copyright law. These sites, hosted by Google’s Blogger and Blogspot services, received notices only after their sites – and years of archives – were wiped from the internet.
Also: #Musicblogocide2k10 on Twitter.
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Listen to “The Bomb Song” from Them Clones’s debut album ‘Love. Hate. Heroes’. You should also check out the music video for the song.
For those of you who want a sneak peek into what went into the making of the video, click here.
“I like Crazy” is the first video shot by Shkabang. You can check another track by them called “Asshole” on their Myspace, here. Facebook addicts can join their group, here.
Be sure to catch ‘em live as they perform during the Jack Daniel’s Annual Rock Awards to be held at Hard Rock Cafe, Mumbai, on the 5th of February, 8pm onwards! See you there! :)
If you’re anywhere near Bangalore today, you should definitely check out Red Bull Soundclash, featuring Something Relevant (India) and The Call (Pakistan).
From the Red Bull web site:
In an unparalleled live, four-round musical battle between two bands with diverse sounds, styles and creativity, both acts will have to fulfil creative tasks such as playing covers and taking over songs from their opponents. The winner is determined by the audience‘s applause, which is measured by a decibel meter.
Red Bull Soundclash has received international acclaim from past events hosted in Japan, Russia, Hungary, Belgium, Poland, New Zealand and the Netherlands, with acts such as Shiny Toy Guns, Erykah Badu, Antibalas and The Roots all taking part.
Details about the event in Bangalore here, and you can watch a teaser here.
Wisdom Bits!
If your wisdom teeth haven’t erupted yet, then get some wisdom from your favorite musicians atleast! :P
Sungha Jung. Guitar prodigy. Check his other videos out on YouTube to know exactly what we mean!
For more details on Sungha, join his fan page here.
