I'm originally from Calcutta, a city that can legitimately lay claim to being the capital of live music in India. As a result, the thought of spending an evening at Mehboob Studio (one of Mumbai’s oldest, most renowned recording studio theatres) revamped to offer a platform to
What were you doing a year after high school ended? If you’re like most people, it was probably something inane and inconsequential. But Harsha Iyer is not like most people: oh, no. At all of 19 years old, the Chennai native has written, sung, performed, produced, and promoted 12
We live in an age of instant gratification. We want things now, and we’re willing to bypass simple human contact to get them. The ‘instant gratification’ story is sexy; it’s what ‘sells’. That’s all well and good, but when folks get home and realise that things are
Felix Buxton, one half of Grammy Award-winning house music duo Basement Jaxx, performed a very special DJ set at the Bacardi NH7 Weekender last night---his second appearance in a scheduled four-city tour of India. We caught up with him right before he took the stage for an exclusive interview about
The happiest music showcase festival in India, the Bacardi NH7 Weekender, kicks off today and takes place over three days, from November 18-20. If you're a regular reader of Helter Skelter, you've probably been following our #7DaysToNH7 countdown over the last week, which includes features and
Our #7DaysToNH7 countdown has reached its end, with excitement for the Bacardi NH7 Weekender at its absolute peak. With just a few hours left for Day Zero, we realise the countdown in itself has been quite a journey. Kicking it off with an exclusive interview with festival founder Vijay Nair,
One of the best things about the first edition of the Bacardi NH7 Weekender was the attention to detail. The entire production was tremendous, and the event organisers made sure that every little thing---from the lighting to the sound to the arrangement of the stages and the festival schedule---was done
The Bacardi Black Rock Arena puts the hardcore in the happiest music festival in India. Populated by head banging black-adorned figures, heavy music is respected in this territory and there are no two ways about it. This behemoth of a stage plays host to a variety of sub-genres in metal
The Dewarists Stage has carved itself a snug little niche in festival-goers’s hearts as the stage with soul. This is where rows and rows of orb-like yellow lamps set aglow the smiling faces in the evenings, as the folksy music reaches out to encompass and enrapture the entire vicinity.
Satire has always found a welcome place in stories, creeping out of certain parts of the plot and lending a hand in making it whole. Since the early days of literature, people have found comfort in harmlessly ridiculing society and all the odd people it contains. With time, the number