Our music “scene” has given way to what we may safely term as an emergence of underground sounds. We’ve heard enough from seasoned musicians who mock the electronic generation, calling them a generation of techies with no love for music. They accuse them of stripping music of its reality,
"Life was one habit and keeping secrets from the world was another; the second was a means by which a flagging interest in the first could be kept breathing." This sentence, narrated by one of its characters, is perhaps the most genuine description of Upamanyu Chatterjee's
Bangalore-based Thermal and a Quarter are one of the Indian rock scene’s biggest names. The band has garnered a reputation as a trailblazer, writing original music when the nascent local music scene didn’t extend beyond amateurish covers of '80s classics. They were also one of the first
Popular Danish band Michael Learns to Rock will perform live at Landmark book store (High Street Phoenix, Lower Parel) in Mumbai today. This performance is part of a three-city tour by the band (Bangalore, Delhi, and Mumbai) to promote their new album Eternity (EMI Music). Michael Learns to Rock has
The Telegraph reports --- "Scientists have found that the average age that breast development begins is now nine years and 10 months --- almost a year earlier than a previous study in 1991. "They have yet to discover the reason behind the phenomenon but believe it could be
Ken Denmead reviews The Karate Kid for Wired --- "The Karate Kid (2010) is a worthy remake/update of the classic Karate Kid (1984). Jackie Chan is a joy in a surprisingly moving role, and Jaden Smith makes you root for him. The setting is used to great thematic
The Times reports --- "What will happen to universities is going to be a big story over the next few months (and years). Will the cap on fees be lifted so that universities can charge what they want to (as Oxford Chancellor Chris Patten has asked) or will fees
Andrea Miller writes in The Huffington Post about her experiences with dating Indian men, and provides some, um, advice, as to how non-Indians should go about it --- "Ok, now that the stock for single Indians is up, you need to be on your game if you want to
Slate Magazine reports --- "The 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks off on Friday, with the United States slated to play England this weekend. For the 10th time since 1950, citizens of the two countries will square off over a game they call by different names. Given that so much
When was the last time Wolverine made you go 'awww'? Have you ever wondered what you'd get if you took a bunch of superheroes and replaced their machismo and sex appeal with an extra large dose of cuteness? Take a look at Christopher Uminga's
First comes the guitar --- a disturbed and distorted riff plunging down frets into a devolved darkness. It is chased by savage, uncontrolled vocals and drowned by blistering drums. It is raw, it is raucous, it is vitriol. It is anarchy, mayhem, a new world order. It is a revelation,
“Sometimes when a piece of art draws cries of ‘this is random, anybody could do this’, its goes back to one of the earliest arguments, as soon as people started to make a break from any sort of representational art, anywhere. In cases like this you cannot argue about quality