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Best of 2011

2011

Another year is over. And it is time to compile the best of the Music that was featured on AI over the last twelve months. My output last year was low due to myriad personal reasons. But starting this year that might change for the better – I am going to be joined by a co-writer soon for AI! But more about him later, in another post. So, as I was saying, due to my lower output I had a smaller pool to choose from this year. But I hope I could do justice and this compilation will appeal to some of us. All of us won’t be happy of course. To quote from last year, “Music tastes are as

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The Great Indian Rock V

Various - The Great Indian Rock V

We have earlier featured the first 4 volumes of The Great Indian Rock – the annual compilation of the best of the underground Rock scene in India. And now we would like to present Vol. 5 of the series. This volume included the usual suspects – Orange Street and Parikrama – trusted veterans of the scene and also second-timers Envision and Ashtoreth. The rest of the bands were on their maiden appearance. This also marked the advent of Zero on the scene. They would of course go on to be arguably, one of the most popular bands in subsequent years and their guitarist Warren Mendonsa, whose Music has been posted here before, would become something of a legend in Rock

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Best of 2010

Best of 2010

The year is over! For some of us, it just came and went – a member of a long list of other such candidates. For some of us it probably was an year of great import, a milestone in our lives in some way or the other. I am not one for grand new year celebrations, or even resolutions for that matter. But I did make one this year – to come up with a best of 2010 compilation for AI at least before the first month of the new year is over! And guess what! I have managed to keep it! In all probability, a first! But I did take my own sweet time, as always! I had to

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The Great Indian Rock I

The Great Indian Rock I

This is one blast from the past! Rock Street Journal was the first and, to my knowledge, only Indian magazine dedicated solely to Rock that was manna from heaven for music-starved fans of Rock in India. They started way back in January 1993 and I remember being the proud owner of each and every copy since the first issue till they went commercial and started featuring movies and fashion and what-not! The highlight of their venture was an yearly compilation of tracks from Indian musicians that were released as an album titled ‘The Great Indian Rock’. A few months back I had the patience to transfer the tracks from their first few volumes to digital format from old worn-out cassette

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