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Fan or custodian? India sixties and beyond music.

Posted by in Cover Story, Fried Eye Special, Fried Jukebox, Issue 02, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments

India Sixties and beyond music. The sixties was an eventful time. The decade was marked with the success of the first man on space – Yuri Gagarin. It was the period of emergence of Che Guevara, John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr and their tragic deaths. Of the most severe and deadliest earthquake recorded [...]

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How to hunt for good music

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, How To Skills, Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments

Time: Half past ten on a pleasant autumn evening sometime in November Place: Inside a taxi somewhere in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City A football match between Malaysia and Indonesia is going on somewhere in the world and the enthusiastic taxi driver listens to the live commentary on the radio. It is half [...]

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The Delhi Jam- Passion and Innovation – II

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, Issue 02, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments

In the second of the series of Passion and Innovation , we are bringing before you a group called Delhi Jam and no they are not a band, nor a group of musicians, not even fan in the truest sense, but they are a group of people dedicated to music and who are bound by [...]

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Interview: POT FM

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, Issues on 15. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments

Pip of the Fourth Mother or commonly known by the acronym POT FM is a band that has put back the long lost Shillong’s alternative music scene in the Nation’s alternative rock map. I again Having their singles (a) Shillong & (b) I thought I was a protégé featured in compilations of nation- wide fame [...]

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NH7 weekender- on the highway to music

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, Issue 23, Issue 23, Issues, Vol. II on 01. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments

For the lazy me, concerts are rarely a scene. Though I love the energy of stage performances, music for me is best in the quietness of my room. That’s the reason I resisted when my friend Victor Mukherjee, a music fanatic, asked me to accompany him to the NH7 Weekender in Pune. I tried giving [...]

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Betukay – Review

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, Issue 21, Issues, Vol. II on 01. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments

Joshish, the Progressive/Experimental rock band from Bhopal, scaled the popularity charts during the “Rock On” contest on MTV. Featuring on the top 10 bands in the contest, the group has been much appreciated about how they battled the odds to keep the passion for music burning. The band’s line up currently consists of Sameer Rahat- [...]

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The Dave’s Grohl: How the Foo Fighters made history:

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, Issue 16, Issues, Vol. II on 15. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments

In the shady setup of Nirvana’s unplugged performance at MTV’s studio, a nondescript man played silently on the drums. Armed to his teeth with drumsticks, Dave Grohl can be seen brushing the drums ever so lightly, jogging his head to the rhythm of Kurt Cobain’s guitar. Eventually, Kurt Cobain decided to shoot himself, the legend [...]

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Cloud Confluence

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, Issue 14, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments

Fried Eye says- We had brought before you a flood-fest photo feature and from as a part of our Fan Speaks, we have a report from our fan on Cloud Confluence Festival- A musical bonanza from Shillong. Though it has nothing to do with rains and monsoons but the event happens every year in World [...]

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Monsoon Playlist

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, Issue 14, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments

Pages and pages of poetry have been written about rain, and the feelings it evokes on everyone. Even the most cynical become lyrical about the first shower of summer, and the superbly nostalgic smell of freshly wet earth; the subtle hiss that celebrates the first drop of rain meeting dry land after seasons.  For me, the [...]

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Shillong’s Newest Three Piece Band

Posted by in Fried Eye Special, Fried Jukebox, Issue 12, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments

Looks like Shillong is turning into a haven of three piece Indie pop punk bands. And just why is this so?  Yours truly, would simply answer because of the presence of the three most active and happening three piece bands under the above mentioned genre category and these bands are Pip of the Fourth Mother [...]

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Bob Marley Tribute Concert

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, Issue 11, Issues, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments

Springboard Surprises has done it again for sixteen times in a row now. Well dear readers you’ll probably know about whatever I’m talking, even if you don’t it doesn’t matter because yours truly will give an account of whatever it is. Okay, by now I guess you readers must be getting bored already with all [...]

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Rakesh Barua – A Tribute to a musical Journey

Posted by in Cover Story, Fried Eye Special, Fried Jukebox, Issue 09, Issues, Sections, Vol. II on 01. May, 2011 | 1 Comment

    “He lived like a rockstar, and died like one.”  – Suman Dutta (Moonwind) “The news is yet to sink in. For it was just before Bihu that I met him at his house. Rakesh da was busy that last day I met him; he had a performance in R&B club that evening. But [...]

Joi: Looking Out of The Window

Joi: Looking Out of The Window

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, Issue 07, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Apr, 2011 | 0 Comments

Audio CD (21 December 2010) Original Release Date: 21 December, 2010 Number of Discs: 1 Label: RMC & Link Productions/Abani Tanti Composer: Joi Barua Genre: Assamese Modern Songs / Cross Genre ASIN: B004KHJ4WY Price: Rs. 55 (Audio CD) / $ 7.12 (Amazon) / $ 7.92 (iTunes) Rating:

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Posted by in Cover Story, Fried Eye Special, Fried Jukebox, Issue 06, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Mar, 2011 | 3 Comments

In all sincerity, I have been writing this piece inside my mind for over a month now. But I guess when a casual conversation leaves this everlasting an impression on your mind, it doesn’t matter how much time has passed. It’s not like the inspiration wears off or that the optimism wanes away. In my [...]

North East Breeze

North East Breeze

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, Issue 05, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments

It is not very often that a small university tucked away in the cozy corners of a cute little town gets to be witness to a live performance by a band of national fame. The band: North East Breeze. The university in question: Tezpur University. The purpose: Cultural Night to wrap up the annual meet [...]

Falling in Love

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, Issue 04, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments

Ah, elusive love. Lucky are those who have found it, and luckier are those who are yet to find it, for nothing, but nothing, beats the ecstasy of falling in love for the very first time. And yes, I am talking about the red glass that you see the world through, the sudden warmth in [...]