I’ve been on a collecting spree over the last two weeks searching for anything Indian, Rock and in English. Before that I never realised the quality of rock music in India. My previous encounters with Indian rock music was at IIT Saarang and the Unwind Center. I remember spending 100 bucks every week (or 75 bucks if you get the early bird tickets) to get my ears deafened at the Unwind Center every Friday. Except for this year, I’ve religiously gone to previous IIT Saarang rock shows. I’ve missed countless other shows that I’ve always meant to go to but just haven’t. I hate my college timings.
A good source of Indian rock music is RSJ Online. They’ve got decent content but while their present interface isn’t as retarded as before its still a pain finding songs for each band. Musictantra has a decent compilation of YouTube music videos of Indian Rock bands. One of the websites mentioned on RadioVeRVe is Green Ozone where you can download the Awake and Arise album. This particular album has pretty high rotation on RadioVeRVe.
An awesome source of info about Indian Bands and their albums is Gigpad. They’ve got useful content, nice reviews of albums and a functional interface. And unlike RSJ or Unwind Center, Gigpad actually does update their site. Their gigs list actually has information thats upto date. The Unwind Center website is offering tickets for gigs that were on June 2006! Thats nearly a bleddy year ago. I vaguely remember that they still claim the Unwind Center in Chennai is still in Nungambakkam.
