Amidst an electrifying European tour kick-off in Jablunkov, CZ on April 18, Wildstreet unleashes their latest musical gem: 'Heroes'. Following the resounding success of their 2024 singles 'Sick To Death' and 'Come Down', this new release reaffirms Wildstreet's unwavering presence in the hard rock scene.
We're back after a much needed break and we couldn't have asked for a better reboot than a "sit-down" with the omnicompetent Rohan Solomon, erstwhile frontman of the New Delhi alt-rock band Cyanide. (Well, him at his place and us at ours!) For the uninitiated,…
Every so often, we're treated to music that seriously messes with our heads. We'd count Dogma by Pink Amphibians as one of them. With a track as calm as a breezy evening and Morcheeba by the sea married to lyrics that can only be described…
As a lifelong student of film, my first response when I hit play on Ankur Sabharwal’s Better Man was - ’It cannot be!’. I had to watch the video a few times over to spot the intricacies. As someone who has experimented with film stock for…
What do you say to a man who has produced 68 feature films, launched the careers of 206 debutants in his very first film, managed the careers of nine out of eleven national cricket players, incepted Asia’s largest and the world’s fourth largest music festival…
As I listened to Mumbai-based Alt-rock band Last Minute India's latest single Kaagaz Ki Naav, the first thing that popped into my head was Anurag Basu's critically acclaimed film Life In A Metro. In a nutshell, it's music made for montage sequences. Music that takes…
If you’re part of the indie music scene in India, as a musician or a listener of music, there’s a slim chance you’d have missed the name David Britto. Over the last five-odd years, Britto, the music journalist, has helped us discover new acts, many…
If you were a rocker in Mumbai at any point between the late 80s and early 2000s, there’s little chance you would have missed the effervescent Ravi Iyer. In the glory days of rock-and-roll in India, the axeman stood apart from his contemporaries. So adept…
"I remember watching Aerosmith on MTV when I was a boy, and the experience changed me forever. I saw Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, and I’m like - Woah, I want to do that!" Wildstreet's 36-year-old vocalist, Eric Jayk, recently told Hollywood Soapbox. When we…
“Are there many Christian Rock and Metal bands in India?” I ask bass guitarist and sound engineer, Jatin Jitendrakumar at the outset of our chat about his latest album, Arise, Lord! “There were bands years ago in India that played Christian rock and even metal,…