Indiecision: Music Blog: Independent Music in India and Elsewhere

THIS WEEK’S TOP GIG PICKS

Your guide to the top gigs in town (Mumbai town), weekly.

If you were wishing that the new year would be an instant F5 for your life, then you’re destined for a sad, sad few minutes of morose realisation.

New year downer’s apart, 2009 promises to bring us more exciting gigs and, er, stuff, starting off with all the action this week.

Thursday, Jan 8, sees the launch of folk-rock act Swarathma’s debut full length studio album. The band play Bonobo (above KFC on Linking Road in Bandra) at 8pm. Entry at the gig is free, but get to the venue on time as the gig will end at 10pm sharp. Swarathma have embarked on a mini-tour of the country in support of their album, and hit Indiecision tomorrow (and all of Jan) for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour diary.

Also on Thursday, Brit indie rock act The Juice hit the Blue Frog for the Mumbai leg of their India tour. The band’s music is a mix of classic rock and blues which you can sample with a free download of the song ‘Blow’.

More gig news as we hear it.

Have a week, and a year, folks.

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RA RA RIOT, PRIMAL SCREAM, FRIENDLY FIRES, BEN HARPER AMONGST OTHERS CONFIRMED FOR SXSW 2009

The good folks over at the official South By South West website have released a fresh list of artists that are scheduled to play at the festival. With nine artists and Ashutosh Phatak already confirmed to play at the festival, this new list puts some strength into the lineup with the addition of, among others, New York indie rockers Ra Ra Riot, dance-pop act Friendly Fires and singer-songwriter Ben Harper with his new project Relentless7.

The new list is

Ra Ra Riot (Syracuse, NY)
Gabriella Cilmi (AUSTRALIA)
Ximena Sariñara (Mexico City, MEXICO)
Primal Scream (Glasgow SCOTLAND/UK)
Friendly Fires (St Albans, ENGLAND/UK)
Buraka Som Sistema (Lisbon, PORTUGAL)
Arc Angels (Austin, TX)
Courteeners (Manchester, England/UK)
Raul Malo (Nashville, TN)
8Ball & MJG (Memphis, TN)
Reflection Eternal (New York, NY/Cincinnati, OH)
Wale (Washington, DC)
Pete & the Pirates (Reading, ENGLAND/UK)
Ben Harper and Relentless7 (Los Angeles, CA)

Expect more announcements in the next few weeks. If all goes well, Indiecision will be at SXSW 2009.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Interview with the creators of Boymongoose soon.

In the meanwhile, Merry Christmas!