I've been asked a few times about why I know so little about Indian bands. The conversation has oscillated between "Raj, you're such a pseudo-hipster" to "Raj, Soulmate and Indian Ocean are not the only Indian bands". The point is, they might actually be right. But you can't force someone to like a band just cause it's Indian, can you? The aam junta/pro-Anna type of marketing doesn't work on me, sorry.
I realized that I was following certain Indian songs and not the artists, for a while. Pralay's "You" was one song that got me liking that band. Unfortunately, nothing better came out that stable after that. I had even Facebook "liked" their page to see if something was on the line. Similar things happened with Cognac's "Through your eyes".
Recently, as I was going through some blogs, I came across this band called Adam and the Fish Eyed Poets from Chennai. The cool thing about their profile was that their bandcamp page had all the albums up for free download, which is always one way to seduce someone like me. I took that leap of faith where I copied both albums into my iPod. I'd recommend both the albums if you're looking for something along the lines of REM/Matchbox Twenty/Manic Street Preachers.... I named these three bands because I think this is the closest I can get to for introducing Adam and the Fish Eyed Poets. You might disagree.
What really got me into them was a song called "Little monkeys".
here's the grooveshark link - http://grooveshark.com/s/Little+Monkeys/3mELmx?src=5
and here's the live video clip - (the grooveshark link has perfect audio; the Youtube clip is a bit dodgy)
I don't know if this counts as "following" an Indian band but I have recommended this band to friends, "liked" their page on Facebook and also include three/four songs from their albums in my ever changing lists of playlists..
The funny thing is, even if they hadn't been Indian, I would have still done all of that.
I realized that I was following certain Indian songs and not the artists, for a while. Pralay's "You" was one song that got me liking that band. Unfortunately, nothing better came out that stable after that. I had even Facebook "liked" their page to see if something was on the line. Similar things happened with Cognac's "Through your eyes".
Recently, as I was going through some blogs, I came across this band called Adam and the Fish Eyed Poets from Chennai. The cool thing about their profile was that their bandcamp page had all the albums up for free download, which is always one way to seduce someone like me. I took that leap of faith where I copied both albums into my iPod. I'd recommend both the albums if you're looking for something along the lines of REM/Matchbox Twenty/Manic Street Preachers.... I named these three bands because I think this is the closest I can get to for introducing Adam and the Fish Eyed Poets. You might disagree.
What really got me into them was a song called "Little monkeys".
here's the grooveshark link - http://grooveshark.com/s/Little+Monkeys/3mELmx?src=5
and here's the live video clip - (the grooveshark link has perfect audio; the Youtube clip is a bit dodgy)
I don't know if this counts as "following" an Indian band but I have recommended this band to friends, "liked" their page on Facebook and also include three/four songs from their albums in my ever changing lists of playlists..
The funny thing is, even if they hadn't been Indian, I would have still done all of that.
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