Having scored four of Farhan Akhtar’s past features, it was a safe bet that music composer trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy would team up once again for the filmmaker-turned-actor’s new picture, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. After all who wouldn’t want to employ the maestros behind hit Bollywood soundtracks such as Dil Chahta...

It’s now a decade since brothers Zac and Ethan Holtzman founded Dengue Fever, after meeting Cambodian karaoke singer Chhom Nimol at a nightclub in LA’s ‘Little Phnom Penh’ neighbourhood. Over the course of five albums and two EPs, their fusion of Cambodian pop, Californian surf/garage rock and more has blurred...

In 2008 the UK independent label Merok, home to the debuts of Crystal Castles and Klaxons, put out a seven-inch from LA-based Rainbow Arabia. Sandwiched between releases from blog-adored acts Telepathe and Salem, the microtonal loops and ululating vocal of the Arabic-flavoured Omar K fit the...

Volume 1 of “NYC Sucks,” the completely free compilation album from MetalSucks.net is out now, featuring some of the best metal bands from the New York metal scene. This volume features fourteen songs by as many bands, who run the gamut of genres, from...

Growing like wildfire under the canopy of live electonica and world roots music comes a masterful merge of modern technology, live instrumentation and seductive performance, built of brass bands and glitch, string quartets and dubstep: the musical trio Beats Antique.Since the group’s inception from the eclectic underground of San Francsico’s...

Now in its fifth year, Red Bull Bedroom Jam, the weekly live music webcast that has propelled the careers of multiple bands across the UK rock scene, has returned, and is once again on the lookout for young, talented bands to launch into the spotlight. Now fully established within the...

Growing like wildfire under the canopy of live electonica and world roots music comes a masterful merge of modern technology, live instrumentation and seductive performance, built of brass bands and glitch, string quartets and dubstep: the musical trio Beats Antique.Since the group’s inception from the eclectic underground of San Francsico’s...

Red Bull Bedroom Jam is reaching its climax as the final three bands have been announced.

Heights (pictured), You And What Army and Hearts Under Fire have all made it through and now one last vote is all that stands in their way of a support slot on Kids In Glass...

Growing like wildfire under the canopy of live electonica and world roots music comes a masterful merge of modern technology, live instrumentation and seductive performance, built of brass bands and glitch, string quartets and dubstep: the musical trio Beats Antique.Since the group’s inception from the eclectic underground of San Francsico’s...

Capture compiles the best tracks from Afro Celt Sound System’s first five albums, released between 1995 and 2005. One disc, subtitled Verse, contains tracks featuring vocals; the second, Chorus, focuses on instrumentals. Together, they encapsulate the elements which have made the band popular: an irresistible blend of rhythms and lilting...