South Indian band Agam on Carnatic-progressive rock and their love for Chennai

South Indian band Agam on Carnatic-progressive rock and their love for Chennai

Agam at a 2018 concert in Chennai | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M Agam’s music can be best described as brilliantly seamless. Even though the popular South Indian band’s iterations are characterised by contrasting genres, in layman terms, nothing ever sticks out. Their almost 12-years-long repertoire flits between familiar Carnatic verses, ragas and thalams, while effortlessly […]

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International Indie Music fest to feature thrash metal, carnatic rock on fourth day

International Indie Music fest to feature thrash metal, carnatic rock on fourth day

The ongoing first edition of the International Indie Music Festival (IIMF) at the Kerala Arts and Crafts Village near Kovalam will feature an interesting fare, ranging from thrash metal to carnatic rock on its fourth day on Saturday. The day’s show will open with a performance by Bengaluru-based thrash metal band Inner Sanctum, followed by […]

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These musicians return to native city in Kerala after three decades to organise international music festival

These musicians return to native city in Kerala after three decades to organise international music festival

Two independent rock musicians who were part of the fledgling rock music scene in Thiruvananthapuram in the early 1990s return to the city to organise the International Indie Music Festival, a five-day, multi-genre festival at Kovalam from November 9 to 13 Two independent rock musicians who were part of the fledgling rock music scene in […]

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