Calcutta based metalcore band Intoxicate have released their latest single, 'Messiah', from their upcoming debut full length album, Memories, on SoundCloud.  

Teamwork Arts presents another edition of Friends of Music featuring a stellar line-up of musicians at the Lodi Garden Restaurant this Friday on May 23.

RSJ along with Songdew opened up registration for Rock On!! on May 15. Rock On!! invites all artist and bands to sign up and stand the chance of winning the opportunity to be featured on Rock Street Journal.

A confluence of three musicians living in Kuwait, originally hailing from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India, led to the formation of The Overseas Project. The band plays a heady mix of pop, rock, the blues, Hindi rock, and more, with a couple of singles and a video already out and further releases lined up. We speak with Amitabh Sengupta, Majid Mahmood, and Hasib Raza, the three guys who constitute The Overseas Project, about Dropbox, politics in their music, their vision and philosophy, their sound, and what the future holds. 

A memorial concert celebrating the life of Nandu Bhende, a true rock 'n' roll pioneer in India, will be held at the Blue Frog, Mumbai, on May 8. 

The inaugural edition of 100 Pipers VH1 Sound Nation will host 23 gigs across six cities from May 2 to 11, with an awards ceremony on the final night. 

The DIY Day is a day long festival aimed at promoting the DIY ethic of art and will be hosted at the Akshara Theatre on April 26.

CounterCulture in Bangalore are ready to host the An Ode to The Blues festival come this Saturday, featuring a host of blues musicians.

Progressive ambient metal band Skyharbor have been nominated for Global Metal Band award at Metal Hammer Golden Gods, to be held in London on June 16. 

Zero, Pangea, and The Superfuzz will headline the Road to Converse Rubber Tracks finale, with five young bands selected following regional rounds competing at the gig.

The Indian School of Mines will host their annual socio-cultural festival, Srijan, through March 28-30, featuring a myriad of social and cultural events.

The sixth edition of RSJ Live Nites featuring Hoirong, Run It's the kid, Nice Weather For Ducks and The Urban Earlymen, will be hosted at Turquoise Cottage in Saket on March 27.

An inter-college contest for college bands titled, Band of the Year, is to be held at Kingdom Of Dreams from March 14 to March 16.

Welsh jazz quintent, led by Tomos Williams, commence their India tour on March 5, performing in Mumbai, before heading to Delhi, Bangalore, and Goa.  

Spectrum, the annual cultural fest hosted by NIFT, will be held between Feb 25-27, also featuring Demiurge: The Battle of The Bands. 

The festival takes place at the majestic Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon, on February 15 and at CounterCulture, Bangalore on February 16. 

We racked our brains for days to come with this list of 25 of our favourite songs released by Indian indepedent artists in 2013, from rock, jazz, electronica, fusion, experimental, and so forth. Point us to all the songs we've missed out on.

Band announce farewell gig at Mumbai’s Blue Frog on January 19.

It’s been a good year for young bands, with crowds far more receptive to new artists – young and old alike – and promoters also taking punts on these new bands. Plus, with the internet and Bandcamp and Soundcloud allowing anyone with an internet connection to upload new music, the opportunities for musicians to be heard, reach out, and get attention have naturally increased. So yeah, it’s not all gloomy, even if the weather here in Delhi really is.  

Mumbai’s explosive electro-rockers Pentagram return to the capital to play on December 21 at the final showcase of the all-new Adidas Originals Collision, which kicked...