Rock geek’s pick of 2014

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Time has finally come to say goodbye to one of the best years that the scene has had may be since we were all but little kids running around with cassettes….(Sooo did that !!). So to round this year up, we decided to put down a mixtape of sorts of what we thought were the rock albums that created more than a ripple in the music scene. Young or old, these bands knocked it out of the park and killed it at gigs…so lets hit play !

Skrat
Boy o Boy did we love this band’s third album release THE QUEEN. While the songs on Bring out the Big guns may have given you a laugh or two with its fun themes, The Queen is as bad ass as can be. The first hearing of this album took us back to the good old days of Velvet Revolver and the likes..definite must have for 2014
TRACK PICKS–Machete, Choke and Broke, Bang Bang Bang and Stomp

The Supersonics
One of the three Kolkata bands that made it to our must hear list this year. Bringing post punk back was the name of the game when this band made their come back with this album Heads up !!.Hummable tunes and smooth flowy guitars make this for a nice and easy listen
TRACK PICKS–Come Around, Strawberry, Into the Dark

Ganesh Talkies
If its a total fun time you want then In TECHNICOLOR should be on your play list for sure. Mix Bappi da with garage roock and what you get is this band who killed it in this year’s festival schedule
TRACK PICKS–item song, style, dancing dancing, disco daze

Underground Authority
TV reality shows, numerous live gigs and a huge fan following already greeting the kolkata veterans when they launched their aptly titled debut album YOU AUTHORITY. If you havent heard them, its high time you should !!
TRACK PICKS- Kash Meri girlfriend, Hogi Subah, Microphone

Hoirong
Coming out of Delhi, this band brought the streets of the city to life in their album DANDANIYA APARADH. Chaotic noise rock or whatever you may call them, they are a band which you have to see to understand the underbelly of their home city ..
TRACK PICKS–Kutta, dandaniya aparadh, dont mind

Space Behind the Yellow Room
Conversations that Determine a life(phewww thats a long name..) this young band from Bangalore cuts across genres of prog and ambient rock with minimal vocals.
TRACK PICKS–concept album that really should be heard on its entirety.

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The Superfuzz
You cannot help but be excited when the band that made you love Indian Rock finally releases an EP that too with your favorites from the years gone by. Inner City Waster
TRACK PICKS– School, What Every Kid Wants, Rat in the dirt, Manu is a dumbass

Faridkot
Our special pick for this section. Since we are talking comebacks, this was definitely one of them when this hindi rock outfit made it back to the scene once again with PHIR SE (yayyy on the word play)
TRACK PICKS–Jats, Aina, Nuts, Suno

Tejas Menon
One of the youngest song writers in the scene, this guy launched his debut EP which also features the great Warren Mendonza. Small Stories is an album perfectly made for your sunday afternoons lazing around
TRACK PICKS-Philosophy, Braze, Until the end

The Colour Compound
Soft summer afternoon light music that will make you feel good about life fluid acoustic guitars and perfectly clean vocals featuring aditya ashok of shaair and func fame and rohan majumdar from bay beat collective this is a coming together of different music tastes to make on tight album which will help you feel the warmth of the sun when you listen to it
TRACK PICKS– You make me, turn back time, you are everywhere and Brighter days