I assume several on this list have heard Avial<http://www.phat-phish.com/avial/>?
They are still a novelty rather than a trend - although I heard of at least a couple Bengali-only rock bands when I was bunking in Cal - and while everyone I know in Mumbai and Delhi love their music, regardless of whether they can speak or understand Malayalam, not a soul in Kerala appears to have heard of them. [My own practically-Mumbaikar parents much prefer the contestants on Idea Star Singer.] S, currently listening to Mumbai electronica-kids Medusa. On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Krish Ashok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 29-Jul-08, at 2:55 AM, Thaths wrote: > >> >> LeVine, a professor at University of California, Irvine, has spent the >> last few years headbanging his way from Morocco to Pakistan and almost >> everywhere in between. >> > > I've been following Pakistani rock (Aaroh, Jal, Fuzon, Junoon, Entity > Paradigm etc) for a while now, and both in terms of musical depth and the > ability to culturally contextualize that genre, they are way more impressive > than their Indian counterparts. For one, Indian bands, with the rare > exception of Indian Ocean, tend to sing in English and rarely deal with > local issues. > > > > > -- Doo-bop.
