Rolling Stone India Feb 2010 article

Shor Bazaar and our Savita Bhabhi was commented on by (guess who?) Palash Krishna Mehrotra in this month's edition of Rolling Stone India. We were a little late to catch up on it - that too, thanks to Anuj Gupta (OML, E-18) who showed me the article when I was getting tipsy on wine at SulaFest 2010.

Here's the article as an image.

We would like to thank Palash for being kind to us and our song. We would like to thank Rolling Stone India who have been wanting to write about Savita Bhabhi for quite some time - ever since our June release! We'd like to excuse ourselves for being so tardy in letting you know about this.

KK

Shor Bazaar LIVE! @ DY Patil College of Engineering, Nerul

Drum Roll!

Shor Bazaar is back to performing LIVE in Mumbai. Year 2010 began for us on the freezing slopes of the Himalayas. Now, we are going to heat up the annual festival at DY Patil College of Engineering in Nerul.

We are headlining the event on the 23rd of January, 2009. This is the first time that we are being joined by Sidd Coutto, the multi-talented musician ex-Zero, ex-HFC, ToT on stage. He’ll take the honors of drumming for us!

In addition, we have the a Rohan Utpat on percussion and tabla. So, we invite you this brand new power-packed line-up! We promise you fultoos fun! Be there and help us make a Shor success!

Happy New Decade - update

The new year has arrived and has been done and dusted, and we are well aware how late we are to welcome it! We didn't want to create any hoopla because there wasn't anything substantial to write about - not until two days before the decade renewed itself, that is!

Yes, on the 29th of January, we got confirmation of our performance at the New Year's Bash organized by the Government of Jammu & Kashmir as part of their efforts to make the coming decade a booming one for snow tourism. We flew to Srinagar, rode up the snowy slopes of the Himalayas, and performed in a make-shift tent on top of a hill at Gulmarg at a temperature of -10°C! This event was attended by a crowd of over 300 locals and, needless to say, we froze our asses off!

It was truly remarkable that we survived. We honestly thought we wouldn't make it back, and would end up as frozen specimens of humanity that would be discovered many millennia into the future. Fortunately, we arrived safely back in Mumbai. The smoky haze and mugginess of our beloved city felt like heaven when we touched down.

The trip taught us a lesson and we seemed to have turned a corner- quite a big one at that. There is newfound optimism and structure to our plans for the future, not the least due to the fact that we have Sidd Coutto (TOT, ex-Zero/HFC) who has agreed to play drums with us on a regular basis, and Rohan Utpat, who will be playing percussion/tabla with us regularly. Furthermore, to manage our events, we have found an extremely efficient and talented group of people in Promo Sapiens, with whom we are currently in the final stages of negotiations.

I hope these changes will herald a bright future for us during this year, and hopefully for the entire decade. I would like to raise a toast on this occasion! Here's to YOU GUYS for supporting and appreciating our efforts as you have been wonderfully doing until now, and to US (SHOR) for hopefully providing you with more music that you will enjoy, be proud of, and easily relate to!

Cheers! Happy New Year!

(A picture from Gulmarg - From L to R - Sidd Coutto, Rohan Utpat, KK, Robin, JD, Joy, Kanishka (Promo Sapiens)

KK (Krishna)

We aren't I-Rocking XXIV

Shor Bazaar regrets to announce that we will not be participating in I-Rock XXIV. We were very much looking forward to performing there, but due to reasons beyond our control, this has become impossible.

Our next scheduled gig is the MyBand MyMusic event at Hyderabad on 26th of September. Don't miss it!!

At the studio

After a period of about a year, we are getting into the studio again. The venture is on a much smaller scale though - we are recording a new song which we hope to release on the internet in a few week's time. For this venture, we are collaborating with Jonathon (Reverse Polarity, Dream Out Loud)  who will be on the drums and Chinmay Harshe (Empire Studios) who would be on the console as the engineer. We thank both of them for helping us out. Here's to a wonderful day at the studio.

Single and looking

You heard it right! Shor Bazaar is single and looking. Not just once, but thrice!

• Sumit had to leave the band because of personal issues. It was a memorable year and half with him on board and we will miss him. But things move on. Currently, we are on the hunt for a drummer. Those of you who are interested, or those who know people who might be interested, give us a shout. Those who apply should keep in mind that they need to look as bad or even worse than the rest of the band. For reference, watch out for the upcoming photo post.
• As you might know, we were signed on to Phat Phish. Unfortunately, it didn't work out as planned. A week or so back, we had a meeting with the record label officials and both parties decided to part ways. Although we didn't have to fight the British to be independent again, we are almost as upbeat and optimistic about our future as Gandhiji was, and would like to exercise our freedom by coming out with some new music. Read further, for clarity.
  
• Quite honestly, we are tired of waiting for our yet unreleased debut album. It has been a long time (about a year, actually) since we visited the studios. Ergo, we have decided to start from scratch, almost. We are writing new material and are planning to record the songs. These songs will be released through the alma mater of music, the Internet. You will get to listen to them and on top of that, will get to download these songs! We are very excited about this. The first single (yes, one more reason why the title has the word) is in the process of being recorded. Watch this space for further details!

Thank you VNIT Nagpur!

We are packing up to leave Nagpur and the memories of yesterday night at Aarohi '09 linger on. We had a wonderful time performing in front of the most responsive of audiences. We'd like to thank everybody for letting us have a wild time on stage - the organizers, the audience, the people who took care of our stay and food, fellow bands (including Indigo Children)! We' love to come back and Shor-ify Nagpur!

Adios!