Bengaluru’s music scene to get loud this weekend

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Bengaluru’s music scene to get loud this weekend

Hanumankind

September 13, 6 pm onwards

Jayamahal Palace Lodge

Entry: ₹1,999, ₹3,699 (for 2), ₹6,999 (group of 4) by way of Skillboxes.com

The primary solo present for Kerala-origin, US-raised rapper Hanumankind after the success of his globally-charting music ‘Large Dawgs’ is aptly happening in Bengaluru, the town the place he has thrived. Acting at an open-air present in Jayamahal marks a big step up for Hanumankind, who can be engaged on extra songs which can be most certainly to type his debut album.

Rising in acclaim in addition to fame since ‘Large Dawgs’ which producer Kalmi launched in July, followers may anticipate songs comparable to ‘Go To Sleep’, ‘Damnson’, ‘Southside’ and extra. In a earlier interview in regards to the success of ‘Large Dawgs’, Hanumankind has mentioned, “I’m grateful for a way the whole lot rolled out. I feel we turned some heads with this one. Raised some eyebrows and acquired them trying, as a result of by its reception, we acquired the entire world within the feedback.”

Armengou & Macià Duo

September 13 and 14, 9:30 pm onwards

Windmills, Whitefield

Entry: ₹3,000 (seating), ₹1,500 (standing) by way of windmills-india.com

Armengou & Macià
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A freewheeling jazz journey the world over is in retailer at Windmills this weekend, with two nights that includes the Alba Armengou & Ramon Macià Duo.

With Armengou on trumpet and vocals including to the jazz expertise, Macià takes on piano, guitar and vocal duties as a part of the duo. An outline for the occasion provides, “The duo invitations audiences on a vibrant musical journey that spans throughout the globe, exploring sounds and rhythms from Cuba, Brazil, USA, Mexico, Argentina, and extra. Their performances are a tribute to the great thing about musical range, seamlessly mixing numerous kinds that resonate deeply with their creative identities.”

For his or her efficiency within the metropolis, the duo will carry their distinctive interpretations of music by famend composers starting from Brazilian artists comparable to Djavan, Mart’nália to Mexico’s Natalia Lafourcade and American jazz greats Ray Charles and Fat Waller.

Purple Cassette

September 14, 8:30 pm onwards

Bira 91 Taproom, Koramangala

Entry: ₹349 by way of Skillboxes.com, plus ₹500 cowl cost on the door

Purple Cassette

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New Delhi-based band, Purple Cassette are an indie-rock group fashioned in 2018 in New York Metropolis by singer-guitarist Ishan Kumar, at the moment based mostly in New Delhi. Joined by bassist Siddharth Rajan and forming the core duo of the band, they launched their debut EP Considering Forward of Time in 2023, providing their rock-fuelled tackle identification, confidence and extra.

After acting on residence floor and touring Shillong and Guwahati, they’re touring to Bengaluru with drummer Dhruv Sarker and guitarist-keyboardist Shubhayan.

The band says in an announcement, “Purple Cassette is all set to carry their explosive and energetic punk rock sound to the Bira Taproom in Koramangala. Influenced by bands like The Strokes, Velvet Underground and Queens of the Stone Age, Purple Cassette goals to mix the brash manic vitality of storage and punk rock with the sleek synth sounds of the 60s and 70s. Anticipate a excessive vitality present, with catchy riffs, and grooves that you could’t assist however transfer to. It’s going to get loud!”

Fashionable Machines Quantity 02

September 15, 6:30 pm onwards

White Lotus Membership, HSR Structure

Entry: ₹899 by way of Skillboxes.com

Ksetravid

Ksetravid
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Steel is arriving by the truckload this week, for the second version of gig sequence Fashionable Machines. The lineup consists of all native metallic and rock-informed bands, with high billing going to House Is All We Have, the alt-rock/nu-metal knowledgeable band who’ve been round since 2014.

Supporting the likes of worldwide bands Tesseract and Karnivool at their latest India reveals, the outline for the occasion says, “They discover existential lyrical themes mixed with a strong dwell set making it an aural and visually mesmerising expertise for the viewers.”

One other huge draw on the occasion consists of trendy metallers Ksetravid. They launched their single ‘The Third Eye’ earlier this 12 months and are working as much as a debut album. An occasion description in regards to the band reads, “Conceptually, the band writes about issues that mirror on embracing individuality, a course of to know oneself. Sonically, their music is a mix of brutal, progressive and melodic facets of sub-genres of metallic with lyrical content material highlighting faith, political and social evils which everybody can relate to.”

The lineup extends to incorporate New Delhi prog band Coordinates, Bengaluru-based post-hardcore band Frostcraft, progressive/alt rock and metallic act Sapien Error and metalcore band Hope Awake.