TAAQing

Gig alert. Thursday, August 5. Hard Rock Cafe, Bangalore.

Blues from the road, for your viewing pleasure. This one, for those who’ve missed a show (or a beat) is called Grab Me.

We’re playing at a festival in Male, Maldives on July 16. More details when we return with the evidence (and a tan).

July 6, 2010 was an evening I’ll never forget. And I’m eagerly waiting for the day TAAQ comes back to Mangalore with another mesmerizing show!

By the end of the show, the crowd was a little too infected with TAAQ’s music to simply let them leave. The band was forced to oblige and played for a good half hour more, with songs like ‘Motorbyckle’ (my personal favorite) and finished it off with ‘Paper Puli’ (their greatest hit, so to speak).

My piece on the music of Thermal And A Quarter, published in today’s Mint Lounge, traces the history of the band’s music, its relevance and rootedness to Bangalore’s cultural milieu and argues that rock music can actually come from a deep place — if only you care to listen.