Our Picks From Pune NH7 Weekender Day 3

The Ed’s Catch-All-You-Can-Sched

Peter Cat Recording Co. ”“ 3.40-4.10pm – Bindass Restless Fully Fantastic Stage

The Delhi-based quartet will bring their trippy tunes like “Clown on 22nd Floor” and “Love Demons” to this side of the country after a fairly long time. If the teaser on their newly-launched website is anything to go by, expect some new tunes.

Watch their performance at “Friday’s Babies” at Live From the Console here

         

Eccentric Pendulum ”“ 4.10- 4.50pm- Bacardi Black Rock Arena
The Bengaluru prog metallers have that added jazz fusion influence to catch any metalhead’s attention within minutes. “Anonymous Existence” and “De-Engineer the Prevalent” are among the tracks that will get the crowd going.

Listen to “Sculptor of Negative Emotions” here

Thermal And A Quarter – 4.40-5.10pm – The Dewarists

 Find out what “Bangalore rock” is all about. 

5.20-6.20pm

This one’s not such a tough call for genre sticklers.  Thrash metal fans can head where the Bengaluru band Inner Sanctum, while those looking to shake a leg can watch Madu at Pepsi Dub Station. Overenthusiastic festival goers like us can warm up with some headbanging exercises at Bacardi Black Rock Arena, and then unwind to Madu’s ska bass rhythms that also make place for soulful jazz.

Michal Menert ”“ 5.50-6.30pm – Eristoff Wolves Den

From Colorado, US comes the experimental, glitch-hop/electronica soundscapes from Michal Menert. Being India-bound for the first time, he’ll be spinning tracks such as “The Same Disease” off his latest LP Even If It Isn’t Right and the more famous “Starfall” from his first album Dreaming Of A Bigger Life.

Stream “Even If It Isn’t Right” below

 

Jinja Safari ”“ 6.00-6.30pm – The Dewarists

The Australian neo-psychedelic, Afrobeat band fires up the stage with tracks such as “Mermaids”, “Hiccups” and “Peter Pan”.

Watch the video for “Hiccups” here

 Them Clones- 6.30 -7.10pm – Bacardi Black Rock Arena

The Delhi rockers have to compete for an audience, since most may be away watching Bombay Bicycle Club or Gandu Circus.

Bombay Bicycle Club (acoustic set) – 6.40-7.10pm – Jack & Jones The Other Stage

The British indie rockers will perform a stripped down set, including songs such as “Ivy & Gold” and “Shuffle”.

Watch their mellow acoustic version of “Dust On The Ground” here

Gandu Circus – 6.40-7.10pm- Bindass Restless Fully Fantastic Stage

Rap rhymes and dope beats drop from the director of art film Gandu, Kaushik ”˜Q’ Mukherjee. Having performed at equally bigger stages in London, Cologne and Mumbai, the rap outfit will be playing songs they composed for the controversial film.

Split – 7.40- 8.10pm – Bindass Restless Fully Fantastic Stage

With equally well-respected crowd pullers Indus Creed and Kailasa playing around the same time, Mumbai’s alt rock fans need to check out songs such as “Holy Ghost Machine Gun” from their album Counting Perfume. If you’re short on time, there’s always “60 Seconds”, a quick punk rock trailblazer.

BLOT! 3D: 7.50 pm to 8.30pm – Eristoff Wolves Den

Stage performance are two words we wish to equally emphasize for BLOT! ”“ which stands for Basic Love of Things.

Watch one of BLOT!’s recent performances below

Heems [Das Racist] – 8.40- 9.20pm– Bindass Restless Fully Fantastic Stage

We expect party mode to kick in by this time, and hope that Heems from Brooklyn’s rap act Das Racist brings not only his brand of “ethnic electronica” but also gets Vishal and Randolph from Pentagram to jam with him on a song he told us he’s embarrassed about.

8.50- 9.50pm

Two global acts are a fitting end to the festival. The hard part is  choosing which one to pick. We suggest you go see Seun Kuti’s debut performance and then head to Karnivool for a fitting finale to the three-days of music [though we are hoping to see part duex of NH7 All-Stars this year]. In case Kuti’s band has got you transfixed at The Dewarists, you should also know that Karnivool is also performing at Hard Rock Mumbai on November 7th.