Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley to headline Ziro Festival of Music 2013
The second edition of the three-day long North East music festival features Menwhopause, The Bicycle Days and more
Sonic Youth frontman Lee Ranaldo. Photo: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0/Livepict.com
The second edition of Ziro festival will be headlined by American alt/noise rockers Sonic Youth’s guitarist-vocalist Lee Ranaldo and drummer Steve Shelley, who will make their India debut at Ziro valley in Arunachal Pradesh between September 20th and 22nd this year.
Apart from featuring Ranaldo, who will be playing his solo material with Shelley, Ziro will feature over 20 Indian bands from across the country, with a special focus on talent from the North East. The lineup comprises local music and dance groups as well as acts such as alt rock band Yesterdrive, garage rock band The Vinyl Records, acoustic rock band Whirling Kalapas, psychedelic rock bands Peter Cat Recording Co, The Bicycle Days, trip hop duo Sulk Station and post-punk/electro band Sky Rabbit and frontman Raxit Tewari’s electro side project Your Chin among others.
Started by Delhi alt rock band Menwhopause guitarist Anup Kutty [who also plays with his band at the festival], the second edition is now supported and promoted by the Government of Arunachal Pradesh’s department of Tourism.
Ziro Festival 2013 Full Lineup:
Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth)
Whirling Kalapas ”“ Mumbai
Menwhopause ”“ New Delhi
Peter Cat Recording Co. ”“ New Delhi
Sky Rabbit ”“ Mumbai
Donn Bhatt ”“ Mumbai
Your Chin ”“ Mumbai
Sulk Station ”“ Bengaluru
The Bicycle Days ”“ Bengaluru
Gandu Circus ”“ Kolkata
Imphal Talkies ”“ Imphal, Manipur
Dosser’s Urge ”“ Shillong, Meghalaya
The Vinyl Records ”“ Arunachal Pradesh
Yesterdrive ”“ Arunachal Pradesh
Omak Komut Collective ”“ Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
Still Waters ”“ Gangtok, Sikkim
Digital Suicide ”“ Guwahati, Assam
Dayglocrazie ”“ Assam
Polar Lights ”“ Dimapur, Nagaland
Purple Fusion ”“ Dimapur, Nagaland
Frisky Pints ”“ Mizoram
Folk acts:
Tapu War Dance ”“ Adi Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh
Lion Dance ”“ Monpa Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh
Buya Dance ”“ Nishyi Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh
Paku Littu Dance ”“ Apatani Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh
Damin Da Dance ”“ Apatani Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh
Bamboo Dance ”“ Mizoram
Naga Dance ”“ Nagaland
Ziro Festival of Music 2013 takes place on September 20th, 21st and 22nd in Ziro valley, Arunachal Pradesh. More event details here.
