Colourful Music this Holi

It was the festival of colours and I had for probably the first time not stepped out of the house. In fact I spent the entire day indoors and spent the afternoon watching a hilarious movie for the millionth time. A Peter Sellers classic "The Party" which never fails to make me laugh. I was just making the most of the Flat screen LCD I had invested in. Stay home and watch movies in style.

Of course by evening I was itching to do something productive and the best thing to do is head out to Some Place Else, drink some beer and listen to some great music. We got there a bit before the band was ready to go and sat around listening to some amazing chatter about schools and exams and stuff like that by some paranoid parents. Ok just kidding, but the conversation really makes you wonder what the state of schools is today. I'll delve into that subject some day. But for now, the band was up on stage and ready to play. Hip Pocket started off with a Clapton track and then the rest of the two hours they were there played some really different stuff. Of course Pink Floyd is part of their staple diet and they fed the audience some of that too before calling it a night just a bit past midnight.

Band: Hip Pocket
Samidh – Bass / Vocals
Sumit – Guitar
Rishi – Guitar / Vocals
Shom – Keyboard
Nondon Bagchi – Drums / Vocals

DJ Austin and Sumit took over from there and tried keeping the crowd, but it just seems Urban Reflection has no takers. I remember on my last visit even I pushed off after they played a couple of tracks, but tonight I was going to sit it out. I wanted to know what this band was all about and vaguely remember them playing one night a long time ago when I was knocking back quite a few so the music really didn't matter and just served as a droning buzz in the background. Well not tonight. I was here to listen to the Band. They started with their signature song "Let that Guitar Ring". These guys had me glued for the rest of the night and did covers of a whole lot of popular rock and heavy rock songs from Metallica to Guns n Roses and Doobie Brothers to Phil Collins. I especially liked the part where the Guitarist broke a string and so that they didn't have to keep the audience waiting till he got one back on, the y played "Susudio". Really neat band and they've got the "Funk" in their music. I even made the effort of getting their names and here goes:

Band: URBAN REFLEKTION
Vocals: Sat
Guitar: Dabbu
Bass: Panku
Keyboard: Deba
Drums: Debu