RADIOVERVE – Internet Radio for Indian Independent Music

Just read an article on The Hindu about a new indian internet radio station RadioVerve dedicated to independent indian music. I am hooked now !!

I’ve always been aware of the amazing musical talent in India, who showup from nowhere at few of the rock shows (bit rare these days though). But the tragedy in the Indian “Music Industry” is that you are forced to play in hindi and shift to “pop” genres to break into the market, which is just not acceptable for most indian bands. Hindi is debatable but pop, no way !!

Now, radioverve has put this amazing thing together with a good listing of indian bands for a start. This includes some of my favorite bands like Moksha, Kryptos, Myndsnare, TAAQ , Sceptre, Asura etc..

Forget it, stop reading, just logon to Radio Verve at http://radioverve.com

How to listen-in:

Free Operating Systems

* XMMS: Ctrl-L > http://play-hi.radioverve.com/ (Make sure you enable “shoutcast-style-metadata” in your mpeg input plugin)

Windows

* Windows Media Player: Ctrl-U > http://play-hi.radioverve.com/
* Winamp: File > Play URL > http://play-hi.radioverve.com/
* iTunes: Advanced > Open Stream > http://play-hi.radioverve.com/

My Wish list:

* A live RJ introducing the bands/atleast an automated voice for a start..
* More bands, maybe even from neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Nepal and SriLanka..
* Seperate playlists for death, hard, soft, hindi etc..