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Throwback Thursday: Daft Punk Sets Coachella On Fire!

April 6, 2017

What makes Coachella the king of all festivals? Well, performances like these might have something to do with it. As the highly popular and much-loved festival draws close, we take a look at one of the fes...

Throwback Thursday: The OG Electronic Music Documentary

Ayesha Tamboowalla

March 30, 2017

MS Features, Music

Go back in time to see where the current tech for techno came from. Director and writer of Discovering Electronic Music, Bernard Wilet, originally created this film to educate young viewers who might have be...

How Music Festivals Can Greatly Affect Your Lifestyle

Meher Manda

February 24, 2016

FS Features, Music

The experience gained at music festivals reflects in myriad forms once a festival is over, going as far as changing your lifestyle. There is no denying that music festivals make for overwhelming journeys. Fr...

How Music Festivals Are A Big ‘Fuck You’ To Social Inequality

Meher Manda

February 17, 2016

FS Features, Music

In times troubled with growing differences, music festivals aren't just a cultural force of nature, but they're fostering a social movement. Who would've predicted that in an era fueled with the internet and...

Why Being A Part Of A Festival Community Can Be Immensely Rewarding

Meher Manda

January 13, 2016

FS Features

The Sherp looks at the immersive experience that can be gained from becoming an involved member of a festival community. Festivals, despite their music, their grand visualisation, and their aesthetics are bu...

8 Practices Of The West That Indian Music Festivals Can Emulate

Meher Manda

January 7, 2016

FS Features, Music

Before you think we’re suggesting plagiarism, allow The Sherp to explain the many exemplary methods of the west that Indian music festivals can seek inspiration from. Indian parents might suggest that music ...

Music Festivals In 2015 : Our Year In Review

Meher Manda

December 30, 2015

Culture, FS Features

Much has begun for much to end so much could pass. The Sherp reviews how music festivals have fared in the year of 2015. The year of 2015 was one defiant year when it came to music festivals and change in tr...

Prince Covered Radiohead’s Creep At Coachella 2008 And The Video’s Back Up!

Meher Manda

December 9, 2015

FS Features, Music

Remember that iconic moment when Prince covered Radiohead's Creep at Coachella 2008, before blocking the said video on YouTube? Yes, the video's back, and we have it right here. Prince and Radiohead are, bot...

Throwback Stories To Prove That Woodstock ‘69 Was The Most Special Music Festival Ever

Meher Manda

November 19, 2015

Culture, FS Features, Music

Music festivals today cannot hope to match the intimacy, authenticity and legend of Woodstock Festival, 1969. Some beautiful, timeless stories from the festival are testament to the same. It was the era of t...

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