Thermal and a Quarter: Funky and Cool Rock

I was listening to NPR the other day (I think it was The World ) and they had an Indian band called Thermal and a Quarter on.  It’s a rock band with lots of influences from 80’s rock to classical Indian music to other funky stuff.  They have a big following where they are from, and all of their tunes are free to download from their site, and they encourage sharing them.  I downloaded all 10 songs from their album Plan B (which took a while because of lots of traffic and questionable design on the process – you have to download each and agree to their non-agreement every time).

I listened through the songs once, sort of paying attention.  I thought they were okay.  But the more I listen, the more I like it.  Very bluesy with Jazz influences, Indian instruments and timing, samples, and good song-writing.  Well worth the time!  Check them out!  It’s been a long time since I was really turned on by an indie group, especially an Indian indie group.

UPDATE: I heard from members of the band.  The show was All Things Considered and they’ve changed the download to a BitTorrent of the entire album.  Apparently, they released two previous CDs in India only, but will be making all of them available in the US, probaby via CDBaby.