Split Magazine launches Split Radio
Split Magazine, one of the more polished websites covering the Independent music scene in India has spun of its splitradio section into a new site called Split Radio, complete with its own logo and design. The new site like it's parent site will cover music "exclusive to bands from the Indian subcontinent" [1].
Whenever I've thought of Split magazine, I've always thought of a site that provided well produced content. Although not a frequently updated site, articles in split-magazine have always had a personal feel to it, devoid of any cliched journalistic values and written by people who were first and foremost ardent music fans. And the site covered bands (national as well as International) and topics that you wouldn't know about unless you frequented Gigpad or RSJ forums. In addition the webzine has always maintained its site well and the articles it carries are always accompanied by polished graphics and artwork. While I haven't heard the splitradio section while it was part of the main Split magazine site, I have downloaded several tracks from their Download section, which was a godsend for people like me who don't really get to attend concerts of Indian bands, but want to hear more of their music anyways. Recently the magazine also started a video section that currently has a small collection of music videos.
Split Radio is not the first streaming service covering the Indian Indie music scene, RadioVerve has been doing the same since June 2006. Having just started listening to Split Radio, I don't have much information to compare the two sites, but RadioVerve has a big and diverse collection that is is going to be hard to match. But I doubt Split Radio is trying to compete with RadioVerve. That said, the first song that played when I launched the player was Maya by Motherjane from their Insane Biography album (which by the way is available for free download from the band's site). So that was a great start. Split Radio has a Shows section that may end up being the site's USP. It has what appears from the listings to be a nice collection of band interviews and shows providing an overview of topics related to the music scene in India. Some of them don't seem to work. Hopefully those links will be fixed soon.
Update: The link that was broken have now been fixed. It's great to see such a quick response by the people who run the site!
References
[1] http://split-magazine.com/2008/04/06/splitradioin-split-radio-new-and-improved/
Whenever I've thought of Split magazine, I've always thought of a site that provided well produced content. Although not a frequently updated site, articles in split-magazine have always had a personal feel to it, devoid of any cliched journalistic values and written by people who were first and foremost ardent music fans. And the site covered bands (national as well as International) and topics that you wouldn't know about unless you frequented Gigpad or RSJ forums. In addition the webzine has always maintained its site well and the articles it carries are always accompanied by polished graphics and artwork. While I haven't heard the splitradio section while it was part of the main Split magazine site, I have downloaded several tracks from their Download section, which was a godsend for people like me who don't really get to attend concerts of Indian bands, but want to hear more of their music anyways. Recently the magazine also started a video section that currently has a small collection of music videos.
Split Radio is not the first streaming service covering the Indian Indie music scene, RadioVerve has been doing the same since June 2006. Having just started listening to Split Radio, I don't have much information to compare the two sites, but RadioVerve has a big and diverse collection that is is going to be hard to match. But I doubt Split Radio is trying to compete with RadioVerve. That said, the first song that played when I launched the player was Maya by Motherjane from their Insane Biography album (which by the way is available for free download from the band's site). So that was a great start. Split Radio has a Shows section that may end up being the site's USP. It has what appears from the listings to be a nice collection of band interviews and shows providing an overview of topics related to the music scene in India. Some of them don't seem to work. Hopefully those links will be fixed soon.
Update: The link that was broken have now been fixed. It's great to see such a quick response by the people who run the site!
References
[1] http://split-magazine.com/2008/04/06/splitradioin-split-radio-new-and-improved/
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