The Revolver Club

This November, we’re bringing you the most insane HiFi setups, immersive home theater experiences, and the kind of sound that hits you right in the soul. The Revolver Club Hi-Fi Show - 18th to 24th November at the PTC Demo Center (Kalina) Register here: therevolverclub.typeform.com/trc-hifi-show?…

The countdown to India’s biggest Record Store Day celebration is on. 3 days to go! For the first time, Record Store Day is being marked across 6 cities in India - Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Delhi - by the people who brought Vinyl back to India. For those who know the magic of Records; it’s that time of the year. For those who don’t - it’s the best time to discover it. On April 18th, RSD will be celebrated at: 1. The Revolver Club, LJ Road, Mahim, Mumbai 2. The Revolver Club, Fontainhas, Panjim, Goa 3. Nerlu Cafe, Crescent Road, Gandhi Nagar, Bangalore 4. Katha Coffee, Green Valley, Hyderabad 5. Canvas, Austin Nagar, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai 6. Fort City Brewing, Hauz Khas, Delhi Record Store Day began in 2007 to celebrate the culture of the independent record stores. Record Store Day turns stores into meeting points - places where people show up, spend time, talk music, discover artists, and take part in a culture that exists beyond streaming and private listening. The Revolver Club brought Record Store Day to India in 2017 - and has never looked back since. This year marks its 10th anniversary. We’ve dedicated this Record Store Day to Gauhar Jaan. The first Indian on a record. We also launch our campaign for a postage stamp in her honour in 2030 to mark 100 years of her passing. Join us this Saturday to celebrate India’s biggest Record Store Day. RSVP via the link below: therevolverclub.typeform.com/to/wuhnhjj8?ty…

Hey Everybody, We’ve got some incredible news. The Revolver Club opens its doors at the iconic Fontainhas in Goa on the 18th of April - on Record Store Day! Our successful endeavour to bring Vinyl Records back to India has been guided by the belief that the arts and hobbies are not a solitary pursuit. They thrive when carried by people, by spaces, and by culture that communities build around them. The Revolver Club, Fontainhas will bring people together over Vinyl Listening Sessions, Movie Screenings, Watch Meets, Photo Walks, Coffee Workshops and more. It will be home to a community that seeks insight and engagement - along with entertainment. Here you can Experience Vinyl, add to your Record collection, build yourself High Fidelity Audio Video systems, Explore Vintage Watches and Film Cameras or dive into a Graphic Novel. You can also just hang over some brilliant Coffee - and make new friends. The Revolver Club, Fontainhas carries the work and faith of Lavanya and Dhruv, the wonderful couple who helped bring it to Goa. Lavanya’s expertise and a sharp, intuitive approach continues to help entrepreneurs scale F&B businesses. Dhruv is part engineer, part gemstone expert and part restaurateur who has built the acclaimed Miguel’s in Panjim. The Revolver Club will add a dimension to Goa’s vibrant landscape - and in turn take The Revolver Club to new heights. Enjoy this journey with us. We are all about our people. So please make this place your own. For starters, see you next Saturday at our opening - aptly with Goa’s first ever Record Store Day celebration. See you at The Revolver Club, Fontainhas. The Revolver Club, 11/C-1, Luís de Menezes Rd, Fontainhas Quarter, Altinho, Panaji, Goa 403001

Film photography in India isn’t coming back it’s evolving. Roll demand is up 120% since 2020, with the market steadily growing and set to expand further this decade. This isn’t nostalgia. It’s intent. In a world of endless digital images, film brings back constraint limited frames, slower process, deliberate choices. What once felt restrictive is now a creative advantage. The industry is adapting: Kodak is scaling production, Leica continues investing in analog, and Ricoh Imaging recently introduced the Pentax 17 for a new generation of shooters. Alongside this, labs, darkrooms, and learning communities are growing. Film isn’t a trend it’s becoming a practice again. The Revolver Photography Club, with The Panchrome Project, is here to take that forward.

March 2026: Def Leppard finally hit India: Shillong (Mar 25), Mumbai (Mar 27), Bengaluru (Mar 29). But their defining moment goes back to NYE 1984, when Rick Allen lost his left arm in a crash at 21. Instead of replacing him, the band rebuilt the role custom electronic kits, foot-triggered parts, and a whole new way to play. By 1987’s Hysteria, that precision became the sound: layered, exact, massive. 25M+ copies later, it still holds up. Before the shows, revisit Pour Some Sugar on Me or go even deeper into the album cuts. Which track are you playing first? #DefLeppard #DefLeppardIndia

@allrockmusic Def Leppard Adrenalize 👀

1992, pick ONE

@SVG__Collection Led Zeppelin

Name the musician or band.

@careduber @SVG__Collection Agree!

@SVG__Collection Radiohead

Dhurandhar is going viral again, and its soundtrack is a big reason why. Unlike typical “recreations” that use old songs as décor, Shashwat Sachdev treats music as a bridge melding Punjabi folk and classic Bollywood with today’s trends: sampling, heavy low-end, bilingual rap, and virality-ready edits. The title track borrows its melody from Muhammad Sadiq & Ranjit Kaur’s 1995 hit “Na Dil De Pardesi Nu,” composed by Charanjit Ahuja. That tune already travelled from rural Punjab to global pop through Panjabi MC’s “Jogi.” Dhurandhar brings Ahuja back, blending the refrain with Hanumankind and Jasmine Sandlas, turning romance into movement, distance, and work. Qawwali threads run similarly. “Ishq Jalakar (Karvaan)” nods to Roshan & Sahir Ludhianvi’s Barsaat Ki Raat (1960), whose roots trace to Mubarak Ali & Fateh Ali Khan’s 1950 qawwali. “Move (Yeh Ishq Ishq)” pairs Reble with Sonu Nigam, while “Run Down The City – Monica” reimagines R.D. Burman’s Caravan. “Ramba Ho” flips Bappi Lahiri’s disco & Usha Uthup’s chorus into Akshaye Khanna’s villain energy. Khanna’s entry fuels virality, a reel engine with millions of views and endless edits, built on Flipperachi’s Bahraini rap record “FA9LA,” produced by DJ Outlaw. With 'Dhurandhar The Revenge' releasing on 19th March. Which track became your favorite from the first album? #Dhurandhar #Dhurandhar2 #DhurandharTheRevenge

@radioheadlyrics Definitely, has to be (Nice Dream)!

Today in 1995 Radiohead released their second studio album the Bends. What's your favorite track? #radiohead #theBends

@all90saltrock REM’s Automatic for the People feels like a meditation on loss and memory, where every melody carries the weight of quiet reflection.

On this day in 1992, R.E.M. absolutely cleaned up at the Rolling Stone Music Awards. They won Album of the Year (Out of Time) and Artist of the Year, plus Best Single + Best Video for “Losing My Religion.” They also took home Best Band, Best Guitarist, and Best Songwriter — total domination.

@SVG__Collection Bryter Layter is a quiet masterpiece where Nick Drake turns delicate folk into a landscape of introspection and subtle orchestral beauty.

“Bryter Layter” by Nick Drake was released 55 years ago today.

For four decades, India found its emotions in one man’s voice. Lovers confessed, gods were praised, and heroes became believable because S. P. Balasubrahmanyam sang for them. His playback journey began in 1966 with Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna. Even then, the voice stood out—flexible, warm, and completely unpretentious. By the 1970s, his partnership with Ilaiyaraaja changed South Indian film music. Songs like Ilaya Nila and Sundari Kannal demanded impossible pitch shifts and emotional nuance. SPB delivered them so effortlessly that the difficulty disappeared. The ’90s brought A. R. Rahman’s new sonic world. SPB adapted instantly. In Kadhal Rojave, his voice carried the longing of a generation moving between eras. In Hindi cinema too, he quietly defined the decade. From Maine Pyar Kiya to Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, his voice became inseparable from Salman Khan’s on-screen innocence. Actors leaned on him as much as composers did—Kamal Haasan’s emotional depth, Rajinikanth’s swagger, even the soft romance of ’90s Bollywood. The scale still feels unreal: 40,000+ songs in 16 languages, sometimes recording 15–20 songs in a single day. But statistics don’t explain SPB. His voice lived everywhere—temple loudspeakers, morning radio, wedding bands, festival streets. When he passed away in September 2020, Indian cinema lost a voice. But not really. Because every generation keeps discovering him again.

Mumbai jazz heads, this one’s for you 🎷 Saturday Jazz on Vinyl — Edition 2 March 7th · 7 PM Onwards · The Revolver Club, Mahim (W) On the first Saturday of every month, we gather to spin records, argue about Coltrane, discover new favourites, and just hang. Guided by Sunil Sampat (Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone India) — curator of The Jazz Masters at NCPA and owner of one of Mumbai’s most serious jazz archives. Organised by Manu Trivedi (The Indian Jazz Guy). Bring a record you love. What jazz album should we play this time?

@discogs A beautiful collection!

In search of music that was able to “induce calm and a space to think," these essential ambient jazz records were created: disc.gs/476ge40

On 13 February 2026, L. Shankar takes over the Royal Opera House stage with the instrument that has come to define his career: the 10-string, double-necked stereophonic electric violin known as the LSD. Developed in 1978 with New York luthier Ken Parker, it entered the wider public ear in 1981 - heard on Phil Collins’ Face Value and on Shankar’s own Who’s to Know. Shankar has described it as an instrument that can travel from bass weight to treble brightness, letting one player cover a far wider register without switching instruments mid-piece. His father, V. Lakshminarayana, trained him in Carnatic music, where pitch behaves like speech: a note stretches, turns, and settles with intention. Shankar absorbed that discipline to a degree that the technique seems to vanish in performance. Shakti became the fiercest arena for that approach. With John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, and T. H. Vikku Vinayakram, the group played with the pressure of a high-wire act. The violin sits inside dense rhythmic cycles and still holds its clarity. McLaughlin’s guitar carved sharp patterns; Shankar replied with curved Carnatic phrases; the percussion treated time as elastic. Even at high tempo, every turn felt deliberate. Over time, Shakti reshaped what “fusion” could mean and raised the bar for ensemble improvisation. In 1979, Shankar toured with Frank Zappa as his electric violinist, learning how quickly a band can shift register, mood, and volume. The next decade brought ECM recordings. Pancha Nadai Pallavi, recorded in 1989 and released in 1990 with Zakir and Vikku, moves through long forms without losing tension. Raga Aberi later earned a Grammy nomination for Best World Music Album. His credits also extend far beyond the classical circuit, including studio work with Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins. The through line stays consistent: he treats tone as language, and rhythm as a partner with teeth. Friday’s show comes with one simple instruction—follow the line of his sound. Listen closely to the silence around it. When the phrase bends, notice how it returns. That return is where the discipline lives, and where the freedom becomes audible. #LShankar #Shenkar #LShankarMumbai #LShankarRoyalOperaHouse

Join us for a week dedicated to pure sound and cinema at The Revolver Club Hi-Fi Show, Nov 18-24 — 12 PM to 8 PM Register now: therevolverclub.typeform.com/trc-hifi-show

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Because of its flamboyance and glamour, the fashion industry has always represented a world that feels out of reach for the average Indian, and therefore, highly aspirational to most. Click here to read more: therevolverclub.com/blogs/the-revo…