Laal Changes the Band’s Name [Comic]

October 9, 2011

Since the lead vocalist of Laal, Shahram Azhar has been away, Taimur Rahman has been the front-man for the band for the past few months which is what moved him to change the name of the band. [Props to Parvez for the concept]

Laal – Fareeda (Official Music Video)

October 11, 2010

When the Taliban attacked the shrines of Rahman Baba, Data Sahib, and Abdullah Ghazi Shah, slaughtering hundreds who had gathered for alms or to pray, Laal felt obligated to not only defend the progressive aspects of sufi thought but to discover them for ourselves. We see sufi’s as the rebels, the revolutionaries of their period.

Adieu 2009 and Welcome 2010

By Sadaf Fayyaz Since this is going be a year-end blog for koolmuzone. I conducted a small survey and asked some of the singers and musicians two questions: Q1 How was your year 2009 in terms of your music for you? Q2 What do you expect from year 2010 in terms of your music? Different […]

Laal: music of dissent

July 26, 2009

Much has been heard, said and opined about the band that surged on a tidal wave in the aftermath of a fresh exit of dictatorship. Sometimes, the most vocal and opinionated being the band members themselves who mask themselves under no pretences, and openly declare their motives to be revolutionary and incendiary to the saturated […]

Latest Interview: Ali Hamza of Noori revisits LUMS

May 12, 2009

Ali Hamza takes a trip down memory lane by revisiting his alma mater LUMS Instep Today speaks to Ali Hamza, the first President of the Music Society of the Lahore University of Management Sciences, at its 10th anniversary concert and discovers another side of one half of Noori Hani Taha Salim, Lahore While LUMS is […]