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Bamboo Shoots
Bamboo Shoots is an American four-piece musical group based out of Brooklyn, New York, and suburban New Jersey. They are known for their dueling, two-person rhythm section and their South Asian identity and influence. Their debut album released on September 29, 2009, on Epic Records.
Bamboo Shoots played their first show at Pianos in New York City in 2004, however most of the members were friends prior to being in the band. Avir and Karl met as young children through the Zoroastrian community in Southern New Jersey (Karl’s parents and Avir’s mother are of Parsi heritage). When Avir was 12, he got a guitar and within two years Karl got a guitar and the two began playing music together. They began writing songs together soon after.
Avir met Shiv while spending the night at a mutual friend’s dorm in New York University. Shiv, a student in the Stern School of Business, had already heard some songs Avir had made and the two became friends. Avir, Karl and Shiv began playing house parties and writing informally under the moniker Bojangles. Ankur’s brother was a friend of Avir and introduced Ankur to the group at an early practice. Ankur reportedly began playing a dhol over their songs and became a band member that day.
In late 2006, Bamboo Shoots casually signed up for the mtvU Best Music on Campus contest. They soon forgot about it. In March 2007, they were informed that they had made it to the top 50 out of a pool of thousands of bands. Within a few months they were voted into the top 15, then the top 5. Friends and fans from all over the world helped propel the band forward with their votes. The band were surprised when an MTVu camera crew ambushed them at their friend’s apartment in Crown Heights Brooklyn and informed them that they had indeed won the contest. They were informed that they would be playing live on Late Night with Conan O’Brien within a few days.
Bamboo Shoots signed to Epic Records in the summer of 2007.
In October 2007, Bamboo Shoots left New York for Sausalito, CA where they began working with producer Jerry Harrison from Talking Heads on their Epic Records debut. ET Thorngren and Matt Cohen engineered. Recording was completed in March 2008. The album was mixed from May–June at Chalice Studios in Los Angeles by Mark "Spike" Stent and mastered by Brian Gardner. The album, titled Armour, was released September, 2009.
On March 24, 2009, Bamboo Shoots announced their first tour of India with stops in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Kolkata, and Bangalore.
Bamboo Shoots performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on May 14, 2007. They have since toured with Plain White T’s, All Time Low, 3OH!3, Secondhand Serenade, and Tyga through MTVu’s summer concert series. Bamboo Shoots has also performed with acts such as The Donnas, The Fashion, Soulja Boy, Gift of Gab, The White Tie Affair, Ordinary Boys, 22-20s, Hail Social, Illinois, Karsh Kale and Chamillionaire. Prior to signing, Bamboo Shoots toured with Jimmie’s Chicken Shack.
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Bamboo Shoots
Bamboo Shoots is an American four-piece musical group based out of Brooklyn, New York, and suburban New Jersey. They are known for their dueling, two-person rhythm section and their South Asian identity and influence. Their debut album released on September 29, 2009, on Epic Records.
Bamboo Shoots played their first show at Pianos in New York City in 2004, however most of the members were friends prior to being in the band. Avir and Karl met as young children through the Zoroastrian community in Southern New Jersey (Karl’s parents and Avir’s mother are of Parsi heritage). When Avir was 12, he got a guitar and within two years Karl got a guitar and the two began playing music together. They began writing songs together soon after.
Avir met Shiv while spending the night at a mutual friend’s dorm in New York University. Shiv, a student in the Stern School of Business, had already heard some songs Avir had made and the two became friends. Avir, Karl and Shiv began playing house parties and writing informally under the moniker Bojangles. Ankur’s brother was a friend of Avir and introduced Ankur to the group at an early practice. Ankur reportedly began playing a dhol over their songs and became a band member that day.
In late 2006, Bamboo Shoots casually signed up for the mtvU Best Music on Campus contest. They soon forgot about it. In March 2007, they were informed that they had made it to the top 50 out of a pool of thousands of bands. Within a few months they were voted into the top 15, then the top 5. Friends and fans from all over the world helped propel the band forward with their votes. The band were surprised when an MTVu camera crew ambushed them at their friend’s apartment in Crown Heights Brooklyn and informed them that they had indeed won the contest. They were informed that they would be playing live on Late Night with Conan O’Brien within a few days.
Bamboo Shoots signed to Epic Records in the summer of 2007.
In October 2007, Bamboo Shoots left New York for Sausalito, CA where they began working with producer Jerry Harrison from Talking Heads on their Epic Records debut. ET Thorngren and Matt Cohen engineered. Recording was completed in March 2008. The album was mixed from May–June at Chalice Studios in Los Angeles by Mark "Spike" Stent and mastered by Brian Gardner. The album, titled Armour, was released September, 2009.
On March 24, 2009, Bamboo Shoots announced their first tour of India with stops in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Kolkata, and Bangalore.
Bamboo Shoots performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on May 14, 2007. They have since toured with Plain White T’s, All Time Low, 3OH!3, Secondhand Serenade, and Tyga through MTVu’s summer concert series. Bamboo Shoots has also performed with acts such as The Donnas, The Fashion, Soulja Boy, Gift of Gab, The White Tie Affair, Ordinary Boys, 22-20s, Hail Social, Illinois, Karsh Kale and Chamillionaire. Prior to signing, Bamboo Shoots toured with Jimmie’s Chicken Shack.