Rockers Bamboo Shoots, from the desi stronghold of Edison, NJ, sang ‘Brown is Beautiful’ at the bone marrow drive yesterday. They’re famous for winning MTVU’s college band contest earlier this year and performing on Conan O’Brien.

Here’s Shiv Puri, Shoots drummer and master of the fauxhawk, with his Significant Groupie:

Here a clip of their Conan gig:

You can catch the Green Stripes at Basement Bhangra July 19th or with the Joseph King Trio at Avaaz at Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg, July 26th, 9pm:

The Joseph King Trio (previously known as Deadbeat Darling)… includes Sanjay Jain (bass), Alex Wong (drums), and Mo Bhansali (lead guitar). [Link]

Listen to their albums (lots of interesting flute and Bollywood samples) and MySpace clips.

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