Category Archives: Music

You will never make Astral Weeks

Hilarious, touching paean to Van Morrison’s gorgeous 1968 album Astral Weeks on music blog T-sides.
What did you accomplish at around 22, 23 years old? Well, I’ll tell you what you didn’t fucking make — Astral Weeks. When you were making Frappuccinos and spilling half of it on your apron, Van Morrison was singing you breathe [...]

Made in the Dark

Excellent chill laptop pop.
Hot Chip - We’re Looking For a Lot of Love

Evolution of a Hook

When T.I.’s “What You Know” came out in 2006, the track dominated the charts. It was pretty much inescapable that entire summer - hailed as an instant classic for its swaggering Southern lyrical style and its infectious, anthemic synth melody. The song was a classic in more ways than one, however. Can you believe that [...]

Kanye discovers India

Fittingly, the same week that TimeOut Mumbai covers the rise of hip hop in Bombay, Kanye West discovers one of Bombay’s newest clubs. Let me be the first to say: Kanye at MMRDA in six months.

Big ups to Blue Frog architect Kapil Gupta of Serie

This Will Destroy You

Post-rock reviews are usually my brother’s territory, but I thought I would get into the act. I decided to check out This Will Destroy You because I thought their new album cover was hilarious, and I saw they were making t-shirts of it for people who pre-ordered the album. But then I started listening and [...]

Big Star & The Box Tops

Am I the only one who didn’t know that Alex Chilton of Big Star — of the excellent “The Ballad of El Goodo” and “Thirteen” — came to fame as the 16-year-old singer of this AM Gold classic?

Seriously? “The Letter,” by The Box Tops?
I had no idea. That 60s song and Big Star’s stuff occupy [...]

Here I go again

This is so soothing, I love it:

For diehards, the original.
via copy,right?

Kristin Hersh saves the music industry from itself

Congrats to Kristin Hersh, one of my long-time favorite musicians, for pioneering a new independent artist coalition, CASH Music. Who knew that in addition to being an incredibly talented singer and songwriter, she is full of smart things to say on copyright, “read-write” culture, and new business models for musicians.
CASH is an acronym — [...]

Bollywood blockbuster

We finally saw the Bollywood mega-hit that came out during Diwali: Om Shanti Om. I have to say - the big Bollywood blockbusters go over with me much better than the Hollywood ones.
Here’s the first track from the Om Shanti Om soundtrack:

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DRM disappears, my money quickly follows

I’ve been on a digital music buying spree this week — purchasing and downloading three new albums online. Despite being a voracious consumer of new music, mostly from mp3 blogs that highlight and share new tracks, I have never purchased music from the iTunes store. And I still haven’t — I purchased two albums from [...]

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