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 [...]
Excellent chill laptop pop.
Hot Chip - We’re Looking For a Lot of Love
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 [...]
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
February 2, 2008 – 12:25 am
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 [...]
February 2, 2008 – 12:09 am
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 [...]
February 1, 2008 – 10:28 pm
This is so soothing, I love it:
For diehards, the original.
via copy,right?
December 6, 2007 – 12:43 am
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 — [...]
December 4, 2007 – 1:26 am
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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October 15, 2007 – 7:33 pm
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 [...]
