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Archive for September, 2009
Post Nothing – Japandroids
It isn’t really surprising these days when you are sprung with surprises from Indie bands after having spent yourself scouring for good albums amongst mainstream labels. This Canadian duo bearing a massive Far East influence in their moniker, Japandroids do just this. Their debut album “Post Nothing”, a pun on the autopsies conducted to classify [...]
Bhayanak Maut – Bhayanak Maut
One of the biggest forces of pulverization to have emerged on the India metal scene in recent years is the creatively named Mumbai bunch called Bhayanak Maut. As with their name, they have been wreaking havoc wherever they have been with sonic whiplashes. The intensity is such that you would either be converted to a [...]
Maby Baking – The Supersonics
Kolkata has always been known as the thinking man’s capital in India. Things slightly left of the center (no pun intended) have always had a tendency to emerge from its heartland. So it is no surprise that the freshest batch of sound coming out this year has crystallized in the form of “Maby Baking” by [...]
I Look to You – Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston couldn’t have thought of a better name for her latest album. After all, weathering all those years of domestic abuse and drug usage, and coming out of it all clean would have required some figure to provide that sense of determination. “I Look To You” can be termed as Whitney’s comeback in ways [...]
journal for plague lovers – manic street preachers
British alt rockers Manic Street Preachers have had their share of misfortune. Losing a band mate who simply refused to show up alive (or dead) isn’t something easy to handle. Since Richey Edwards was finally declared ‘presumably dead’, the remaining trio finally felt like getting the skeletons out of the closet to purge themselves. A [...]
Ursa Major – Third Eye Blind
With the charm and adulation post grunge music once enjoyed being long over, it was but natural for a sub-section of bands to fall out of fashion. San Fran based rockers Third Eye Blind have been one such band; though recent efforts by them have been fairly successful at changing the band’s image as such, [...]
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – Wu-Tang Clan
There was a time when East coast hip hop wasn’t really getting anywhere compared to the sheer energy contained within the hustling nature of West coast gangsta rap. A bunch of rappers (nine to be precise) got together under the leadership of a producer going by the quirky sounding moniker RZA. What they had in [...]
Slaughterhouse – Slaughterhouse
In the world of hip hop where you have every emcee dissing out the other with incisive precision, it seems but an incongruity when you are faced with the concept of hip hop groups. After all, a bunch of rappers, most of whom are known to possess bloated egos, coming together and working on a [...]
brooklynati – tanya morgan
Most good stories require the perfect setting and location as well in order to make themselves into a bestseller. Now whether the rapper trio Tanya Morgan’s latest album makes itself into a best seller or not is something to be seen. What seems certain is that they have managed to concoct the perfect setting combining [...]
chemical warfare – the alchemist
Being one of the leading and in demand producers in hip hop, it wouldn’t have been easy for The Alchemist to come out with a solo album. And now that he did, it seems this is going to rival the rest of his work for a long time. His second album, “Chemical Warfare” is a [...]
Overtures in Outer Space – Half Step Down
The name of Half Step Down’s album, if nothing else, seems to promise intergalactic missives. Or maybe the recollections of a drug addled journey. Luckily, when you lend your ears to “Overtures in Outer Space”, it works to be neither. A journey of classic rock n roll with its roots laid firmly into the sound [...]