Deacon blues

This is the night
Of the expanding the man
I take one last drag
As I approach the stand

Its one of those days…

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How to break a rock fan’s heart?

Point him/her to this video

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The Kuthu Effect

I was in a sema Tamizh mood today. Was doing all things tamizh. Read Dina Thandi online, cooked sambhar and have been listening to all the new song releases. Nothing can beat the satisfaction of listening to a rocking ‘kuthu’ song, and Yuvan has come up with an out of the world remix of the [...]

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Gods of Rock

Vir Sanghvi writes about the greatest rock band ever at a time when they have announced a reunion concert in the United Kingdom. In this day and age, where hip hop and baby dolls make a goose out of music lovers, the only saving grace is the occasional appearance of the yesteryear Music Gods in [...]

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Wah Taj boliye, please

With ‘Ek Mohabbat’, AR Rahman has come up with another magnificient number, this time for the ‘Vote for Taj’ campaign for the new seven wonders of the world. Rahman is at his best, mixing technology with melody, like only he can and the result is magnificient. As if Rajni not featuring was not an incentive [...]

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Handpicked #7

I stopped listening to Hindi pop ever since Daler Mehndi and his brother stepped into the scene and started mixing Punjabi and potatoes with every damn song. I lost faith. But recently I came across a gem in Sona Mohapatra. She is simply amazing.

The lyrics of this song is a prime [...]

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Handpicked #6

‘Drive’ by REM. Micheal Stipe’s voice is haunting!

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Handpicked #5

CCR’s cover of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ ‘I put a spell on you’.

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A wonderful album and a 10th standard mokkai…

There is still hope left in Hindi film music. There is someone other than AR Rahman to provide quality. Pritam reminds us with his latest offering ‘Life in a Metro‘ that he definitely has it in him to make it big. Amidst all the mindless crap churned out in the name of music, here comes [...]

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Handpicked #4

Led Zeppelin’s version of ‘When the Levee breaks’.

When God plays the Guitar…

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