Hindustan Times
I’d thought I’d be able to give Bob Dylan’s new album a good long listen and then perhaps write my two bits about it in this instalment of DC. Tempest, Dylan’s 35th album, came out on September 11; I managed to get hold of it a couple of days later but before I could properly listen to it, the deadline of this column was upon me (Brunch goes to press really early in the week and its editor is quite a strict disciplinarian when it comes to deadlines). I don’t know about you but I just can’t casually listen to any of Dylan’s albums, particularly a brand new one from a living legend who is now 71. Dylan’s isn’t by any stretch ambient music. It requires focused listening. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged All Along The Watchtower, argus48, Ballad of a Thin Man, Bob Dylan, Cat Power, Cate Blanchett, Download Central, Duquesne Whistle, Eddie Vedder, Endangered Blood, Goin' To Acapulco, I Wanna Be Your Lover, I'm Not There, Jeff Tweedy on Simple Twist of Faith, Jerry Garcia, Jim James, Keith Jarrett, Leo Di Caprio, Maggie's Farm, My Morning Jacket, Nash Edgerton, NPR, Pavement, Robert Hunter, Sanjoy Narayan, Sleeper, Sonic Youth, Star Wars series, Stephen Malkmus, Stuck Inside, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, Sun, Tempest, The Covers Record or Jukebox, Titanic, Together Through Life, Twitter, Wilco, Yo La Tengo
There is something infectious about Dhaval Mudgal and his band, Half Step Down. When they perform on stage, they have great fun and that spreads quickly to the audience, sceptics included. After a none-too-great experience at a live gig by another one of Delhi’s rock bands, I was coaxed into dropping by at the city’s Hard Rock Café to see Mudgal and his band. I didn’t regret it. What I did regret though was why I hadn’t bothered to seek out this fine five-year-old band before. Read more
(2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged Abba, All Along The Watchtower, argus48, Arsh Sharma, Attitude, Brooklyn, Bryan Adams, Cat Powers, Cecilia, Dhaval Mudgal, Download Central, Half Step Down, Hard Rock Café, Hurricane Bells, I Can’t Get No, Joe Cocker, live gig, Music, Queen, Sanjoy Narayan, Simon & Garfunkel, Summer of 69, Sweet Home Alabama, The Beatles, The Circus, The Covers Record, The Doors, Toya and Friends, Twitter, With a Little Help From My Friends, Woodstock
