Hindustan Times
Ever since iTunes opened up its store to customers in India, it has been bliss for me. I can now buy music at very reasonable prices – songs for as low as R12 and in some cases, even full albums for a dirt cheap R30. The opening up of the iTunes Store was the best thing to have happened for Indian music lovers but some of us, especially of the grey-haired (or, no-haired) vintage, the real deal is often all about buying the album in its physical, touchable form. There is a certain something about peeling off the plastic and opening up the jewel case of a new CD that digitally downloaded albums just can’t match. Read more
(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 7:03 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged Algiers, Allen Ginsberg, argus48, baroque pop, Ben Harper, Berlin, bhangra, Brooklyn, Bruce Springsteen, Calexico, cassettes, Charlie Musselwhite, Download Central, folk music, funk, Glühwein, Grizzly Bear, Handwritten, Here Comes My Man, Horn of Plenty, Howl, India, indie band, iTunes, Mr Dead & Mrs Free, Music, New York, Nick Hornby, North Indian, psychedelic rock, Red Baraat, Sanjoy Narayan, Shields, Shruggy Ji, The Gaslight Anthem, Twitter, Van Morrison, Veckatimest, vinyls, wedding, Yellow House
A couple of weeks back, I listed five albums that stood out for me in 2012, five that I would certainly take with me into the next year. All five—Sigur Ros’s Valtari, Patti Smith’s Banga, Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange, Japandroids’ Celebration Rock, and Dr. John’s Locked Down—are doing heavy-duty shifts on my playlists and, I’m quite sure, shall continue to do so for a bit. But if I look back again at 2012, there are a few albums that I wish I’d spent more time with. Some of them are gems that are sitting there to be discovered. Read more
(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 7:08 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged 2012, 2012 Holiday Mix, Allman Brothers Band, Anand Wilder, and Dr. John, Animal Collective, argus48, Ashok Kondabolu, Avey Tare, B.B. King, Banga, Beacon Theatre: Live from New York (2012), Berry Oakley, Beth Hart, bhangra, Bikram Singh, Bloodline, blues guitar, blues-rock, bluesmen, Brooklyn, Brooklyn rapper, Celebration Rock, Centipede Hz, Channel Orange, Combination Pizza Hut, Das Racist, Deakin and Geologist, Download Central, downloads, Dude, El-P, Erin Davis, Frank Ocean, Free and Bad Company, Fuel/Friends Blog, Himanshu Suri, I am Fuel, India, Indian, Indians, Japandroids, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Bonamassa, John Hiatt, Jr., live performances, Locked Down, Man, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Miles Davis, Music, New York, Panda Bear, Patti Smith, Paul Rodgers, Relax, Robby Krieger, Rostam Batmanglij, Sanjoy Narayan, Shut Up, Sigur Rós, Sit Down, Taco Bell, Texas, The Doors, Twitter, Valtari, Vampire Weekend, Victor Vasquez, Waylon Krieger, Yeasayer, You Are Friends
