Hindustan Times
It’s been nearly three months since Frank Ocean’s debut album Channel Orange was released and I find myself going back to it over and over again. In fact, Channel Orange is well on its way to finding a berth on my best albums’ list of the year. It’s not as if I’m the biggest fan of R&B – indeed, the current crop of R&B stars such as Usher, Chris Brown, Mariah Carey and Beyonce, don’t do it for me. In theory, contemporary R&B is an amalgam of R&B (of course) and funk and soul and hip-hop, but much of today’s R&B music, with its mandatory pounding beats and formulaic dance-friendliness really is like a substitute for erstwhile disco music. The music is often repetitive and clichéd and the lyrics unmemorable – not my cup of beverage whatever that might be. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged André 3000, argus48, Bad Religion, Beverly Hills, Beyonce, Brandy, Channel Orange, Chris Brown, Cleopatra, Coldplay, Crack Rock, Download Central, Eagles, Earl Sweatshirt, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Frank Ocean, Grizzly Bear, Hotel California, Hurricane Katrina, John Legend, John Mayer, Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, MGMT, Music, New Orleans, Nostalgia, Odd Future, R&B musician, Radiohead, Sanjoy Narayan, Shields, Super Rich Kids, Twitter, Ultra, Usher, Veckatimest, Yellow House
It was 1977. I was, er, let’s just say, very young and had my first brush with southern American rock bands. An older cousin had handed me an LP, The South’s Greatest Hits, which had come out that year, and with it began a torrid affair with southern rock bands, an affair that, as you shall soon find out, has passed the test of time. The South’s Greatest Hits had stellar tunes by stellar bands. I got to listen to the Allman Brothers Band, Charlie Daniels Band, Elvin Bishop, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dr. John and others. I was hooked. Read more
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Hindustan Times on Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 8:03 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged Allman Brothers Band, argus48, At Fillmore East, Birthday Boy, Blackfoot and Thunderhead, Charlie Daniels Band, Congratulations, Disco Biscuits, Download Central, Dr. John, Duane Allman, E-40, Eat A Peach and Brothers and Sisters, Elvin Bishop, Gov’t Mule, Grateful Dead, Gucci Mane, Hittin’ The Note, Hood, Jerry Garcia, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker Band, MGMT, Patterson Hood, Ronnie Van Zant, Sanjoy Narayan, Southern Rock Opera, The Big To-Do, The Drive-By Truckers, The Fourth Night of My Drinking, The South’s Greatest Hits albums, The Wig He Made Her Wear, This Fucking Job, Truckers, Twitter, Warren Haynes, Wet Willie, Whip It Up
