Hindustan Times
If nobody tells you who was playing or you don’t get to see the name of the album or the band, this gem from 1972 could sound like a secret album by none other than Jimi Hendrix. The same trademark guitar (fuzzy, distorted, explosive and wailing) and singing style (blues, R&B and soul-influenced but oh, so unique). Legions of rock musicians have tried to imitate Hendrix but no one I’ve heard has sounded as hair-raisingly close as this album does. I got a rock aficionado friend to do blind tasting, playing the album for him and then asking him who he thought was the musician. “Hendrix is singing, of course,” he said confidently, “but the guitar sounds a bit different. Are there two guitars?” Then, as we moved to the second and the third tracks, he sat back with a smile and said, “Hendrix. But what album is this?” Read more
(7 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged Anti-Urban Contemporary Thang, Blair, Blue Bugyal, Cry of Love, Disco Biscuits, Download Central, France, Freedom, Gentleman…, Gil Scott-Heron, Hearts, indie bands, Indiecision, I’m New Here, Jamband, Jimi Hendrix, McGee, Me and The Devil, Murder, Paris, Phish, Purple Haze, Sanjoy Narayan, Summit Attempt, Swan Fungus, The Grateful Dead, The Velvert Turner Group, Them Clones, Umphrey, Velvert Turner, Xcuse Me
I hadn’t really heard the music of Delhi’s popular rock band, Them Clones, before getting a copy of their debut album, love. hate. heroes (EMI, Rs 195). One reason for not having heard them was, of course, the fact that although Them Clones have been a hot act on the gig circuit, I haven’t been to a rock concert in many years, preferring the infinitely more sedentary option of listening to music via downloads and most typically on my mp3 players with the phones stuck deep into my ear canals.
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(4 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged Abbie Hoffman, Beyond Here Lies Nothin’, Bob Dylan, Clone This CD, Creative Commons, Download Central, Fitz and The Tantrums, free downloads, Frightened Rabbit, Glaswegian indie bands, In Rainbows, Indrajit Hazra, Living In Colour, love. hate. heroes, mp3, Nothing Like You, Nugs Net, Phish, Radiohead, Return of the Dead, rock concert, Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus, Sony Music, Stars of The Lid Horchata, Steal This Album!, System of A Down, Them Clones, Together Through Life
