Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan + Gaudi | Dub Qawwali | Ena Akhiyan Noo, Othe Mera Yar Wasda These songs always made my friends’ parents very emotional. Or maybe it was the Black Label. Hat Tip: Amardeep Download it from Emusic.

I usually stay away from Beatles/Lennon covers. They give me violent rash. But I decided to make an exception for a good cause. I even spent money on evil iTunes. In spirit of charity, I will refrain from smartassisms. Here are some good songs from a double CD worth of competent slickness, indifference and flat-out [...]

Your iTunes are not your iTunes. They are the sons and daughters of a rotten apple. And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

Thanks to DJ Drrrty Poonjabi, I got the whole batch of Madlib’s latest. It pains me to type this — but it b-l-o-w-s. And Madvillainy is on my all time top 10 list. I hate how these producers pick the worst samples of Desi music. See vomit inducing Wada na tod on the otherwise excellent [...]

Korpiklaani | Voices in the Wilderness | Cottages & Saunas, Fields in Flames, Beer Beer If I had a black metal band, I would name it Mordor and pen epic tales of Flying Spaghetti Monsterses, elveses and hobbitses. Entirely in Elvish. Since I don’t, console yourselves w/ troll metal stylings of Finland’s Korpiklaani (forest clan). [...]

“Well firstly, before i continue with matters of the band, my girlfriend of fourteen years Toni and I were married on Hallowe’en in our hometown of Ipswich with a few close friends and our daughter Luna present. My Mother, having left for India that very same day obviously couldn’t be there, so we felt it [...]

Alcest | Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde | Les Iris, Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde Alcest = French one man band Neige. Don’t let his black metal friends scare you. This is beautiful music. And the album cover gets perfect 10 from me. If you like it, buy it (link). DON’T STEAL.

Nile | In Their Darkened Shrines | Sarcopbagus (sic), Unas Slayer Of the Gods + = YEAH If you like it, buy it (link). DON’T STEAL.

At the Gates | Slaughter of the Soul | Blinded By Fear, Slaughter Of The Soul Me like metal. Me like big, crunchy metal. Part of me will forever be 15-year old scrawny metalhead. Enjoy the Gothenburg melodic death metal stylings of At the Gates. Friday Tunes on Wednesday. Because I want today to be [...]