Writing about music is like dancing about architecture Frank Zappa Grendel’s Sÿster – Katabasis into the Abaton / Abstieg in die Traumkammer Katabasis into the Abaton / Abstieg in die Traumkammer by Grendel's Sÿster Ulcerate – Cutting the Throat of… Read More »Best Albums of 2024
It’s almost a year since ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, began over 75 years ago, entered its final brutal genocidal phase. The level and scale of depravity displayed is unprecedented in recent history. Atrocities that were hitherto unthinkable, unspeakable… Read More »Viva Falastina 🇵🇸 – an appeal for donations
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni A delightful, yet somber, retelling of the Mahabharata from POV of one its central, yet sidelined, characters – Draupadi. Incisive, feminist and humanising narrative. Dune by Frank Herbert Re-read this epic fantasy/sci-fi… Read More »Books I read in 2023
My dearest boo, Today’s your birthday. One more year around the sun, and one more year since I have fallen even more in love with the fabulous lady you are blooming into. It’s been a marvellous year of transformation for… Read More »A letter to my boo…
Dearest Appa, Guess it took me 25 years after you left without a goodbye to write a letter to you, huh! I’m sure you will forgive me for not writing earlier – the first decade, my teenage years, were quite… Read More »Bowling for Appa!
Decades Of Darkness by Demonic Resurrection 2. Dirge – Dirge (March, 2023) DIRGE by DIRGE 3. The Earth Below – Nothing Works Vol 2.: Hymns for Useless Gods (April, 2020) Nothing Works Vol. 2: Hymns For Useless Gods by The… Read More »5 Recent Albums by Indian Bands to Check Out
A Recommendation A Week (A-RAW) #4 Writing about music is like dancing about architecture Frank Zappa Here’s a case of an imitation being more famous than the original, so much so that most mistake the imitation for the original. Admittedly,… Read More »David Bowie: The Man Who Sold The World(1970)
A Recommendation A Week (A-RAW) #3 Writing about music is like dancing about architecture Frank Zappa Drop out of life with a bong in hand Follow the smoke to the riff-filled land With these iconic opening lines of lyrics, 8… Read More »Sleep: Dopesmoker (1996)
A Recommendation A Week (A-RAW) #2 Writing about music is like dancing about architecture Frank Zappa Brainchild of serial sonic manipulator, Jason Kohnen (aka Bong-Ra), Here Be Dragons is the sophomore effort of this off-kilter Dutch collective. Over the course… Read More »The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble: Here Be Dragons (2009)
