has become a more grounded and nuanced underground subculture than the more Bollywood-friendly commercialized branch of the genre. Hanumankind is just one of many artists who are bringing pure authenticity, telling their own stories and seamlessly infusing regional Indian languages into their music. ...
We tend to think of sad, acoustic guitar anchored music as being intimate (I don’t want to call it ‘folk’ because folk is already another kind of music. You know, like The Carter Family singing “John Hardy” ). It’s a music of deeply personal songs whispered in bedrooms and as...
“Nontraditional spaces help create that warehouse vibe, feeling, [and] aesthetic that has really underlined underground music, whether it’s punk, indie, or electronic. Underground music in general comes from that want, that interest, that feeling of having these spaces where people perform, where...
According to Ariel Chobaz (Nicki Minaj, Drake, Rihanna), to make audio engineering your career, you should be working in audio in your free time just because you want to. “It takes a lot of commitment and sacrifice in order to move ahead and become successful,” he said. “And people...
Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit. No matter what language we speak, what color we are, the form of our politics or the expression of our love and our faith, music proves: We are the same...
Roxy Music—I’ve tried so many times to understand their appeal, and I’ve now stopped trying. Post-Short People Randy Newman—When your early stuff is so great, there will always be an inevitable drop off. But that does not explain the self-parody of Newman’s LA years. Artist Album...
Now, any music connoisseur will stop me here to talk about the fact that Drake was being ridiculed for not really “starting from the bottom”. He wasn’t trapping out in Atlanta or pushing weight out of Cali. He’s a half Jewish child actor from Canada- how could he possibly know abo...
I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it's true. — Valentino Rossi 198 Ric Flair, you once called me a woman. Well, what I want to know is, how does it feel to get beat by a woman? — Roddy Piper 114 I look back on my life with great...
How many delegates does Texas have? Primary election day marks the first step in the state's party convention process. Voters focus on the candidates during the primary, but what those votes really do is determine how many delegates will represent each candidate at the party conventions. ...
I condemn everything he stands for right now. I’ve said that from when he first put on the MAGA hat. Any kind of hate talk or hate inspired talk is abhorrent. It’s just unimaginable that someone that you’ve been a fan of, that has inspired you throughout eras of music, now st...