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Review: City and Colour’s “Little Hell”

Little Hell. If you haven’t listened to City and Colour’s last album “Bring Me Your Love” definitely do so. It is flat out amazing. Dallas Green’s slightly twisted, kind of melancholy, but beautiful lyrics are meshed with a pleasantly fast-paced guitar … Continue reading

07. June 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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Review: Eddie Vedder’s ‘Ukulele Songs’

Ukulele Songs. One of those albums that should be on vinyl. The individual tracks don’t matter so much as the coherent sound. No stand out tracks, but the whole thing is pleasant. Just aesthetically pleasing sounds while your brain is … Continue reading

05. June 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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AR Rahman

Glad Rahman’s getting the attention he deserves – both from Slumdog, and now from Fast Company as one of the top 100 creative people in the world. I’ve been listening to his music since 1995 (in Hindi) but over the … Continue reading

09. August 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Trance Scene

Turns out I ‘knew’ a surprising amount of the artists that are big in that scene back when they were getting started at Mp3.com in the late 90’s. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

20. May 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Return of the Community Bard?

Think of your investors (fans) as micro-investors. Convince them with a pitch (first album) and then ask them to support your future ventures (albums or  more likely individual songs). Those above a certain dollar amount can share the returns, while … Continue reading

24. February 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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