Original Image by Kris Kesiak Here is my annual list of ladies who are creating some of the most awesome pop music at the moment and whose music I expect to reach out to larger audiences in 2013. The list features two artists each from the US and the UK and one each from Australia and Sweden. I would have loved to include Jessie Ware on this list since she missed out last [...]
Here is my list of 13 bands that I ‘discovered’ and absolutely loved in 2012 ; and that I hope will reach out to wider audiences in 2013. Admittedly this years list is a lot more skewed towards US bands and garage/punk rock than last years list but I guess that’s how the cookie crumbled for me musically speaking in 2012. The Orwells [...]
Dec 27, 2012, 3:11am
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These dozen albums from 2012 were the ones that I enjoyed listening to the most over the course of the year. Again the list is arranged broadly in ascending order of likeability. Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors There is no way that I would have listened to this album (or an album like this) all the way [...]
Dec 16, 2012, 9:30pm NOMP
Original Image by Sharon Drummond It’s that time of the year again, when I look back and reflect on all the great music that I listened to in the year gone by. I’m starting with the list of my favourite songs from 2012 and will follow it up with the list of my favourite 2012 albums next week. The bands and female artists to watch in 2013 lists should be out in the 1 st week of the New Year. [...]
Jul 2, 2012, 1:29am NOMP
Original Image by Carl Jones Given that we’re through with half of 2012 here’s a quick recap of my favourite songs of the year so far (individual songs followed by a playlist). The songs while not ranked are broadly in ascending order of likeability. The list has 30 songs in all spread across two pages (look for the link to page two below the share buttons at the end of page one). Have a listen and let [...]
Feb 24, 2012, 3:37am NOMP
Given the fantastic response to last years list, here are seven female singers that I expect (hope) to make a mark on wider audiences than their current sphere of influence in 2012 and beyond. While the 2011 list had more mainstream artists on it, this year’s list reflects the evolution in my listening taste over the last year that I’ve spent blogging and features a more eclectic mix of female artists. Some (most) of them will never see the kind of success that say Adele (or even Jessie [...]
Jan 13, 2012, 3:30am NOMP
Original image by wintercool612 This is a list of 15 bands that I see ‘breaking out’ and reaching out to wider audiences in 2012. If they happen to be playing in your corner of the world then I would seriously recommend you check them out in the coming year. The list covers a range of artists from those who have been around for a while and have achieved a certain level of fame playing big music festivals and/or opening [...]
Dec 28, 2011, 2:26am NOMP
This the last post of 2011. Regular action will resume from the 2nd of January, 2012. Happy holidays everyone! These are the albums from 2011 that I enjoyed listening to the most. As a child of the 1990’s (oh well a teenager) I continue to maintain a certain bias towards alternative & hard rock. Four of my favourite albums from 2011 too would fall under this broad classification. What is heartening is that I finally seem to be broadening my listening horizons as well. The list [...]
Oct 28, 2011, 4:26am NOMP
Metallica play in my home town in a few hours time . Here’s a playlist of my favourite Metallica songs covering the period of the bands' work that I was really into (1983-1991). Metallica might not seem relevant now but there was a time when they were the best at what they did and were the biggest band in the world. Nothing can change that and take that away from James Hetfield and co.
Sep 23, 2011, 2:47am NOMP
Friday Favourite Five is back after a gap and this week features British pop singer-songwriter Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper better known as Lily Allen . Lily rose to prominence in the latter half of the noughties on the back of two cool (albeit very different) albums; Alright, Still (2006) and It’s [...]
Aug 26, 2011, 6:39am NOMP
I think I’ll have to change the name of this feature since I rarely stick to just five songs! I kicked off a project of sorts last month which entails my listening to the entire discography of a classic or cult band/artist whose music I have overlooked in the past (for various reasons) and then posting my version of the bands’ greatest hits (I actually got the idea from the post I did on The Pixies ). The first band picked as part [...]
Jun 17, 2011, 4:48am NOMP
Hey its Friday and Favourite Five time! This week features some of my favourite songs by a guy who turned up the fashion quotient in rock music like no other in the mid nineties, the ever cool Leonard Albert Kravitz better known to us as Lenny Kravitz . Check out a video playlist of some of Lennys best songs (for some reason his songs aren't available on Grooveshark!), songs included are It Ain't Over Till [...]
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Wow. Another mind-bending milestone in the TBE saga. 1000 is a big number but in the grand scheme of things it will only be the tip of the iceberg. Running this site for the past 28 months has been an honor and privilege and we all look forward to dropping more sweet jams for a long time to come. For now lets celebrate with a little mixtape I put together below. There is a theme in there somewhere... There are some potential changes to the site underway but until I get a breather from work I won't be [...]
Pétur Ben og Eberg eru tvö af stærri nöfnum íslenskrar tónlistarsenu. Þeir hafa hvor í sínu lagi sent frá sér hvert meistaraverkið á fætur öðru. Á plötunni Numbers Game leiða þeir saman hesta sína og útkoman er hreint frábær. Ýmsir góðkunnir gestir skjóta upp kollinum á plötunni en má þá nefna Mugison , Sigtrygg Baldursson , Nóa (Leaves), Gísla Galdur , Maríu (Amiinu) og Hildi (Amiinu). Platan inniheldur meðal annars hið gríðarlega vinsæla lag Come on come over" sem flestir ættu að þekkja úr Nova auglýsingum. [...]
Jun 10, 2011, 2:42am NOMP
FF5 is back after a gap of a couple of weeks and given the brilliant weather this morning in Delhi I am in the mood for some Korn. Korn have been around since 1993, releasing nine studio albums and countless hit singles over their long career. Check out some of my favourite songs by this nu metal band starting with Word Up! , a cover of Cameos’ 1986 hit. [...]
Because it all adds up in the end anyway, here's a somewhat mathematical ten pack for your listening pleasure. Buy some albums if you like what you hear, mi amigos da musica. I've got your number. Wire - The 15th MP3 Mantis - 199(7)1 MP3 The Outcasts - 1523 Blair MP3 Ry Cooder - 634-5789 MP3 Pere Ubu - Cloud 149 MP3 Prince Pompidou - 70 [...]
May 27, 2011, 2:26am NOMP
This weeks’ FF Five has the James Murphy led LCD Soundsystem , which officially retired in 2011, as the object of its affection. The band released three albums leading a kind of dance punk revival in the 2000’s (along with bands like The Rapture ) and in the process made some of the most memorable dance songs of the last decade. Check out some of my favourite songs by the band starting with Home [...]
May 20, 2011, 2:08am NOMP
I seem to be listening to a lot of music by male singer songwriters lately what with The Mountain Goats , Iron & Wine and William Fitzsimmons . Got another one for you today One of the best things about this break that I am on has been my discovering the music of Damien Rice , boy does he appeal to the [...]
May 13, 2011, 2:56am NOMP
Led by Brian Hugh Warner , Marilyn Manson were at the forefront of the industrial rock movement in the mid 1990’s. With a sound that was heavily influenced by Nine Inch Nails with whom they toured frequently and stage antics that would have made Alice Cooper proud, Marilyn Manson epitomized ‘shock and awe’ and thereby secured their name in rock folklore. The playlist below has my [...]
May 6, 2011, 1:31am NOMP
This weeks’ FFF features Californian alternative rock group Toad The Wet Sprocket who reached their hey day in the early 1990’s with their albums Fear (1991) and Dulcinea (1994). Check out a playlist of their best songs including Walk on The Ocean , All I Want from Fear and Nanci , Fall Down & [...]
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