Music Review
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Kashmir
With Kashmir at the forefront, it seems as good a time as any to go back to the eponymous song of The Yellow Diary (TYD) from their debut EP Marz. Continue reading
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Dikhaayi Diye Yun by Mir Taqi Mir – Translation and Summary
In this post, I attempt to decode and summarise the timeless ghazal ‘Dikhayi Diye Yun’ by Mir Taqi Mir. Continue reading
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Bandland 2024
The second edition of the Bandland Music Festival in Bengaluru on November 23 and 24 was as awe-inspiring as the first in 2023. Continue reading
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Why I like heavy metal music
Heavy metal music provides a balm to my soul that very few other genres do. Continue reading
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Desert Island Discs
It is a simple concept in which music aficionados, bearing in mind that they have got lost either in a desert or an island, select ONLY eight tracks that they will keep with them throughout their time in exile. Continue reading
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Watching Deep Purple perform
Part of a festival called Bandland, which took place on 16th and 17th December in Bangalore, the ‘fathers’ of hard rock stunned the crowd with brilliant renditions. Continue reading
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Watching the Yellow Diary perform
Merging rock with indie has never seemed easier, and one would be forgiven if recollections of The Local Train come to mind. Continue reading
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Music review: Appetite for Destruction by Guns N’ Roses
The sounds on Appetite, in my opinion, have not been matched by the band as yet, although 1991’s Use Your Illusion comes quite close. Continue reading
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Music Review: Kill ‘Em All by Metallica
Featuring brilliance in the fast percussion, low-register chords and shredding, Kill ‘Em All is one of the pioneering albums of the genre. Continue reading
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Music Review: Moral Panic by Nothing But Thieves
It does seem as if Nothing But Thieves have devised a sound for themselves that is quite intricate from what I heard on their self-titled album as well as Broken Machine. Continue reading
Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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