Summer sounds
4 MUST-HEARS
| The double CD/tape pack incorporates the best grooves this year with names ranging from Paul Van Dyk, Benny Benassi, Timo Maas amongst others, bringing to the Indian party scene sounds that are the current rage in the UK underground. [double CD Rs 495, double cassette Rs 200, Universal Music] |
| And if just grooving to a beat doesn't de-stress you enough, the pick of the week is the much awaited debut album Permission to Land of rock phenomenon The Darkness, which transformed the metal wielders image from being underdogs to world rockers. |
| In an Idol-dominated age where "rock" bands take pride in branding themselves as depressed, uncharismatic, Cobain-obsessed whiners, The Darkness has singlehandedly shattered every convention . |
| The sheer clarity in their robust overthrows and loud control on their artillery, makes this a headbanger's perfect evening out with a few gallons of Budweiser. No they aren't the next Led Zeppelin or the next Van Halen, but as long as the power quartet continue to give our woofers a much needed workout, no one's complaining. [ CD Rs 399, EMI music] |
| But if headbanging isn't the cool thing to do even with regulated indoor temperatures, Doves' newest album Some Cities is as good a lounge experience as any of their previous albums. |
| Despite the crunch in its urban sound metaphors, ranging from industrial sounds to soap opera themes, it's the ideal accompaniment for a fine tuned evening. |
| Bringing a distinct aspirational city quality to its sounds, the album with its uncompromising solidity is like a soundtrack that city listeners would be able to relate to. [ CD Rs 400 EMI Music] |
| Moving away from largely ambient options, little heard of group Athlete, incorporate rather unathletic use of sounds that maynot be doing perfect baton passing between song titles, but are pleasing in a pop-ish way nevertheless. |
| Their album Tourist infuses enough bubbly guitar licks with more mature sounding string arrangements, and choral piano sections. A deliberate attempt to show that they want to move on from just being a soft band is glaringly obvious in the arrangement. |
| They have moved on from their pop days, and though it's too early to say whether their minimalism can challenge Coldplay, this is a foursome you'd like to keep an eye on. [CD Rs 400 EMI Music] |