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In the Danish band Choir of Young Believers, there are many singers. Half of the near-dozen members on This Is for the White in Your Eyes (Tigerspring), the group’s European debut album, contribute backing vocals. But there is only one Voice: founding songwriter Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, who manages to sound utterly alone – singing in [...]

Michael Jackson’s Unheard Music

Inside his final recordings – and the hundreds of unreleased tracks from his vault
By Brian Hiatt and Steve Knopper

Additional reporting by Shirley Halperin

Online Game: Farragomate

Genre: Word Game
Critters/ http://www.casualcollective.com/games/Farragomate
Three Stars

Bionic Commando

Genre: Third Person Action
Capcom/Xbox 360/PS3
Four Stars
Rs 3499

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Genre: Action-Adventure
Rockstar Games/Nintendo DS
Four and a half Stars
Rs 1699

INFAMOUS

Genre: Action-Adventure
SCEA/PS3
Four Stars
Rs 2499

Baulsphere

WRITER: Mimlu Sen
PUBLISHER: Random House India
[Three stars]

In The Flesh: Ten Comic Stories Of Twisted Love

WRITER: Koren Shadmi
PUBLISHER: Random House
[Three Stars]

A Drifting Life

Writer/Artist: Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Publishers: Drawn and Quarterly
[Four Stars]

Lata Mangeshkar in Her Own Voice

WRITER: Nasreen Munni Kabir
PUBLISHER: Niyogi Books
Four stars

Reviews

★★★1/2 Skrillex – Bangarang

★★★1/2 Skrillex – Bangarang

Rising “brostep” star clobbers the club...

February 20 2012 / View Comments / Read More »

★★★ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Original Soundtrack

★★★ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Original Soundtrack

Trent Reznor’s new score is three hours of ominous, oddly alluring atmospheres ...

February 20 2012 / View Comments / Read More »

★★★ Sky Rabbit – Sky Rabbit

★★★ Sky Rabbit – Sky Rabbit

The erstwhile Medusa deliver a game-changing album, starting with name change...

February 20 2012 / View Comments / Read More »

Gig Calender

SPD-SX Sampling Pad Now in India

Musicians in India can finally make their music richer with the launch of the SPD – SX sampling pad in the country. To take it on a test-drive,  a free for all workshop and gig is being organized to highlight the qualities of this unique groove box.

Japanese percussionist Masaking and Sivamani will show the various applications and sound of the new sampling pad. The duo will perform on the TD- 20KX – V drums and use the SPD- SX to create live loops.

Be there on February 9th, 2.30 pm at Hotel The Mirage,  Andheri (E).

Masaking will be taking the same session solo a day before on February 8th, 2 pm at Hotel Golden Park, Kolkata.

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