It’s almost too often nowadays that you find your lonely self with just your phone, your earphones and some pretty fast internet to satiate that sudden craving to listen to some good music. Being at work, on a bus or plain sitting at home with nothing to do, finding the right kind of music online poses quite a formidable task with the number of options you have these days. But do you know your options? Are you stuck listening to something that in no way reflects the person that you are? Let’s look at some of the best choices you have to listen to music online.
By Philip Joseph
It’s almost too often nowadays that you find your lonely self with just your phone, your earphones and some pretty fast internet to satiate that sudden craving to listen to some good music. Being at work, on a bus or plain sitting at home with nothing to do, finding the right kind of music online poses quite a formidable task with the number of options you have these days. But do you know your options? Are you stuck listening to something that in no way reflects the person that you are? Let’s look at some of the best choices you have to listen to music online.
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By Aman Mittal
When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way. - Ravi Shankar By Aman Mittal The year ends and what a year it has been. When it comes to music we saw a lot of albums, singles, performances come and go. In a year when DJ Hardwell became the no. 1 DJ and Metallica played a concert in Antarctica. Funny how time goes by. So this time I bring to you a list of the top rated albums by users and even critic scores as seen on http://www.albumoftheyear.org . Pretty awesome site for all music lovers. It gave me immense help in compiling this and presenting it in an ordered format. Feel free to comment with your favourite music/album for this year and check out some of the ones mentioned here. ACCORDING TO USER RATING 1. Arcade Fire - Reflektor Released: October 29th, 2013 Genre: Indie Rock 2. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City Released: May 14th, 2013 Genre: Indie Rock 3. Darkside - Psychic Released: October 8th, 2013 Genre: Art Pop by Philip Joseph Anyone who's a fan of Indie music has a feeling that the genre has been around for decades and has evolved over time with the cultural on-goings of an age being deeply embedded in its substance. I know I do, but the raw fact is that Indie as a genre is fairly a recent discovery and comes from a time where non- commercial music was shunned down by a large part of society. And this society I talk of is mainly Britain and America in the late 70s and early 80s. 'Indie' as a word comes from 'Independent' and tells a story of how musicians in the early 80's found it hard to get record labels to sign them unless they produced music for the masses, music that was socially acceptable and music that would amuse their profit driven minds. The bands that wanted to make their own kind of music, however different from popular culture, had to sign with labels or studios that were independent of the major ones like Warner Music Group, EMI and PolyGram and often enough pays a lot lesser than the million dollar deals other bands in popular culture used to sign those days. Over the years 'Indie' has moved along from being a part of a independent record label with a number of genres to having more definition in style of music and lyrical layout. Bands in the present with the tag do not necessarily come from an independent label but still chose to be called so because they're inspiration and styles often mimic those in the 80's. Some of the most popular 'Indie' bands out there right now are The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers and The White Stripes. Next time you listen to them, remember where they've come from. |