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<\/p>\n\nEver since those floppy Beatles and hip-wiggling Stones stormed our Atlantic coast, American music mags lurve warbling on about the newest “Brit Invasion!” like retarded canaries in a perfectly oxygenated coal mine. Remember Blur? Pulp? The Verve? Ah, ’twas a Bittersweet Symphony indeed, Richard.\n<\/p>\n\n
Coldplay is doing its best to launch a one-man (you know it’s true) full-frontal assault…but Mr. Martin sounds too intent on supporting Gwyneth and the Appletini to make anything really fresh these days.<\/p>\n\n
So it’s with much interest that I’ve noticed that Brit-based Bhangra seems to be stealthily making unheralded inroads in the US. “Get ur Freak On” seemed to trigger something<\/i> cuz soon after we had that Jay-Z rapping on Panjabi MC’s “Mundian to Bach Ke,” and no less than three<\/i> (3) dancehall tracks with the Diwali Riddim. Sean Paul’s “Get Busy” being the best known.<\/p>\n\n
Now, I’m pretty clueless about the Sardaar-scene, and know I’m a bit out of my depth here, so please refrain from tugging your beards and whipping your karas at me. please? I can’t do any worse than this Popmatters review<\/a> that describes bhangra as:<\/p>\n\n Well, I hope.<\/p>\n\n At any rate, (and thanks Punjabi Boy<\/a>) the previous post<\/a> illustrates viral marketing at its finest:<\/p>\n\n May I draw your attention to the timing? Brilliant, I think. Besides, I hear there was a call<\/a> for more turban-ed hotties…….Way to work it boys \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n Related posts: 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ever since those floppy Beatles and hip-wiggling Stones stormed our Atlantic coast, American music mags lurve warbling on about the newest “Brit Invasion!” like retarded canaries in a perfectly oxygenated coal mine. Remember Blur? Pulp? The Verve? Ah, ’twas a … Continue reading \ndance music with the tabla beat at its base, sounding very much like drum’n’bass, sometimes with rapping but usually with Indian pop as its melodic focus.<\/blockquote>\n\n
\nThe Xbox game, which is expected to hit the streets in November 2005, will feature two tracks by Achanak<\/a>…taken from their forthcoming album, Bhangra-ology<\/i>, which is due for release on 19th September 2005<\/b>. Tigerstyle<\/a> will have three tracks…lifted off their forthcoming, yet to be titled album, which is scheduled for a November 2005 release<\/b>.[link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n