Sanjoy Narayan

2 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Sanjoy Narayan

Deafheaven, a San Francisco band that emerged in 2010, has just released its sixth album, Lonely People with Power, which makes this a good time to examine how they became one of the most fascinating paradoxes in contemporary music. Their latest, released on March 28 via Roadrunner Records, marks what critics are calling a triumphant return to their blackgaze roots, after 2021’s more shoegaze-leaning Infinite Granite.

1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Sanjoy Narayan

There’s something humbling about stumbling onto greatness way after the hype train has left the station. Like binge-watching The Wire in 2024 (I did this!) and cracking open Dune with everyone else already quoting it (I’m on it!), my late discovery of the Sennheiser HD 600 headphones feels like I’ve unearthed a gem that’s been chilling in plain sight for nearly 30 years. For years, I have been a bit of an audio wanderer.

1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Sanjoy Narayan

Theirs is not casual genre-hopping. It is a deliberate act of reclamation and of storytelling. The collective’s output is a living archive of struggle, hope, and resilience; a bridge between past and present, between pain and the promise of deliverance. And while elusiveness may be one of Sault’s hallmarks, another is prolificity. Since their debut in 2019, they have released 12 studio albums and two EPs. They’ve been nominated for Brit and Mercury awards.

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | Sanjoy Narayan

India, May 10 -- In a world where artists constantly jostle for the limelight, the British collective Sault has made anonymity their signature. This refusal to play by the rules - they do no interviews, no music videos, have no public personas - hasn't dulled their impact. If anything, it has heightened the allure. With their latest album, 10, the band has reaffirmed their position as one of the most vital, enigmatic forces in contemporary music, their silence speaking volumes where others shout.

2 months ago | hindustantimes.com | Sanjoy Narayan

I know this will sound sanctimonious, but the gym is my temple (there, I said it). It’s a sacred space where sweat and steel forge resilience. For 28 years, I’ve leaned on the barbell. I’m a 65-year-old devotee still hitting the iron three to four days a week. This journey began in my late-30s, as a tentative flirtation with weights. It was, in part, a response to an early health warning, but the weights soon became a full-blown obsession.