Taran Dugal

Dec 16, 2024 | rollingstoneindia.com | Taran Dugal

In Islamic tradition, the father of a newborn is expected to recite the adhan, or call to prayer, in his child’s right ear, so that the first sounds the baby hears upon entering this world are exaltations of God’s supremacy, setting them on a path of grace and virtue.

Nov 14, 2024 | newyorker.com | Taran Dugal

There’s a built-in elegiac quality to the work of Robert Frank; indeed, one could say the same about a lot of photography—that the document exists because of what the photographer didn’t want to forget. But Frank’s genius was in knowing that life moves on, even if we want to stop it, or aspects of it, in a frame.

Nov 13, 2024 | monsterchildren.com | Taran Dugal

Odds are, Colin Greenwood is the most famous guy you’ve never heard of. In fact, if you’re a fan of turn-of-the-century rock, there’s a very good chance that his music has been either the a) object of your worship, b) wellspring of your tears, c) soundtrack to your love, or, perhaps most likely, d) all of the above. He has been nominated for twenty Grammy Awards; he has won six of them. His records have sold tens of millions of copies across the world.

Sep 4, 2024 | rollingstone.com | Taran Dugal

September 4, 2024 New York grunge band Pretty Sick is one of many in-the-know acts that has performed at the Hancock.

Aug 31, 2024 | creem.com | Taran Dugal

ROMANTICIZE THATFontaines D.C. in the flesh are nothing short of animalistic glory. At the postpunkers’ recent gig in Brooklyn, the crowd moved en masse—a seething, kinetic chaos that wreaked havoc on the dance floor. Between songs, an older patron in front of me pulled out a crumpled pack of Marlboro Reds, lit one with a match, cheefed the entirety of it in four biblical drags, threw the butt down, stomped it out, and then, still reeling from the buzz, promptly fell flat on her face.