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Few have captured artistic honesty, musical purity, and sheer songcraft as LAs Goldspot do on their full-length debut Tally Of The Yes Men: an inspired melding of decades of rock and pop influences with the melodic sensibilities of old Indian film music. Imagine Paul Simon heading to Mumbai to record his next record and listening to the Cure on the flight and youre getting close.
Siddhartha (founder, lead singer / songwriter of Goldspot) is quick to pay tribute to his early influences: “I grew up listening to whatever my parents had in their cassette decks - Mohd. Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh - these were great Indian playback singers from the 1940’s and 50’s. The melodies were brilliant. And then one day when I was 14, I figured out that if you flipped the switch on the stereo from ‘tape’ to ‘radio’ you could hear music with English words. That’s when I heard R.E.M.’s Green, and it was my first introduction to Western music.”
Goldspot thrives on Siddhartha’s creative chemistry with drummer and co-writer Ramy Antoun. “Sid would come to me with demos of the songs that he had recorded in his apartment, and we would finish them together.” “We both have similar backgrounds,” notes Siddhartha, referring to his Indian upbringing and Ramy’s formative years in Egypt. “There’s a lot of connection on that level,” confirms Ramy.
Siddhartha (founder, lead singer / songwriter of Goldspot) is quick to pay tribute to his early influences: “I grew up listening to whatever my parents had in their cassette decks - Mohd. Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh - these were great Indian playback singers from the 1940’s and 50’s. The melodies were brilliant. And then one day when I was 14, I figured out that if you flipped the switch on the stereo from ‘tape’ to ‘radio’ you could hear music with English words. That’s when I heard R.E.M.’s Green, and it was my first introduction to Western music.”
Goldspot thrives on Siddhartha’s creative chemistry with drummer and co-writer Ramy Antoun. “Sid would come to me with demos of the songs that he had recorded in his apartment, and we would finish them together.” “We both have similar backgrounds,” notes Siddhartha, referring to his Indian upbringing and Ramy’s formative years in Egypt. “There’s a lot of connection on that level,” confirms Ramy.
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palehorserider wrote:
Does anyone have the new album?
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Sh0ck3 wrote:
<3 HIMYM
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ManuLima wrote:
yes, it was. :D
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Ronnie11 wrote:
yup...rewind song was used in how i met your mother season 5 ep 2
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beatfanatic wrote:
I did support this artist tyler, I just bought their new album from their myspace. something I dont do very often.
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tylerstravis wrote:
@beatfanatic support this artist.
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OnThe11th wrote:
@beatfanatic: YES! :) During the "what if.." scene.
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beatfanatic wrote:
did I just hear "Rewind" on How I Met Your Mother??
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ndsamsays wrote:
you guys are awsomeee i would love to hear you play in new york : )
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beatfanatic wrote:
apparently the new album is out? anyone know where i can download it. and yeah dont give me that "support the artist" bullshit.
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goldspot7 wrote:
friday is amazin
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beatfanatic wrote:
great find
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peacebiotch wrote:
Glad to see they've got a new one coming.
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meburtty wrote:
i agree that the float on cover is better. absolutely wonderful
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felipemujica wrote:
The float on cover is better than the original, great!
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alternrock143 wrote:
could someone tell me where i can download the complete album plzz
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alternrock143 wrote:
Goldspot is cool Their music is so freakin awesome iv actually discovered them just a few days ago but now its one of my fav band Today is friday is the best song
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matav wrote:
nice music
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lambeth_tom wrote:
new album, please
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Stahlin wrote:
Yeah their float on cover is great!
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