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Tjinder Singh's Cornershop has created the perfect hybrid of Western indie rock and swirling Eastern traditional music: Hindi-pop. It's not like what the Beatles did with sitars nor is it classifiable as worldbeat: Cornershop is unique. "Jullandar Shere" opens and closes the album on an Eastern note but with a hip-hop twist. It's an adventure in lo-fi noise pop with the drone of tamboura, native percussion, and processed vocal sung in Punjabi providing the rhythm. "Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu" conveys indignation through its angry guitar and spit-sung lyrics. "Call All Destroyer" has Singh leading on funky bass like old-school political rockers Gang of Four. The anti-melodies are similar to stock indie rock, but the sonic dissonance created on dholki, harmonium, and flute separates Cornershop from the pack as they reclaim a racial stereotype (that every Asian in Great Britain tends a corner shop) while creating their very own roots music with a message.
© Denise Sullivan /TiVo
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Cornershop, MainArtist
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist - T. Singh, Composer, Writer
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist - T. Singh, Composer, Writer
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist - Tjinder Singh, Lyricist, Producer - T. Singh, Composer, Writer
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist - T. Singh, Composer, Writer
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist - T. Singh Dholki, Writer
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist - T. Singh, Writer
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist - Tjinder Singh, Writer
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1997 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist - Tjinder Singh, Writer
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist - Tjinder Singh, Lyricist - T. Singh, Composer, Writer
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist - Tjinder Singh, Lyricist - T. Singh, Composer, Writer
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Cornershop, MainArtist - Tjinder Singh, Writer
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
Tjinder Singh's Cornershop has created the perfect hybrid of Western indie rock and swirling Eastern traditional music: Hindi-pop. It's not like what the Beatles did with sitars nor is it classifiable as worldbeat: Cornershop is unique. "Jullandar Shere" opens and closes the album on an Eastern note but with a hip-hop twist. It's an adventure in lo-fi noise pop with the drone of tamboura, native percussion, and processed vocal sung in Punjabi providing the rhythm. "Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu" conveys indignation through its angry guitar and spit-sung lyrics. "Call All Destroyer" has Singh leading on funky bass like old-school political rockers Gang of Four. The anti-melodies are similar to stock indie rock, but the sonic dissonance created on dholki, harmonium, and flute separates Cornershop from the pack as they reclaim a racial stereotype (that every Asian in Great Britain tends a corner shop) while creating their very own roots music with a message.
© Denise Sullivan /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:21:30
- Main artists: Cornershop
- Composer: Tjinder Singh
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2010 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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