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- News
From Indie Folk to Soulful Indie: Raghav Meattle, Swarathma & Suzonn Cook Up a Touring Feast
Music or Monolith? Why Spotify’s Audiobook Move Might Prove To Be A Disaster For Artists
He Said, They Said: ‘Enjoy Enjaami’ Creators and Maajja Label in Payment Standoff
Facepalm at SPXCEJXM: The Ongoing Festival Fiasco and What it Means for the Indian Music Scene
Puerto Rican Artist Melissa Otero Sends Legal Notice to Mood Indigo Team Accusing Them of Mistreatment
- Reviews
‘Maqsad’ by Faizal: A Reverse Journey Through Identity, Faith, and Everything In Between
Shubhank Sharma’s Himalay Se is A Progressive Rock Ode to Mountain Silence
Josiah Ranpal’s Latest EP Is a Late Night Jazz Fever Dream
Albela brings The Eccentric Voice of Nangloi and Radical Truth to Desi Hip-Hop through latest album
When Hush Falls’ EP ‘Migration’ Brings Tranquility Through Electronica and Field Recordings
- Industry Insight
The Colour Of Music aka Synesthesia: Inside the Minds That See Sound
20 sound engineering terms musicians need to know for their next soundcheck
11 Ways How Independent Artists Are Growing Through Digital Music Marketing in 2026
AI Music: How Big Is It, What Are the Laws, and Why It Matters to You
Setting Up Your Music Business: Registration Essentials
- Featured
One Song Out, Ten Thousand Fans: What OutStation Tells Us About Building a Fandom Before a Discography
In Conversation With SINASH -Tracing the Art, The Music and The Journey That Led to Bairaagi
Voodoo Valley Returns for a Three-Day Convergence of Music, Community, and Nature
Sound of Women: Preserving the radical & unheard folk voices Through a Mobile Studio
“The dancefloor and the introspective space don’t have to be separate” – In Conversation With Albela
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Opinion
There is this very specific feeling of hearing a song for the first time and thinking, “this is exactly what I needed and I...
Interview
SINASH’s music feels like it’s been unfolding in chapters, each release building on the last while quietly expanding his artistic language. From Baalma to...
Review
I have spent a large part of my life somewhere in the hills. Tawang, Ladakh, Himachal, the specifics changed but the feeling never did....
Industry Insight
Have you ever heard a song that felt blue?Or a chord that somehow felt warm, like orange light? Most of us say things like...
FEATURED
Set against the raw, untamed beauty of Himachal’s highlands, Voodoo Valley returns as a carefully constructed passage into something deeper. Now in its fifth...
Review
Josiah Ranpal is a guitarist from Gangtok, Sikkim, who runs a jazz fusion and jazzcore project called That’s Not Self Help. His music is...
Interview
Somewhere across the hills, forests, and villages of India, a bus travels from one community to another carrying more than recording equipment. Inside it...
Review
Albela is unlike an average rapper. He raps as radically as Eminem in his prime. His music is defined by an extremely honest approach...
FEATURED
“The dancefloor and the introspective space don’t have to be separate” – In Conversation With Albela
As independent music continues to give an ever-evolving platform to cross-genre experimentation, artists like Albela are redefining what music can convey. By integrating deep-rooted...
Uncategorized
The wait is finally over! We are back with the 7th edition of the Indian Music Diaries Awards, marking another year of celebrating the...
Review
When Hush Falls’ EP Migration, on first listen, sounds like daybreak liquified into record format – which is topical, perhaps considering the first track...
FEATURED
What happens when a corporate leader with 13 years of experience at Google and YouTube Music takes a year-long sabbatical? For Saransh Kharbanda, that...
Review
The Dhanan Project held onto its music for decades before deciding to share it with the world fully. Their self-titled debut carries compositions that...
Interview
Prathik has been the FOH for Peter Cat Recording Co, The F16’s and many more premier acts. From revealing what it is actually is...
Industry Insight
Soundcheck is often where the biggest misunderstandings between musicians and sound engineers happen. Performers are focused on how music feels on stage, while engineers...
Review
Aditya Malve, aka DJazz, with his latest EP ‘Her Mom’s A Gypsy,’ has created a sound that feels fluid, textured, and constantly evolving. It...