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The Indian Music Diaries
- 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
Spryk’s ‘Afterglow’: A New EP That Explores the Intersection of AI and Music
Hardbone’s “Sandesha”: A Story of Love, Loss, and Letting Go
Osho Jain’s “Uff”: A Gentle EP filled with Tenderness and Honesty
Arseniic’s Debut EP ‘The Omnisight Domain’: A Heavy Metal Exploration of Human Suffering and Hope
Pune Band Ren’s Debut EP is A Genre-defying Rollercoaster of Love, Loss, and Everything In Between
- Industry Insight
Shedding Light on the Evolving Landscape: Reclaiming Black Box Royalties in the Indian Music Industry
The DIY Musician’s Toolkit: Building a Home Studio Under 10k
Behind the Playlist: Decoding Our Fascination With Spotify Wrapped
Why Music Events Should Be More Inclusive and Need Reforms
Offline Music Marketing Tools For Every Independent Musician
- Featured
Are Music Festivals in Northeast Contributing to Tourism?
Release Spotlight #92 – Carnatic Fusion, electronica pop, & more!
In Search of Sonic Sovereignty: Why We Need More Regional Music Representation In Streaming Platforms
“I don’t want my classical background to limit me, so I keep an open mind”- In Conversation With LAMI
Release Spotlight #91- Acid Electronica, Experimental Rock, Lo-Fi Rock, & More!
Opinion
It was around 2018 that I stumbled upon Fiddler’s Green’s performance of Resham Firiri on YouTube, and I was hooked right away. The way...
Opinion
The act of looking for new music that floats your sonic boat, and fits into the shape of your listening patterns can often be...
Opinion
“We have art in order not to die of the truth.” Nietzsche’s assertion ties into the idea that art exists as a form of...
Opinion
So, you, like a million others in the country, did not get tickets to the Coldplay concerts in Mumbai? Presumably, you set up multiple...
News
The adage of there being no ethical consumption under capitalism, like most adages, stands too true; the handy anticapitalist aphorism, beneath its radical sonority,...
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In art and in life alike, exposure is a notion more political than one might usually consider. To be acknowledged, accorded, and finally, hopefully,...
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Perfection in art—whatever the word might signify—holds a scarcely tested position. Revisions, redefinitions, reorientations and the myriad words emblematic of incurred change, perhaps justifiably...
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After releases of his singles like Sheeshmehal, Batti, Baaliyan and his EP, Lekh, all of which explored different areas of the musical spectrum, Karun...
Interview
Music and dance as arts have long ceased to constitute a binary. If singing ambles out of the chrysalis of the self, dancing—being an...
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My mother (Amma in Kannada) is from a family where everyone learnt to play an instrument or sing. A great grandfather spent his time...
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At the heart of India lies a city bustling with clanks of iron and steel, Jamshedpur. A city so busy and diverse that it...
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Hip-Hop by brown people popularly known as ‘Desi hip-hop’ has quickly become the most sought after genre of music in India, so much so...
Opinion
One might find several artists who claim to have taken up music to escape monotony. Still, very few have dared to create their sound...