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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
Delhi Rapper Smoke Drops New EP “Khel Kood,” Showcasing Evolution and Experimentation
Sanjith Hegde’s New EP Sunjuice Is An Ode To Brighter Things
Reeshabh Purohit and Shivaraj Nataraj’s New EP Ananta Combines Beatboxing and Hindustani Classical
SOS’ New EP TARYAQ Promises You That They Are Here To Stay
Bharg’s “Nithalla” Hints at a New Direction After Punk Phase
- Industry Insight
Collaborate, Innovate, Elevate: Inside the Exclusive Madverse for Managers Event
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
- Featured
“I belong to a family of musicians, and I am the third generation to do so” – In Conversation With Divyam Sodhi
“I can never be bored in Chennai because you go outside and there are thousands of stories” – In Conversation With Dhee
Dive into the World of Jazz This Winter at G5A Warehouse’s ‘That Friday Jazz’
“It’s Truly A Dream Come True To See My Independent Music Featured In Mainstream Cinema” – In Conversation With Siddharth Pandit And Alok Ranjan Srivastava
“Many rappers are programmed to produce songs that degenerate the conscious human mind”- In Conversation with Yelhomie and Moko Koza
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...
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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...