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The word “indie”(short for “independent”) evokes the spirit of DIY creativity, artistic autonomy, and an ethos that resists commercial formulas. In India, however, the...
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I discuss Cornershop with my British friend at Chowpatty — someone I do not talk to anymore, but miss from time to time because...
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Put on five different Rashmeet Kaur songs back-to-back, and you could be forgiven for thinking you were listening to five different artists. There’s the...
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There’s a conversation I’ve had a hundred times this year. Someone mentions an artist playing in the city and before anyone can get excited,...
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If you spend enough time around musicians, creatives, or anyone trying to build a career in the arts, one phrase keeps appearing again and...
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The Evolving Landscape of Music Education in India : How Institutions Are Redefining Formal Training
India, and its landscape of music education, have always been in flux – and yet, it remains elusive. While popular understandings gravitate towards institutions...
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Gorillaz is a virtual band created by Damon Albarn (frontman of Blur) and comic artist Jamie Hewlett comprising of four fictional members – 2-D,...
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Mumbai, Bangalore and Gurgaon see a flood of international artists headlining events and festivals but that hasn’t been the case for the capital. Why?...
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Quite often, while reviewing music – I dunk on electropop, anything that is too reliant on synths and safely nestled in beat-topia. It is...
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There was a time in India when the best way to discover new music wasn’t Spotify playlists or Instagram reels; it was a college...
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The first Velvet Underground album sold not more than ten thousand copies but each of those ten thousand listeners –...
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Roymon is an interesting character who fluctuates between long rants and intense pessimisms as much as his music oscillates between sounding like The Strokes...
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Winston Balman is an extremely soulful musician whose songs mix stories with hillbilly blues to create melodies worth singing along to. He has multiple...
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The reason I got into vinyl was because there were these bands that I really liked but nobody around me listened to that kind...