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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
Shaastriya Sangeet Vol. II is the Tabla-Techno Crossover You Never Saw Coming
Runt’s eponymous album Is a Gritty, Honest Debut Rooted in Alternative Rock
Sambit Chatterjee’s ‘Letters for Inca’ Is a Labour of Love and Genre – Fluid Experimentation
Khokkosh.’s ‘Public Fluid and Digital Remembrance’ drowns you with unhinged sound design and graphic writing
From Folk to Dissonant Electronica: Shashwat Bulusu’s Sonic Confessions in ‘Pinocchio’
- Industry Insight
Your ears are the biggest liars: Psychoacoustics for musicians
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
- Featured
“We weren’t simply building a pressing plant; we wanted to build an ecosystem” – In-Conversation with Saji Pillai – Founder of Samanvii
From Shabad to Trap: The Unstoppable Evolution of Rashmeet Kaur
“You can’t really fake curiosity or love for a language or culture just to chase an audience” – In Conversation With Damini Bhatla
“Our vision today is to create original music that stays deeply rooted in Indian musical traditions” – In Conversation With Tarana
Are We Turning Concerts Into a Fandom Entrance Exam and Killing the Vibe?
Interview
In 2024, Samanvii commissioned India’s first new vinyl manufacturing facility after nearly four decades, contributing to the revival of vinyl culture and physical formats...
Opinion
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...
Interview
If you’ve been paying close attention to India’s independent scene, you know a chunk of the freshest sounds are coming from artists who experiment...
Interview
Born out of a casual jam session during the Covid lockdown, Bengaluru-based seven-piece fusion rock band Tarana has evolved a sound that brings together...
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Gear up for the best playlist ever! With the 87th release spotlight, we bring to you our favourite releases (including singles, albums, and EPs)...
Interview
Aarya is a singer-songwriter based in Mumbai who draws his influence across various genres of music. He was also part of the Bacardi House Party Sessions in...
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This callback is a special one, especially for all the Delhi Hip Hop connoisseurs out there.The album we’re gonna take in our crosshairs today...
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It’s said that an average individual is better destined to survive a tempestuous sea than the callous antagonism of the Delhi rap scene. The...
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It is difficult to understand the configurations of a city’s music scene, especially if you do not belong to it, and when the metropolis...
Interview
A 24-year-old singer songwriter from Pune, Kashmira Khot grew up with an Indian classical background. Influenced by classic pop and rock, her lyrical content...
Interview
Prakhar Saxena, commonly known as CBZ, is a musician, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, film composer and sound engineer based out of Mumbai. CBZ has been releasing...
Interview
From the last rows of a luminous room at the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre in New Delhi, I saw Cheryl Bains perform, alongside Elia...
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July is here and it brings on the cheer with the hottest tracks/EPs! From indie pop, pop ballad to some cool acoustic pop, we...