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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
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’
Modular Delirium: Inside the fractured sonic landscapes of Somnium Monkey’s ‘Vettam’
- 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...
FEATURED
India’s festival season is here. From late-2025 through end-2026, the calendar fills with eco-conscious gatherings, indie retreats, global headliners, heavy-metal rituals and vineyard sessions...
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The indie circuit of India is overflowing with fresh sounds and this roundup highlights just how diverse the landscape has become. Whether it is...
Opinion
Arshaq Malik is a Bangalore-born and UK-based rapper/producer who has established himself as one of the most versatile hip-hop voices from the Indian underground....
Opinion
Aksomaniac is a producer, pianist and storyteller who has steadily been reshaping the emotional vocabulary of Malayalam R&B. He paused his pursuing of engineering...
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The JBL Music Academy has steadily grown into one of India’s most exciting platforms for emerging musicians — a space where raw talent meets...
Interview
Siddharth, widely known as S.I.D, is a versatile figure in Kannada hip-hop, functioning as a rapper, music producer, editor, and visual effects artist. With...
Interview
Varun and Rengan (also referred to as Ren throughout the length of this interview) are unabashedly honest. Going by the artist monikers of 14thindian...
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What is that feeling when a song reminds you of something that never was? Sometimes you hear an act and wonder why the views...
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There are nights when the music feels heavier than the walls that try to contain it. The air grows dense with distortion, the low-end...