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Picture this: You are in an interview and someone is asking you “What do you love about music?” and borrowing Russell’s dialogue from Almost...
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Emerging from the vibrant musical landscape of Gangtok, Sikkim, Harrowing Dearth is a compelling punk-prog duo comprising Josiah Ranpal and Abhinav Sharma. Josiah brings...
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SABR is the third studio album by Anirudh Varma Collective. The album features almost 50+ artists across India. It encapsulates themes of fate, determination,...
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There is something irretrievably special about producer-led music projects, especially when they rear their heads in the Indian independent soundscape. A metaphorical angel gains...
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Switterbeat, the musical alias of Bangalore-based Aditya AK, crafts genre-bending soundscapes that often speak on the themes of light and shadow. By day, he’s...
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The shamanic art metal outfit from Mumbai, Serpents of Pakhangba has unleashed their second studio album, Air and Fire, a sprawling 13-track concept album...
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Guwahati-based band Joker’s Whoop with a Steven Wilson-isque essence released their debut album Beautiful Spell, earlier this year. Picture yourself in moments of solitude...
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In just 9 minutes and 30 seconds, Urban Poet’s latest EP, Culture Ties, manages to do what some albums can’t achieve in an hour—pull...
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Pune-based alt-indie artist Trisha J is a storyteller – it does not take one much to figure that out. Within the first few minutes...
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At just 18, Shriya, a Mumbai-based singer-songwriter, has created an intimate, strikingly personal world in her debut EP, In A Box. This four-track collection...
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When I meet Dolinman, or more formally, Diptanshu Roy, in his 300 year old near-palatial home in Calcutta, in which he houses countless instruments,...
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There are albums you listen to, and then there are albums you experience. Quest by Antariksh is firmly in the latter category. From its...
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SYEYL’S new EP, Temporal Drift, is magnificent. I listen to it in the midst of Kolkata traffic, in the throes of noise and confusion...