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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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‘ If you think Rave Deprivation is a myth invented by those who party often, then you’re only half right. It is true that...
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What role does cultural education play in the creative life of an individual? We often find that people who have lived in many places,...
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India is currently in the midst of a musical revolution. Indian independent music is breaking onto the world stage and at the centre of...
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Delhi has been home to a plethora of quality artists pushing out experimental projects in the past few years. Artists from the city that’s...
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While a whole lot of working professionals were attempting to cope with the pandemic last year, musicians saw this as an opportunity to hone...
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In the eye of the storm that is the isolation, which was handed to us so generously by the pandemic, we often felt like...
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Aditeya Shukla’s latest EP “Just Wait, Sunshine” comes as a breath of fresh air. All the tracks in this EP are reminiscent of the...
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As Hip Hop has evolved through the years, it has diversified into multiple genres. From trap, to emo rap, this genre has branched out...
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When Arsh Sharma, the frontman and one-man army for the electro-pop/rock/electronica project FuzzCulture entered into 2020, he had no intention to spend the year...