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Upon first hearing ( and watching ) the thirteen minutes that comprise Mumbai based multi-instrumentalist and composer Jayesh Malani’s debut EP, I knew that...
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Review
In the vast, ever expanding silt plain of Indian independent music, where vegetation is overrun by singular-word titles to albums that sound like banality...
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Meet Joshua Singh, a Mumbai-based polymath whose music is a playground of analog textures, acoustic warmth, field recordings, and instinctive artistry. From co-producing Spud...
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I remember being about seven years old and a woman in front of me was curled up in bed and crying about a fight...
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EP Review: Rascals of the First Order – Caged Authority Bangalore-based rock band Rascals of the First Order make a bold entrance into India’s...
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Cover Picture by Nidhi Lodaya QLA, 2019. A crowd of familiar faces – a mixture of NCR’s liberal arts college contingent and prominent faces...
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Mumbai based rapper Poetik Justis is undoubtedly a veteran of the Indian hip-hop scene who has been around since its early days. Between Poetik’s...
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DZs Control, running a little over 30 minutes, is an outcome of a yearlong collaboration between Ahmedabad based rapper Dhanji and East Delhi based...
Opinion
I’m not very sure what I was up to musically at 23 (probably bang in the middle of my Tool/ NIN phase), but I...
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It’s 2021, and the COVID-19 pandemic is still lurking around. The world has become more virtually connected that ever before, so how can indie...
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While growth is unremitting, how do you know when you’ve ‘grown up’? Is adulthood about getting a job, getting married, or moving out? Irrespective...
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The Indian independent music landscape is flush with instances of small-time artists taking the audience by storm with their unique style and unparalleled delivery...
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Maalavika Manoj, popularly known as Mali, is known for her ethereal compositions, mostly drawn from her melancholic experiences. What sets her apart from the...
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‘If I wear a mask, it’s for hiding my scars. Nothing surrounds me, guess I’m a star’, these lines from the opening track ‘The...