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- News
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
Rock Band Competition “Wildfire” Returns at 65th Edition of Spring Fest, IIT Kharagpur
Spotify’s Royalty Model Changes And What Do They Mean For Independent Artists
- Reviews
Aanchal’s EP ‘Letters to Bombay’ Is Perfect Infusion of Blues With Memories
Smoke Establishes Himself With Style, Consistency and Charismatic Rhymes On Latest Mixtape ‘He Raps Like’
Inside the Making of ‘Thee Chirakukal’: The Trailblazing Journey of Gowwli
Indian-American Songwriter Sheherazaad Weaves Folklore With Creation Myths On “Qasr”
On Growing Up: Dissecting Green Park’s latest album “Newly Aged”
- Industry Insight
The DIY Musician’s Toolkit: Building a Home Studio Under 10k
Behind the Playlist: Decoding Our Fascination With Spotify Wrapped
Why Music Events Should Be More Inclusive and Need Reforms
Offline Music Marketing Tools For Every Independent Musician
A Case for Musical Improv Jamming Sessions, How They Benefit Musicians and How to Host One
- Featured
“If you are trying to make hits, you wouldn’t need to make some cutting-edge music” – In Conversation with Wolf Cryman
Converse India’s new campaign CWTU fuses genres while spotlighting emerging artists
“My songs are emotional coordinates to a particular phase in my life” – In conversation with INGA
Meet the jury #IMDAwards2024
“I believe that hip-hop can make social change only if the people listening also grow” – In Conversation with Kinari
Review
Aanchal Bordoloi is an Assamese- Bengaluru based artist known for her folk-soul, folk-rock and pop music. A previous member of Vienna songwriter circle in...
Review
Hailing from the hip hop laced streets of the capital, Delhi rapper Smoke released his mixtape ‘He Raps Like’ on the first day of...
Review
Unveiling their latest indie single ‘Thee Chirakukal,’ the experimental folk-rock ensemble Gowwli is setting a unique narrative. This Auroville-based band is a mix of...
Review
Across all borders, a truth remains: a woman’s worth is largely made up of what she can do for the world that she inhabits....
Review
The Dots, a 6-piece indie-rock act from the city of Kolkata, recently dropped their latest EP, Green Moss & Pitfalls, and it’s like a...
Review
A shared burden weighs heavy, oftentimes, on both singer-songwriters and auteurs in cinema: one of artistic responsibility. This is something which is usually excused...
Review
What makes a potentially unique and heartfelt music relies not only on how well the song is sung, but also on the formation of...
Review
There should be no second thoughts while claiming that DRV and Boyblanck are two of the best talents the trap sub-genre of DHH has...
Review
Overseas, hip-hop is a long way from representing the counter-culture in the same way that it once did. Since the genre’s formation, and gradual...
Review
Time and over again, the indie music scene proves to be a diverse mix of extraordinary musical experiences. This, of course, is an exuberant...
Interview
Music and dance as arts have long ceased to constitute a binary. If singing ambles out of the chrysalis of the self, dancing—being an...
Review
Michael Dias’s unique musical sensibility has created a buzz around his work since his debut work. The way in which a listener is introduced...
Review
2023 has witnessed an exponential rise in the relevance of Indian Hip-hop within the country and the global market. However, when it comes to...