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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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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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Bengaluru based musician Space Hydra has always made electronic music. Exploring themes of dystopia, socio-political undercurrents and cosmic wonder, he blends brooding synths, cinematic...
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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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The tone is foreboding and the album almost creeps up on you, but Moosa Saleem’s fifth album starts off strong. The album is titled...
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Have you ever pondered about what makes your identity, during a moment of self-reflection or while thinking of the world? Assuming that many of...
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‘Dusty Kid is the Pink Floyd of Techno.’ A Ben Bohmer loving friend remarked to me while we were enroute back to our houses...
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Yashraj is back — this time with a 3-track EP, a near 8 minute project produced by NEVERSOBER and Talal Qureshi. Some of the...
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From the heart of Pune’s underground comes a concept project unlike anything else in mainstream Indian hip-hop space right now. Moksh is the latest...
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From the very polished street and uncluttered energy of Chandigarh, it was coincidence, or rather fate, that Sangram Malik found himself in a crowd...