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- News
From Indie Folk to Soulful Indie: Raghav Meattle, Swarathma & Suzonn Cook Up a Touring Feast
Music or Monolith? Why Spotify’s Audiobook Move Might Prove To Be A Disaster For Artists
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
- Reviews
‘Sediments’ by Sangram Malik: A Powerful Blend of Electronic, Rock, and Pop
Farhan Khan’s ‘Alif Laila (Part 2)’ Is Ambitiously Poetic
Delhi Rapper Smoke Drops New EP “Khel Kood,” Showcasing Evolution and Experimentation
Sanjith Hegde’s New EP Sunjuice Is An Ode To Brighter Things
Reeshabh Purohit and Shivaraj Nataraj’s New EP Ananta Combines Beatboxing and Hindustani Classical
- Industry Insight
Collaborate, Innovate, Elevate: Inside the Exclusive Madverse for Managers Event
Shedding Light on the Evolving Landscape: Reclaiming Black Box Royalties in the Indian Music Industry
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
- Featured
“I knew from that first theater show that this is what I wanted to do” In Conversation with Brinda Sreenivas
“I belong to a family of musicians, and I am the third generation to do so” – In Conversation With Divyam Sodhi
“I can never be bored in Chennai because you go outside and there are thousands of stories” – In Conversation With Dhee
Dive into the World of Jazz This Winter at G5A Warehouse’s ‘That Friday Jazz’
“It’s Truly A Dream Come True To See My Independent Music Featured In Mainstream Cinema” – In Conversation With Siddharth Pandit And Alok Ranjan Srivastava
Interview
Whether one intends it to or not, the music an artist creates will be labelled – by genre, by country, by era, by ‘vibe’....
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It’s been more than a year in India that the music industry had to put an indefinite halt on all live shows. These live...
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When it comes to online marketing, promotion and networking, Instagram is undoubtedly the go-to platform for musicians and creators. Instagram, essentially is a visual...
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‘Haal’ is the first instalment in the band’s double-sided album, ‘Siyah’, which contains eighteen tracks and is divided into four EPs. In the age...
Review
Mr. Todu’s debut album Aadarsh Bars is an all-out exercise in maximalism, genre-hopping every other track and blending sounds and styles which would otherwise...
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It’s been more than a year in India that the music industry had to put an indefinite halt on all live shows. These live...
Review
Kevin Shaji aka Pina Colada Blues has made quite a name for himself in Kerala’s music circuit. Kevin is an indie music producer hailing...
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humit, a social music app is re-imagining the way people discover music and share it. This startup aims to engage music enthusiasts into a...
Review
The significance, or the lack of it, of a name has been debated for ages. Perhaps even more questionable is the role a moniker...
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When Nikesh Hotchandani, Founder of NukeSound, and I, Akshay Kapoor, Editor at The Indian Music Diaries, started discussing possible partnerships between us a few...
FEATURED
It’s been more than a year in India that the music industry had to put an indefinite halt on all live shows. These live...
Review
Drummers as composers and band leaders are once again finding their (rightful) place at the forefront of modern jazz, aided and abetted by the...
Industry Insight
Gully Gang Co-founder Chaitanya Kataria recently recorded a podcast with Pawan Rochwani of Pepper Content where he discussed how Hip-Hop is perceived in India &...
Review
Ko-Lab is the debut 4-track EP by childhood friends and hip-hop duo, Irfana and Taslina. The ‘ko’ in Ko-Lab refers to Kodaikanal, the project...
FEATURED
It’s been more than a year in India that the music industry had to put an indefinite halt on all live shows. These live...
Industry Insight
It is a well acknowledged fact that there is a huge contrast between the Laws and the Industry practices in our country. This article...