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The Indian Music Diaries
- 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
From Soft Confessions to Sharp Cries from Manipur: The Vocal Journey of Meewakching’s BILDUNGSROMAN
Freakyy’s ‘Kabaddi’: A Deep Dive into Identity and the Human Grind
A Deep Dive into Disarray: Tienas’ latest album ‘O (Deluxe)’
‘Strongest Boy Alive’ Marks A Bright Dawn for Savera’s Solo Career
‘Chehre’ by Karun: The masks we wear to survive and what happens when we remove them
- Industry Insight
Setting Up Your Music Business: Registration Essentials
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
- Featured
Release Roundup #99 – Indie Pop, R&B, Alternative & More!
Turn Up the Streets: 3 Days of World Music Day Celebration with Buskr Chowk
Producer-Led Albums: Why It’s Time We Let Them Take Center Stage
Kashmir is a haunt that never pauses: The legacy of Gaekhir Republik’s ‘Madnyan Shaam’
Flex-perience Over Experience- Is That the New Normal?
Review
Most of the music that I’ve been drawn to and have had a strong emotional connection with has usually had a common thread. Times...
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Right from the beginning, with chirping birds, ambient sounds and classical-like vocal stretching in the title track, Sanoli encapsulates the whole mood of this...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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...