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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
Rayjew’s ‘Birds of a Feather’: A Bold, Eclectic Hip-Hop Debut
Skrat’s New EP Circus Act Is An Indian Garage Rock Highlight
Switterbeat’s ‘Vicious Etudes’: An Exploration of Themes Like Love, Loss, and Unity
Serpents of Pakhangba’s ‘Air and Fire’: A Sonic Adventure Through Mythology and Metal
Joker’s Whoop’s ‘Beautiful Spell’ Is A Rock Odyssey Wrapped in Storytelling
- 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
“The studio is where the ideas are born, but the stage is where they come to life” In Conversation With Zefaan
“We need more people to represent our culture and sound” – In Conversation With Paal Dabba
Soundtracking the Mundane: How Begum’s ‘We Are Excited’ Turns Life’s Banality into a Groovy Escape
“Every track has its own journey, and that’s what keeps the process exciting” – In Conversation With Raj
2025 Vision: 7 Industry Insiders forecast the year’s trends
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2024 has seen a new batch of independent artists who create music using sounds that have not been explored before. Poorvaxxxpress, a multidisciplinary project...
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The modern audience dwells in a dynamic state of the music industry. As the chokehold of commercial projects, boosted by cash-rich contracts, sugar-coated with...
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Listening to records that traverse through routes of neo-soul, R&B chill and jazz especially when the creatives behind them are Indian, is always a...
Interview
Counted as one among the rising young class of singer-songwriters in India, Gini is a self-taught artist who became popular after her ‘Write A...
FEATURED
Northeast India has always been a fertile ground for cultural diversity and artistic talent to flourish. With bands like Great Society, Girish and the...
Review
Breaking out onto the scene with his never-seen-before multilingual, vernacular hip hop “The Intro”, Yung Sammy has been a force to reckon with ever...
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Gear up for the best playlist ever! With the 87th release spotlight, we bring to you our favourite releases (including singles, albums, and EPs)...
Interview
Aarya is a singer-songwriter based in Mumbai who draws his influence across various genres of music. He was also part of the Bacardi House Party Sessions in...
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Nikhil D’Souza, the voice behind Bollywood hits “Mere Bina” and “Shaam,” has captivated audiences with his melodious, soft-yet-powerful vocals for over a decade. In...
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This callback is a special one, especially for all the Delhi Hip Hop connoisseurs out there.The album we’re gonna take in our crosshairs today...
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It’s said that an average individual is better destined to survive a tempestuous sea than the callous antagonism of the Delhi rap scene. The...
Review
I have always believed that being an artist is no small feat. Not just because of the unconventional path they dare to take and...
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It is difficult to understand the configurations of a city’s music scene, especially if you do not belong to it, and when the metropolis...
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London-born Mumbai-based artist Vinayvvs has been having a consistent run this year, with his album ‘Anesthesia’ and a couple more EPs being released in...
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The Indian alternative pop scene has many incredible voices, and Frizzell D’Souza’s is among the most promising ones. Armed with introspective, intelligent lyricism, polished...
Interview
A 24-year-old singer songwriter from Pune, Kashmira Khot grew up with an Indian classical background. Influenced by classic pop and rock, her lyrical content...