Interview
Punya Vashist, known to most people in music as pixlpxl, learned how to hold an air gun in the first grade and grew up...
The Indian Music Diaries - India's guide to contemporary music
Review
In Aadamkhor Vikas, Kaali Duniya samples an extract from an interview of poet Mahadev Toppo : “yeh dharti ko aadamkhor aur munafakhor vikas nahi...
Callback
I discuss Cornershop with my British friend at Chowpatty — someone I do not talk to anymore, but miss from time to time because...
Review
I remember having a conversation with a friend of mine, who also happens to be a visual artist, when I was visiting Goa. He...
Review
Mumbai/Bengaluru -based DJ and music producer DJazz (Aditya Malve) brings a distinctly intricate vision to India’s electronic music scene. With over a decade in...
Interview
In 2024, Samanvii commissioned India’s first new vinyl manufacturing facility after nearly four decades, contributing to the revival of vinyl culture and physical formats...
Review
“Andhera“, Hindi for darkness, is Naman’s most personal release yet, four self-produced tracks about love, isolation, and survival. “Darkness isn’t something dramatic or cinematic,”...
FEATURED
Ten years ago, All About Music set out to do something India’s music industry didn’t quite have yet, a dedicated, serious space for the...
Review
Packers & Movers made their debut album in a bedroom. Not “bedroom” as a vibe or a genre tag, an actual bedroom, next to...
Review
For decades, Uday Benegal has been synonymous with Indian rock. As the frontman of Indus Creed and one of the pioneers of India’s independent...
Interview
A rooftop in Safdarjung, a friend who arranged sound, and enough nerve to call it a show. That was 2018. Six years and 200...
Review
Sunset Bar is the latest collaborative project from Delhi-based singer-songwriter rohh and Mumbai producer Mr. Doss. Across five tracks, the duo explores the emotional...
Review
There is something devastating about growing up and realizing that love doesn’t always look the way movies promised it would. As children and teenagers,...
Review
Written, produced and mixed entirely by 20-year-old artist trick/switch over the course of a year and a half, the nine-track album sits somewhere between...
Interview
Yung Waris has shot music videos for a variety of musicians though he refuses to box himself as just a MV Director. ‘These days...
Review
Brooklyn-Mumbai producer/DJ/ Radio Host Rajah Betta has been slowly carving a space out for Indian & South Asian sounds on the dance floor. Closely...
FEATURED
Have you ever noticed how every fandom gradually develops its own sonic identity? A sound that becomes inseparable from the experience itself, instantly recognisable...
Opinion
Through conversations with Vasundhara Vee, Arjun Sagar Gupta of The Piano Man and Rajesh Punjabi of the Bombay Jazz Club, we unpack the current...
Opinion
There is something quietly radical happening in Indian hip hop right now, and you might miss it if you are only listening in Hindi...
Review
PCRC dropped new songs and played their evergreen hits to an auditorium bursting with enthusiasts Peter Cat Recording Co. (PCRC) performed in front of...
FEATURED
I think we’ve all seen the scene where a lone musician stands on a rain-slicked cobblestone street or a bustling subway station, their case...
Review
British-born and New York-raised, Karsh Kale is a defining figure in global electronic fusion who has spent the last 25 years acting as a...