Review
Ahmedabad-based singer-songwriter Brijesh Sarin is already a well-known name in the Indian indie music space for his songwriting and production skills. He gained immense...
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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
A Coming-of-Age Triumph via Brijesh Sarin’s ‘End of Teenage’
Danish Sood’s ‘everyone’s a baby’ is An Indie-Pop Mixtape for the End of Summer
Surrender, Myth, and Electronic Sound: Analyzing Sumedh K’s ‘Tulasidala’
‘Live at Hideaway’ by Kristian Bent Band Delivers a Foot-Stomping Blend of Country and Folk Rock
Tsumyoki Blends Goan Roots and Afrobeats on new EP ‘AFRO YOKI’
- Industry Insight
Your ears are the biggest liars: Psychoacoustics for musicians
The Colour Of Music aka Synesthesia: Inside the Minds That See Sound
20 sound engineering terms musicians need to know for their next soundcheck
11 Ways How Independent Artists Are Growing Through Digital Music Marketing in 2026
AI Music: How Big Is It, What Are the Laws, and Why It Matters to You
- Featured
“Our vision today is to create original music that stays deeply rooted in Indian musical traditions” – In Conversation With Tarana
Are We Turning Concerts Into a Fandom Entrance Exam and Killing the Vibe?
Documentaries Around Indian Music You Should Definitely Watch
“A brotherhood of poetry, Carnatic soul, and progressive rock” – In Conversation With Motherjane on their latest album ‘Dobareh’
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Interview
Born out of a casual jam session during the Covid lockdown, Bengaluru-based seven-piece fusion rock band Tarana has evolved a sound that brings together...
Opinion
There’s a conversation I’ve had a hundred times this year. Someone mentions an artist playing in the city and before anyone can get excited,...
Review
The first thing I noticed was a fridge door. The cover art of ‘everyone’s a baby’ showcases a paper butterfly, a magnet, a photograph...
Review
Devotion, whether religious, spiritual, romantic or material — has always resulted in output that has been textured in ways that have a pronounced difference...
Review
Led by Goa-based singer-songwriter Kristian Bent, The Kristian Bent Band is a five-member roots-rock outfit at the forefront of India’s independent music scene. Along...
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...
Review
In our collective consciousness today, Punjab often gets reduced to stereotypes. Happy, jolly, loud people. Struggling farmers. Rap music and fast cars. Drugs and...
Review
There are some records, which are blatantly, and quite charmingly young. This is not a dig at the artists behind Delhivision’s Day One, who...
Review
The new hardcore EP by Pacifist can only be described as straight edged. The EP spends very little time dilly dallying and is also...
Review
Midival Punditz are no strangers to the indie music scene with a healthy chunk of their experiments growing to define the larger music landscape...
Interview
Abhishek Shukla is an accomplished photographer in the Indian scene, renowned for his distinct visual language in the music and culture industries. What began...
Industry Insight
When you’re making music, it’s easy to think you’re working purely with sound. Frequencies, levels, plugins, arrangements. But what you’re actually shaping is perception....
Review
When I am sent the preview link to Champak’s debut release, A1, I am positively intrigued. The source of my curiosity, I admit, is...
Review
In a year where 2026 continues to see a surge of new artists and fast-moving releases, projects that choose to slow down and reflect...
Opinion
There is this very specific feeling of hearing a song for the first time and thinking, “this is exactly what I needed and I...
Interview
SINASH’s music feels like it’s been unfolding in chapters, each release building on the last while quietly expanding his artistic language. From Baalma to...
Review
I have spent a large part of my life somewhere in the hills. Tawang, Ladakh, Himachal, the specifics changed but the feeling never did....
Industry Insight
Have you ever heard a song that felt blue?Or a chord that somehow felt warm, like orange light? Most of us say things like...
FEATURED
Set against the raw, untamed beauty of Himachal’s highlands, Voodoo Valley returns as a carefully constructed passage into something deeper. Now in its fifth...
Review
Josiah Ranpal is a guitarist from Gangtok, Sikkim, who runs a jazz fusion and jazzcore project called That’s Not Self Help. His music is...