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The Indian Music Diaries
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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
Tsumyoki Blends Goan Roots and Afrobeats on new EP ‘AFRO YOKI’
Bharat Chauhan’s New Album ‘UNS’ Balances Old-School Writing With a Modern Sound
Deepak Peace’s ‘Hamlet Zinda Hai’ Restores Unapologetic Dissent to Indian Indie
Broken Grooves, Subtle Glitches: Inside Reverse Osmosis’ Unable Unstable
“A brotherhood of poetry, Carnatic soul, and progressive rock” – In Conversation With Motherjane on their latest album ‘Dobareh’
- 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
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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’
“You need to put in your 10,000 hours. Do it as if you don’t have anything else to do” – In Conversation With Akash Shravan
Release Spotlight #106 – Bossa Nova, Indie Pop, Electronica & More
All About Music Returns for Its 10th Edition, Thinking About the Next Decade, Not the Last One
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Review
2026 has been loud. New sounds, new names, everyone trying something different, everyone racing to define what this year in music actually feels like....
Review
It has been four years since Qurbat, but the gap has done Bharat Chauhan no harm at all; if anything, his second album came...
Review
For the last few years, I have scoured the depths of Indian independent music looking for traces of ideology. It should not be a...
Review
Reverse Osmosis returns with Unable Unstable, a 10-track LP released via Thunderstruck Records that embraces controlled chaos. Rooted in underground electronic music, the album...
Interview
“All of us are looking for second chances to be ourselves.” Suraj Mani tells us when asked about the story of the record and...
Music Festivals
Imagine being an artist at the receiving end of a disturbing call, in which you’re informed you won’t be playing at a music festival...
Interview
Despite the rise of independent labels over the last 5 years, the landscape is pretty barren. Independent labels struggle to last as long as...
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In this roundup, we explore some of the most innovative and exciting new tracks in the Indian independent music scene. From electronica to hip-hop,...
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Sxnchay is an up-and-coming Delhi based artist who aspires to construct his sound and strives for musical independence. Taking inspiration from Malcolm X and...
Review
Zain Calcuttawala aka Bulli Bainbridge is a Mumbai-based artist who stepped into the industry as an artist manager and gig programmer. Working at Blue...
Review
All is not well in the world. Amidst natural and man-made disasters, the most tragic is one of the apathy that we’ve slipped into....
Music Festivals
Campfire Music Festival, organised by The Monologue, is set to kick-off with its first edition on 18-19 February 2023 at Green Place, SBR, Ahmedabad....
Review
The new EP “khwab” by Mumbai-based alt-pop artist Jeevana and London-based indie-electronic-pop artist unluv is a dreamy collection of seven alt-lush pop songs that...
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1. The Aristocrats are back in India for the second time ever! They took their Indian fans by storm when they first announced a...
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Knowing how to make music alone doesn’t suffice to be an independent musician in the scene today. As the world is getting more interconnected,...
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Western Express Highway is an all-in-one package of high-energy blues and rock music, with eccentric costumes and thought-provoking conversations about freedom, rebellion, and change....
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After a few difficult years, owing to the pandemic, 2022 saw a return to festival season and regular programming. While a large part of...
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This month’s edition of Singles Roundup is sure to get you dancing with a selection of new and exciting tracks from pan India. From...
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It’s that time of the year again! The Indian Music Diaries is back with its 4th edition of the TIMD Awards, aimed at acknowledging...
News
Renowned folk-pop band When Chai Met Toast will make its venture into the Metaverse for the first time ever! Collaborating with the popular clothing...
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Anoushka Maskey is a singer-songwriter born in Sikkim and based in Navi Mumbai. Her career as an indie musician started out in 2020 with...