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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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2026 has been loud. New sounds, new names, everyone trying something different, everyone racing to define what this year in music actually feels like....
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It has been four years since Qurbat, but the gap has done Bharat Chauhan no harm at all; if anything, his second album came...
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For the last few years, I have scoured the depths of Indian independent music looking for traces of ideology. It should not be a...
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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...
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It is that time of the year, when everything seems merry and despondent all at once. At one end there are people who are...
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Amongst the youngest indie musicians out there with a full-length debut album, Kiara Chettri has proven that talent and age don’t need to have...
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This year has been brutal to everyone in the music industry. One thing which kept us all going these past few months, or in...
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In the midst of the distressing pandemic – constant chaos and turbulence surround all of us every single day. Musicians reflect deeply on their...
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Humans have become wired to process information by coupling it thematically. Years of bundling up events, subjects and people, by the clique they belong...
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Shot single-handedly by photographer and visual artist, Arsh Grewal, in her bedroom during the lockdown, the music video for Kamakshi Khanna’s latest single, Qareeb,...
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This year has been brutal to everyone in the music industry. One thing which kept us all going these past few months, or in...
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Shantanu Gursal aka Smg is a Mumbai-based producer who made his debut earlier this year. With a debut single called ‘Walk’ already well received...
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Vaibhav Malhotra, a singer-songwriter based out of New Delhi, released his debut EP ‘Afsana’ early last month, a record to remember, one that lingers...
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Pune based singer-songwriter Gaurav Tophakhane has come to become a staple name in the independent music circuit owing to a string of back to...
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Live music is back! Chennai-based alternative band The F16s performed for the first time, after 10 months since the global pandemic, at Mumbai’s AntiSOCIAL,...
Interview
The Delhi-based artist’s third single, her first in English, recounts the all too familiar restlessness of a sleepless night through sombre vocals and a...
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If you’ve ever attended their gig, this band doesn’t need an introduction. With drone-y grooves and fuzzy guitars, they’ve managed to create a place...
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Scream Arjun Vagale and you’ll have a 100 people surround you asking “Where?”. A pioneer on the Indian Electronic Music and techno scene, Vagale...
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Every few weeks there are so many singles released by both, renowned musicians as well as completely new ones in the Indian independent music...
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Aditya Lodha aka Adi born in Mumbai, the youngest member in a family of 16, was exposed to the melodies of Indian musical maestros...