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More than a decade after its beginnings in 2013, Runt, the alternative rock project led by Mumbai-bred singer-songwriter and producer Siddharth Basrur, arrives with...
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Runt’s eponymous album Is a Gritty, Honest Debut Rooted in Alternative Rock
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Khokkosh.’s ‘Public Fluid and Digital Remembrance’ drowns you with unhinged sound design and graphic writing
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From Shabad to Trap: The Unstoppable Evolution of Rashmeet Kaur
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Music, to me, has always been a soft embrace, something that lulls me to sleep, listens to my woes, and offers a steady shoulder...
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According to khokkosh a.k.a. Yashomati Parveen, this is an electronic album presented with a pop lens and I would tend to agree. Just because...
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In the history of music appreciation and criticism, oftentimes records have been rewarded with the term “honest” — in keeping with the tradition of...
Review
Let it be known, listening to droning modular synths while you are delirious with a fever is not ever, a good call. Let it...
Opinion
Put on five different Rashmeet Kaur songs back-to-back, and you could be forgiven for thinking you were listening to five different artists. There’s the...
Interview
Few acts in India’s rock landscape have pushed boundaries like Antariksh. Blending odd-timed riffs with Hindustani classical elements, grand choruses, and emotionally charged storytelling,...
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The dust has settled at The Auditorium in Gurugram, but the energy from RISE//DEL 2026 is still vibrating through the creative corridors of the...
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Very few singers have a voice like Suman Sridhar’s, even fewer have not heard of her. Anyone who possessed a sense of gravitation towards...
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Regional hip-hop projects in India often carry predictable expectations: to celebrate the language, showcase the pride, translate local identity into something nationally consumable &...
Opinion
We often hear that change is the only constant, yet when you pause and look around, it’s hard not to notice that some things...
Interview
Run it’s the Kid was one of those cult underground bands that all the music nerds knew of but never has the band ever...
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From the visceral gut-punch of modern metal to the shimmering, neon-soaked corridors of electro-pop, the Indian independent circuit continues to prove it has no...
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The first time I listen to Feeling So Good, a slow-engulfing, metallic, grueling form of dread grips me — tethering me to a kind...
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On his newest album, screamer turned media lawyer turned singer songwriter, Shourya Malhotra creates a body of work that can soundtrack a busy sunny...
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In the press material for keichyna, the artist describes the project to be “a conceptual record rather than a traditional debut, RHAPSODY OF THE...
Opinion
Chaar Diwaari is one of the most magnetic forces in the current music scene, the kind of artist you find yourself drawn to without...
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It has been a while since the release of his last full-length project “Naharpur Prints” that was named after Naharpur – the area with...
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Cosmic Grooves a.k.a. Pranay Bakshi hasn’t designed the EP to be memorable. The experience of listening to this dense four track body of work...
Interview
What’s it been like performing in the city – Delhi? Wesley Schultz: It’s been mind-blowing! Hard to wrap our heads around playing in a...