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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
Sambit Chatterjee’s ‘Letters for Inca’ Is a Labour of Love and Genre – Fluid Experimentation
Khokkosh.’s ‘Public Fluid and Digital Remembrance’ drowns you with unhinged sound design and graphic writing
From Folk to Dissonant Electronica: Shashwat Bulusu’s Sonic Confessions in ‘Pinocchio’
Modular Delirium: Inside the fractured sonic landscapes of Somnium Monkey’s ‘Vettam’
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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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From Shabad to Trap: The Unstoppable Evolution of Rashmeet Kaur
“You can’t really fake curiosity or love for a language or culture just to chase an audience” – In Conversation With Damini Bhatla
“Our vision today is to create original music that stays deeply rooted in Indian musical traditions” – In Conversation With Tarana
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Review
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...
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Let it be known, listening to droning modular synths while you are delirious with a fever is not ever, a good call. Let it...
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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...
News
In another incident of intolerance from Bangalore, the earlier being at Foxtot read here, a musician was beaten by a gang of 10-15 unidentified...
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July marks a special time in Delhi. It’s the onset of monsoons, yes, but it is also the time when the live music circuit...
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Without a luthier, there would be no string instruments. No guitars, no violins, no cellos, no basses. Imagine living in a world without these...
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Post a well-deserved break of a few years, the pioneers of Indian Electronica, Midival Punditz will be releasing a trio of singles in the...
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Virtuoso jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington will be performing in India for the very first time this month in Delhi and Mumbai. Kamasi will be...
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New Delhi based blues-rock band Nok Nok is here with their fun new single ‘NOKSTOP‘. The song was released on all streaming platforms on...
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‘Escape To Where You’re Wanted’ is FuzzCulture‘s second full-length album, after their critically acclaimed 2015 release ‘NO’ and ‘Twins’ EP in 2016.FuzzCulture, previously a...
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Everything Is Garbage, the sophomore EP by Mumbai based Abhimanyu Mullick aka Manyu, released earlier this month via Noosphere Records. A concoction of bass-heavy...
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The Assam floods destroy livestock, habitat and lives every year. This year the flood has affected over 33 lakh people and there is little...
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This week marks the launch of a new venture called Sound Drome at Auro Kitchen & Bar, Delhi with an explosive all hip-hop line-up....
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Harshit Misra aka Hashbass, multi-instrumentalist and producer based in Delhi, is a well-known name in the music circuit. Having played with various notable names...
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Aditi Ramesh, Jazz/Blue carnatic vocalist, and songwriter based in Mumbai, released her latest EP Leftovers, a compilation of the songs she had written in...
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It’s hard to categorise good music. It tends to be a tree that one can see but with roots spreading underground in various directions....
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Indie singer-songwriter Raghav Meattle and stand-up comedian Saurav Mehta, had been exploring the idea of marrying their distinct yet complementing arts to create a...
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Reyn, an Indo-Canadian Hip-Hop artist, has released his debut single Gone – part of a five-track EP ‘Wabi-Sabi’ produced by ICONYK, a.k.a Nikhil Malik...
Review
Shashwat Bulusu is a Baroda based indie musician, who is slowly garnering the attention of people through his playful and tranquil sounds. His music...