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This year, the Indian music scene has kept evolving new sounds, new voices, and more artists willing to take risks with how they say...
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Even If You Beat Me opens with the line “everything is boring,” and yet it’s anything but. There isn’t a dull second on it....
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During a time when women are raising their voices more actively than ever, there is a distinct, collective warmth that settles over you when...
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Most heartbreak records want you to take a side, but Chaar Khaane EP, the latest release from Aryan Katoch, only asks you to stay...
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Hurricane, producer-extraordinaire is back with his next full length LP titled “: : distortion: :”, which marks his third release under Seedhe Maut’s DL91...
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Zain Calcuttawala has spent a big chunk of his working life in the parts of the music industry that sit just outside the limelight....
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Ever so rarely, one has the opportunity to meet a person so full that their sense of completeness seeps into one’s own being. This...
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Tired of Almost is a 3-track by melodic house producer and DJ Kaigan, who hails from the remote Desaiganj in Gadchiroli. This record, his...
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WTF! No, I don’t mean to delineate a moment of disgust or surprise. To be honest, it’s not a moment, or is it? (winks)...
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Rushil Sudrania’s, better known as Mixed Signals, new EP Right Place Wrong Time is a 5 song, 13 minute long record — and is...
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The new year has kicked off with a fresh addition to the widening horizons of post-metal in India. Bimurta, a trio hailing from the...
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Pho is one of the most compelling young voices in today’s Indian music landscape — an artist who treats genre as a playground rather...
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After being named as best debut artist by multiple outlets, Karan Verma’s debut album, Parichay, is finally out. The record is around 30 minutes...
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If you spend enough time at festivals, you start to notice patterns. People drift between stages, hover at the edges of crowds, look for...
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I listen to OX7GEN’s EP Body Mechanics in Goa, which is perhaps one of the most ideal places to do so, while assembling chairs...
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Mumbai is bygone paraphernalia brought out of the attic to resuscitate the timeless in the new EX GENERATION album, The Mumbai Exchange. Spanning nine...
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The last male mating call of the extinct bird Kauaʻi ʻōʻō was recorded in 1987. The album begins here… You can hear the pauses...
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Rap in India isn’t a new phenomenon anymore. Every artists release in this genre is adding to the Indian-ness of Rap, shedding light on...
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Alok Ranjan Srivastava (Hashtag Jazbaat) is a singer-songwriter and lyricist carving out a unique space in both the independent scene and the commercial landscape....
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Bands are making a comeback and with it we’re once again getting to see musical identities that are bigger than any one person. In...
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Dirty Class is a psychedelic rock outfit famous for their immersive live performances, soul-stirring energy and an approach to musicality that is straight out...
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When artists from different parts of the world come together, the result often depends on how much room they are given to simply exist...