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FENGa’s Personal DIY Hip-Hop Debut WTF! Bridges Indie Sound with Mizo Heritage
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AI Music: How Big Is It, What Are the Laws, and Why It Matters to You
Setting Up Your Music Business: Registration Essentials
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Shedding Light on the Evolving Landscape: Reclaiming Black Box Royalties in the Indian Music Industry
The DIY Musician’s Toolkit: Building a Home Studio Under 10k
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Seedhe Maut’s 10-Year Journey: 10 Ways They Revolutionized Indian Hip-Hop and Mirrored Its Rise from sub-culture to Mainstream
Top 15 Music Festivals You Need To Attend in 2026
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Arshaq Malik: A Voice Blending Industrial Edge, Jazz Soul, and Unstoppable Lyricism
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Review
The Indian rap-scape has always been interesting — spitting out admixtures of control and creativity that you do not usually envision, but which do...
Review
Baijoo Bawra is back, with his ever expanding repertoire of stories for his new EP, “Billu Barber”. On his previous album, Baijnaath, the artist...
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HARDBONE BOY, or Deepak Kumar — the rapper from Jaipur who boasts of being crowned the winner of Nexa Music Season 3 by A...
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A press release for Tienas’ new album reads as follows : “Tienas’ O (Deluxe) plays like a late-night drive through the fragmented corridors of...
Opinion
In the ever-evolving landscape of independent music, one truth remains constant, the beat is the backbone. While singers often receive the limelight, the producers...
Review
Indian hip-hop is entering a new era, one where experimentation isn’t just accepted, it’s expected. DL91FM, the newly released 30-track mixtape from Seedhe Maut’s...
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There is something irretrievably special about producer-led music projects, especially when they rear their heads in the Indian independent soundscape. A metaphorical angel gains...
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From the very polished street and uncluttered energy of Chandigarh, it was coincidence, or rather fate, that Sangram Malik found himself in a crowd...
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Tarun (a.k.a Beere) came out with his first body of work in 2 years (since “Beere”, a solo project and “Gadbad” with Sammad and...