Review
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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Max Fashion, in partnership with Homegrown, kicked off MAX URB_N UN-MUTE’s 2026 run in Kochi this August, and it’s about to hit four more...
Interview
Punya Vashist, known to most people in music as pixlpxl, learned how to hold an air gun in the first grade and grew up...
Review
In Aadamkhor Vikas, Kaali Duniya samples an extract from an interview of poet Mahadev Toppo : “yeh dharti ko aadamkhor aur munafakhor vikas nahi...
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I discuss Cornershop with my British friend at Chowpatty — someone I do not talk to anymore, but miss from time to time because...
Review
I remember having a conversation with a friend of mine, who also happens to be a visual artist, when I was visiting Goa. He...
Review
Mumbai/Bengaluru -based DJ and music producer DJazz (Aditya Malve) brings a distinctly intricate vision to India’s electronic music scene. With over a decade in...
Interview
In 2024, Samanvii commissioned India’s first new vinyl manufacturing facility after nearly four decades, contributing to the revival of vinyl culture and physical formats...
Review
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...
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...
Review
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...
Review
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...
Review
Australia-based Indian-origin artist Neeharika Shyju is a classical vocalist and composer whose work bridges cultural divides. Grounded in both Indian and Western classical traditions,...
Interview
If you’ve been paying close attention to India’s independent scene, you know a chunk of the freshest sounds are coming from artists who experiment...
Review
Ahmedabad-based singer-songwriter Brijesh Sarin is already a well-known name in the Indian indie music space for his songwriting and production skills. He gained immense...
Interview
Born out of a casual jam session during the Covid lockdown, Bengaluru-based seven-piece fusion rock band Tarana has evolved a sound that brings together...
Opinion
There’s a conversation I’ve had a hundred times this year. Someone mentions an artist playing in the city and before anyone can get excited,...
Review
The first thing I noticed was a fridge door. The cover art of ‘everyone’s a baby’ showcases a paper butterfly, a magnet, a photograph...
Opinion
If you spend enough time around musicians, creatives, or anyone trying to build a career in the arts, one phrase keeps appearing again and...
Review
Devotion, whether religious, spiritual, romantic or material — has always resulted in output that has been textured in ways that have a pronounced difference...