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A Personal Journey Told Through Letters Debut albums often serve as an artist’s grand introduction, but Ekum’s first full-length project, Likhe Jo Khat Tujhe,...
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The Indian Music Diaries
- News
From Indie Folk to Soulful Indie: Raghav Meattle, Swarathma & Suzonn Cook Up a Touring Feast
Music or Monolith? Why Spotify’s Audiobook Move Might Prove To Be A Disaster For Artists
He Said, They Said: ‘Enjoy Enjaami’ Creators and Maajja Label in Payment Standoff
Facepalm at SPXCEJXM: The Ongoing Festival Fiasco and What it Means for the Indian Music Scene
Puerto Rican Artist Melissa Otero Sends Legal Notice to Mood Indigo Team Accusing Them of Mistreatment
- Reviews
Bengaluru’s prog metal band Fallen Letters’ Debut ‘Mindfractures’ Is Intricate, Dissonant, and Unmissable
Ekum Vows to Takeover with Sincerity and Grit on Debut Album ‘Likhe Jo Khat Tujhe’
Fields of Sound: 20g Maps Indian Left-Field Electronica Experimentation Into A Tape
Baijoo Bawra Gets Empathetic and Gritty on the Jazz-Infused Storytelling of “Billu Barber”
Through her first-ever written Telugu album, Lady Skavya carves out a name you won’t forget
- Industry Insight
AI Music: How Big Is It, What Are the Laws, and Why It Matters to You
Setting Up Your Music Business: Registration Essentials
Collaborate, Innovate, Elevate: Inside the Exclusive Madverse for Managers Event
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
- Featured
“We wanted to bring abstract hip-hop to Kerala, that was the whole idea” – In Conversation with bunnyboo
Where is Sky Rabbit? – Obscurity’s Favorite Child
6 Indian Bands Defining the Metal Underground
Why the Groundbreaking Soundtracks of Khanwalkar, Trivedi, & Sampath Still Define a Generation
Who Gets to Stay Indie? The Struggles Behind the Indian Independent Music Scene
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Interview
Varun and Rengan (also referred to as Ren throughout the length of this interview) are unabashedly honest. Going by the artist monikers of 14thindian...
Review
20g is not my first rodeo when it comes to an ONNO Collective release. It has been a pattern, mostly — each rendezvous with...
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...
Review
Sravya Sruthi Kothalanka, better known as Lady Skavya, arrives with “Peru Gurthu Pettukondi”, Telugu for “Remember the Name”, a title that feels less like...
Opinion
For decades, the Hindi film music industry relied on a predictable, safe formula—familiar beats and songs crafted for instant success. But in the late...
Opinion
The word “indie”(short for “independent”) evokes the spirit of DIY creativity, artistic autonomy, and an ethos that resists commercial formulas. In India, however, the...
Review
Midnight Agenda’s new EP Nafrat is a ferocious blast of punk rebellion that brings some light to India’s underground scene. This four-track EP is...
Review
Sijya’s work is particularly recognisable in left field electronic spaces across the country. Her music is patient and unbothered by forces outside of it....
Review
Nida is whimsical on her new EP, Glimpses. Her press-doc informs that she is a singer-songwriter from Pune, India. Her music primarily deals with...