Someone Else’s Arms (Rivita) Sad songs make for great debuts. US-based singer-songwriter-producer Rivita sings a charming ditty about losing love, and it is equal parts profound and endearing. There’s not
New Delhi-based Tanya Nambiar is not just your average artist. Being a singer-songwriter, an anchor, a voiceover artist, and a small business owner, Nambiar calls herself a “middle-class hustler.” Years
Main Kaun Hoon (Ketan Mohite) The most oft repeated artistic themes are the ones that sink their teeth in the deepest. How often have you heard, in song or poem,
Antahkarana (Nkshtra): A shorn, elegantly crinkled bassline can carry a track on it’s own weight, and Divyesh Gholap AKA Nkshtra is distinctly aware of this. Antahkarana provides the perfect soundtrack
Takiye Pe Sar (Amanda Sodhi with Drishyam Play) There is something irreplaceable about universal experiences. No matter how often you talk about love, loss and personal redemption, it remains
Zaraasa (Pavan Gaikwad): Debuts are a good thing. It means someone else decided that they were going to deafen their inner monologue of self-doubt, and do something that they love.
The annals of Indian hip-hop movement aren’t very long-winded yet, but in an extremely short period the scene, that began with a few hits from the streets of Dharavi, spread
As far as debuts go, this band out of Noida is fine. The problem is that when using the word fine in this regard, you are reminded more of the
“Prog” is a difficult genre to define, mainly because you put King Crimson, Brian Eno, Steven Wilson and Opeth altogether in it. It took me years, but I eventually translated
I’m a sucker for stories, regardless of the medium. Good art, after all, is simply the telling of stories that matter to the artist. If things go well, the story
Sei Unmaad Nikha (Bhargav Ojapali) Difference, if accepted, is a source of strength. It compels us to expand the limits of our knowledge and makes the world bearable. On good
Shahenshah (Chabuk) I’ll get the obvious out of the way. Comparisons to Rage Against The Machine are immediate. This is a band doing rap-rock for the purpose of calling out
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