Tanya Nambiar’s voice doesn’t just croon. It floats, shimmering, and spectral. In her fiery finesse, one hears the power, promise, and seduction that empowered the likes of Lena Horne and Peggy
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
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
Songs from a Matchbox (Raghav Meattle) Jokes about Raghav proving his “meattle” can wait (Or, you can hate me because I already made it). First, we need to wax eloquent
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.
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
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
Floating (LAYER Music Project and K.C. Loy) When reviewing Layer Music Project previously, the one quality that kept emerging was fascination. Chaitanya Bulusu’s music attempts to indulge in preconceived narratives,
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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