With a little more than two months to go for this musical extravaganza in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, the organizers of the Ziro Festival of Muisc are promising an exciting affair with artists like Madboy/Mink, The Vinyl Records, Imphal Talkies, The Supersonics already being announced to engage the audiences with their diverse music.

Mumbai based alternative Hindi rock band Sifar, have worked tirelessly over the last six years to break out of their 'routine lives' and perfect their sound - which can now only be described as the work of seasoned veterans. We spoke to the band's vocalist, guitarist,and producer, Amit Yadav, about his experience writing, playing, and producing some of the best Hindi rock music the country has witnessed. 

Yale University a cappella group, The Yale Whiffenpoofs, and alternative fusion duo Adi & Suhail are ready to perform for wnother edition of Friends of Music on July 20 at the Stein Auditorium in India Habitat Centre. 

Singzu Joint call themselves so, considering the eclectic mixture of genres that coalesce in the band's music and writing style. We spoke to musician, producer, and Singzu Joint co founder, Laishram Eroz Khumancha, about the band's music, birth, pitfalls, future, and more.

Saket's Turquoise Cottage played host to a pretty winning alternative electro rock gig on May 2 with White Beryl, and headlined by The Circus. We had Aditya Varma observe and report, and following are some of the evening's highlights.

A full decade of destroying every stage they step on, and Delhi’s extreme metal spearheads, Undying Inc., are showing no signs of slowing down. They’ve paved their own path, done it their way, and, above all, kept the process of writing and playing music with honesty at the forefront. Shomi Gupta sits down with the band for a long chat on their legacy, future plans, and everything in between.

Some of our favourite rockstars, the ones we thought had departed far too early, have actually been alive all this while and been super active on Twitter. We managed to find their secret Twitter accounts on the dark web and have posted them here for you. 

A review of How Are You? We Are Fine, Thank You by Bangalore's folk metal outfit The Down Troddence.

In between critiquing (and trashing) all sorts of music, we also find time to watch a few films here and there. Below are reviews of five films about music that we managed to watch.