Coming from the heart of Chennai, Sidharth Ezhilan is a beat maker, rapper, and music producer, whose experiments on fusing hip-hop and electronic music with his own organic groove, resulted in pretty spectacular works of art. We had a chance to speak to him about his music, plans for the future, qualms with paying royalty, and more.

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.

Jyaneswar Laishram tells us about his experience watching the Imphal Talkies N The Howlers play at the 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone?' music festival held in Imphal on May 3, along with a line up of great musicians.

Teamwork Arts presents another edition of Friends of Music featuring a stellar line-up of musicians at the Lodi Garden Restaurant this Friday on May 23.

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 review of ARIA by Mumbai's experimental/progressive act, Symphony Novel.

Sky Rabbit will be playing their last show of the year at 100 Pipers India Music Week, on December 8 at Blue Frog, Mumbai, along with Blackstratblues, Soulmate, The Supersonics, and Spud in the Box. We speak with them about their evolution as a band, their approach to writing songs, playing at the India Music Week, and watching Jaga Jazzist live.

A review of Ambiance de Danse by Amyt Datta.

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