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Is Chappell Roan Right About Labels Supporting Developing Artists? Of Course! Is It Going To Happen? Probably Not.

Davesar's Single 'Sanjiv' Is A Charming And Heartfelt Tribute To Family

Akshitta Patel's 'Love Comes And Goes' Is A Classy Single

Delhi Band Kitanu Continues To Show Us That 'Fusion' Can Be Light And Fun

Murphy's Paradox Is Finally Back With A New Single After Four Whole Years

Smooth Tooth's 'Puppy Love' Is A Fantastic Indie Rock Single

Pune Artist faizal's Single 'Habibti' Represents A Complete Artistic Refresh... Or Does It?

Tarang Joseph Takes A Modern Songwriting Trend And Refines It For Indian Indie

Mary Ann Toes The Line Between Two Separate Decades On Her Single 'Bling Bling'
Features
A Conversation With Steven Wilson

Interview With Sanoli Chowdhury Of Indie Grrrl

Them Clones Returns (In A Sense)

Mrinalini Sen On Being Part Of The Art Team For Shakti's Grammy-Winning Album (And More)

Speaking To A Rapper Named Vish

Queendom Talk Music, Performing Live, Their Sound And More

Interview With Aditya Veera Of The 'Stalwarts Of Music' Podcast

Aditi Ramesh Returns!

Delhi's Shourya Malhotra Talks His New Single And More

The (Actually Potentially Useful) Deccan Alternative Music Conference Kicks Off This Week

How A WhatsApp Group Became The Town Square Of Indian Indie

Times Of Music Brings Together A Music Director And A Rock Band To Celebrate Their Art

A Rock Band And Film Composer Combine Hearts For Legends In Music

Times Of Music Is An Authentic Effort To Honour Indian Film Composers

A New Punjabi Folk Album Seeks To Rediscover Honesty In Music

New Gauley Bhai Video Is A Brilliant Piece Of Dark Comedy

Gary Cherone From Extreme Talks To Us About India, Industry, Streaming And More

The Problem With NH7 Weekender Is Not The Lineup. It Is Us, The Fans

Music Criticism Lives, Even If Music 'Discourse' Tried To Kill It

Artists Leaving Spotify: Can Indian Indie Afford To Care?

2024: On The Nature Of Opinion (Or The Fundamentally Broken Concept Of Objective Music Journalism)

Great Songs/Singles 2023: Part 2

Great Songs/Singles 2023: Part 1

Through The Cracks: 9 Honorable Mentions 2023

10 Great Albums/EPs That Came Out In 2023

People Are Angry With Music Festivals, But Everybody Wins

Metamorphosis Vol. 1 Presented Kolkata With Evenings Full of Fun, Music and a True Passion for Metal
Reviews
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- Gig Reviews
Vatan Singh Rajan's EP 'Alone' Is A Good Example Of Making Modern Jazz Non-Pretentious

Skrat's 'Circus Act' Is The Classic 'Great Band's One Not-Greatest' Release

Chirag Todi's Detailed, Well-Rounded Album 'Bangers Only' Is The 'Least' Debut Of The Year

LAVI's EP '529' Comes Close To Being A Perfect Release

Coma Rossi Is A Completely Different Band On Their New Album

On Her EP 'In My Asymmetry', Frizzell D'Souza Levels Up

Tejas Looks Inward

Abhinav Srikant Lets His Creativity Fly On His EP 'Antifragile'

Tarini's Excellent Debut EP 'From These Cracks A Flower Grew' Is A Keeper

How 'Parklife' Is Bringing Something Fresh To Kolkata's Gig Scene

Enolaton, Pelican Shuffles and Josh & Dipan Sway Kolkata's Crowd in an Evening Of Eclectic Music

Vedanta Udaipur World Music Festival 2020 Brings Unity in Diversity Alive In The City Of Lakes

UWMF 2019 - A Cultural Event With Its Heart In The Right Place

Journey to the Other Ego with Ziba - A gig review

Budweiser X Sensation Rise 2018: Gig Review

EP Review of Just Some by Random Gyan

Live Music Arena Review: VH1 Supersonic Puts Money Where Its Mouth Is

Rearview 2014: Festival Of The Year
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Oddities

10 Observations About Nariyal Paani Festival

RSJ's Guide to Festivals: Do's and Don'ts

10 Observations About NH7 Weekender Bengaluru

10 Observations about Bacardi NH7 Weekender Shillong

10 Observations about the Video for 'Modi, A Message to You' by The Ska Vengers

Rockstar Tweets from the Beyond

Cinemascope: Music Documentaries - II

Cinemascope: Music Documentaries

Cinemascope: Films about Music
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Photography

PHOTOGRAPHY

The Pad: Suyasha by nature comes across as a much calmer individual than on stage.Photo Courtesy - Margub Ali

The Ganesh Talkies Launch 'In Technicolor' - Jamsteady, Calcutta - Sep 19

The volume levels were deafening courtesy the dual guitar assault.Photo Courtesy - Elvin Lonan

Inferno Metal Festival india - CounterCulture, Bangalore - Feb 16

Annihilation The Reich drummer Sayan Ukil does the needful.Photo Courtesy - Margub Ali

The Abomination Chapter #1 - Kolkata, January 30

The set started with Dastaan ('Dastaan' and 'Prelude to Poland' are to be featured in a Hollywood movie, Sold), with his charango; what a beautiful and subtle way to get into it.Photo Courtesy - Margub Ali

Tajdar Junaid Live at Jamsteady, Princeton club - January 3

Suhail Yusuf Khan (Sarangi, Advaita)- Suhail was on tour with a contemporary Jazz band, Tarun Balani Collective. This was taken on the last leg of the tour in Bangalore after a manic 2 day album recording session at Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai.Photo Courtesy - Shiv Ahuja

Photo Finish Series: Shiv Ahuja

The band had an interesting blues/jazz-driven sound - rendering a soulful mix using one guitar, one bass, drums, a saxophone, and the voice.Photo Courtesy - Vijay Kate

Jaga Jazzist Live at RSJ Live Nites - December 5, Zorba

Their debut release, A Livingroom Hush, was deemed the best jazz album of 2002 by the BBC.Photo Courtesy - Prashin Jagger

India Music Week III: Jaga Jazzist at the Blue Frog, Mumbai - December 7

They played eight songs on the night, including two new songs - 'IRONCLAD' and 'Pit Mechanics'.Photo Courtesy - Vijay Kate

RSJ Live Nites feat. Undying Inc, Zygnema, Phobia & Colossal Figures

The grand finale of the third edition of 100 Pipers India Music Week was held at the Blue Frog, Mumbai, on December 8. The all-star cast featured on the night included Spud in the Box kicking things off, followed by Sky Rabbit, Blackstratblues, The Supersonics, and Soulmate.Photo Courtesy - Prashin Jagger

India Music Week III: Spud in the Box, Sky Rabbit, Blackstratblues, The Supersonics, Soulmate at the Blue Frog, Mumbai - Dec 8

Ranaldo was a sometimes-vocalist in Sonic Youth, with Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon sharing singing duties for the most part. With his new band, though, he has made the shift to full-time singer quite seamlessly.Photo Courtesy - Prashin Jagger (prashinjagger.com)

Lee Ranaldo & The Dust at Blue Frog, Mumbai

Up next were Mumbai's Hipnotribe, who have the brothers Kamath, Naresh and Paresh, forming the heart and soul of the band.Photo Courtesy - Prashin Jagger (www.prashinjagger.com)

100 Pipers India Music Week - III: Vasuda Sharma, Nischay Parekh, Hipnotribe, Donn Bhat + Passenger Revelator, and French Cowboy and The One at Cafe Zoe, December 4

The hooks were catchy, yes, but a lot of people in the audience were also left enthralled by the sheer power that Samsaya's voice carries.Photo Courtesy - Prashin Jagger

India Music Week III: Success, Samsaya, PINKNOISE, Zoo and Madboy/Mink at the Blue Frog, Mumbai - December 5

Mastibhari Muskan: They played for over an hour and never did their trademark banter/sense of humour fail to amuse or entertain. If you look carefully, that's guitar player Akshay laughing his heart out at the same thing that probably has Prashant's attention.Photo Courtesy - Kuntal Mukherjee

LIVE NITES feat. Alien Sky Cult, Guillotine, Artillerie and Scribe.

Tribute-ception They were also playing a tribute to Devesh Dayal, it seems. That's his face behind Sahil's. Devesh, who played with Workshop briefly is also part of Goddess Gagged, Skyharbor and now, Berklee School of Music.Photo Courtesy - Prashin Jagger

Fully Funtastic - A tribute to Amit Saigal

Photo Courtesy - Shiv Ahuja

Rearview 2014: Festival Of The Year - Ziro Festival of Music

Photo Courtesy - The Clique Photography

Rearview 2014: Bonobo and Snarky Puppy Live At Mehboob Studio

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