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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
Parvaaz - 'Na Gul Na Gulistan': Good Things Come To Those Who Wait

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'

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
Radio
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
Bandwagon
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Reviews

Album Gig

Hoirong - TROTPOWAHVHP

AKHIL SOOD This is the fat and ugly stepsister of pop music, and it's basically sublime

album May 24, 2013

A Letter to the Generic Lokhandwala Bollywood Upstart: BOMB Thursdays at Kino 108

Akhil Sood is the kinda guy who\'ll call a spade a spade or a piece of shit, if he feels he owes you the truth. We sent him to Andheri for the 2nd edition of Bomb Thursdays; he carried back an inexplicable smile on his face and left this in the mail....

ODDITIES Apr 15, 2013

By Akhil Sood

The punk rocker's guide to the underground.

Bhanuj Kappal is the happiest cynic we know. He's been travelling across gigs, collecting epiphanies and drawing conclusions. Some of them are NSFW but here's what we're willing to share.

ODDITIES Apr 08, 2013

By Bhanuj Kappal

Cult of Luna - Vertikal

YATIN DAWRA Inspired by the cult film Metropolis, as the band claimed in an interview, the

album Apr 04, 2013

Mogwai - Les Revenants

MEDHA SINGH Not much of the year has gone by and therefore, it is safe to

album Apr 03, 2013

Mindflew - The Happy Sad EP

AKHIL SOOD Four songs, in Mindflew's case, seem to constitute too small a subset to form

album Mar 29, 2013

Spud in the Box - Attention Please

AKHIL SOOD A cheesy, nasal introduction to album opener 'Lens Life' suddenly metamorphoses into a spectacularly

album Mar 27, 2013

The Circus - Bats

A review of�Bats�by The Circus.

album Mar 12, 2013

By Akhil Sood

The punk rocker's guide to the underground

It's standard protocol across some public forums to not mix your alcohol with Bhanuj Kappal. But we're not much for rules and all that and so we sent them to the Sky Rabbit gig together. This is the first in a series of adventures.

ODDITIES Mar 12, 2013

By Bhanuj Kappal

Lifafa - Lifafa I

A review of�Lifafa I�by Lifafa.

album Mar 07, 2013

By Akhil Sood

Post event deviation analysis for The Business School of Rock - IIM Bengaluru

YATIN DAWRA Photos by Abhinav Jerath 1. The Location The many avatars of the corridors at IIM The Objective: The

gig Mar 05, 2013

Workshop - Made Love to the Dragon

A review of�Made Love to the Dragon�by Akhil Sood.

album Mar 05, 2013

By Akhil Sood

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