• Wed, Apr 30, 2025
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Madhusudan Raman
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Delhi Artist Akash Vincent's 'Ember' Brings Much-Needed Flavour To Indie-Pop Music

An overdone sound injected with interesting influences suddenly makes it sound substantive; scientists are baffled

Sep 20, 2023

SR Sumitabh's Single 'Saaz' Combines Good Writing With Live Looping

This is a classic case of a talented person using said talent without showing off

Sep 18, 2023

Surely Y'all Have Put Huyana's EP 'Anxious Attachment' On Your Playlists By Now, Right?

This smooth set of tracks is the absolute textbook definition of ‘for the times’

Sep 14, 2023

All That Native Recently Released Your Next Favourite Blues-Pop Single

You can tell ‘Snowflake Suicide’ has been written with great care

Sep 12, 2023

Kolkata Outfit Dreadhammer Might Have One Of The Best Metal Albums Out Of India This Year

‘SOVEREIGN’ shows just how good an album can be just by being sincere

Sep 11, 2023

Bangalore Band 'The Pulse Theory' Refine Their Prog Chops On Their Safe, Risk-Free New Album

‘Coming Back Home’ will be plenty satisfying to fans of the genre, but…

Sep 08, 2023

Donn Bhat And Isheeta Chakravarty Complement Each Other On The Captivating 'Garaj'

Now, this song is something truly original and worth everyone’s attention

Sep 04, 2023

Goa Duo Merak Innovate Successfully Yet Again On Their New EP

‘Manic Mode’ reaches a level that cements them as a creative force to be reckoned with

Aug 28, 2023

Chennai Jazz Trio 'Many Things' Tries Some Interesting Stuff On Their Debut Album

‘First Things First’ has lots of good interplay between three obviously talented musicians

Aug 23, 2023

Priyansh Gupta Makes A Lasting Impression On His Debut 'Uncertainty'

There’s some great sonic choices on display here

Aug 21, 2023

Big Bang Blues Have An EP Of Their Old Tunes Out, And It's Rather Nice!

It’s called ‘Bigger Than Blues’, and it sounds pleasantly clean and fresh

Aug 16, 2023

Nipun Cheema Continues To Engage With One Piano

‘Preludes’ is the latest in a run of interestingly written piano pieces

Aug 14, 2023

Parikrama Highlights A Good Cause With 'Translucent Night'

This is a song for a purpose

Aug 04, 2023

Chennai Artist Sunflower Tape Machine Is Delightfully Rootsy On New Single 'Rosemary'

It’s infinitely rewarding when a musician respects their chosen form of expression

Aug 01, 2023

NATE08's New Single Is Unabashedly Modern Dance-Pop

‘Inna Minute’ has no illusions about its identity

Jul 24, 2023

Summer Is Over, But Saroj Kashyap Doesn't Think So

Her single ‘Nargis’ is an indie-pop ballad meant squarely for an April day

Jul 18, 2023

Tazim Sheikh Shocks The Prog World By Releasing A Cohesive And Groovy EP

It ain’t perfect, but it has heart. That’s rarer than you might think.

Jul 15, 2023

Dualist Inquiry Returns With A Collaboration And An Eminently Danceable New Single

‘No Escape’ features Rudy Mukta on vocals

Jul 11, 2023

How A WhatsApp Group Became The Town Square Of Indian Indie

The ‘Some Good Gigs’ story

Jul 08, 2023

Find Some Quiet Excellence On A Piano EP From Bengaluru's Daisho

It’s called ‘In Hiding’, and it’s something of a little gem!

Jun 30, 2023

Mali References Her Own Artist Lore On Her Latest Single

You all have heard ‘Walk Away’ before in so many contexts. Not this one, though.

Jun 22, 2023

Aditi Ramesh Returns!

Her new single ‘Filter Coffee’ comes after a short and doubtless rejuvenating break

Jun 17, 2023

Parishrut And Nitish Bring Tons Of Flavour On Their Slow-Rock Offering 'Floating'

Yesterday’s sounds and today’s writing come together to form a pleasant whole

Jun 13, 2023

Listen To 'Aashiyaan' From Duo Abhin & Tanish For An Indulgent Indian Pop Experience

There is not even a hint of anything other than a classic melody-driven Hindi ballad here

Jun 11, 2023

Alvin Presley Is More Adventurous Than Ever On His EP 'Pain Geography'

More in-your-face, more direct, more overdrive, more fun!

Jun 09, 2023

Medha Sahi Makes A Confident Indie Solo Debut

‘Ordinary’ is a refined (and playlist-worthy) first offering

Jun 03, 2023

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