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Madhusudan Raman
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Kabir Bhattacharya Releases Multifaceted Instrumental EP


‘Mood Machine’ has a bunch of solid ideas and shows great potential

Nov 03, 2020

Indie Pop Band Chabi Raise Their Voice, Quietly


‘Phir Hum Dekhenge’ is a mellifluous and soft protest

Oct 30, 2020

Krameri Combines Influences With Aplomb On New Album

‘Hampstead’ is a strong example of using fusion, indie and electronic sounds judiciously; the excellent songwriting does nothing but improve it

Oct 27, 2020

Producers Kenzani And Techpanda Team Up With Aneesha Dass For New Single

‘Uncertainty’ pairs neo-soul vocals with some smart instrumentation

Oct 24, 2020

Frequency Time Space Producer Rayson4 7 Takes The Soundtrack Route

Get Young, Live Broke, Die Alone’ is a sweeping and emotional collection of string instrumentals

Oct 22, 2020

Guitarist Satwik Tripathy Keeps It Simple On Instrumental Single

The Sky Above Us’ is a chill and easygoing bit of soft rock

Oct 19, 2020

The New Single From Mumbai Singer-Songwriter Savera Is A Treat

‘Swim’ combines great atmosphere and strong writing with epic passages in four short minutes

Oct 16, 2020

Anisha AOD Keeps The Emotion Running High

Her single ‘Broken’ successfully combines dark production with a sense of drama and theater

Oct 15, 2020

Rapper Raoul Kerr Has A Direct Message With New Single

‘Raise No Flag’ is a much-needed uplifting take
 

Oct 15, 2020

Delhi Producer Aniket And Dehradun Artist Gatha Collaborate With Smooth Results

Their new single ‘Retrieve’ is a chill electronic track with some cozy sounds

Oct 14, 2020

The Revisit Project Give Lockdown A Fun Spin

‘Locked Away’ features Vrnda Dhar and has a sunny and wry outlook on 2020’s chief devil

Oct 13, 2020

Aayushi Patil Uses The Weight Of Simplicity

Her single ‘Rise’ is a sharp example of ‘less is more’

Oct 09, 2020

Eddie van Halen Has Passed Away

The guitarist extraordinaire was 65

Oct 07, 2020

Delhi Band Cyanide Bring Their 2011 Debut Album To Streaming Services

‘Sugarcoated’ is a nice reminder of just how many centuries it’s been since the 2010s started

Oct 06, 2020

Mahesh Flexes His Singer-Songwriter Chops On Floaty New Single

‘fading colours’ is a masterclass in stripping away all but a song’s essence

Oct 03, 2020

Composer Abhijit Ray Puts Out Guitar-Heavy New Single

‘Vatsala’ is a good bit of production and takes its genre and nostalgia in its stride

Oct 02, 2020

Saibal Basu- Journey Of A Guitarist

We speak at length about guitar, music and the indie scene of old with one of the country’s most renowned players and session musicians

Sep 30, 2020

Mumbai Producer Khwaab Channels Nocturnal Atmosphere On New Single

The instrumental ‘ULKA’ is a short but impactful imagining of 'night vibes' through an ambient lens

Sep 24, 2020

The New Hautewulf EP Goes High-Concept

The concise ‘Addicted’ is amusingly astronomical is scope; in reality, it’s a tight three tracks of good texture and smooth writing

Sep 22, 2020

Superfuzz Announce New Material And Appearance On Streaming Services

And not a damn moment too soon.

Sep 20, 2020

Delhi Songwriter Moardis Crimson Gets Rootsy On New Single

‘Just Another Woman (Alright, Alright)’ has shades of folk and old-school progressive rock

Sep 18, 2020

Buddha In A Jar Maximize Their Range On First EP

The Kolkata band brings in sounds from ambient music to Indian classical on the short but impactful ‘Silhouettes On A Distant Dream’

Sep 16, 2020

Placid Aura From Pune Make An Impression On First Effort

The long-winded and patient ‘Deccan Rains’ is a strong, if mildly generic, debut

Sep 14, 2020

Jupiter Trap Succeeds At Contemplative And Ambient Prog On Debut Single

‘Dimension Jump’ shows how tolerable ambient, heavy progressive music can be when you just get the basics right

Sep 13, 2020

K And Abhi Tap Into Modern And Accessible Alternative Rock

Their April-released EP ‘Sunwave’ is two tracks of the pop-rock-prog that some hardcore prog-heads don’t usually like but everyone else loves

Sep 09, 2020

Aaditya Goswami Makes His Strong And Evocative Debut

His first single ‘Voyager’ is dynamic, proggy, epic and sometimes a bit inventive

Sep 08, 2020

The Lightyears Explode Experiment With Sounds On New Effort

'Satire', with a range of influences, represents a step forward for the Mumbai trio
 

Sep 06, 2020

PA System Makes A Safe Start With Debut EP

‘On Days Like This’, if a bit tame, provides some nice moments

Sep 05, 2020

Chennai Band Blurple Are Buttery Smooth On New Single

‘Time’s Not Normal’ incorporates a lot of current sounds into a warm and thoroughly rewarding track

Sep 02, 2020

Aaryan Banthia Takes It Way Back To Simpler Times

His new single ‘Hey Betty’ has no pretensions about its ease and innocence

Sep 01, 2020

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