The conversation spans a sneak-peek into his previous song ‘Courtyards’, whether formal education in music is “advantageous”, and his musical journey so far. "Courtyards" is a beautiful and soulful acoustic ballad by Indian singer-songwriter Shourya Malhotra, featuring vocalist Rini Rajput. Varun Rajput, who is the…
At the beginning of this year, Darshan Doshi Trio released an expansive, live jazz-funk saga that spanned 7 tracks over the course of 34 minutes and featured two guest vocalists. The pure five instrumentals allow DDT’s detailed compositions and soundscaping to take the lead role…
When we first heard singer-songwriter Pragya Sodhani’s latest single, that’s exactly what the first comment said about the song. We then delved deeper into her YouTube channel and found some hidden gems. One being a sick mashup of the greatest Bollywood hits of the 90s.
I’ve been listening to Aditi Iyer for a few weeks now, trying to put my finger on how the opera-trained singer’s 2021 EP Dollhouse had evoked a strong sense of nostalgia in me. Other than the beautifully layered compositions, there was something about her lyrical…
"Listen to this," my partner texted me, "It's right up your alley!" The link she sent took me right to Lavanya Ayren's Spotify page. The song that was meant to be "Right up my alley" was a single called You Need To Go, the second…
Before his newfound success as a chart-topping artist, Vineet AKA Vineet Singh Hukmani was the co-founder, MD and CEO of 94.3 Radio One, India’s only international-format radio station. When I first heard his August release WTF or Where’s The Fun (And not what you’re thinking),…
The live digital concert series further establishes Gaana as India’s biggest Indie Music Hub India’s largest music streaming app, Gaana is set to unveil the ‘Gaana Indie Fest’, a series of hour-long daily live online music concerts between 11th and 14th August 2021 in order…
“It’s an honour to have collaborated with artists like David Joseph, drummer of the Benny Dayal-fronted band Funktuation, and Hanish Taneja, who has mixed and mastered tracks for famous independent artists like Divine and Naezy!” Aditya Anand tells us in his opening call. Anand, who…
Earlier this year we had spoken to Big Greg and his collaboration with LaTruth on their single OH NO. Big Greg is out with a new single, but before we review it, we thought we'd have a fireside chat with the Indie hip-hop artist from…
We're back after a much needed break and we couldn't have asked for a better reboot than a "sit-down" with the omnicompetent Rohan Solomon, erstwhile frontman of the New Delhi alt-rock band Cyanide. (Well, him at his place and us at ours!) For the uninitiated,…