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The Indian Music Diaries

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India's guide to contemporary music. Independently owned, for independent music.

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#TIMDReview Retro Pop, Psych, And Rock Collide On The F16s’ ‘All Dogs Go To Heaven’ theindianmusicdiaries.com/re…
Retro Pop, Psych, and Rock Collide on The F16s’ 'All Dogs Go To Heaven' - The Indian Music Diaries

Retro Pop, Psych, and Rock Collide on The F16s’ 'All Dogs Go To Heaven' - The Indian Music Diaries

It’s their first LP in a decade. That statement by itself might sound very outrageous, but it has been pretty hunky dory for a fan of the four-piece from

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#TIMDReview Rito Riba’s ‘Dilfek’ Pairs 80s Funk And Folk Phrasing With Timeless Romance theindianmusicdiaries.com/ri…
Rito Riba’s 'Dilfek' Pairs 80s Funk and Folk Phrasing with Timeless Romance - The Indian Music...

Rito Riba’s 'Dilfek' Pairs 80s Funk and Folk Phrasing with Timeless Romance - The Indian Music...

Rito Riba’s name reached most people in 2022, when he auditioned for Indian Idol 13 with “Heer Ranjha”, a song he had written himself, and when he did not

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#TIMDReview EXCISE DEPT’s SHOPNOBHUMI Explores The Multitudes Of India Through The Lenses Of Partition theindianmusicdiaries.com/ex…
EXCISE DEPT's SHOPNOBHUMI Explores the Multitudes of India Through the Lenses of Partition - The...

EXCISE DEPT's SHOPNOBHUMI Explores the Multitudes of India Through the Lenses of Partition - The...

The style-defying, hard-hitting collective EXCISE DEPT came through with their 2nd LP “SHOPNOBHUMI” in October of 2026. Their first release as new signees of

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#TIMDReview Albela’s ‘Beetta Waqt Hi Dawai Hai’ Blends Atmospheric Soundscapes With Haunting Delivery theindianmusicdiaries.com/al…
Albela’s 'Beetta Waqt Hi Dawai Hai' Blends Atmospheric Soundscapes With Haunting Delivery - The...

Albela’s 'Beetta Waqt Hi Dawai Hai' Blends Atmospheric Soundscapes With Haunting Delivery - The...

This year, the Indian music scene has kept evolving new sounds, new voices, and more artists willing to take risks with how they say things. Amid all that

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#TIMDReview Indrani’s ‘Even If You Beat Me’ EP Blends Raw Pop With House-Party Nostalgia theindianmusicdiaries.com/in…
Indrani’s ‘Even If You Beat Me’ EP Blends Raw Pop with House-Party Nostalgia - The Indian Music...

Indrani’s ‘Even If You Beat Me’ EP Blends Raw Pop with House-Party Nostalgia - The Indian Music...

Even If You Beat Me opens with the line “everything is boring,” and yet it’s anything but. There isn’t a dull second on it.

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#TIMDReview Nyima Vol. 2 Is A Collective Conversation Of South Asian Women In Music theindianmusicdiaries.com/ny…
Nyima Vol. 2 Is a Collective Conversation of South Asian Women in Music - The Indian Music Diaries

Nyima Vol. 2 Is a Collective Conversation of South Asian Women in Music - The Indian Music Diaries

During a time when women are raising their voices more actively than ever, there is a distinct, collective warmth that settles over you when you're soaking in

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#TIMDReview Aryan Katoch’s ‘Chaar Khaane’ EP Delivers Melodic, String-Laden Indie Storytelling theindianmusicdiaries.com/ar…
Aryan Katoch's Chaar Khaane EP Is Pure Obsession | Review

Aryan Katoch's Chaar Khaane EP Is Pure Obsession | Review

Before any song exists there are endless possible directions. Chaar Khaane EP frames everything as one journey rather than 4 separate songs.

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#Review Hurricane Blends Nostalgia And Explosive Production On The Dynamic Album :: distortion :: theindianmusicdiaries.com/hu…

Hurricane Blends Nostalgia and Explosive Production on the Dynamic :: distortion :: - The Indian...

Hurricane, producer-extraordinaire is back with his next full length LP titled “: : distortion: :”, which marks his third release under Seedhe Maut’s DL91

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#Review Bulli Bainbridge Blends Retro Pop And Honest Storytelling On Self-Titled Album theindianmusicdiaries.com/bu…
Bulli Bainbridge Blends Retro Pop and Honest Storytelling on Self-Titled Album - The Indian Music...

Bulli Bainbridge Blends Retro Pop and Honest Storytelling on Self-Titled Album - The Indian Music...

Zain Calcuttawala has spent a big chunk of his working life in the parts of the music industry that sit just outside the limelight. He started out as an

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#Opinion ‘Do What You Love’ As A Manifestation Of Cultural Hegemony For Artists theindianmusicdiaries.com/do…
'Do What You Love' As A Manifestation Of Cultural Hegemony For Artists - The Indian Music Diaries

'Do What You Love' As A Manifestation Of Cultural Hegemony For Artists - The Indian Music Diaries

If you spend enough time around musicians, creatives, or anyone trying to build a career in the arts, one phrase keeps appearing again and again. Do what you

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#Review How Kaali Duniya Weaponizes Dubstep For Adivasi Land Rights Through ‘JAL JUNGLE ZAMEEN’ theindianmusicdiaries.com/ho…
How Kaali Duniya Weaponizes Dubstep for Adivasi Land Rights Through 'JAL JUNGLE ZAMEEN' - The...

How Kaali Duniya Weaponizes Dubstep for Adivasi Land Rights Through 'JAL JUNGLE ZAMEEN' - The...

In Aadamkhor Vikas, Kaali Duniya samples an extract from an interview of poet Mahadev Toppo : "yeh dharti ko aadamkhor aur munafakhor vikas nahi chahiye" --

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#Review Noise Lathered Pop : Sunflower Tape Machine’s Dense Sonic Bed Album ‘I LIKE NOISE. MATTER OF FACT, I LOVE IT’ theindianmusicdiaries.com/no…
Noise lathered Pop : Sunflower Tape Machine’s dense sonic bed album 'I LIKE NOISE. MATTER OF FACT,...

Noise lathered Pop : Sunflower Tape Machine’s dense sonic bed album 'I LIKE NOISE. MATTER OF FACT,...

I remember having a conversation with a friend of mine, who also happens to be a visual artist, when I was visiting Goa. He mentioned and I agreed that,

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#Review Shaastriya Sangeet Vol. II Is The Tabla-Techno Crossover You Never Saw Coming theindianmusicdiaries.com/sh…
Shaastriya Sangeet Vol. II is the Tabla-Techno Crossover You Never Saw Coming - The Indian Music...

Shaastriya Sangeet Vol. II is the Tabla-Techno Crossover You Never Saw Coming - The Indian Music...

Mumbai/Bengaluru -based DJ and music producer DJazz (Aditya Malve) brings a distinctly intricate vision to India's electronic music scene. With over a decade

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#InConversationWith Saji Pillai, founder of Samanvii - “We Weren’t Simply Building A Pressing Plant; We Wanted To Build An Ecosystem” theindianmusicdiaries.com/we…
"We weren’t simply building a pressing plant; we wanted to build an ecosystem" – In-Conversation...

"We weren’t simply building a pressing plant; we wanted to build an ecosystem" – In-Conversation...

In 2024, Samanvii commissioned India's first new vinyl manufacturing facility after nearly four decades, contributing to the revival of vinyl culture and

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#Review Runt’s Eponymous Album Is A Gritty, Honest Debut Rooted In Alternative Rock theindianmusicdiaries.com/ru…
Runt’s eponymous album Is a Gritty, Honest Debut Rooted in Alternative Rock - The Indian Music...

Runt’s eponymous album Is a Gritty, Honest Debut Rooted in Alternative Rock - The Indian Music...

More than a decade after its beginnings in 2013, Runt, the alternative rock project led by Mumbai-bred singer-songwriter and producer Siddharth Basrur,

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#Review SambitC’s ‘Letters For Inca’ Is A Labour Of Love And Genre – Fluid Experimentation theindianmusicdiaries.com/sa…
Sambit Chatterjee’s 'Letters for Inca' Is a Labour of Love and Genre - Fluid Experimentation - The...

Sambit Chatterjee’s 'Letters for Inca' Is a Labour of Love and Genre - Fluid Experimentation - The...

Music, to me, has always been a soft embrace, something that lulls me to sleep, listens to my woes, and offers a steady shoulder to lean on. And having

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#Review Khokkosh.’S ‘Public Fluid And Digital Remembrance’ Drowns You With Unhinged Sound Design And Graphic Writing theindianmusicdiaries.com/kh…
Khokkosh.’s 'Public Fluid and Digital Remembrance' drowns you with unhinged sound design and...

Khokkosh.’s 'Public Fluid and Digital Remembrance' drowns you with unhinged sound design and...

According to khokkosh a.k.a. Yashomati Parveen, this is an electronic album presented with a pop lens and I would tend to agree. Just because the material and

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#Review From Folk To Dissonant Electronica: Shashwat Bulusu’s Sonic Confessions In ‘Pinocchio’ theindianmusicdiaries.com/fr…
From Folk to Dissonant Electronica: Shashwat Bulusu’s Sonic Confessions in 'Pinocchio' - The Indian...

From Folk to Dissonant Electronica: Shashwat Bulusu’s Sonic Confessions in 'Pinocchio' - The Indian...

In the history of music appreciation and criticism, oftentimes records have been rewarded with the term "honest" -- in keeping with the tradition of it being

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#Review ‘Moonbow’ By Neeharika Shyju: A 12-Track Nocturnal Odyssey theindianmusicdiaries.com/mo…
'Moonbow' by Neeharika Shyju: A 12-track Nocturnal Odyssey - The Indian Music Diaries

'Moonbow' by Neeharika Shyju: A 12-track Nocturnal Odyssey  - The Indian Music Diaries

Australia-based Indian-origin artist Neeharika Shyju is a classical vocalist and composer whose work bridges cultural divides. Grounded in both Indian and

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#InConversationWith Damini Bhatla - “You Can’t Really Fake Curiosity Or Love For A Language Or Culture Just To Chase An Audience” theindianmusicdiaries.com/yo…
"You can't really fake curiosity or love for a language or culture just to chase an audience" - In...

"You can't really fake curiosity or love for a language or culture just to chase an audience" - In...

If you’ve been paying close attention to India's independent scene, you know a chunk of the freshest sounds are coming from artists who experiment with

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