News

Derek & The Cats Homage Bangalore's Cubbon Park, Andheri's Ratna Mahal & More On 'People to Meet, Places to See'

Bangalore-based jazz group Derek & The Cats just released their sophomore album, 'People to Meet, Places to See'. Unlike most other artists in their genre, the Derek Mathias-led group doesn't succumb to overdone structures and instrumental jams that showcase technical bravado away from the...

Rudy Mukta Returns With Kalmi-Produced Single 'Love & Limerance'

Bangalore singer-songwriter Rudy Mukta and producer Kalmi (who recently rose to fame for his...

Gorillaz Turn To India For 9th Studio Album Featuring Anoushka Shankar, Asha Bhosle, Ajay Prasanna & More

Popular Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett-headed English band Gorillaz just announced their 9th studio...

Joy Orbison, Logic1000, Jyoty & More Arrive In India For The Warehouse Project

Back in August, the prominent Manchester-rooted event series The Warehouse Project announced its...

Jazz Weekender Announces Allysha Joy, oreglo, Dhanji, RANJ x Clifr & More For 2025 Edition

New Delhi's boutique live music festival, Jazz Weekender, has just announced the lineup for its 2025...

Features

"Speaking Back To History In Real-Time": Tarun Balani On How The India-Pakistan Conflict Weighed On His Album Release

When the Hindus from the Sindh region left their homes in the aftermath of the blood-soaked partition of India and Pakistan, growing concerned about their place in the effectively non-secular new nation they suddenly found themselves in, they weren’t just displaced from their homes but also from...

"This Is House Music for House Heads": Hamza Rahimtula Brings Rajasthan Folkstars To The Dancefloor — Without the Fusion

Hamza Rahimtula was cutting his teeth in the New York house music scene during his college years, delivering DJ sets alongside live instrumentalists (percussionist Frank Bambara being a notable collaborator) when he first thought of how “our own cultural sounds would fit in” with the music. Upon...

Mixes

Wild City #252: Unnayanaa B2B Hamza Rahimtula

As a tag team digging through their combined vinyl collection, Unnayanaa and Hamza Rahimtula have...

Wild City #251: Rajah Betta

The influence of Bombay sometimes comes through gently included but obviously present samples likely...

Wild City #250: Stick No Bills

All around the world in dance music, the South Asian diaspora is carving a space for the culture...

Wild City #249: Paloma

In its first quarter itself, Paloma's Wild City mix connects the low-end rattling bass of Joy...

Wild City #248: Sheral

New Delhi DJ Sheral doesn't wait for a build-up on our latest Wild City mix, entering above 140 BPM...

Wild City #247: Roan Sable

Roan Sable's Wild City mix is the kind that makes listeners reach for Shazam time and time again....