News

Control ALT Delete Kickstarts Crowdfunding Campaign For 11th Edition

India's largest crowdfunded music festival Control ALT Delete is back for its eleventh edition, and the crowdfunding campaign has officially started. Spread over 2 days in March, this edition of Control ALT Delete will have 5 stages with over 45 artists on the lineup. Keeping with its vision, the...

'Awaaz Do': A Cultural Fundraiser In Mumbai Hopes To Contribute To #SaveAarey

Mumbai-based think tank 4/4 Experiences has helmed a cultural initiative titled 'Awaaz Do' to...

UnBox Festival Makes Its Return In Bangalore In February

After previous editions in New Delhi, multi-disciplinary and interactive festival UnBox is back,...

Kochi-Based Electronic Music Label KEKAO To Launch At Kochi Muziris Biennale

Derived from Malayalam literature, 'kekao' loosely resonates the phrase “hear the unheard”. With...

'The Future Is Female': shesaid.so & Levitate Collaborate For Year-Long Female-Centric Gig Series

Barely two decades in, the 21st century is already paving an optimistic future for women and members...

Features

2018 In Review: The Artists That Defined The Alternative Music Sphere In India

2019 has barely taken its first steps, and there have already been a host of exciting releases, events and music festivals. Before we launch ourselves into the new year, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on 2018. Last year was a big one for the alternative, independent music scene in India:...

Review: With 'Jaago' Lifafa Has Truly Found His Identity

A few days ago, in the middle of an animated discussion about Indian acts, a friend said to me, “I think Peter Cat Recording Co is like the Indian Radiohead.” It is a debatable statement (though in my opinion, that's pretty damn accurate) but if that is the case, then Lifafa could arguably be...

Mixes

Wild City #163: Sepoys

Those of you familiar with Rohit Tandon aka Sepoys' monthly 'Verdura Vibes' podcast on boxout.fm may...

Wild City #162: Tasnneem

Dry, cold and static, December seems to bring with it an air of bleakness and despair. The days turn...

Wild City #161: Zero 7

It's festival season in India right now. No, not because of Diwali and any other religious holidays...

Wild City #160: Lefto

Tastemaker, selector, curator or “your favourite DJ's favourite DJ” is how Lefto is most often...

Wild City #159: Yidam

Wild City's 159th mix might be the most cohesive one yet. It sounds less like a mix than the...

Wild City #158: Chrms

People really like to throw around the phase “age is just a number”. It is just a number, but...

Events

Mount Kimbie

23 January 2019 - Mumbai

Skrat

24 January 2019
Bangalore

Dona aka DJ Plant Texture

24 January 2019
New Delhi

DJ Sa

25 January 2019
Mumbai

BFR Sound System & More

26 January 2019
Mumbai