(news) Marta Del Grandi & Luka Join Tarun Balani On Seasonal Affected Beats' New EP 'In Song'

When prominent Indian drummer-educator-composer Tarun Balani reshaped his amalgamation of live electronica and jazz, under his moniker Seasonal...

(news) Releases Of The Week: Seedhe Maut, Water & Rum, Rudoh & More

With 'Releases Of The Week', Wild City handpicks and highlights our favourite new music from the previous week by artists from South Asia and its...

(news) Releases Of The Week: Tienas x Specter, Zanuski, Nowhere Station & More

With 'Releases Of The Week', Wild City handpicks and highlights our favourite new music from the previous week by artists from South Asia and its...

(news) Exclusive First Listen: ‘Flish’ By Banat

There is no shortage of singer-songwriters using the immeasurably tried and tested sonics of piano or guitar-led ballads to tell their individual...

(news) Raghav Meattle, Hanita Bhambri & More Join Aswekeepsearching’s Mental Health Awareness Campaign ‘#foryourmind’

Earlier this year, Hindi prog rock band Aswekeepsearching released their ambient album ‘sleep’, delving into themes of mental wellness and...

(news) Listen: 'Elephants on the Beach' By Angad Berar

The environment is rapidly perishing, the world is becoming increasingly hostile and intolerant, the economy is gradually dismantling before our eyes...

(news) Magnetic Fields Announces First Wave Of Names For 2018 Edition

The wait is over - Magnetic Fields Festival has just released the first phase of it’s 2018 line-up. Magnetic Fields is notorious for pushing...

(news) Listen: Playlist From Pakistani Female Collective ‘Girls At Dhabas’

Girls at Dhabas is a collective of feminists in Pakistan who are trying to reclaim public spaces for women. Concerned by the disappearance of women...

(news) Listen: Dualist Inquiry Releases ‘Dreamcatcher’ LP, Reveals Tour Dates

Whether it was his intention or not, Sahej Bakshi has become the poster boy for the Indian-indie scene. He’s got the image down pat, commands stages...

(news) Fuzzy Logic Crowdfunds Animated Music Video For ‘Pretty Child’

Mumbai born music producer and musician Arfaaz Kagalwala, better known as Fuzzy Logic is collaborating with American stop-motion animator and sculptor...

(news) HVOB, Humble The Poet And Fakear Added To Lost Party 2016 Lineup

Multi genre festival The Lost Party 2016 is all set to take place later this month from 26-28 February at the beautiful Saltar Lake in Maharashtra....

(news) Consolidate: India's Newest Record Label Release FRNDS & FMLY 2016 Compilation

'Consolidate' is a music collective, blog and now record label we’ve believed in since Rahul Giri (_RHL/one half of Sulk Station) launched it on his...

(news) VOI Jeans & Wild City To Launch VOI Nights With Robot Koch

Award winning producer and musician par excellence Robot Koch will be travelling to Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore between 26-28 November to launch VOI...

(news) New Label ‘Circuit’ Aims To Push Local Underground Techno Talent In India

We’ve just received word of a brand new Delhi based label that aims to further the growth of underground and experimental techno in India. The new...

(news) British Council & Wild City To Host 'Alternative India' Showcase In New Delhi

We’re very pleased to announce that Wild City, in collaboration with the British Council, will be presenting a showcase of Indian electronic music...

(news) Listen: Curtain Blue Releases Single ‘My Obscurity' Ahead Of EP Launch

Alternative electronic musician and producer Curtain Blue, a.k.a. Abhishek Bhatia is all set to release his debut EP ‘Drones’ on 13 April. In its...

(news) Watch: Curtain Blue 'Drones' EP Teaser + Launch Details

Curtain Blue, known to his peers as Abhishek Bhatia is a formidable talent in the Indian musical circuit. We’ve been on about his vast reserves...

(news) Gig Preview: Begum 'Bagh' LP Launch Party

Purveyors of good taste and better indie music Hauz Khas Social have launched a new monthly property. The platform, for encouraging and promoting...

(news) Listen: Begum Debut Album ‘Bagh’

Last night (27 August) saw the long wait for Begum’s debut album finally come to an end with the release of their lo-fi 10 track LP, titled...

(features) 2020 In Review

To fully grasp all that the year 2020 entailed, it’s important to briefly reflect on how things were at the start of it. India was seething with...

(features) Wild City: Editorial Intent & Resource List

The music landscape in India and across South Asia has undergone massive movements and overhauls since we launched Wild City 9 years ago. Each day,...

(features) With 'The Oomph, The Bass & The Kick Drum’, Todh Teri Gears Up For The Lab Mumbai: BUDX edition

Earlier last year, Mixmag brought their flagship live stream event series The Lab to emerging dancing music scenes around the world including Mumbai...

(features) A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2019

The music lineup at Magnetic Fields Festival is bigger this year than ever before. Not only does the festival have a vast array of art and experiences...

(features) A Comprehensive Guide To The Art & Experiences At Magnetic Fields 2019

Ever since it was conceptualised, Magnetic Fields has always been more than just a music festival. Within the fairy-tale confines of Alsisar Mahal in...

(features) A Comprehensive Guide To The Showcases At Magnetic Fields 2019

Beside its confluence of global and glocal talent, Magnetic Fields Festival 2019 will extend its future-facing vision to a set of showcases spread...

(features) Disco Puppet Paints A Surreal Self-Portrait On 'Aranyer Dinratri'

Back when Shoumik Biswas was a very young boy, his parents used to fight often. The reason was mostly because his mother found it difficult to...

(features) Peter Cat Recording Co: End Of An Era?

If you want to miff or bore Peter Cat Recording Co., a sure shot way would be to ask the band what genre their music belongs to. They're not the first...

(features) Wild City Singled Out: May 2019

Wild City handpicks the most interesting one-off singles released by artists in South Asia in our monthly feature - Singled Out. If you’d like us to...

(features) 'I play jazz for fuck’s sake – it’s revolt music': Tarun Balani

The reason Tarun Balani is a jazz drummer and composer ultimately boils down to a technical error. Roughly 14 years ago in New York City, technology...

(features) "No Expectations, Only Surprises": Inside Berlin’s Infamous Party Collective African Acid Is The Future

Dressed from top to bottom in all-black attire, wearing a mute expression and carrying a cloud of anxiety and anticipation, my friend and I stood in a...

(features) A Guide To The Experiences At #MagFields2017

Future-facing, forward-thinking festivals are the ones that push boundaries, the events that look outside of focusing on just the music. This is...

(features) From The Ground Up: A Lunchtime Conversation About Radio

“The thing with radio is that it helps the artists develop in different ways,” Roska, label-owner and DJ and producer from London, said over a 5...

(features) We’re All In This Together: A Discussion About Mental Health In The Music Industry

The music industry has recently taken major strides in addressing its most shameful secrets; sexism, sexual abuse, misogyny, homophobia and racism...

(features) Wild City Singled Out: March 2017

Wild City handpicks the most interesting one-off singles released by artists in South Asia in our monthly feature - Singled Out. If you’d like us to...

(features) A Restless Creative For A Better World: Alok Vaid-Menon

Alok Vaid-Menon is a poet, writer and performance artist, who identifies as a gender non-conforming person and uses the pronouns “they/them”....

(features) In Conversation With Dubstep Pioneer & Tectonic Head Honcho Pinch

Rob ‘Pinch’ Ellis’s reputation precedes him. He has a relentless approach to anything he sets his mind to. Whether it’s DJing, producing or...

(features) Aneesha Kotwani On Collaboration, Community & WAVLNGTH

Aneesha Kotwani is the founder of WAVLNGTH – a booking/promoting/management agency that despite coming to fruition just under 9 months ago has been...

(features) Sandunes On 'Downstream', Industry Pressures & The Need For More Women In Music

Sanaya Ardeshir’s got the kind of rare self-awareness, reflexivity and casual (borderline oblivious) verity that makes interviewing her particularly...

(mixes) Wild City #076: MadStarBase

MadStarBase is an international music crew with members representing USA, UK, Jamaica, and India. New Delhi based production and DJ duo Ase (Anant...

(mixes) Wild City 017: Andy Vaz

Andy Vaz hails from Düsseldorf, Germany and is the man behind Background Recordings, a label internationally acclaimed as being instrumental to what...