(news) BFR Sound System Sessions Return After 3 Years With A Multi-Day Event At Delhi's Outskirts

BFR Sound System, one of the few dub sound systems and collective in the country led by Taru Dalmia aka Delhi Sultanate with Samara Chopra aka Begum...

(news) The Ska Vengers Release Live Video Of New Song 'Bad Cat Spray'

Popular Indian group The Ska Vengers returned after a long hiatus in September with a live-streamed performance in partnership with Skillbox....

(news) Premiere: First Look At Dakta Dub & Roy Dipankar’s Docu-Fiction Film ‘Sound System Sanskriti’

Hyderabad-based Bala Subramanyam Swayampakula aka Dakta Dub has been leading his own revolution over the past years, attempting to transform the...

(news) Wild City ‘Together’: Mentoring, Conversations, Skill-Sharing & Performances With Sandunes, BLOT!, Arjun Vagale & More

The coronavirus pandemic and the necessary global lockdown has brought many lives and industries to a standstill, while subjecting all of us to an...

(news) BFR Sound System To Host Block Party At Mumbai’s Dharavi

New Delhi-based artists Taru Dalmia aka Delhi Sultanate and Samara Chopra aka Begum X will take their Jamaican-style hand built BFR Sound System for a...

(news) India's Largest Crowdfunded Music Festival Control ALT Delete Is Back

Every year, the Indian alternative music community comes together in Mumbai to host the country's largest DIY event – Control ALT Delete. Apart from...

(news) BFR Sound System To Play Shows In Assam & Meghalaya With Mr India, Prabh Deep, Ahmer & More

BFR Sound System, one of the most socio-politically active musical collectives of the country, are taking their revered sound system to Diphu,...

(news) Magnetic Fields Announces Second Wave Of Names For 2019

Magnetic Fields Festival, which takes place from December 13-15 this year at the surreal Alsisar Mahal in Rajasthan, had earlier announced a bevy of...

(news) Magnetic Fields 2019 Tickets Are Now On Sale

Tickets for Magnetic Fields 2019 - scheduled to be held from December 13-15 in Alsisar - have just gone on sale. The three-day contemporary arts and...

(news) Hundreds Of Artists & Cultural Practitioners Unite Across Cities In India To Fight For Democracy & Against Hate

It's a critical moment in India's history, one that could potentially alter the future of the country. Democracy has been taken hostage in India by...

(news) Mini-Documentary 'Reggaeology' Maps The Rise Of Indian Reggae

“Reggae is what you make of it. For some, it stands for one love, sure. For others, it's revolution.” - Neil Fraser aka Mad Professor It would be...

(news) Reggae Festival Goa Sunsplash Announces Names For Its 2019 Edition

Conceived in 2016 as a celebration of reggae music and culture, Goa Sunsplash returns for its fourth edition in 2019 to Madrem, Goa – this time as a...

(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) Daphni, Khruangbin, Josey Rebelle, Sassy J Added To Magnetic Fields Festival Line-Up

Joining the likes of Four Tet, Ben UFO, Special Request, Jayda G, Machinedrum, and TEEBS at Magnetic Fields Festival this year will be Caribou’s...

(news) Thank you: Magnetic Fields 2016

Our eyes are still droopy from sleepless nights and our muscles achy and knotted with all that running around and dancing – and yet, as always -...

(news) Gig Preview: BFR Soundsystem At Champa Gali

The BFR soundsystem is all set to hold its much-anticipated second edition at New Delhi’s picturesque Champa Gali on 22 October. If you’ve been...

(news) SYSTEM MUSIC Boss V.I.V.E.K (UK) Leads The Lineup For ECHO #005

Our favourite no-nonsense bass night ECHO will be back later this month with a particularly exciting international addition to the lineup. Mumbai...

(features) Moving Forward: India’s Live Music Through The COVID-19 Pandemic

There’s a part of me that wants to go back to grabbing myself an overpriced beer during some gig at the once-frequented haunts, the very first...

(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 Music Festivals In India

Over the last decade or so, new music festivals of all styles and formats have sprung out of India’s transforming cultural landscape. To help you...

(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...

(features) A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2018

Our favourite weekend of the year is closing in. With just a week to go, Magnetic Fields is right around the corner, and it's going to be chock full...

(features) A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2017

The countdown is well and truly on. Magnetic Fields Festival, one of the highly-anticipated weekends in the year, is fast approaching. With less than...

(features) Politics and Music: A Look Into BFR Sound System’s Documentary

Convinced of the role music can play in political activism, Taru Dalmia had long dreamed of building a sound system - representing the very origins of...

(features) A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2016

And we’re almost there – just 10 days to go for our favourite weekend of the year! Magnetic Fields will be back for its 2016 edition with a whole...

(features) Compa's 7 Most Influential Dubstep Tracks

Compa – real name Will Brown, was born busy. He started making and releasing music very early on - after hustling hard to get himself heard, the...

(mixes) Wild City #087: BASSFoundation Roots

You’d probably recognise Taru Dalmia as the face behind popular ska/jungle/reggae/dub act - Delhi Sultanate and as a member of D&B and jungle...

(events) Wild City 'Together' Conversation: Nightlife & Music

4PM on Wild City's Facebook The first chapter of 'Wild City: Together' will include a conversation that will aim to reflect on the industry landscape...