(news) Disco Puppet, Catman MU, Bios Contrast & More Featured On Benefit Compilation 'CEASEFIRE'

Berlin-based collective L_Klangkunst Werk has released an extensive compilation, released in two parts, entitled 'CEASEFIRE' to address the killing of...

(news) Releases By FILM, Derain & Aeon Waves

While the last week of the year, with its proximity of holidays, buries our attention with year-end reflections or sends it into vacation mode,...

(news) M.A.P // A.M.P Hosted Dastaan Live, Imaad Majeed, Ahmer, Amir Aziz & More As Part Of Music Library, Pirate Radio & Podcast Series

Goethe Institut's multi-pronged project M.A.P // A.M.P documented and celebrated the confluence of music and activism in South Asia by highlighting...

(news) SOS Compilation, Discostan Prints, Kerelief & More: COVID-19 Relief Efforts By South Asian Music Artists & Platforms

As India struggles under the extreme second wave of COVID-19, trying to survive with the help of people over social media and good samaritans of the...

(news) Inquilab: South Asian Women, Trans, Non-Binary & Gender-Fluid Artists Unite For A Compilation Supporting Farmer Families

New York-based label Sub(continental) Sonic Arts recently released a compilation entitled ‘Vol 1 - Inquilab’, featuring female, non-binary and...

(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) Nex, Agaahi Raahi, Faizan & Akx Join Forces On Album ‘Ye Hai Baghawat’

Bangalore-based hip-hop artists Farhan Ahmed aka Agaahi Raahi, his collective-mate Akx and dakhni rapper Mohammad Affan aka Nex, and singer Faizan...

(news) First Look: Tarun Balani’s Music Video For ‘Dr. Escher’

This release isn’t the first time we have heard the opening pads of Tarun Balani's ‘Dr. Escher’. The New Delhi based drummer, educator and...

(news) Hanumankind Shares Poignant Music Video For ‘Options’

Kerala-born Bangalore-based rapper Hanumankind has shared a strongly evocative music video, made in collaboration with Bijoy Shetty, to a new track...

(news) Charity Compilation Series ‘aaj kal’ Mobilizes Disco Puppet, Oceantied, Pardafash & More

Music journalist Dhruva Balram has just launched a new compilation series called ‘aaj kal’ (which translates to ‘These Days’) in response to...

(news) 22 Producers, 22 Samples, 2 Days: Indian Producers Participate In A Beat Challenge For Charity

For years, the independent music community in India has been accused of being apathetic, apolitical and seeped in privilege, ignorant to the...

(news) Arjun Vagale, Sawhorse, Monophonik & More Join Forces To Help Delhi Riot Victims

While the mass media has moved on almost all conversations to the COVID-19 pandemic, the people of North East Delhi are still reeling and recovering...

(news) naqaab47 x Shoals Launch Fundraiser For Delhi Violence Relief Efforts

naqaab47 and Shoals made quite the stir when they released their last single 'ANDOLAN' in reaction to the violence at New Delhi's Jamia Milia Islamia...

(news) Listen: 'Birthright' By Sarathy Korwar Ft. Zia Ahmed, Mirande & Swadesi

Sarathy Korwar seems to be getting cheekier with each release. His previous album, which tackled the South Asian diaspora, stereotyping of South...

(news) Artists Against Communalism: Musicians, Rappers, Comedians & More To Perform At Shaheen Bagh

As February 8 draws closer, the air in Delhi has become increasingly strained, weighed down by tension for the upcoming state elections. Not only are...

(news) Tama Sumo & Lakuti To Make Their India Debut With A 3-City Tour

Respected German DJ and producer Kerstin Egert aka Tama Sumo and Berlin-based South African selector, label-head and promoter Lerato Khati aka Lakuti...

(news) Protest The Ban On Live Music In Bangalore

Following the Karnataka Government’s recent ban on ‘live-music’ a few concerned individuals in Bangalore are organising an active protest...

(news) Bandcamp Announces Support For Trans People

Bandcamp, the popular music hosting website, has allied itself alongside LGBTQIA individuals in yet another protest move against U.S President Donald...

(news) Listen: Four Tet's Playlist Of Music From Countries Banned by the U.S

In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban immigration from certain Muslim-majority countries, artists have been voicing...

(features) 2022 In Review

2022 – the year that the world seemed to finally emerge out of the nightmare that was the COVID-19 pandemic. The year wasn’t without its tragedies...

(features) Review: Lifafa Shines Albeit Dimly In The Shadow Of His Previous Work On ‘Superpower 2020’

When Suryakant Sawhney aka Lifafa released ‘Jaago’ at the start of 2019, it catapulted him to become one of the leading alternative artists of our...

(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 Singled Out: August + September 2020

Wild City handpicks the most interesting tracks released by artists of South Asia and its diaspora in our monthly feature - Singled Out. If you’d...

(features) When Parties Get Political: The Subtle Art of Nightlife Activism In Asia

Parties have long been used as a medium for sociopolitical change. In New York, the crew known as Melting Point have raised thousands of dollars for...

(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) Wild City Singled Out: May 2020

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) Wild City Singled Out: Q1 2020

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) Wild City Singled Out: November + December 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...

(events) Protest The Music Ban

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