News

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 album 'Mountain'. The album turns to India for its influences, having been recorded across Mumbai, New Delhi, Rajasthan and Varanasi and featuring the word "Parvat" (meaning "Mountain") in Devanagari...

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...

Hellish Makes An Attempt To Combine Trap Metal, Hindi Rap & Emo Pop On 'Maeve Lila'

New Delhi artist Astha aka Hellish recently put out her new EP 'Maeve Lila'. While the fledgling...

Nikhil Chinapa & Browncoat Offer Release & Slot At Satellite Beachside Festival With Remix Contest Around New Track '1947'

Indian electronic music veterans Nikhil Chinapa and Browncoat marked Independence Day with the...

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....