(directory) The BiG BANG!

Organised by political activist and musician Mr India in the Tribal areas of Assam, The BiG BANG! aims to unite the various communities in the area...

(news) Listen: Releases From Azadi Records, Consolidate & Social Isolation

Last week, three noteworthy labels of India’s alternative music space dropped two compilations and an EP that we think are unmissable. Check them...

(news) Sez On The Beat Releases First Single ‘GOONJ’ After Parting Ways With Azadi Records

Sajeel Kapoor aka Sez On The Beat emerged as a nearly omnipresent figure in India’s recent hip-hop surge, providing production duties for artists...

(news) Listen: ‘Ghazi’ By Ahmer

Kashmiri rapper Ahmer, who arrived on India’s alternative music scene last year with one of the strongest releases of 2019, has just released a new...

(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) Rodney P, Skitz & More Announced For Azadi Records' 2nd Anniversary Tour

Azadi Records have just announced a 4-city tour to celebrate their 2nd anniversary. Visiting New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune between May 9-12,...

(news) A Brief Guide To Bira 91 April Fools' Fest 2019

April Fools' Fest 2019 will be bringing music, comedy and theatre together for its second edition held at NSIC Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi. Taking...

(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) Watch: ‘Class-Sikh Maut Vol. II’

Azadi Records’ recent release features three of New Delhi’s best rappers coming together in a hard-hitting single titled ‘Class-Sikh Maut Vol....

(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...

(features) 2019 In Review

2019... the year Donald Trump was (almost) impeached, the year Greta Thunberg woke the world to the climate crisis, the year citizens of India came...

(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) Review: 'O' By Tienas

The term autobiography or memoir is typically anointed to works that encompass one's narrative past. Prabh Deep's 'Class-Sikh', for example,...

(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) Sub-Z: New Delhi's Evolving Underground

Combatants of the underground and cultural bearers fascinated by sounds that find their roots in the UK, London returned Arjun Sodhi alongside his...

(features) Azadi Records Are Taking No Prisoners

“Fuck Desi Hip Hop Dot Com!” Mo Joshi, co-founder of Azadi Records, exclaims. Uday Kapur, who runs Azadi alongside Mo, is also in the room at the...

(features) "I’m coming to snatch the throne”: Prabh Deep on ‘Class-Sikh’

‘Class-Sikh’, the debut LP from Delhi-based rapper Prabh Deep, is blaring over the speakers at VegNonVeg, India’s first multi-brand sneaker...