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5 Standout Music Videos From 2015
We can’t overstate the importance of the music video in the current cultural climate. In a 2014 interview with filmmaker Sachin Pillai, a prolific figure in the (largely) indie arena, we spoke...
Watch: Recap Video Of Parra For Cuv1381205's Delhi Show
After witnessing an incredible performance by HVOB in March this year, we brought down German downtempo electronic savant Parra for Cuva, otherwise known as Nicolas Demuth, to Delhi as part of a tour...
Echo: A Taste Of The Club Night
If you’ve been keeping tabs on us in the recent past, you may have heard of ‘Echo’ - a one-of-a-kind club night we launched in April along with Alter State, a.k.a. Sanil Sudan and Taru Dalmia,...
State Of Bengal: The Legacy Of Sam Zaman
On 19 May this year music producer and DJ Saifullah "Sam" Zaman, known better by his musical identity State of Bengal, died of an apparent cardiac arrest, aged 50.His premature demise has...
Spotlight: Mixtape
For Naveen Deshpande, head honcho of Mixtape, the journey really began in the early noughties when he played drums for Pune death metal outfit, Black Hole Theory in his teens. Back then Indian bands...
5 Minutes With: Hoirong’s Kamal Singh
“This is the fat and ugly step-sister of pop music, and it's basically sublime.” Hoirong (we’ve mentioned this before but it means ‘asshole’ in Manipuri, FYI) is one of our favourite bands...
Tracing The Journey Of KRUNK
Our tale begins in the teeming, balmy metropolis of Mumbai, circa 2009. Its protagonist, Sohail Arora, a familiar name to many of you reading this, was at the time employed as a programmer at...
In Conversation With HVOB (Her Voice Over Boys)
A number of you will remember that earlier this year, Delhi and Bangalore were graced by Austrian duo (trio when they perform live) HVOB, an acronym for Her Voice Over Boys, brought in with support...
6LA8 (Part 1): An Attempt To Condense And Convey
“Society is nothing but a long established change. And, any massive change can become socially relevant. Art (in a broader spectrum) has that potential to inspire, ignite and accelerate any massive...
In Profile: Worms' Cottage
In November last year, Machli (one of our favourite new indie electronic acts) sent Wild City a mix which featured some of their favourite tunes. Within it was a song called ‘Dysfunctional...