The Return of Disco | Paloma and Adil

Remember the channel MCM? The French music channel we all switched to when MTV and Channel V stopped being about the music. It was the early 2000s and where else would we have gotten our dose of anything that came from across the seven seas?…

By Flipsyde Staff

5 Of The Chillest Songs from India You'll Ever Hear

Look out the window, lie down, pet the cat... reflect! Stepping About by Tushar Mathur feat. Shayan Roy My Dreams by Theharity Tum Ho Kahan by Rajat Sharma Life is Fiction by Aakash Ranjan Ilaaj by Aseem

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Rick Allen: The Story of Determination and Loyalty

How many co-workers could you count who'd stick by you through the toughest of times? I'm not talking of sympathy, but of ultimate loyalty. I've asked the question over the past few years to many people, and more so since turbulent times we've been through…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Check It Out! Iranian Band RadioBAND’S Smashing Rock and Roll Single Will Knock Your Socks Off!

We just got in touch with these beautiful guys from Iran and we just love their sound. Watch out for our in-depth interview with them. In the meantime check out their music and their YouTube channels. It’s one of those hidden gems that you know…

By Flipsyde Staff

Earworm of the Day | 7BANTAI'Z | VAAT 

We're going to be singing these lines all day - Vaat Lagane Aa Gayela Tera Bhai! 7BANTAI'Z new music video is a salute to the COVID frontline workers in Mumbai and a hilarious (backhanded) compliment to the coppers. Definitely had us laughing first thing in…

By Rohan Sabharwal

3 Times This Month 'When Chai Met Toast' TOTALLY Melted Us

Blame it on the sunshine, blame it on the rain, blame it on our fragile friggin' hearts! WITH KAHAANI WITH WHEN WE FEEL YOUNG WITH MAYBE I CAN FLY

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The Emerging of Sutej Singh

In the Himalayas, Solan district to be precise, dwells one Sutej Singh. At times it feels it's just Sutej, his guitar and the mountains. But when they come together we begin to see a picture of clouds, not in the sky, but at our feet,…

By Rohan Sabharwal

A Visual Treat! Melody by Imcha Imchen 

Imcha Imchen’s music video for his single Melody is the masterclass we all need - in cinematography, audio mastering, editing and most of all colour grading. This soothing ‘melody’ might just be what’s going to bring that smile to your face today. Set in Dimapur,…

By Flipsyde Staff

5 Post-Covid Music Videos From India That Will Blow You Away

We've combed through the net to bring you the best talent that didn't let no lockdown stop 'em! Pratika - Burn (Prod. by Calm) Po Irave | Sid Paul Ft. Shashaa Tirupati | Mohanrajan 3 A.M - Kaisi Yeh Hawa Daira - Basar (Official Music…

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Music Video: It's A Trap Ft. Mrunal Shankar

What we love about indie artists is that they’re not bound to a style. We’ve found this with Mrunal Shankar in particular, who has a good vocal range and stylistically comfortable in a range of genres. We’ve seen her skirt around romantic RNB and Hip-Hop,…

By Flipsyde Staff

Slow Is The Tide - Big Bang Blues

You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues Al Jarreau Even if they didn't have footage of whiskey poured into a glass at the beginning of the music video, it would be the only way one would really enjoy…

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Out Now: Laxmi Bomb's New EP, Lockdown Mohan

Laxmi Bomb is one of the most underrated electro bands of ALL TIME. In the world. We are just so surprised to see that they don't have at least 100k views for each video. That's how much we love their stuff and know everyone else…

By Flipsyde Staff

6 Awesome And Cheesy 80's Songs Buried Deep In Your Subconscious

This list Kuschel-rocks! Can't Be With You Tonight by Judy Boucher Heaven Knows by Rick Price For The Very First Time by Robin Beck Reality by Richard Sanderson Sometimes When We Touch by Dan Hill I Can Dream About You by Dan Hartman 

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Of Springfield, Fox and Me

“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” Proust A lot like when you listen to Bossa nova; the world is brighter and spacious, the decor and architecture, rounded and colourful. A warm seaside breeze envelops you, long white…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Father and Son (2020) - Cat Stevens

A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father. Gabriel García Márquez Cat Stevens’ Father and Son has given fathers and sons chills ever since its debut in 1970. I was born nine years later but I’ve always…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Bloodywood - Raj Against the Machine

The first time I heard the band Bloodywood, it was a range of emotions. Being a metalhead from the nineties and then going out of touch with the metal scene for over twenty years, I had no clue what was happening anymore. For all intents…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Divine's Latest Music video Punya Paap launched!

Check out Divine's latest music video Punya Paap. His work seems to have matured just the right amount and what it is, is a deeper, darker sound and lyrically tight. Audio Credits: Song: Punya Paap Artist & Lyrics: DIVINE Music Producer: iLL Wayno Co-Composers: iLL…

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5 Best Feel Good Inc. Covers of All Time! (And Every Genre)

Fifteen years ago, Gorillaz, the virtual band created by Damon Albarn (Yes, that guy from Blur!) and artist Jamie Hewlett, began making some crazy postmodern stuff. Sound and video-wise. Today, we bring you the best covers OF ALL TIME of their hit song Feel Good…

By Flipsyde Staff

It's Time To Face The Music

Panini, was an ancient Sanskrit philologist, grammarian, and a revered scholar in ancient India, often referred to as the father of linguistics. But the Panini we are talking about today is a musician who goes by the pseudonym AFKAP.  I’ll get to the philosophy behind…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Addicted to Dopeadelicz

I remember listening to one of the first Indian hip hop tracks maybe fifteen years ago and I hated it. It was pretentious as hell. India has always struggled with certain genres in music because we simply didn’t tell stories that demanded the genre. Hip…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Visuals for Jung by Swadesi, Out Now!

Indian Hip-hop group Swadesi’s new single, ‘Jung’ features visuals based on ’18 Days: The Mahabharata’ created by Grant Morrison. ‘Jung’ means ‘War’. Our nation and the world we live in is always forced to fight against each other, for natural resources, power etc. Friends, co-workers,…

By Flipsyde Staff

Last Train | Acoustic | Alobo Naga

Here we thought that the concept of the power ballad had ceased to exist. Remember Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Boston, and GNR? What ever happened to those emotional highs and lows that relied on the singer's voice and what rose right from the pit of his belly?…

By Flipsyde Staff

6 Best Charlie Puth Attention Covers!

We all went nuts over Charlie Puth's Attention when it first came out, especially that damn bassline! Here's a list of the absolute best we found on indie YouTube! (in alphabetical order, we don't rate talent here :)) Boyce Avenue Emma Heesters First To Eleven…

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Against the Grain

Thirty-three years is a long time. It falls bang in between a quarter and half a lifetime. You’re well set in your career, maybe your second child is on the way, you’re no longer considered the target market for most music labels and fashion companies…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Once an Engineer, Always a Musician – An Interview with Kavish Seth

Today we bring you an exclusive interview with Kavish Seth, poet, musician and polymath! Ceteris Paribus, Kavish Seth is also the inventor of the ‘Noori’, a 14 stringed instrument shaped like a guitar, but with a wooden frame covered in goatskin to produce percussive sounds…

By Meenaz Amreliwala

Numa: 'We live in such a great time to be an independent artist!'

Numa, the very talented music producer, audio engineer, singer, songwriter, and DJ, now supports herself and her own project completely from her music and has been writing full time for other artists. Her other big achievement was having songs that she wrote hit #16 on…

By Meenaz Amreliwala