The first time I listened to David R Blessed, I couldn’t put my finger on his vocal texture and who it reminded me of. I knew there was something familiar about it. Christmas came and went, as did New Year. I still couldn’t identify it;…
In one of those wonderful end-of-year conversations, I sit down with Olly E, a young solo artist from Loughborough. While his songs are dynamic and spirited, I notice, almost immediately, how calm and patient his demeanour is. Olly E calls himself an Alternative Rock singer-songwriter,…
Following the popularity of their first three singles, Breathe, Stay and Poison, which grew immensely popular in the US, Brazil, Indonesia and India, Cryosis has now dropped a fourth single You Make Me. It's been a good couple of years for the Mumbai-based trio, the…
He won India Film Project's 50 Hour Music Challenge from a pool of over 700 teams and is the artist responsible for SaReGaMa’s first non-film release. Yet Tanmoy Guha, better known by his stage name Dhi Harmony, has been making his own music for a…
“It always has been my dream to form an alternative rock band." Muses Abin Thej, the founder of Sick Society, who also happens to have been the first drummer for Kochi-based rockers Thaikkuddam Bridge. Sick Society may well be new, but each member joining Abin…
Roshan Bhat has been a very busy man. If you think you haven’t heard his voice before, think again, because you’ve probably encountered it in that ad jingle you love so much. In fact, Zee Music Company has just released his latest single Rakh Hausla.
Moin Farooqui embodies the spirit of a true indie artist. To back me up here, Musician-Entrepreneur Big Will, AKA Will Zhong, sums up the characteristics of an indie artist perfectly, "They don't stop learning more, they work relentlessly, they think outside the box when it…
It’s very rare that we cover a single artist twice in the same month but RITWQ’s new single Haan was worth every second of its four-minute duration. Trap beats with a crazy-ass guitar solo? Serve us some more of that, please! As always, there's a…
By 1964, Beatlemania took over the world with the band appearing on the Ed Sullivan show, viewed 73 million times and resulting in sold out concerts. The Beatles would then travel in armoured vehicles to protect them from screaming, frenzied fans. Their popularity, though studied…
We were quick to fall in love with his minimalistic yet funky rhythms, his erudite and entertaining lyrics and, of course, the raw honesty with which he talks about his work. But Canadian drummer, producer and lyricist Alexander Cook AKA Azawka may just be his…