Lockdown (20)

Pragya Sodhani’s Raatein Soyi Hain Is The Perfect Lullaby For Those Still Restless After The Pandemic

When we first heard singer-songwriter Pragya Sodhani’s latest single, that’s exactly what the first comment said about the song. We then delved deeper into her YouTube channel and found some hidden gems. One being a sick mashup of the greatest Bollywood hits of the 90s.

By Meenaz Amreliwala

What happens when Hindustani Classical meets Deep House? Delhi-based musicians Aniket and Aaromal show us with their genre-bending single Mann

At the dawn of the new millennium Bruno Reuter released a new age album, so popular that listeners rushed out to buy new amplifiers and speakers just so they could enjoy his sounds to their fullest. The haunting power behind his compositions can never be…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Singer Roshan Bhat Talks About His Latest Release With Zee Music Starring Mithun Purandare

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.

By Flipsyde Staff

YSP & Friends’ single Breathe is a thing of 2020 nightmares

[Author note: This is not a review, it's a perspective] I live in a low cost housing society in Mumbai (MHADA). When the ‘hard’ lockdown began in March, we saw a reality no one had ever imagined, up and close. We all have fateful evening…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Maroon 5 fans deeply thankful after band's support for dying Indie venues

The official Instagram account of the American Pop-Rock band Maroon 5 posted a video four days ago highlighting the beginnings of their career at independent venues and importance of indie stages. They urged the US Congress to pass the updated HEROES Act to save independent…

By Meenaz Amreliwala

Paloma and Adil: 'The idea was to create a Disco groove that lyrically embodied the existential thoughts that encompass us on a daily basis'

How did you guys come together?  We met at Jadavpur University through mutual friends and it was happenstance that we ended up collaborating on a project in 2015 and realised the music making process was pretty easy going and organic so we decided to make…

By Meenaz Amreliwala

DIGITAL DANCEFLOORS: Boxout.fm's collaboration with Future Female Sounds and the Danish Cultural Institute promises an important month for female musicians

New Delhi-based online radio station Boxout.fm is doing some serious out-of-the-box thinking. Launched in 2017, by Mohammed Abood and Sahej Bakshi, the station has forged a unique nexus with Copenhagen-based non-profit Future Female Sounds and the Danish Cultural Institute in India to bring you a…

By Flipsyde Staff

Album Launch: Zubaan by Mridang

Mridang's latest album Zubaan is for the days you need that lift. In fact, for us here at Flipsyde, we're done with lunch and their music is just what we need to regain some of that lost morning-energy. In the era of MTV, Channel V…

By Flipsyde Staff

Lockdown Diaries: Salim Sulaiman release Gandhi Jayanti single with Grammy Award Winner and US Billboard #1 artist, Ricky Kej

Salim and Sulaiman Merchant have been busy as heck, what with all their diverse collaborations during the lockdown. We've heard the brothers are working on a new track every two weeks! Their label Merchant Records, had recently released a music video, 'Mann Mein Aman', on…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Beishqi Galiyaan | Prateek Gandhi feat. Shefali Alvares & Benny Dayal

Prateek Gandhi is all over the place! In fact on every second wonderful song we receive from our indie artists. We've yet to see a contemporary producer who's worked on such a vast variety of projects. One can only conclude that the music-producer-arranger-composer-mixing-mastering-engineer-guitarist-singer is either…

By Flipsyde Staff