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Today after having watched and listened to Abhigya - The Band's Himachali folk medley, I felt something that can only be described as a sentimental yearning. Ordinarily, I see shots of Himachal all the time. In movies, videos and pictures posted online. Sometimes I'm up…
They are willing to work hard, build bridges and are wholly open to learning. If there’s one thing I’ve noticed, at least in India, and at least with those around me, is no one has been more busy during the lockdown than the Zoomers. My…
Some of us here at Flipsyde are suckers for Indipop. We grew up in the days when MTV and Channel V were all about the music. Yes, before those dark reality-TV days! Tu Mila ft. Aseem, Shlok’s latest release is perhaps one of the most…
Think back to most rock bands you grew up on. You saw vocalists play the rhythm guitar, sometimes even the lead guitar but how many times did you see a drumming vocalist? My guess is, not more than a handful. Singing drummers have always fascinated…
[The good news is, you can!] What can we say about the lockdown? Artists who previously barely managed an album a year are now churning out two per month! We’ve seen people who were never traditional/trained musicians or even part of the music industry, produce…
[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…
Emiway AKA Bilal Shaikh is one of the only Hip Hop artists in India who has relied entirely on himself and the power of social media for his fame and fortune. Since the beginning, he has composed, produced, recorded and edited his music himself. Cumulatively…
Forgive me Father, for I have Synth” Everyone’s come aboard the disco train and Basshunter’s new single Angels Ain’t Listening does complete justice to the micro-genre. Thus having us question whether the Swedes have Pop music encoded within their genetics. Seven years ago, Nolan Feeney of…
We sat down with Gladson Peter, who carries a 27-kilo contraption and plays 13 simultaneous instruments. In his teens, Gladson lost 60% of the functioning of his lungs and was advised not to play any instruments. Today, not only surviving but thriving, this musical prodigy…
[Alright, so I'm all over the place with sci-fi/dystopia/cyberpunk literature and cinema. I don't know if I'm the right person to be reviewing this EP. Nevertheless, I did enjoy it.] Contextually, having watched the Matrix when it first released (in the theatre, in Mumbai, in…