“In 2019, somewhere in UP, someone spread a false message that a certain man was stealing/kidnapping children,” Shahzan Mujeeb tells me right at the beginning of our grim conversation. “Within 24 hours, 20 people were lynched. Can you imagine? Innocent human beings murdered because of…
It’s 7 am, and I’ve just gotten down to listening to Kya Wajah by Yogie (Yogesh Varma), Wroc (Shekhar Mhatre) and Vanishree Sahu. Everything about the EP is conducive to a night spent web-designing (of all things!). There’s a lot of “lo-fi” going around these…
What we love about indie artists is how creative they can get, especially when left to do what comes naturally to them. They aren’t afraid to try things others wouldn’t dare to, a lot like children who don’t hide their play from adults. In fact,…
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…
Rap? Martial Arts? Throw in a BMX and you have our entire childhoods right there! In fact Rap is a Martial Art's entire channel is. Before we go on, we must thank him for continuing in the tradition of old-skool lyrical rap with such style.
Boy, do we love an industrial feel to everything! We grew up on rapcore and this music video, though rap/hip hop, has all the elements for an old school headbanger, just like Rage Against The Machine back in the day. The video begins with shots…
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…
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,…
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…
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…