“Artists wait for years to achieve their dream. Here, I have begun my career having already achieved mine!” Shivansh Jindal ecstatically reveals to me. After speaking to hundreds of Indie artists over eons, this has got to be the first time I’m witnessing this level…
"I remember watching Aerosmith on MTV when I was a boy, and the experience changed me forever. I saw Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, and I’m like - Woah, I want to do that!" Wildstreet's 36-year-old vocalist, Eric Jayk, recently told Hollywood Soapbox. When we…
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…
It’s good to hear a Contralto after so long, all thanks to Indian-Australian singer Amritha Shakti and her new single Kingdom. Though hardly common to female singing music history, the timbre and texture of a Contralto beckons no comparison. Think Annie Lennox... or our very own…
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…
As usual we are floored by Prateek Gandhi’s voice. He’s among the few singers we have come across in recent times who stands a foot or two away from the mic and sings from the pit of his stomach. “I feel the Sufi singing-style suits…
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…
Hypnoblue describes their music as ‘open-hearted’. That is exactly what it is. The infectious melodies bring back memories of a sunnier, happier time. And for those in their forties, their childhoods! We can’t put our fingers on it, but we imagine if you’re a fan…
Just when we thought we’ve seen it all, 2020 has served us some more of the good stuff! Though formed in 2018, Taiwanese death metal band Dharma needed to do a little more before they could unleash their sound on us. Metal drummer, Jack Tung,…