campus creators & culture
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I first happened upon Decoupe’s music through a rather odd but intriguing-looking creative that immediately caught my eye: an angry-looking rock ’n’ roll pig playing the guitar in what they called The Remarkable Tale of Specter. That angry pig sent…
Every once in a while, you come across an artist who completely changes the way you look at something. That was Purbayan Chatterjee for me. I stumbled upon one of his performances online, and within minutes, the sitar felt like…
Sitting in conversation with Tarsame Mittal, Amit Trivedi’s eyes light up when the topic turns to IIT Mood Indigo. For one of Bollywood’s most distinctive music composers, the prestigious festival holds special significance. It was there in January 2010 that…
If you were on YouTube in the late 2010s, chances are A Brown Girl’s Guide to Gender found you before you went looking for it. Maybe someone shared it in a WhatsApp group. Maybe it popped up on your YouTube…
Every generation of independent musicians eventually arrives at a moment where influence gives way to identity. The early years are often shaped by admiration, experimentation, and discovery. Artists borrow from the music they love, absorb sounds from across the world,…
One of the perks of documenting campus culture is that sometimes you get to spot future stars before the rest of the world catches up. Long before he was sharing screen space with Bollywood’s biggest names, working with A.R. Rahman,…
Every hip-hop scene eventually finds an artist who comes to represent something larger than themselves. American rap has long celebrated artists whose music became inseparable from the neighbourhoods that shaped them. Grime grew through voices that captured the realities of…
How Peter Cat Recording Co. Became One of India’s Most Important Cultural Exports The story of Peter Cat Recording Co. is not just the story of a band becoming successful. It is the story of what happens when a generation…
What looks effortless now was shaped through years of small rooms and slow growth. Today, when Karan Aujla walks onto a stage, everything feels seamless. The crowd already knows the words, the timing is sharp, and the energy moves in…
Indian Metal’s Most Fearless Voices Are Back After more than a decade since their debut album How Are You? We Are Fine, Thank You, The Down Troddence return with As You All Know This Is How It Is (AYAKTIHIS), a…
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