Internally Displaced People
A brief history of Yangon's hardcore punk scene/economy/heart.
New Wave / October 2014 / [Pdf , 38 KB]
Music historian.
A brief history of Yangon's hardcore punk scene/economy/heart.
New Wave / October 2014 / [Pdf , 38 KB]
It’s always a whirlwind in the world of online dating. There’s a murky excitement to digitally stepping into a room full of strangers, the rush of possibility that resided in the chatrooms of the early 1990s, the insurance of limitless anonymity.
Mumbai Boss / May 2014 / [Pdf , 535 KB]
Coming from a city where the weather outside is always perfect, erring perpetually on the side of a slight chill, a city that falls asleep very early, this music is staying up late all alone amidst everything that's quiet.
The Knife / March 2012 / [Pdf , 366 KB]
Scenes from the lives of Ganpati Visarjan musicians
Bhenchod Madarchod / October 2013 / [Pdf , 46 KB]
A review of James Blake's sophomore record, you can hear the sea all over it.
Wild City / April 2013
Because I love records that take me back to high school corridors in an imaginary overdramatic world where you can turn your head and look at ex-lovers in slow motion.
The Knife / February 2012 / [Pdf , 269 KB]
In retrospect, you can almost see them shuffling toward a post-apocalyptic future – preparing to be the last band on earth, with a sound growing increasingly machinic yet not lacking in warmth.
NH7 / February 2011
On Adam and the Fish Eyed Poets, as a concept bottled, untouchable and aging beautifully over time.
The Knife / December 2011 / [Pdf , 360 KB]
Non-Bollywood has finally come into its own. A brief history of the Indian independent music scene. (with Arjun S Ravi)
Himal Southasian / April 2011
Scenes from a college festival, and an indie rock band from London journeying through Pilani, Rajasthan.
NH7 / December 2011
Obituary for The White Stripes
NH7 / February 2011
Rant.
The Knife / November 2012 / [Pdf , 222 KB]
A brief glimpse at the Pakistani shoegaze scene, its nascent state in 2011.
NH7 / February 2011
A review of The F16s' first EP release, Kaleidoscope.
The Knife / September 2013 / [Pdf , 279 KB]
An exhaustive summary of Indian indie music in 2011, in a concise 2011 words.
The Knife / January 2012 / [Pdf , 426 KB]
Dissection of The Weeknd, peppered with extreme technology-fatigue.
The Knife / October 2011 / [Pdf , 94.8 KB]
An abrupt/endearing backstage interview with Abhijeet Tambe of Lounge Piranha, backstage at the Weekender.
NH7 / December 2010
An interview with José Gonzalez's three-piece band Junip. (aka how I discovered Tame Impala)
NH7 / September 2010
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