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Kneecap's new album 'Fenian' proves the rebel-rap trio's defiant voice only got louder

New Delhi, May 10 -- Fenian, their third full-length, was largely written and recorded in September 2025, when the case against Chara was still playing out in court. That experience has only sharpened... Read More


The quiet dread you're feeling has a name: hyper-normalisation

India, April 18 -- In India, many woke up last week and headed to news portals and to Instagram to see if the US had begun to "obliterate" Iran. There was a slim chance it had. Still, it was somethin... Read More


Kim Gordon's latest album takes aim at AI and American technocracy

New Delhi, April 12 -- When I came of age in the late 2000s, the world was caught in the grips of a techno-utopian fever dream. The internet was going to usher us into a brave new future, one of full ... Read More


When you cannot march, you. sing?

India, April 12 -- Since the first harsh notes rang out, the dominant story of punk has been a Western one. To most of us, this genre of music is distinctly White-coded: created and sustained by the W... Read More


When you cannot march, you. sing?: What punk has meant to Asia

India, April 10 -- Since the first harsh notes rang out, the dominant story of punk has been a Western one. To most of us, this genre of music is distinctly White-coded: created and sustained by the ... Read More


Friendly fire

India, April 5 -- It's 11.45 pm on a Wednesday and four adults on two different continents are laughing into their headsets, because one has slipped off a cartoonish mountain. "Nooooo!" he calls out i... Read More


Easy as abc: See how friendslop is changing the world of gaming

India, April 4 -- It's 11.45 pm on a Wednesday and four adults on two different continents are laughing into their headsets, because one has slipped off a cartoonish mountain. "Nooooo!" he calls out ... Read More


When musicians tune in to politics

New Delhi, March 15 -- In January 2020, Nepali rapper Balendra Shah-better known simply as Balen-released Balidan, a scathing, no-holds-barred takedown of the Himalayan country's political elites. In ... Read More