Known as The Humma Girl, we have a classically-trained artist, who made her name as a playback singer, and now she’s making her own new music - we’re talking about pop soul Shashaa Tirupati . Born a Canadian, she now resides in Mumbai and she tells us about how she gave up studying medicine to pursue a music career, winning a National Award, why she stopped singing for 2 years before becoming a part of AR Rahman’s choir, and how vulnerability can inspire songwriting. Set List: String Of Air (00:...
Dec 08, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 196
It’s our host Mae’s birthday month and to kick things off, we have electro rock act Fuzzculture , but his mother named him Arsh Sharma. On this episode, he talks about hitting rock bottom, teddy bear merchandise, going solo, writing music at Sharjah airport, and his new path to new music. Set List: Kids In The Dark (01:04 - 05:02) Toast Of The Town (18:19 - 21:36) Escape To Where You’re Wanted (28:48 - 32:50) Nicotine (46:03 - 49:39) Toast Of The Town [Acoustic] (52:29 - 54:44) Follow Fuzzcultur...
Dec 01, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 195
Tring Tring. Tring Tring. Tring Tring. We recommend you take this call. And if you missed it, don’t worry because this isn’t a call centre trying to sell you insurance/loans/subscription. This is a call to the best indie music coming out of Delhi, Manipur, Roorkee, Bangalore & Bombay. We have Kashmiris singing about their existential crisis, Frappe rap, a song about astrophysics and more. Song: Gumbal - Born Under The Second Law (01:14 - 04:07) Parvaaz - Harf Parvaaz - Mastaan (11:14 - 16:44...
Nov 24, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 194
We’ve all had a classic rock phase in our lives and on this episode, we relive that love with rockers InRegalia. They’ve been around for 7 years and we take a deep dive into their childhood, their musical influences, caves, forts, their cats, Zandu balm, and more. It’s time to rock out with your…. Set List: Best Of Us (00:38 - 04:21) Second Time Around (16:25 - 19:50) Leave Your Mind Behind (36:12 - 40:07) Rebels Dance (15:17 - 55:37) Tight Squeeze (55:38 - 59:19) Musicians: Peter Abraham - Voca...
Nov 17, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 193
So when the main man Kailash Kher recommends an artist, you say Yes! On today’s episode we have hindustani, sufi, folk fusion band - AR Divine . We chat about reverbnation pages, being on The Voice India , what happens when your father teaches you tabla, cheesy music videos as well as bring you more new music on Maed in India . Set List: Yeh Jiya (00:34 - 06:17) Nayi Udaan (19:03 - 22:10) Aye Khuda (28:04 - 33:52) Mere Watan (43:46 - 47:23) Musicians: Abhishek Mukherjee - Lead Vocalist Rachit Ag...
Nov 10, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 192
We try and go far and wide when we bring you new music on Maed in India and on this episode, we are lucky enough to feature pop rockers Fame The Band who hail from a sleepy town in Meghalaya called Tura. They released their debut album in 2017 and come on the show to play you some songs from it. We talk about why they moved to Bombay, their school anthem, why bassists don’t have friends, two-chord songs and the tallest Christmas tree in the world. Set List: Don’t Save Me (00:34 - 03:31) Just Thi...
Nov 03, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 191
As we get closer and closer to the cooler part of the year, we thought we’d throw in some hot tunes that are Beneath The Fireworks, or bring you the Heat Of The Day, or help you rise like a Phoenix from the ashes. So if you’re feeling a bit Paavam and need a blankie to keep you warm, we got you. Song List: Taba Chake - In Waadiyon Mein (01:04 - 04:34) Taba Chake - Keeping Me From Sleep Tonight (04:36 - 07:29) Unohu - Upside Down (08:09 - 12:45) Nitika Kurian - Phoenix (14:34 - 18:08) Seven &...
Oct 27, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 190
At long last, prog/post-rock band aswekeepsearching have landed in our Maed in India lap to play you a stripped down session of their hardcore songs. We talk about how they started out as a bedroom project in Ahmedabad, their tour antics, nearly breaking up and how you keep band members together by writing a song about them in the next album. 'Tis true. Let the heartbreak be your muse. Set List: In Circles (00:35 - 05:47) Reminiscence (20:31 - 24:40) Rooh (47:01 - 51:24) B-303 (55:59 - 01:01:03)...
Oct 20, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 189
And he’s back. Warren Mendonsa aka Blackstratblues comes to Maed in India with his guitar, looping pedal and his latest album in tow. We talk about his daughter Nia and her royalties, studying to be an engineer when all your friends are doing cooler stuff in college, how to make the best pav bhaji, epic basslines, his 40th birthday, Steely Dan and more. You’ll also get to hear a stripped down set of his album, When It’s Time, and an unreleased gem thrown in too. Set List: Tiny Bit Of Sky (01:05 ...
Oct 13, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Coming at you, highly recommended Classical fusion jazz outfit, Pakshee who hail from Delhi We chat about cheesy band bios, combining Hindustani & Carnatic classical, how to sprinkle a little hip hop into your music, and more. They will perform their latest self-titled debut album on Maed in India . Set List: Ang (00:40 - 06:11) Kyun (11:22 - 15:24) Kosh (23:11 - 28:28) Raah Piya (33:47 - 40:30) Musicians: Kunwar Tanishque Jarial - Vocals Sree Rag - Vocals Parijat Kirti - Electric Guitar Aks...
Oct 06, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 187
In honour of our grand merch store opening, we bring you our Black T-shirt Mixtape that takes you through our exciting October episode releases and brings you closer to some of that spicy new music coming out of this country. From post-rock, pop rock, to electro, hip hop and Carnatic jazz fusion. This Mixtape has no particular theme except to pay homage to the black t-shirt brigade who frequent our delightful indie gig scene and to inaugurate our Maed Merch Shop. Support, love and purchases at h...
Sep 29, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 186
From her first disastrous performance in school to winning, music competition, Project Aloft Star Asia with Universal Music, pop soul singer-songwriter Hanita Bhambri lands up on Maed in India to talk about how nothing was going to stop her from making her music. We chat about writing lyrics in her Dragon Ball Z notebook at the age of 11, writing songs in uber rides, and using her mind to make her dreams a reality (we hope it’s cake). You’ll also hear a bunch of brand new songs she’s working on ...
Sep 22, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 185
Out with some new music and galavanting on her Labour of Love tour, soul folk pop singer-songwriter, Abhilasha Sinha drops by to Maed in India for a little chat and a performance. She tells us about her college days in music society, her first band L For Vendetta, and how her time in New York changed her songwriting from sunshine ditties to grittier, darker compositions. She also plays you some new music and throws in an unreleased gem in there too. Set List: Mother (00:37 - 04:44) Hold Your Pri...
Sep 15, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 184
Yo Yo Yo! Braap Braap! Yeah that’s what they say right? We try. This week on the show, we got two emcees from Vivian Divine’s Gully Gang Cypher - Shah Rule & D’evil. They talk about the hustle, how the hip hop scene in India grew out of groups on Orkut, what do you do when you feel like all hope is lost for your musical career, being part of Bollywood sensation Gully Boy, and of course they throw down some mean beats and wicked raps on this episode of Maed in India. Set List: GullyGang Cyphe...
Sep 08, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 183
Indie dream-pop shoegaze act Fox in the Garden bring you some new music from their upcoming EP that’s in the pipeline as we chat about the numerous bands they’ve been in, Calcutta, Goa and why they would rather be a “fox in the garden, than a rabbit in a hole”. Set List: Japan (00:28 - 04:23) Daydream (15:00 - 18:00) Goa (25:28 - 32:38) Coma Weed (38:02 - 43:10) Musicians: Soutrik Chakraborty - Vocals / Guitar Avinash Chordia - Drums Shalom Benjamin - Bass Utkarsh Jaiswal - Guitar Ishan Lal - Ke...
Sep 01, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 182
It’s time to raise those pinkies and take a sip of that delightful hot brew as Mae takes you down a rabbit hole to a musical wonderland. Travelling through Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Baroda, Bangalore and Bombay, we have songs that take you through forestfires, mothers, friends, ups and downs, highs that get even higher and at the end of the day, it all comes down to greats moves and the right explanation. Song List: Yesterdrive - Dread (00:57 - 05:55) Fuzzculture - All My Friends Are High...
Aug 25, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 181
Singer-songwriter Vasuda Sharma is back on Maed in India with her band in tow aka The Besharams. On this episode, we talk about how a “certain member” of metal band Bhayanak Maut ended up reviewing pop sensation Aasma, how you can still be local and play a banjo, understanding what it’s like to live with 30 cats and how to sample your feline friend in your album recording. Oh and of course, how could we forget, they’ll be performing stripped down versions of their songs from their brand spanking...
Aug 18, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 180
Your indie gal Mae is the quintessential enthu cutlet. She gets excited about things like tea, swimming, new notebooks, a stiff drink, and of course new music. In her abundant enthuness, she brings you more and more tunes for your unending listening pleasure. This mixtape has songs about lethargy, lovers, Sunday, butter, chaos, and Amma. Song List: Smalltalk - Tired (01:46 - 06:32) Kalmi - Amma (07:16 - 12:03) Mali - Play (12:57 - 16:32) Avora Records - Sunday (17:08 - 20:38) Jose Neil Gomes - G...
Jul 28, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 179
Taking over this episode of Maed in India is Indian femcee (get it… emcee… femcee), we got Manmeet Kaur in de house. Out with her latest album, Neophilia, we take a deep dive into her life and times talking about her family, her relationships, her childhood, her struggles, her triumphs, her opinions, and her beef with everything she feels is wrong with the world. Set List: Likwit Love (00:28 - 04:28) Hitchhikers (19:38 - 22:32) It's Like That (26:55 - 29:35) Liberal Slavery (35:02 - 37:47) Spotl...
Jul 21, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 178
On this week’s episode of Maed in india, we have hindi folk rock act Aankh Micholi performing from their latest album, Aao Khele. We chat to them about arranged marriages, Hansel & Gretel, being called Osho, vedic rock and they even throw in a couple of unreleased goodies. Set List: Sacchai (00:29 - 05:57) Sun Kabira (15:24 - 20:20) Ram Bharose (28:51 - 34:29) Bablu Ki Shaadi (45:56 - 52:17) Musicians: Osho Jain - Vocals / Guitar Pankaj Pathe - Guitar Hansel Dias - Bass / Backing Vocals Bhar...
Jul 14, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 177
Pop rock act, Out of Autumn are the next headliners on Maed in India who “translate sounds into feelings and feelings into sounds”... whatever that means. We talk about really lame nicknames, when your dad has his own band too, having disagreements with an imaginary girlfriend, and a performance of a whole bunch of unreleased music from an upcoming concept album they working on. Set List: Burn the Bridge (00:35 - 04:05) In Your Head / Mozart (09:12 - 14:06) Throw Me Rope (22:51 - 27:27) Afterglo...
Jul 07, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Keeping Mae’s relationship with her roots strong, we have another band from her motherland on the show - happy campers electro-pop band, The Derelicts! We talk about how being in a metal band in college was a right of passage, whether being a chartered accountant or a musician makes you more marriageable, the Kerala indie music scene and what it takes to be a happy sad band. Set List: Happy Sad (00:39 - 07:41) Jennifer (25:49 - 30:52) In the Air (38:24 - 44:05) Introspect (49:55 - 55:00) Musicia...
Jun 30, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 175
Ever the early riser, always the late arriver. That’s Mae. Punctuality isn’t particularly her forte but making awesome mixtapes is! This month, we have music from all over the country - Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai and Nagaland. Today’s songs may cause the following: drowning, dreaming, falling, lifting or trading. Song List: Three Oscillators ft. Karshni Nair - Drowning (01:40 - 05:03) The F16s - Amber (05:41 - 09:08) Polar Lights - Fall Out (09:43 - 16:15) Burudu - Trading Noise (16:48 - ...
Jun 23, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 174
4 years of Maed in India 4 producers of Maed in India This episode brings you stories behind this humble indie music podcast that has over 170 episodes and 600 songs out so far. Mae chats to Amit, Mali, Josh and Shaun who’ve all in some way or the other worked to create the show as well as poked/whipped Mae to get the job done. Set List: Live Again - Mali (01:15 - 04:36) Maria - Josh (19:39 - 26:04) Absolute - Mali (27:25 - 30:10) Guests: Amit Doshi Mali Josh Thomas Shaun Fanthome Follow Mali Fa...
Jun 16, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 173
A band whose members originate from South India but found each other in a college in Haryana, jazz/blues/soul/funk act Shorthand talk about the band’s ups & downs, their music, sugar with idlis, and whatsapp groups. Listen to them performing some older tunes and newbies too on this episode of Maed in India. Set List: Impressions (00:35 - 06:30) Window Noise (17:23 - 22:30) No Surprise (41:11 - 45:55) You Are Not Alone (58:16 - 01:03:12) Musicians: Sreya Muthukumar - Vocals Prithvi Iyer - Dru...
Jun 09, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 172
On Maed in India this week, we have multilingual hip-hop crew Swadesi that brings you rap in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali. We chat about why MC Mawali’s name was inspired by his mother, rapping about the socio-political context rather than girls, drugs & hoes and their latest release, The Warli Revolt, about the tribals in the Arrey Milk Colony area of Bombay who are in the throes of getting displaced due to urban development and the metro work. All this and some mind-bending rhythm ...
Jun 02, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 171
This month’s Maed Mixtape brings you a bunch of songs that talk about love, siblings, butterflies, and Nagraj. And with every playlist we curate, our dear host Mae always wants to squeeze in JUST ONE MORE song because she cannot wait for you to hear what she loves. If she could, her mixtapes would have a 100 songs. But no. Song List: Azamaan Hoyvoy - Everybody Looking for Love (01:05 - 03:20) Komorebi - Little One (04:20 - 08:45) Lo! Peninsula - Another Divine Joke (09:40 - 15:25) Nush Lewis - T...
May 26, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 170
It started out as a solo project in medical college. Soon a band formed with a name synonymous with pondering at a cafe in Thane, Mumbai. On this episode, electro-prog-rock outfit Corner Cafe Chronicles talk about being woke, cosmetic dentistry, the ever looming self-destruction of mankind, girls and “the preliminary construct of the decaying consciousness”. Also, they perform some unreleased material from their upcoming album, Renaissance. Set List: Gloria's Kitchen (00:43 - 05:49) Midas (19:30...
May 19, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 169
Keeping the flame of Malayali lovin alive on the show, this week we have two lads who hail from Kerala - one is the beard and the other is the harmony - who make up acoustic prog rock duo, Beard of Harmony . They’ve released their debut EP in Jan this year and we chat about cheesy album artwork, emo lyrics, girl talk, and their latest tour that’s taken them to Nepal, Sri Lanka and even a yacht in Kochi. Set List: Beautiful Dream (00:24 - 05:38) Kuliru (15:49 - 21:53) Manasinde Vingal (29:08 - 35...
May 12, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 168
Back on the show for Round 2, The Koniac Net come back on the show (after featuring on Ep.2) with a new album coming soon and with their whole band in tow. This episode is filled with way to many PJs along with a couple of drinking games, contemplations on why polls are rigged, and the ultimate question - who the hell are the Koniac Konnoisseurs? Set List: Crawling (00:23 - 04:20) And We Became Birds (14:33 - 16:42) Something New (22:56 - 26:20) Here We'll Be (29:46 - 34:32) The Finally Heard Us...
May 05, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 167
