Music reviews don't matter. They are one person's/organization's perspective on an art form which is inherently subjective. Everybody listens to and experience music in different ways. However, music reviews have shaped and informed our discourse over the decades. Their existence has both put artists on the map and destroyed entire careers. Today, we live in a backlash culture. Any perspective seems to be met with scorn and anger by people who disagree with the reviewer's opinion. I feel like th...
Mar 20, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Radiohead are undoubtably one of the most seminal and groundbreaking musical acts of all time. However, this is not really a hot take at this point as the band's work spanning almost three decades speaks for itself. They are often labelled as depressing, mysterious, esoteric and even pretentious. The extent to which this holds true is up to the listener, but one thing is for sure: there has never been and will never be another Radiohead. The impact that Thom, Jonny, Colin, Ed and Philip have had...
Feb 27, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 18
We've all been there. It hits you out of nowhere. You forget how you used to breathe without thinking about it. You feel walls made of nothingness closing in on you while you struggle to make sense of what you're feeling and why. Anxiety is encoded into our DNA as a means to detect and escape from danger using a fight or flight response. All of us feel and experience this from time to time. However, when it becomes a repeating pattern and you find the intensity of the emotions spiraling out of c...
Feb 22, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Metal is a widely mis-represented musical genre. To the uninitiated, the music is a cacophony of noise and growls and their listeners, a bunch of misanthropic nihilistic satanists. In reality, metal music is incredibly vast and spans a wide range of sounds, ethos, lyrical themes and even locations. Rajamani Ayyer (IG: ____maniii_____) is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, growler and hard-core metal-head. He has also released two orchestral compositions on Spotify under the same name. ...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 16
The end of a relationship (romantic, platonic or otherwise) leaves us perplexed at what went wrong and dreaming about what could have been. Fortunately, there are signs or behavioural patterns that you can look out for well in advance that can clue you in on things that are going astray or that things need fixing. These patterns are commonly referred to as "red flags" in relationships. With Valentine's Day approaching, there is no better time to talk about why relationships fail. Drawing from he...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 15
The Beatles represent the zenith of timeless cultural impact and influence. The legacy that the Fab Four from Liverpool left behind in just 8 short years is nothing short of miraculous. Over the five decades since their breakup, they have attained a legendary status that few even from Biblical times could match. This hype and reverence for this group tends to either leave newer audiences either overwhelmed or skeptical. In this episode, Beatles super-fans Sid and Sneha traverse through the entir...
Jan 26, 2021•2 hr 17 min
The dating world can be unforgiving. To the uninitiated, it can seem like a moshpit of deceit, cut-throat competition and half-assed references to The Office. This often leads many users of said apps to make questionable decisions regarding their profiles. Neha is a frequenter of dating apps and has spent enough time swiping left to be able to spot a phony profile instantly. She has seen enough to come up with 20 of the most common types of dating profiles that any heterosexual woman is bound to...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 13
We kicked the new year off with a refreshingly uplifting set of perspectives from writer, entrepreneur and positive vibe generator, Rushaki Ghosh (@stray_daug). Over the past few years, Rushaki has been very active in the music scene by taking up multiple roles from music reviewer to event coordinator to actual musician. She also recently co-founded the culture and trend mapping platform, The Culture Wire (@culture.wire). Also also, she has new music coming out both as a vocalist for Coffee for ...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr
No diet is perfect. Virtue signaling and claiming the moral high ground based on diet is an obnoxious attitude and only leads to polarisation, negativity and misinformation being circulated. In reality, there are multiple routes to a healthy diet and the choice of a diet is a personal one and is based on cultural, economic and social factors among many others. Regardless of our choice of diet, the onus is on us to make sure we are meeting our daily nutritional requirements, recognize the potenti...
Dec 20, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 11
Are you in a musical rut all over again? Do you ever gaze at the night sky and yearn for a reprise from booming bass and rattling hi hats? Music aficionado Teju has got you covered! We spoke about our favourite music genres that do not get their fair share of our respect in the mainstream discourse. These are also musical genres/movements that were not only incredibly influential in shaping the sound of subsequent generations but also happen to have engendered our favourite albums. We also talke...
Dec 15, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 10
Nikhil Varghese (IG: nikhil_vee37) is a skilled debator, orator and professional nice guy. We straddled the blurred lines between existential nihilism and mental well-being. Existential nihilism, absurdism and essentialism are a few of the vast number of schools of thought that shape the way each of us perceive the nature of our existence. We went over the nature of a purpose of life and how it influences our mental health, in some cases even exacerbating our existing state of mind. We also took...
Dec 08, 2020•57 min•Ep. 9
Rivu (IG: @rivuperson) is a musician, producer and educator who's been making waves in the indie music scene with his conceptual blend of forward thinking progressive rock with the more accessible elements of pop music. Together, we geeked out about the massive variety of music and even stage plays like Macbeth which have informed his eclectic taste in music and eventually, the music he's been creating. He elaborated on his unique perspectives on what it's like to exist in an increasingly satura...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 8
Pim Bose (IG: @franticqueirdo) is a certified make-up artist and content creator on YouTube. She shared her experiences of being a content creator and the pressure of churning out high quality content twice a week. We spoke about how the content creation game offers virtually no reward in the short term and how platforms that host content are rarely creator-friendly. She also shared her experiences in the beauty industry and offered us some make-up tips and anti-ageing advice in the process!...
Nov 15, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 7
Poet, writer and habitual overthinker, Atharv Dwivedi took us on a tour of his labyrinthine psyche. We talked about the nuances of the role that overthinking, pain, luck and even anxiety play in his creative process and existence in general. We took a stab at the reductive nature of the general worldview which pegs hard-work and determination as the path to salvation while discounting the numerous other extraneous factors that come into play. Atharv managed to tie in his personal experiences wit...
Nov 08, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 6
Kanye Omari West needs no introduction. However, much of the discourse surrounding him tends to focus on his public antics and polarised perception in the eyes of the media and consumers of music alike, which overshadows the fact that the man is a one-of-a-kind manic creative genius. His impact on music is undeniable and with every one of his releases, we feel the ground beneath our feet shift ever so slightly. We were joined by fellow music nerd and frequenter at the Church of Ye, Meghana Potta...
Nov 01, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 5
Joshua (IG: @theengineeryouneed) is an engineer, a talented stage actor and a gripping orator. After a short discussion on the abortion issue, we had an open conversation about our polarised presence online, unreliability of information and the increasing difficulty of maintaining a stable headspace during these tough times. He also talked about how his belief in a higher power and habit of regular prayer has given him the strength to power through any obstacles in his path. Please remember that...
Oct 25, 2020•59 min•Ep. 4
Avid runner and passionate reader, Amartya Gupta (IG: @amartya_gupta) spoke to us about the nuances of what it takes to navigate the economy. We talked about the intricacies of starting an enterprise by your bootstraps, the pitfalls of subscribing completely to one political ideology, the similarity between approaches to parenting and the Government and more. Artwork by @slightly_blended_lines
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 3
Idealist and space enthusiast Sid Menon (IG: @reachsidm) talks about the impact John Lennon's message, his thoughts on religion and politics and his vision of bringing back the optimism of the 60s through a modern lens. We remember one of the most influential and timeless figures in recent memory, John Lennon a day after what would have been his 80th birthday. Artwork by Aparna Warrier (IG: @theartwarrier)
Oct 23, 2020•58 min•Ep. 2
An honest conversation about mental health with Neha Banik, a clinical psychologist from Bangalore, India.
Oct 23, 2020•49 min•Ep. 1
