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Anurag Tagat - Music Journalist

INDEPENDENT MUSIC JOURNALIST

I'm an assistant editor at Rolling Stone India and regular contributor at The Hindu, Red Bull India, Vogue India, NCPA OnStage and several more. My work has appeared in Billboard, Variety, Vice India, Revolver, Rolling Stone Japan, India Today, The Caravan, HT Mint Lounge, Rock Street Journal, A Humming Heart and Askmen India.

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Anurag Tagat - Music Journalist

New Ears

Possibly the most high-end headphones I've ever had the privilege of putting over my ears, the Sennheiser HD 490 Pro Plus was a revelation about just what truly is the difference between hearing a song and listening to it. 

It's not necessarily marketed towards "audiophiles"—the HD 490 Pro Plus is for audio engineers, producers and musicians—but there's a lot to be leveraged when you do get a chance. 

I get a lot of music sent to me, much of it through private streaming links, but often I'll get the final mastered song(s) or an initial mix, even demos just so that artists can share a sense of the record—the creative ideas that drive it. 

That's where a good pair of headphones really help. My cousin had first surmised many years ago, that I must have good headphones if I'm trying to gauge and understand music, where often a technical choice in production and composing is also a creative one. That's when the Audio Technica M50X had come into the picture. With the Sennheiser HD 490 Pro Plus, I believe I've got to level up. 

There's something powerful about hearing music you've enjoyed for maybe over a decade and finding something new in it. You know, listening. That's what these headphones do for me.

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INTERVIEWS


Metallica - Rolling Stone India (Cover Story)
​Iron Maiden - Rolling Stone India

Sting - Rolling Stone India 

Slash - Rolling Stone India 
John McLaughlin - Vogue India 
Joe Satriani - The Hindu
Steve Vai - The Hindu
Linkin Park - Rolling Stone India

Imagine Dragons - Rolling Stone India
Meshuggah - Rolling Stone India (Cover Story)
Incubus - Rolling Stone India 

5 Seconds of Summer - Rolling Stone India 
Skrillex - The Hindu

Jungle - Firstpost 
​Mutemath - Rolling Stone India 

Babymetal - Billboard 
Mike Posner - Rolling Stone India 
Jain - The Hindu 
Young The Giant - Rolling Stone India 
The HU - The Hindu BusinessLine Ink
Bloodywood - Revolver 
Cloudkicker - Rolling Stone India 
SikTh - Rolling Stone India (Cover Story)
Shubha Mudgal - The Hindu 

KSHMR - Rolling Stone India

Fotty Seven - Rolling Stone India (Cover Story)

Gaspar Noe - Rolling Stone India

Raftaar - Rolling Stone India (Cover Story)

FEATURES

Giorgio Moroder - The Hindu 
Shankar Mahadevan - Firstpost
Snarky Puppy - The Hindu 
Jose Gonzalez - The Hindu 
Indian Hip-Hop in 2021 - The Hindu 
Raveena - The Hindu 
Madame Gandhi - Rolling Stone India 
Poets of the Fall - India Today 
Beth Hart - Firstpost 
​The History of Indo-Jazz - NCPA OnStage, Pg. 14 
Raja Kumari - Firstpost

DIVINE's Biopic, 'Gully Life' - Variety 
Plini - Rolling Stone India
Priya Ragu - Rolling Stone India 
Prateek Kuhad - Rolling Stone India (Cover Story)
Parekh & Singh - Rolling Stone India 

CONCERT/ALBUM REVIEWS


​​Global Citizen Festival India - Billboard 
Wacken Open Air - Rolling Stone India 
Brutal Assault - Rolling Stone In
dia 
Jacob Collier in Mumbai - Firs
tpost
Radiohead in Cincinnati - Fi
rstpost 
Boston Calling Music Festival - Firstpost
Rock On The Range - Rolling Stone India
Bangalore Open Air - Rolling Stone India 
Ziro Festival of Music - The Hindu 
ShiRock Festival - Firstpost 
Orange Festival of Adventure & Music - Rolling Stone India 
Indie March - Rolling Stone India 

MOMIX in Mauritius - Rolling Stone India


Jaago by LIFAFA - Bandcamp Daily 
Blinding White Noise: Illusion and Chaos by Skyharbor - The Hindu
Doppelganger by Dualist Inquiry - The Hindu 
Topiwalleh by Swarathama - The Hindu
Entropy by Sid Sriram - The Hindu
The Universe Has A Strange Sense of Humour by Blackstratblues - The Hindu 
Neon Delhi by Menwhopause - The Hindu 
Connected by Donn Bhat - The Hindu

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Conversations
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PODCAST APPEARANCES

Asian Network Stories - Sidhu Moose Wala - BBC Asia Network

Understanding Indie Music - A Humming Heart, Face The Music


Music PR & Coverage - MGMH #Candid 


Episode 5 - The Creatives On Tap  

Episode 15 - Lex Talk Music 


Pantera's Cowboys From Hell | An All As Album? - Horns Up 


Judas Priest's Painkiller | All A Albums - Horns Up 


Rage Against The Machine | All A Albums - Horns Up 


Machine Head's The Blackening | All A Albums - Horns Up 


Mastodon's Crack The Skye | All A Albums - Horns Up


Gallows' Grey Britain | All A Albums - Horns Up 

VIDEO APPEARANCES


INTERVIEWS


Chris Adler - Rolling Stone India 


Gojira - Rolling Stone India 


Steven Wilson - Rolling Stone India 


God Is An Astronaut - Rolling Stone India 


The Lumineers - Rolling Stone India

IN THE SPOTLIGHT


Asia Song Festival Forum 


The Jist Talk Show with Naman Datta 


Episode 29, Coffee Or Beer? - Hold Tight TV

contact

Get in touch, send music

Anurag Tagat at Echoes of Earth Music Festival Bangalore
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