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.
What I'm Listening To:
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.
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 India
Jacob Collier in Mumbai - Firstpost
Radiohead in Cincinnati - Firstpost
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
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
The Jist Talk Show with Naman Datta
Episode 29, Coffee Or Beer? - Hold Tight TV