Essays, interviews, and reissue diaries — for listeners who want the story behind the sleeve.
A vinyl record is a precision-cut groove of music. Treated well, it can outlast you; treated poorly, it can degrade in a season. This is the routine our team uses to keep our personal collections —…
There is a quiet conspiracy at work in every great Bollywood record from the 1960s and 70s. The film studios promoted their hit songs on Side…
The 1970s were the most creatively turbulent decade in the history of Hindi film music. The old guard — Shankar-Jaikishan, Madan Mohan, Roshan — were either…
There is a moment, known to every vinyl listener, that streaming has never been able to replicate. It happens somewhere between lifting the record from its…