It's been record-level hot across parts of India this April, with cities like Akola and Amravati crossing 45°C and large parts of Maharashtra and Gujarat sitting above 40°C for days.
Maneating Orchid are a mathcore/prog metal band from Bangalore, and their upcoming third album 'Cold Logic' is a 34-minute record built on abrupt shifts, uneven song forms and caustic harmonic passages. The sound uses jagged, angular riffs, blast beats, syncopated low-end patterns and screamed vocals, with new drummer Vishnu Reddy adding to the overall intensity. The album brings together dissonant death metal, aggressive punk and math-leaning progressive elements in uneven proportions. The themes focus on cosmic dread, deep space isolation and psychological horror, where perception fractures, identity dissolves, the self mutates beyond recognition, and time, meaning and consciousness begin to fold.
Blues - Talwiinder
Talwiinder's new single 'Blues,' from the Bait-inspired album, is built on layered percussion with his vocals sitting tightly within that rhythm . The Punjabi track focuses on self-belief, staying committed to your path, and dealing with people who constantly question your choices. The single's narrative comes from that repeated push of being told it won't lead anywhere and still continuing with it. It stays centred on doing the work, trusting your direction, and letting that speak over time.
Anchal Sethi is a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from Delhi who works across alternative pop-rock and ambient pop, and 'Remember December' marks her debut release, sung over lyrics written by KIMKID, the project of Kolkata-based composer and producer Arjun Mukherjee, whose work draws from blues, punk rock and grunge-influenced writing, and produced by DeepC. The track is built around the idea of a holiday spent alone, away from family and friends, with no place that feels like home during a festive season. It focuses on that absence of belonging - being surrounded by a time that is meant to feel communal, but experiencing it in isolation instead
SOCHA THA YE - Gaurav Raj
OutStation are a five-member boyband from India, with members coming from cities like Udupi, Prayagraj, Goa, Delhi and Hyderabad, formed through a bootcamp-style process and building a fanbase through live shows and early singles like 'Tum Se'. Their new track 'Aaj Kal' is a soft melodic pop number centred around present-day relationships and emotional distance - not being fully in sync with someone, thinking about what's changed, and sitting in that space of uncertainty.
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