It’s our birthday week, month, YEAAAR. Maed in India turns 10 and we’re still feeling emo, nostalgic, and very, very proud. As we blow out the candles on a decade of discovering awesome Indian independent music, we’re throwing it back to one of our most jam-packed years yet: 2016.
We dropped a wild 45 episodes that year - a fever dream of folk, punk, blues, alt-rock and more. While most bands are still kicking and many others have bloomed onto the scene, some vanished into the great indie abyss, and others live on only in our headphones and hearts.
Tune into this Best Of special to hear everything from the then up-and-coming The F16s, "suburban" punk band Punk on Toast, Gowri Jayakumar in her many avatars, and much much more. We also feature the heart-on-his-sleeve Vernon Noronha, virtuoso guitarist Aditya Balani singing long songs, and a musical breakdown by guitar nerd Warren Mendonsa.
This re-release is introduced by our Head of Video, Jishnu Guha, who once sang on our mic and now spends most of his time making sure our videos come to life. He’s here to remind you (and himself) why we’re still doing this 10 years later.
So hit play and celebrate the year 2016 that was part music, part existential crisis.
Song List:
Gowri - WaterLilly (03:29 - 06:06)
The F16s - Blackboard (07:13 - 10:33)
The Tripp - Minor Blues (11:21 - 14:21)
Vernon Noronha - Come Back Jack (15:09 - 20:34)
Warren Mendonsa - Folkish Three (21:30 - 23:04)
Punk On Toast - For Hire (23:44 - 26:33)
Barefaced Liar - Chocolate (27:17 - 30:01)
Aditya Balani - 1979 (30:41 - 34:03)
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CREDITS:
Host: Mae
Instagram: @maemariyam
Twitter: @maebemaebe
Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Meghna Gulati
Sound Edited & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni
Artwork: Alika Gupta
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