It's our 10th birthday and this week we’re flashing back to 2022 – a year full of musical catharsis, pandemic hangovers, and.... Ummm, well, mostly, pandemic hangovers yeah.

We talked about how rainy day funds helped a band like Swarathma, others inspired #MaedMixtapes (looking at you, pop rock band from Nagaland, Trance Effect), and even music videos that were only made possible with samosa bribes by JBabe. We also had songs that made us cry, filled us with rage, FOMO and hit us right in the chest.

This re-release comes with a brand new intro by our Head of Design, Alika Gupta, who also created the cover art that looks like it belongs in a trippy retro video game, almost like the end of a fever dream – and I guess that's what were still feeling at the end of 2022. This is a time capsule of all that was raw, ridiculous, and real that made that year unforgettable.

So press play and feel the feels.

RANJ & Clifr - Attached (04:22 - 06:43)

Swarathma - Raah-e-Fakira (09:43 - 15:01)

Alvin Presley - I'll Miss This Day (17:29 - 22:35)

JBABE - Punch Me in My Third Eye (24:38 - 26:17)

Trance Effect - Took Me A While (28:25 - 32:00)

Tribemama Marykali - Serpent on Dance Floor (33:07 - 36:53)

Ankit Dayal - What You Need To Hear/Suffer (39:01 - 41:53)

Aakash Mehta - Sister Superior (43:45 - 46:32)

Easy Wanderlings - Mayflower (49:48 - 53:58)

Hashbass ft. Burrah - Someone to Believe in Me (54:51 - 57:59)

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CREDITS:

Host: Mae

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Twitter: @maebemaebe

Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Meghna Gulati

Sound Edited & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

Artwork: Alika Gupta

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)

Come be our friend:

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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

We're 10 years old!!! And we’re still reelin’, reminiscing, and replaying the bangers that made our indie hearts beat faster.

This week, we’re flashing back to the not so distant past - our Best of 2023 – a year that gave us Assamese jazz-pop, Urdu blues, Punjabi folk, and a Marathi abhanga with a guitar solo that’s soooo good, it deserves its own Aadhaar card.

We even celebrated our 300th episode that featured a cult band from the early 2000s, and went gaga over a shoegaze dream pop band from Nepal who put across a strong case that momos from Nepal were the best EVVVAAAAAA!

This re-release comes with a fresh intro by Senior Producer Ruchi — whose official review of the episode is just one word: “CHILLS.”

So plug in, get comfy, and vibe out to the voices that made 2023 unforgettable.

Song List:

Zero - Take Me Away (04:32 - 09:32)

Sampriti - Xathor (10:07 - 16:02)

Sameer Rahat - Tasalli (17:37 - 23:02)

Banat - Daachi Waaleya (23:38 - 27:09)

Swarupa Ananth - Happy Dance (27:54 - 30:54)

Abhanga Repost - Aise Kaise Zhale Bhondu (32:14 - 37:47)

Nimisha Shankar - Duniya (39:32 - 42:33)

Phosphenes - Are You Gonna Leave Me? (44:14 - 48:18)

Come be our friend:

Instagram @maedinindia

Twitter @maedinindia

CREDITS:

Host: Mae

Instagram: @maemariyam

Twitter: @maebemaebe

Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Meghna Gulati

Sound Edited & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

Artwork: Alika Gupta