Rising above the clutter

Over the past few years, one feature of the Indian recorded indie music scene has been the clutter of releases. Every week, one hears of numerous newcomers putting out singles or EPs, all promising to be unique.

- Narendra Kusnur

On the one hand, in all this overflow, one actually discovers some good artistes and songs. Yet, there are also tunes which get lost in the crowd. Parallelly, there are songs which get a lot of YouTube views because the artiste and his promoters have good PR skills, though they may not be the best in terms of quality.