The latest release from the gifted soloist and Mumbai’s indie music spotlight, Kamakshi Khanna, will become the choice of many rock lovers. Her English single, ‘Love Is Not A Fucking Game’ has already made its place in the music world. This is not only the one track that was born out of her lockdown series ‘The Green Room Sessions’ but it also perfectly does its job...

Sam Ostler’s new single, “Lights,” then. It unfolds less like a sudden, intrusive glare and more like the slow, determined burn of a really good stage light finally finding its mark after a prolonged blackout. It’s pop, yes, vibrant and undeniably contemporary as advertised – clean lines, clear intentions. Yet, there’s a certain satisfying heft beneath the melodic uplift, a feeling that these notes...