Archive - Hot Chips

The House Party Always Wins

On Indian indie music managers disrupting the market.

Feb 8 •

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August 2024

Return To Home Bass: Trap Education

The slow and steady rise of trap music in India.

Aug 17, 2024 •

May 2024

Symphony of (Creative) Destruction

A short look at the dynamism of media industries across nations.

May 25, 2024 •

February 2024

My Baby Shot Me Down

On the music that makes the films of Sriram Raghavan

Feb 17, 2024 •

December 2023

An end-of-year thank you note.

Dec 30, 2023 •

A story of Gurgaon through its billboards

Dec 23, 2023 •

October 2023

What Are The, Uh, Optics?

Succession and the sins of media business

Oct 22, 2023 •

September 2023

Things I've learnt so far doing Hot Chips.

Sep 24, 2023 •

August 2023

The Museum of Subtle Arts of Selling Ferraris

How the proliferation of self-help books led to the rise of LinkedIn influencers.

Aug 19, 2023 •

June 2023

Return To Home Bass: BTS

Snippets, quotes, random riffs on my thought process during the writing of this piece

Jun 25, 2023 •

April 2023

The business of running a music festival in India, and building a culture of gigs.

Apr 15, 2023 •

February 2023

Hook, Crook, Book

A bit on the nature of crime and masculinity in pop culture.

Feb 18, 2023 •

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