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Young Stunners’ body of work is staggering. It is not only the amount of work that they put out, but the growing quality of it, the authenticity of their words and yet the simplicity of their aesthetic, and the huge audience they’ve built for their work without the support of an…

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Musab Bin Noor was kind enough to pen an essay for Hamnawa, in celebration of Shaukat Ali, upon the request of friend of the show Omer Tariq. I want to…

Apr 13

Which Pakistani musicians you should pay attention to in 2021

Apr 8

Shahan Shahid writes about the latest single from Roots, which is fronted by friend of the show Rutaba Yaqub: A common lament on great Pakistani indie …

Apr 6

This song is a direct descendant of eP’s Irtiqa album. The architect of that album, Xulfi, holds the mixing and production credits on this song. In fac…

Apr 2

This recording, from the recently released EP by Miracle Mangal, is wonderfully melodic. Miracle Mangal describes itself as an ‘electronic music collec…

Mar 30

A Romance in Three Acts

Mar 26

Sarah Asif responded to the post on Zahra Paracha’s Bekhudi. She prods, of this video and of Dhaani, “I believe if we change body for body, we are not …

Mar 23

Core Hamnawa

About Hamnawa What this thing even is

Artists You Should be Listening To A directory of artists with new music across genres

Playlists

Taaza Maal Fresh Pakistani pop favorites

Featured Songs Songs featured on the Hamnawa mailing list

Best Longform Essays

کنگنا (and who integrates who when East and West meet)Coke Studio's best recording, and the relationship between Eastern and Western music theory

Code-switching Bilingualism in Pakistani pop

Non-Scientific Visual Guide to Big Corporate Music Shows How do you tell the difference between all the music shows?

Covers Covers as a hot-button topic in Pakistani music, and the strategic disruption heading Coke Studio's way

Strings A tribute to the band after they call an end to their 33-year career

Bisconni Music What role do music shows play in the Pakistani music industry?

فتور Contextualizing the rise of hip-hop in Pakistan

Googly More on why hip-hop is the sound of the moment

Billo On Bhangra and Abrar-ul-Haq

Xulfi On the impact of Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan on Pakistan's music industry

Ali Hamza A walk through the artist's career

E Sharp's new album How a young band navigates the Karachi rock scene

Pagal How Ali Noor constructs a rock song

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