Hamnawa Select Sep '25

These are our selections for new and notable music for September 2025. On Spotify & YouTube. Music videos from this playlist are also on Hamnawa TV.

It’s a golden age for Pakistani indie music. I think I am ready to declare that the era where corporate music shows were the most influential component of Pakistani music, is over. While the corporate shows still hold the ability to drown out independent artists with sheer marketing money, the songs themselves last less long and chase the cutting edge of Pakistani art rather than defining it. This month’s playlist is an example of that. It includes songs from Afusic and Ali Soomro, AUR, Hassan & Roshaan, Kashmir, Kaifi Khalil, CGF and Dulhay Mian among others. A range of genres from alaap pop, to rock, to rap.

If you are in North America, I wonder if there has been a time where more Pakistani artists have been on tour through American and Canadian cities than there are today. It’s a wonderful sign of how much the culture of Pakistani music is cementing globally today.