Best Indian Indie Songs of 2010: Bondhu, The Bomb Song, Screw Control and More

The best Indian indie songs of 2010 come from a year when bands were still selling CDs at gigs but had started putting whole albums on digital stores. Indian Ocean made a new studio record, Demonic Resurrection and Zygnema pushed Indian metal forward, Them Clones and Junkyard Groove made big rock and funk albums, and Delhi's electronic producers were busy with EPs. This list picks twenty songs from 2010 that you can stream on Apple Music India today.

How we checked. Every song date below is the song's own date on Apple Music India (iTunes catalogue, country IN), checked on 28 October 2026, not just the album date. A song is only here if Apple dates the song itself to 2010 with a real day, not a 1 January placeholder. Placeholder-dated songs are in the "more worth hearing" section and marked "dated 2010". Only released music is covered. For the full records, see our albums list for the year. For the next year, see the best Indian indie songs of 2011.

Quick answer: the 10 best Indian indie songs of 2010

• Indian Ocean – "Bondhu" (25 July 2010)
• Demonic Resurrection – "Between Infinity and Oblivion" (15 January 2010)
• Them Clones – "The Bomb Song" (30 March 2010)
• Junkyard Groove – "Screw Control" (19 March 2010)
• Alobo Naga – "Road of a Thousand Dreams" (27 February 2010)
• Zygnema – "Phobia" (4 June 2010)
• Scribe – "I Love You, Pav Bhaji" (1 December 2010)
• Undying Inc – "In Vacuo" (10 December 2010)
• Bhoomi – "Conductor Babu Go" (6 April 2010)
• Jalebee Cartel – "Zuit Suit" (19 January 2010)

The 20 songs

1. Indian Ocean – "Bondhu" (25 July 2010). Track three on 16/330 Khajoor Road, the Delhi band's 7-track album. See Indian Ocean songs.

2. Indian Ocean – "Chand" (25 July 2010). The album's opening song. See Indian Ocean albums.

3. Demonic Resurrection – "Between Infinity and Oblivion" (15 January 2010). The opener of The Return to Darkness, the Mumbai band's 10-track album. See Indian death metal bands.

4. Demonic Resurrection – "Lord of Pestilence" (15 January 2010). Track seven on the same album.

5. Them Clones – "The Bomb Song" (30 March 2010). The first full song on Love.Hate.Heroes, after a short intro track. See the Delhi indie scene.

6. Them Clones – "Zephyretta" (30 March 2010). The album's closing song.

7. Junkyard Groove – "Screw Control" (19 March 2010). The opener of Accidental Hero, the Chennai band's 8-track album. See the Chennai indie music scene.

8. Junkyard Groove – "Beautiful Crime" (19 March 2010). Track five on the same album.

9. Alobo Naga – "Road of a Thousand Dreams" (27 February 2010). The title song and opener of his 9-track album. See Northeast India bands and artists.

10. Alobo Naga – "Make Me Whole" (27 February 2010). Track two; the album also ends with an acoustic version.

11. Zygnema – "Phobia" (4 June 2010). The opener of Born of Unity. See Indian metal bands.

12. Zygnema – "Born of Unity" (4 June 2010). The title track closes the album.

13. Scribe – "I Love You, Pav Bhaji" (1 December 2010). Track three on Mark of Teja, the Mumbai hardcore band's 14-track album. See Mumbai indie bands.

14. Scribe – "Dum Hai Toh Aage Aah!" (1 December 2010). Track six on the same album.

15. Undying Inc – "In Vacuo" (10 December 2010). The opener of Aggressive World Dynasty. See the best Indian metal albums.

16. Undying Inc – "Aggressive World Dynasty" (10 December 2010). The title track, track seven.

17. Bhoomi – "Conductor Babu Go" (6 April 2010). The Kolkata band's Bengali folk-rock song. Apple dates it 6 April 2010, though it sits on the 2011 album Lokgeeti Local. See the Kolkata music scene.

18. Jalebee Cartel – "Zuit Suit" (19 January 2010). The lead track of the Dub Suit EP. See Indian electronic music producers.

19. Jalebee Cartel – "Control" (21 September 2010). The first song on the Control / Speechless release.

20. Bandish Projekt – "Brown Skin Beauty" (feat. Last Mango in Paris) [Vdo Edit] (18 October 2010). The lead edit of the 4-track EP; the three remixes are dated 30 August 2010.

Five more worth hearing

• Bhoomi – "Menoka Mathaye Dilo" (6 April 2010), the other 2010-dated song on Lokgeeti Local.
• Shaa'ir + Func – "Hyperbole" (dated 2010), from Mantis, where every song carries a 1 January 2010 placeholder.
• Bhoomi – "L 9 Bus" (dated 2010), from Gaan Doriyay.
• Mrigya – "Pahari Funk" (dated 2010), from World Harmony.
• Midival Punditz – "Tonic" (Karsh Kale Remix) (19 October 2010), from the Tonic Remixes EP.

What is left out

• Film songs, even with indie names on them: Peepli Live, Karthik Calling Karthik and Raghu Dixit's 2010 film work.
• Remixes of film songs, such as the Horn OK Please set (1 December 2010).
• Live recordings and songs from same-named non-Indian artists. Apple has more than one act called Scribe, Mother Jane and Albatross, so we only list songs we could match to the Indian act.

How to use this list

Play the quick-answer ten in order for a fast tour of 2010: folk-rock, metal, rock, funk and electronic in one hour. If one song hooks you, go to its album; every album here is short enough for one sitting. For the decade view, see the best Indian indie albums of the 2010s, and for the next year, the best Indian indie albums of 2011.

FAQ

What was the best Indian indie song of 2010? On this list, Indian Ocean's "Bondhu" (25 July 2010), from 16/330 Khajoor Road.

What is Scribe's most famous song? On this list, "I Love You, Pav Bhaji" (1 December 2010), from Mark of Teja.

Are these songs on Apple Music India? Yes. Every song here was checked on Apple Music India on 28 October 2026, with its own song-level date.