Best Indian Indie Songs of 2014: 20 Songs With Release Dates

The best Indian indie songs of 2014 came from everywhere: progressive metal from Delhi, Kashmiri psychedelic rock from Bengaluru, desi bass from Nucleya and a collaboration album from Indian Ocean that dropped one song at a time. This list picks twenty songs from 2014 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 2014. Only released music is covered. For the full records, see our albums list for the year. For the year after, see the best Indian indie songs of 2015.

Quick answer: the 10 best Indian indie songs of 2014

• Skyharbor – "Evolution" (12 June 2014)
• Indian Ocean – "Tandanu" (feat. Shankar Mahadevan) (10 May 2014)
• Parvaaz – "Beparwah" (22 August 2014)
• Nucleya & Benny Dayal – "Tamil Fever" (7 July 2014)
• Bhayanak Maut – "I Am Man" (31 October 2014)
• Skrat – "The Queen" (24 October 2014)
• Dualist Inquiry – "Lumina" (10 September 2014)
• Bandish Projekt – "Sand Dunes" (feat. Asin Khan & Kasam Khan) (23 June 2014)
• Aswekeepsearching – "Aakorxon" (14 February 2014)
• Kamakshi Khanna – "Carry Me Home" (27 December 2014)

The 20 songs

1. Skyharbor – "Evolution" (12 June 2014). Released as a single five months before Guiding Lights, and the song that announced the album's bigger, cleaner sound. It is also on the album, dated 10 November 2014.

2. Indian Ocean – "Tandanu" (feat. Shankar Mahadevan) (10 May 2014). The title song of the band's collaboration album. Shankar Mahadevan's voice sits easily over the band's trademark grooves. See Indian Ocean songs.

3. Indian Ocean – "Gar Ho Sake" (feat. Shubha Mudgal) (27 April 2014). The first Tandanu song out, and the most moving: slow, spacious and sung beautifully.

4. Indian Ocean – "Behney Do" (feat. Karsh Kale) (3 May 2014). Indian Ocean meet Karsh Kale's tabla and electronics. See Karsh Kale albums.

5. Parvaaz – "Beparwah" (22 August 2014). The opener of Baran, and still one of the band's best-loved songs: a slow build into a huge psychedelic chorus. See Parvaaz albums.

6. Parvaaz – "Gul Gulshan" (21 August 2014). A softer, Kashmiri-language song from the same album.

7. Nucleya & Benny Dayal – "Tamil Fever" (7 July 2014). Nucleya's desi bass meets Benny Dayal's voice, a year before Bass Rani. See Nucleya songs.

8. Bhayanak Maut – "I Am Man" (31 October 2014). The opening blast of Man: fast, heavy and furious.

9. Skrat – "The Queen" (24 October 2014). The title song of Skrat's second album, a punchy, sing-along rock song. See the Chennai indie music scene.

10. Skrat – "Machete" (24 October 2014). The album's opener and its fastest riff.

11. Skyharbor – "Allure" (feat. Mark Holcomb) (10 November 2014). The Guiding Lights opener, with Periphery's guitarist as guest. See Indian progressive rock bands.

12. Demonic Resurrection – "The Demon King" (23 June 2014). The title song of the band's concept album: blackened death metal with a big orchestral edge. See best Indian metal albums.

13. Scribe – "Calendar Khana Lao" (26 September 2014). A heavy song built on an old Hindi film joke, typical of Hail Mogambo.

14. Dualist Inquiry – "Lumina" (10 September 2014). A stand-alone single two days after the Natural Disasters EP: bright, guitar-led electronica. See Dualist Inquiry songs.

15. Dualist Inquiry – "Landslide" (8 September 2014). The pick from Natural Disasters.

16. Bandish Projekt – "Sand Dunes" (feat. Asin Khan & Kasam Khan) (23 June 2014). Rajasthani folk voices over electronic beats, from Connekt.

17. Aswekeepsearching – "Aakorxon" (14 February 2014). The emotional peak of Growing Suspicions. See Aswekeepsearching albums.

18. Midival Punditz – "Twilight" (feat. Kutle Khan) (21 July 2014). The Delhi electronic duo with the Rajasthani singer Kutle Khan.

19. Agam – "Over The Horizon" (15 April 2014). A stand-alone single from the Bengaluru Carnatic progressive rock band. See Carnatic fusion artists.

20. Kamakshi Khanna – "Carry Me Home" (27 December 2014). The opening song of her debut EP Much Mellow, released just before the year ended. See Kamakshi Khanna songs.

More 2014 songs worth a listen

• Ritviz – "Beatific" (27 May 2014), from the two-track Vizdumb single, years before his breakout. See Ritviz songs.
• Your Chin – "Fingerprints & Mugshots" (3 February 2014), from Scatter Nature.
• Laxmi Bomb – "Shillong Train Running" (17 September 2014), from Mah Bharat.
• Aswekeepsearching – "In Circles" (14 February 2014).
• Indian Ocean – "Charkha" (feat. Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt) (20 August 2014).
• Bhayanak Maut – "Light Shall Conquer" (31 October 2014).

What is left out

• Film songs, including indie artists' soundtrack work from 2014.
• Songs whose own date is not 2014. Aswekeepsearching's "The Tattva" is dated 13 December 2013 and Bandish Projekt's "Alchemy" 23 September 2013, so they belong to 2013 even though they sit on 2014 albums.
• The Down Troddence's debut, because Apple only shows a placeholder 1 January 2014 date for its songs.

How to use this list

Start with the top ten in order: it moves from metal to folk-rock to bass music and back. For a calmer playlist, take "Gar Ho Sake", "Gul Gulshan", "Aakorxon" and "Carry Me Home". For more songs across the decade, see Indian indie songs and Hindi indie songs.

FAQ

What was the best Indian indie song of 2014? On this list, Skyharbor's "Evolution" (12 June 2014). Indian Ocean's "Tandanu" and Parvaaz's "Beparwah" are close behind.

When did Indian Ocean release Tandanu? The songs came out one by one: "Gar Ho Sake" on 27 April 2014, "Tandanu" on 10 May 2014 and "Charkha" last, on 20 August 2014, which is also the album's date.

Was Ritviz releasing music in 2014? Yes. His two-track Vizdumb single, with "Beatific" and "I Feel Love", is dated 27 May 2014 on Apple Music India.