At the beginning of the year, a city-based venture was born with the sole aim of organising gigs that featured independent musicians. B:ENT organised four gigs in Mumbai featuring artistes such as The Koniac Net, Marshall and The Mischief, Faridkot, Vernon Noronha, Sapta, Calico and Pineapple Express, besides Delhi and Bengaluru.

This Sunday, they are branching out and kick-starting their monthly listening sessions, Bent On Record at their office space in Bandra. With this, they further their primary aim to support the indie music scene by introducing more people to listen to the genre. "We are a new company, so we don't want to claim that we are doing something fantastic. For us, it's all about being able to support the independent industry, especially in the music space to start with, and the already existing and growing listening culture across the country. Of late, these listening sessions have popped up frequently around Mumbai," Jai Dev Gupta, co-founder of B:ENT tells us.