Hip-hop stars like Karan Aujla and Hanumankind made global leaps, the likes of Parvaaz, Sijya and Sen gave us beautifully bleak albums and the year belonged to those who pushed boundaries of language and genre
Our verdict on the latest, from Anirudh Varma Collective and Tamil pop artist Bebhumika, to Punjabi artists SMG, and Tulu band Alva Kuuto