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Tezz (Music review), Hindi – Sajid-Wajid
Tere bina is wonderful blind-beggar-in-Mumbai-local material; ranks right along Dil deewana na jaane kab kho gaya from Daag The Fire – pedestrian. The title song extends the already overused Misirlou...
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Hello, Dancing on the ceiling & All night long – Tuskegee (Lionel Richie) Lionel Richie’s new album after a very long time is an interesting experiment – he country’fies R&B...
Continue reading...Eega (Music review), Telugu – MM Keeravani
Nene is a sweepingly pleasant reggae-based track that sounds good, but doesn’t go beyond the genre’s conventions. The title song has a flamboyant sound, but strangely the same Jackson-styled rhythm...
Continue reading...Dhammu (Music review), Telugu – MM Keeravani
Despite the ennui-ridden kuthu rhythm, O lilli is a rocking affair; Baba Sehgal nails it with his enthusiastic vocals. With grand, bombastic orchestration and strong Jackson influence, Ruler is mighty...
Continue reading...Jannat 2 (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Shafqat and Rahat’s Tu hi mera and Tera deedar hua, respectively, are like songs usually assigned to them – lilting sufi’ish sounds, but not clutter-breaking. KK is extraordinary in the...
Continue reading...Sollakathai (Music review), Tamil – Ramesh Vinayagam
Athimara thoppinela makes fabulous use of children’s voices and even the tune is a joyous riot, enthusiastically orchestrated. Chinmayi and Ramesh Vinayagam’s Yaarodum idhuvarai seems like a gorgeously modern take...
Continue reading...III (Music review), Indipop – Rabbi
Ganga‘s country’ish drawl and wonderful guitaring are enticing, as it always had been, since this is a much-heard Rabbi song from shows like MTV Unplugged. Cabaret Weimar, despite evoking intriguing...
Continue reading...The Silent Sea (Music review), Indipop – Advaita
Tremor, Meinda ishq and Spinning build on the Indian’ness of their momentum in very similar ways; if Tremor uses a vocal route to make this addition to tantalizing effect, with...
Continue reading...Call Me Rashid (Music review), Indipop – Rashid Ali
There are two outstanding facets of Rashid Ali’s debut album – one, the kind of exotic tunes that Rashid consistently delivers; and two, Keith Peters’ guitar, that almost becomes a...
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