Em Peru Matta‘s racy metal sound is appealing but on a fractured tune. The song’s ‘Mersal Illai‘ line becomes another song, completely different, and equally all-over-the-place. Andrea Jeremiah owns Mayakkuraane‘s...
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Maradona (Music review), Malayalam – Sushin Shyam
Sushin sings Varum‘s ethereal melody with the requisite calm, while Munna’s hang drum adds to the serenity. Ee Raavil takes on a similar sound; Nezer Ahamed—Varum’s guitarist—sings this one! That...
Continue reading...Milliblog Monthlies – From Pakistan, with love! (ItwoFS Retrospective #2)
(The July Monthlies is a continuation to the .) If there was any justice in this world, then composer M.Ashraf would be celebrated as much as any leading Hindi film...
Continue reading...Milliblog Weeklies – JUL22.2018
Milliblog Weeklies – India’s only multilingual, weekly new music playlist. Week 33: On | On | On 27 songs this week. Unfortunately, terrible availability across platforms this week too! So,...
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13 years of Milliblog. That’s 13 years of a hobby! From the post where I wrote about completing 12 years, where I had briefly alluded to the point, 13th has...
Continue reading...Peranbu (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan’s first interlude in Dhooramaai is quite literally like soaking into the beauty of a cool, green mountain, as the music simply flows. Vijay Yesudas adds to the effect with...
Continue reading...Milliblog Weeklies – JUL15.2018
Milliblog Weeklies – India’s only multilingual, weekly new music playlist. Week 32: On | On | On 33 songs, this week. Yes, these days are full of fantastic music! Saavn...
Continue reading...Karwaan (Music review), Hindi – Anurag Saikia, Prateek Kuhad, Imaad Shah, SlowCheeta & Shwetang Shankar
Of the two songs by Anurag Saikia, Chota Sa Fasana is an easy winner. Written by the film’s director Akarsh Khurana, it plays beautifully on the ‘safar’ theme of the...
Continue reading...Lakshmi (Music review), Tamil – Sam C.S.
Morrakka Mattrakkaa is a beautifully constructed joyous outburst of a song. Uthara Unnikrishnan’s exuberant and innocent voice carries it as much as Madhan Karky’s inventive lyrics cheekily inverting the genders...
Continue reading...Milliblog Weeklies – JUL08.2018
Milliblog Weeklies – India’s only multilingual, weekly new music playlist. Week 31: On | On | On One more packed musical week – 28 songs! All 3 platforms come up...
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