Damaalu dumeelu is a punchy gimmick at best, stringing together iconic punch dialogs into a manic kuthu. Luksimi Sivaneswaralingam’s vocal prowess helps Senthoora, an otherwise standard-issue Imman material. Inno Genga’s...
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Kadikara Manithargal (Music review), Tamil – Sam C.S.
Kadhal pennae rides on Karthik’s dependably excellent vocals and the little nuances Sam layers, like the dramatic change in rhythm to start and end the anupallavi, and that really short...
Continue reading...Hitman – December 3, 2016
Originally published in The Hindu. Yaenadi – Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay (Tamil – D.Imman) Imman. Ilayaraja. Yes, that. Again! The composer takes his Raja’ish melody style a step further in Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay’s...
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – November 2016
A single playlist of all these songs, courtesy Saavn: (This playlist does not include songs from Sheesh Mahal and Jomonte Suviseshangal) Hindi Ishaara – Force 2 (Amaal Mallik) Mehram and...
Continue reading...Jomonte Suviseshangal (Music review), Malayalam – Vidyasagar
Nokki nokki is good old Vidyasagar – the kind with a tune that reminds one of Ilayaraja, with Vidyasagar’s own nuances added. The anupallavi’s rhythm takes too simplistic a route,...
Continue reading...Befikre (Music review), Hindi – Vishal-Shekhar
Nashe si chadh gayi, barring the annoying chipmunks’ish intrusions, is a lovely listen, with a hypnotic, Middle-Eastern tune and wonderfully voiced by Arijit. More Middle Eastern sound in the title...
Continue reading...Gemini (Music review), Malayalam – Shaan Rahman
Jeevitham ithu has a pleasant—albeit rather generic—sound that borders on EDM, and Najim Arshad handles it well. Kadha parayana flows even better, with a nice pop-ghazal-sufi mix-like sound, really well...
Continue reading...On music, reviews and social media – my chat with Prashant Pillai
Helped me articulate many things on music, my music listening preferences and habits, music reviewing and social media.
Continue reading...Kootathil Oruthan (Music review), Tamil – Nivas K Prasanna
SP Balasubrahmanyam sounding like his 80s/90s self in Enda ippadi is reason enough to love the song! Nivas adds a lot more – the tune has a nice repetitive ring,...
Continue reading...Dhruva (Music review), Telugu – Hiphop Tamizha
The title song is aptly booming, with Amit Mishra’s full-throated singing and the punchy rock sound. Padmalatha, who sang the best song from Thani Oruvan (Kannala kannala), gets the song’s...
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