News nodi offers a splashy opening to the soundtrack, with a fantastic jazz flavor and seamlessly changing pace mid-way. Vasuki Vaibhav carries the vocals wonderfully. He also competently handles the...
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Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Soppana Sundari spins around Goundamani’s iconic Karagattakaran dialog, but the enthusiasm seems rather forced. The remix is a decidedly better, with punchy electronic sounds. The Boys Are Back is all...
Continue reading...Kavi Uddheshichathu (Music review), Malayalam – Jakes Bejoy and Vinu Thomas
Vinu Thomas seems unduly inspired by A R Rahman in Innaleyum – the song could easily fit in En Swasa Katre’s soundtrack; and then there’s that humming evoking Roja’s Chinna...
Continue reading...Aanandam (Music review), Malayalam – Sachin Warrier
Dooreyo has a spunky indi-pop vibe and the 4-men voice mix featuring Vishak Nair, Suchith Suresan, Ashwin Gopakumar and Sachin Warrier handles the on-the-road rock feel well. Sachin takes on...
Continue reading...Hitman – October 8, 2016
Originally published in The Hindu. Bholay bhalay – Coke Studio Pakistan, Season 9 (Singer: Meesha Shafi. Composed by Shani Arshad) Shani Arshad’s vocoder sampled voice opens the song and that...
Continue reading...Shivaay (Music review), Hindi – Mithoon and Jasleen Royal
Bolo har har har is almost medley’ish, trying to do something for everyone – Badshah’s rap stands out amidst the busy-everything. Darkhaast is vintage Mithoon – dulcet melody, expertly mounted...
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – September 2016
Hindi Tujhse hi hai roshni – Pink (Anupam Roy) Besabriyaan, Jab tak and Kaun tujhe – M.S.Dhoni – The Untold Story (Amaal Mallik) Teen gawah, Chakora, Aave re hitchki, Hota...
Continue reading...Kaashmora (Music review), Tamil – Santhosh Narayanan
Dhikku dhikku has a flamboyant and flashy sound, with some 80s funk thrown in for good measure. Lalithanand invokes everything from Twitter trends, Nayakan’s iconic dialog to Periyar! The booming...
Continue reading...Ammani (Music review), Tamil – K
Mukesh’s Life e machaan machaan is heavy on street-style brass sound and effortlessly spouts life lessons that comes only after a ‘quarter’. It even merges into a brassy kuthu eventually,...
Continue reading...Kodi (Music review), Tamil – Santhosh Narayanan
The most interesting aspect of Sirukki vaasam is the retro-pop backgrounds that is almost Serge Gainsbourg’ish! The tune is less engaging, in comparison, though the mid-way Kozhayiren turn is very...
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