Lists

November 2013 has been one of the best months in recent memory – so many good songs, across languages! Ishq di booti, Laage re nain & Tori chab – Coke...

Rainbow – Bluefire (London Eye) Bluefire is primarily violinist Harikumar Sivan and percussionist Sanjay Maroo (who has already made a failed attempt at Indipop). It’s a good combo and the...

True – Avicii I had no idea who Avicii was (now I do!) till I stumbled on his debut studio album, True. The only Avici I know before this was...

Beat It and Ilayaraja Medley – Thaikkudam Bridge (Music Mojo, Kappa TV) I’m not a particularly big fan of cover versions of bands recreating older songs, but Thaikkudam Bridge blew...

In 1997, after listening to Karthikraja’s fantastic score in Ullasam and listening to Yuvan’s debut in Aravindan, I was more or less convinced that the former would rule the roost...

Osaka, Ailasa & Oh penne – Vanakkam Chennai (Tamil – Anirudh) Anirudh is here to stay, no second thoughts on that. Just that I wish he was more here to...

Dirty paws, Mountain sound, Little talks, Six weeks, Your bones, Sloom, Lakehouse & Yellow light – My Head Is An Animal (Of Monsters and Men) My Head Is An Animal...

The entire soundtrack! – Raanjhanaa (Hindi – A R Rahman) I have possibly read every kind of opinion on Raanjhanaa out there. From people who hate Rahman’s singing in one...

Amidinine, Imuhar, Adinat, Her Tenere & Aman – Nomad (Bombino) Bombino’s Nomad is the album of the season for me. I haven’t heard of this Tuareg (an encampment in the...

You may wonder – why pick on bad songs and make a list out of it? No, sorry – I don’t derive happiness in picking bad songs from any composer,...