Sharat Chandra’s violin is the soul of the album; pervasive and brilliant. The track Ganga is perhaps the best example of his skills, even as the band layers it beautifully...
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Music review: Kehna Maine Yaad Kiya Hai (Indipop – Chitra)
The title song evokes mild interest due to its conventionally staid tune, while Kyun hamaare too falls in a similar bracket – predictable. Bas eik baat is marginally better with...
Continue reading...Music review: Ek Ladki Deewani Si (Indipop – Adnan Sami)
Let’s go to Mumbai City, with Jermaine Jackson does have a Jackson’ish sound, but is largely disappointing mish-mash of sounds. The title song and Chalo are the best of the...
Continue reading...Music review: Fitoor (Indipop – Mohit Chauhan)
With an extremely familiar, but not specifically pinpointable guitar strum – beyond conjuring Dire Straits – the title song, composed by Mohit and Rocky, makes for a rather familiar and...
Continue reading...Music review: Neene Bari Neene (Kannada Pop – Mano Murthy)
The title song, Innu anisuthide, Naa ninagaage, Baa nodu gelathi and Ideye ninage work well with their soaked-in-love feel, even if they serve as an overdose of similar sounding tunes....
Continue reading...Music review: Ooh La La La (Tamil pop – Assorted artists)
The problem with new bands releasing albums is that most of the songs sound very stagey and almost methodical. This is quite pronounced in Srishti’s Ondrai seruvom with the lead...
Continue reading...Music review: Identity (Indipop – Raghav Mathur)
The Mujhe Naulakha-sampling Angelina is considerably better than My Kinda Girl that messes with Choli ke peeche with disastrously irritating results. Humrahee is a surprisingly capable, lovely melody track that...
Continue reading...Music review: Mazhaithuli (Tamil Pop – Prana The Band)
With a Dharan-Yogi.B style rap, Natpin kadhai is merely passable. Mazhai and Thozha have captivating enough melodies, but Vijay’s vocals ditch him at times. Nenjil’s tune is hummable, but the...
Continue reading...Music review: Love Ho Jaaye (Indipop – Tulsi Kumar & Monty)
Tulsi Kumar’s pop album, Love Ho Jaaye, is indeed a pleasant surprise. This album, with music by Monty (Saawariya), has mighty good tunes, sung really well by Tulsi! Out of...
Continue reading...Music review: Chaandan Mein (Indipop – Kailasa)
Kailasa’s Chaandan Mein is perfectly in sync with what is expected from the band. The title song shines with Paresh’s guitar and a sweet tune sung with his usual passion,...
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