The title song gets everything – lyrics, music and vocals – right, and is the best of the album. Tu kya jaane, Albeliya and Yadaan teriyaan are strongly reminiscent of...
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Papon – The Story So Far (Music review), Papon – Indipop
Bhavle jharne and Boitha maro‘s Eastern sound is beautifully enhanced by the tasteful inclusion of modern sounds, particularly in the latter. Barish ke boondein and Din guzrein play out like...
Continue reading...Item (Music review), Indipop – Euphoria
Sajnaa apes Euphoria’s earlier folksy tracks, to relatively poor effect. Mere dost is a decent effort for its lyrics and a neat tune, while Gumsum has Palash of yore in full...
Continue reading...Tunak Tunak Tumba (Music review), Indipop – Daler Mehndi
Sheila ho ya munni seems like an attempt to ride on the popularity of the two songs, since tune-wise it falls flat. Tumba, Dum ba dum, Ye adaa, Kann phad...
Continue reading...Back To My Future (Music review), Indipop – Suraj Jagan
NW1W. Perhaps the first every NW1W for a non-film album on Milliblog. The title could have been ‘How to really maul Hindi film classics’. The idea seems interesting, on paper,...
Continue reading...Ae Dosheeza (Music review), Indipop – Singer: Kshitij Tarey; assorted composers
O meri jaane jaan is college-level cuteness that even college kids may have given up these days. But Gaurav Dagaonkar’s 2nd, the title track, does the trick – zingy tune...
Continue reading...The Bartender – Classic Bollywood: Shaken Not Stirred (Mike McCleary)
Anushka Manchanda’s luscious drawl is mesmerizing in Yeh raat yeh chandni, even as Mike layers it with a trippy sound in the background! Sagarika Mukherjee’s Babuji dheere chalna is a...
Continue reading...Let’s Party (Music review), Indipop – Ganesh Hegde
Let’s Party has a slow, addictive charm despite the dated filmy sound, much like Mind blowing girls and Awaara, and Ganesh continues to surprise with his singing. The rap-mixed mish-mash...
Continue reading...Ganaraj Adhiraj (Music review) – Gulraj Singh and Manoj Yadav
Gulraj Singh sounds distinctly like Rahman in the short, ambient opener, Ganesh Mantra. Ehsaan brings his bluesy touch to cook a mighty unlikely, but highly enjoyable Ganaraj Adhiraj; that ‘Jai...
Continue reading...Raasta-Man (Music review), Indipop – Lucky Ali
Right from the serene, Calpton’ish Dil gaaye ja, till the almost-fusion ghazal’ish Khudahaafiz, Raasta-Man is vintage Lucky Ali. Rehne de and Tauba tauba display his earlier, Sunoh-style musical streak all...
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